The X-Men Reboot's Big Secret Has Been Exposed (And Will Destroy Them)
Warning: Contains spoilers for X-Men #12
The biggest secret of the X-Men, the existence of the Resurrection Protocols, has finally been exposed. Now that the truth about mutant immortality is common knowledge, the X-Men will have to fight a battle on two fronts: against the Eternals, who want to eradicate them as «Deviants», and against public opinion, who will not be happy that the mutants keep the secret of immortality on Krakoa, without sharing it with the rest of the world. The outcome of this battle will determine not just the future of the X-Men, but the survival of the entire mutant species.
The age of Krakoa has completely revolutionized Marvel's mutants. No longer a divided, persecuted species trying to survive in a hostile world, mutants have banded together and created a rich, progressive, and technologically advanced society on the island nation of Krakoa. One of the lynchpins of this new world is the Resurrection Protocols: a combination of technology and mutant powers that allows every mutant who ever existed to be resurrected in a new body. The X-Men have defeated death, and they kept the secret well hidden, even if it cost them a lot. When reporter Ben Urich found out the truth, Synch wiped his mind but he and Cyclops have now decided to share the existence of the Resurrection Protocols with the world.
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In X-Men #12, by Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, and Marte Gracia, Ciclops and Synch have a meeting with Ben Urich, to apologize for tampering with his mind and also to share the whole story with him. This decision comes mostly from Cyclop's stress at having to keep his resurrection hidden, after Doctor Stasis (whose true identity is
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