X-Men '92 Turns Jubilee Into The Ultimate Mutant Warrior
Warning: This article contains spoilers for X-Men '92: House of XCII #1.
The X-Men '92: House of XCII miniseries has transformed Jubilee into the ultimate mutant. In 2019, comic book writer Jonathan Hickman relaunched the X-Men comics with a bold new vision that united the entire mutant race on the living island of Krakoa. It proved to be a wise decision, reinvigorating a tired franchise and launching a whole new direction that continues to this day.
Marvel Comics has now launched X-Men '92: House of XCII, a miniseries that transposes the concepts of the Hickman era upon the classic animated series. Written by Steve Foxe and illustrated by Salva Espin, the miniseries offers a fascinating glimpse of the world as it could have been; and, while the story is so very familiar, it's thrilling to see older iterations of the X-Men playing similar roles. But Jubilee's part in the story will come as a major surprise to X-Men fans.
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Jonathan Hickman'sX-Men relaunch revealed classic mutant ally Moira MacTaggert is secretly a mutant who possesses the power of reincarnation; every time she dies, she resets to the moment of her birth but retains all the memories of her previous lifetime. In a shocking twist, X-Men '92: House of XCII #1 transposes these powers upon Jubilee, giving her a new manipulative edge that will take the story in a very different direction. She's already been forced to fake her own death to secure the future of Krakoa, for unknown reasons.
It's a delightful twist, and it means Jubilee will undoubtedly be at the heart of X-Men: House of XCII. But this won't be the Jubilee fans know and love; it will be Jubilee with a twist, with an enhanced
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