X-Men Need A Leader To Replace Magneto: Here Are Our Top Candidates
The X-Men's Quiet Council needs a new leader to replace Magneto — and here are the top candidates. For decades, Magneto has secretly been part of a conspiracy involving Professor X and Moira MacTaggert. The creation of the mutant nation of Krakoa was their greatest success, as well as the fulfilment of all Magneto's dreams. He has transformed himself into something of an elder statesman, one of Krakoa's greatest champions.
But changes are coming to Krakoa. Magneto will leave Krakoa's ruling Quiet Council at the beginning of the upcoming «Destiny of X» era, and variant covers seem to suggest he'll part ways with the island's rulers under bitter circumstances. There's a certain irony to Magneto's departure, because the Quiet Council had only just settled into a new status quo, welcoming Destiny and Colossus — the latter being under the mental control of a Russian mutant who's working to undermine Krakoa.
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Magneto's decision to leave the Quiet Council means there is yet another vacancy, and this time the remaining mutant leaders are likely to fill it at speed. All that raises a curious question; who would be the best pick to take Magneto's seat? Here are our top candidates.
The first contender to replace Magneto is Cable, the son of Cyclops and Phoenix. Nathan Summers was infected with a techno-organic virus when he was just a child, and he was taken to a dystopian future timeline to save his life. He became a freedom fighter in his age, leading an uprising against Apocalypse, and subsequent time travel exploits have given him a remarkable wealth of combat experience. Cable is a committed leader, even claiming the mantle of Captain America during one war, and
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