X-Men's Resurrections Are Dooming Their Future Leaders
Warning: Spoilers for X-Men Red #4 ahead
A despicable villain at Marvel Comics just brought up an incredibly important question in X-Men Red #4 that could hint at the future demise of the mutant nation of Krakoa: If Krakoan mutants can never die, and leaders on the Quiet Council are not democratically elected, what is to stop the current Quiet Council from ruling forever?
Krakoan Resurrection and immortality has been mainly framed as a future-altering massive leap in mutant evolution, but finally some non-mutants are beginning to wonder about the potential for a long-term, if not forever, fascist totalitarian regime on the island of Krakoa. The government of Krakoa is made up of X-Men heroes and villains, some of whom such as Sinister and Exodus already have a penchant for dictatorial leadership, but the real threat to the long-term sustainability of Krakoa is Professor Xavier, who already views himself as God.
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In X-Men Red #4 — written by the acclaimed Al Ewing with evocative art by Stefano Caselli — Storm, the Regent of Sol and current leader of Arakko's Great Ring, is attending an impromptu meeting hosted by Oracle of the Shi'ar. Oracle announces to Storm and other galactic leaders like Emperor Dorrek VIII and King T'Challa that Majestrix Xandra of the Shi'ar, daughter of former Majestrix Lilandra and Charles Xaiver, has been assassinated. T'Challa quickly raises the idea of mutant resurrection on Krakoa, since Xandra is half-mutant, to which Orbis Stellaris, the villainous leader of the Galactic Rim Collective, protests stating, "Why this death? Why can only Earth's mutants deny the reaper? And what happens the next time she dies?.. what it will do is
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