X-Men Just Completely Changed What It Means To Have Mutant Powers – Screen Rant

Posted: December 26, 2020 at 1:29 am

It started when Colossus threw Wolverine. Now the X-Men are a transhumanist collective that acts as one impossible machine.

TheX-Menhave created an entirely new definition of what it means to be a mutant hero. In the beginning, a hero of the X-Men was a young student who showed off what the next generation would be capable of. The X-Mengrew up and became symbols of justice across the galaxy, then a crisis team forced to hold back the extinction of their people. Now that the "no more mutants" era is truly over, the X-Men have time to experiment and evolve.SWORD #1shows fans what that evolution looks like: mutants who aren't just individual heroes, but components in a grand machine.

SWORD #1is written by Al Ewing with art by Valerio Schiti, coloring from Marte Gracia, and lettering by Ariana Maher. It's the first step inReign of X, the second act for theX-Men's franchise-wide relaunch that began in 2019 withDawn of X. Mutants are part of a sovereign nation called Krakoa who can resurrect when they die, thanks to the combined powers of a team called the Five. Being immortal, they now have time to branch out. That means starting up a mutant space program, titled SWORD, built from the remains of SHIELD's old sister group responsible for defending Earth from alien threats.

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Krakoa is a nation of mutants and Xavier's new goal is to reach beyond what humans, and human technology, are capable of. The X-Men's space program doesn't bother with rocket ships. Instead, they've created a "circuit" of mutants called the Six.

Like the Five, these heroes were carefully selected for powers that complement each other. Manifold is along-range teleporter who can fold space. Peeper hassubatomicvision and can navigate particle fields, while Risque can manipulate gravity and alter those fields. Armor shields the team and Fabian Cortez uses his power augmentation to ensure the others are strong enough to stay functioning.

The secret to it all is Wiz-Kid, the "control" who brings these elements together. His mutant power lets him talk to technology, including electronics and Krakoan smart plants.It's useful here because the Six aren't just a team, they're what Krakoa calls "mutant technology". The Six are effectively an interdimensional spaceship made of people with superpowers instead of metal parts. They act as a single machine, one that Wiz-Kid can talk to. Together, the Six are able to teleport to the White Hot Room, the "heart of creation" that no mortal should be able to reach.

This is a brand new way of thinking for the X-Men. Before now, mutant teams were selected for individual roles to act more like a football team, mixing offensive and defensive powers with mobility and specialized skills to take on field missions. This goes beyond that to combine mutants as components in a literal machine. These parts can even be updated through psychic downloads and replaced; nearly every member of the Six has a backup ready in case that component fails or goes missing.

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