Five More X-Men ResurrXion Series We Want
The X-Men have had it rough of late. The entire world was destroyed during the events of Secret [...]
Magik
Magik has long been one of the most interesting and complex characters in Marvel's mutant roster, and her skill with sorcery makes here unique among them. She's also always been a character with an edge to her, as growing up the enslaved protege of the mystically empowered demon ruler of Limbo will tend to do to a person.
Magik disappeared from comics for a while, after being de-aged back to her original age and then dying of the Legacy Virus. When she reappeared, she was nearly sociopathic, putting the fate of the entire planet on the line in a desperate gambit for revenge.
But Magik has matured over the past several years as she has integrated back into reality and accepted the X-Men as her family. After becoming possessed by the Phoenix Force in Avengers vs. X-Men, Magik's powers were amplified to the point that she nearly lost control. Some private tutelage from Doctor Strange helped her find her center, regain control, and becoming an effective teacher at Cyclops' New Xavier's School. One of the students there, Tempus, even ventured to a future where Magik had become the Sorceress Supreme.
Following Secret Wars, Magik has been a part of Storm's Extraordinary X-Men team operating out of X-Haven in Limbo. She alone is responsible for keeping up the magical barriers that keep Limbo's demons at bay. On top of this responsibility, she's been trying to rescue her young student who was possessed by a powerful arcane entity.
All of these recent developments lead us to believe that Magik is ready for the solo spotlight. With the threat of the Terrigen Mist gone, Magik will presumably no longer be needed to keep X-Haven safe. As such, she's free to go on her own magical adventures with her soul sword at her side. Considering the state of magic in the Marvel Universe following recent events in Doctor Strange, there's never been a more interesting time to explore that side of Ilyanna Rasputin's character.
Kitty Pryde
Kitty Pryde has been a central character in the X-Men line for decades, and it's time that she got the character exploration that only a solo series can provide.
Kitty has avoided involvement in most of the mutants' problems with the Inhumans and the Terrigen Mist by virtue of being running around in space with her fiance, Star-Lord, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
However, the events of Civil War II have left the Guardians of the Galaxy, including Kitty Pryde, stranded on Earth. Also, while Star-Lord seems 100 percent committed to backing Captain Marvel's play for predictive justice, Kitty seemed to be harboring some doubt in Civil War II #6. Readers will have to wait for the remaining two issues of Marvel's event series to find out how that manifests, but it seems like this could open a rift between Peter Quill and Kitty.
Either way, being stranded on Earth will force Kitty to reestablish herself with the mutant community, which may take some doing as the status quo shifts for ResurrXion. If on top of that she also splits up with Star-Lord, that leaves Kitty with a lot of identity reestablishing to do, which could make for some good comics.
There's another interesting theme that could be explored with a Kitty Pryde solo series. Marvel Comics is currently seeing a boom in young heroines with Ms. Marvel, Spider-Gwen, Ironheart, Laura Kinney as Wolverine, Nadia Pym as the Wasp, and so on. Kitty Pryde was one of the first Marvel Characters to play that role. She was the youngest member of the X-Men and Wolverine's first protege. Why not use her to explore what a teen hero does for a second act? She could also be a great mentor, making for easy opportunities for guest star appearances from young heroes from the new generation.
Forge and X-Factor
This title is killing two birds with one stone by combining a character in need of a greater role with a concept in need of revitalization.
Forge is a much more interesting, or at least potentially interesting, character than many fans give him credit for. He's a war veteran, a Native American mystic, and a mutant with the power to invent practically anything. There are lots of different angles to explore him from.
Forge was introduced as Storm's great love, but since that didn't work out writers don't really seem to know what to do with him. Now that metanarrative has become narrative. Forge is currently playing tech support for Storm's X-Men team in Extraordinary X-Men and pining away for Storm still. As Magik told him in a recent issue, it just isn't going to happen. Forge has stuck around for now and continues to seethe with jealousy over Storm's attraction towards Old Man Logan, but that particular love triangle seems to be coming to a head during the events of Inhumans vs. X-Men. Frankly, it's time to move on.
Following the events of IvX, with mutants facing a brighter tomorrow, someone will have to become the public face of mutants. To us, that sounds like the perfect opportunity to bring back X-Factor as a government-sponsored mutant team once more. Forge, along with his reprogrammed Sentinel called Cerebra, should leave the X-Men to head up this government task force. He should be joined by former members of X-Factor who are still in mourning over the death of teammate Multiple Man in Death of X, characters like Strong Guy, Wolfsbane, Polaris, and maybe even former X-Factor leader Havok.
Fantomex
The point of ResurrXion may be to bring the X-Men back into the light of day and let them be superheroes again, but someone has to place the morally gray anti-hero in this line. Fantomex seems up to the task.
Fantomex is a character who has been literally dismantled and put back together over the course of the several years. After forming a real emotional bond with Evan Sabahnur over the course of Uncanny X-Force and Wolverine and the X-Men, Fantomex was separated into three different beings. He was eventually merged back together, but something broke his brain(s) and made him cruelly and homicidally obsessed with being the best at everything.
Since Secret Wars ended, Fantomex has been a periphery character in the pages of Uncanny X-Men, doing spy work for Magneto. It's a fine enough role, and he had a great one-on-one encounter with Gambit in Civil War II: X-Men, but it feels like he's been flattened in order to play the part.
With ResurrXion bringing the X-Men and mutants back into the light, Magneto, at least in theory, should have less need for Fantomex's services. This should free Fantomex up for more freelance work.
So what do we want in a Fantomex series? We Fantomex as the world's greatest thief, but not a completely amoral monster. We'd rather not dispense with all of the fine character development that came from his relationship with Evan after all. We want Fantomex to be a mutant version of Lupin III, but less comedic. And yes, we want a rematch between him and Gambit.
Hope and X-Force
You may think that the upcoming Jean Grey solo series has the teenage, redheaded girl who is also connected to the Summers family and a host for the Phoenix Force slot of the X-Men lineup all locked up right? You'd be wrong.
Hope Summers was the most important mutant, possibly even the most important character, in the entire Marvel Universe for a number of years. Then, all of sudden, she wasn't anymore and fell into relative obscurity. It's time for Hope to find her way back to the forefront.
The last we saw of Hope Summers, she had taken over leadership of X-Force from her adoptive father, Cable. Then Secret Wars happened, and she hasn't been seen since.
With mutants returning to prominence, there are sure to be those with anti-mutant agendas looking to punish mutants for simply surviving. That's where Hope's X-Force comes in. Think of them as the mutant version of the A-Team, but with bigger guns and superpowers.
While most of Hope's X-Force squad has moved on to other things, Hope would still have Marrow by her side, and shouldn't have too much trouble refilling the team's ranks. Hope would then lead X-Force on missions to assist mutants in need who may otherwise fly under the radar of the X-Men, who are likely focused on larger scale threats.
The series could also reexamine Hope's relationship with Cable. The events of Deadpool and Cable: Split Second reverted Cable to a version of himself that he had mostly grown out of before Hope was even born. Would Hope even recognize the person her father is today? Would Cable care for her the same way he did when he raised her, or object to her continuing to run X-Force? This all fertile ground for storytelling with the one-time mutant messiah.
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