Powers of X
#1 (2019) is a companion series to House of X that reveals the secret, centuries-long history of mutantkind. Written by Jonathan Hickman, the issue details four distinct time periods, referred to as "powers of ten" (π0,π1,π2,π3), which add immense context and a sense of an inevitable, desperate war to the contemporary events of House of X.
Overview of the four time periods
π0 (Year Zero): This timeline revisits Professor X's early days, showing his initial contact with Moira MacTaggert, whose hidden ability to reincarnate and live her life again and again serves as the foundation for the entire Krakoan age.
π1 (Year 10): This is the modern Marvel Universe, which is also the focus of the House of X series. The issue features Mystique's return to the new mutant nation of Krakoa after a mission, providing her with the "memory stick" needed by Professor X and Magneto.
π2 (Year 100): One hundred years in the future, mutants are a dwindling species, hunted by the "Man-Machine Supremacy" led by advanced Sentinels and human-machine hybrids. The story follows a team of mutants, including the powerful new character Rasputin, on a critical, suicide-mission-like raid to retrieve information on the enemy.
π3 (Year 1000): This glimpse into a distant, dystopian future reveals that the war is long over. A highly advanced Nimrod and a human "Librarian" discuss their work maintaining the "Mutant Library," a digital database of the lost species, within a sanctuary containing the last living human specimens.
Key events and concepts introduced
Mister Sinister's "Chimera" program: The issue reveals that in the hundred-years-future, Mr. Sinister created "Chimera" mutants by splicing the DNA of existing mutants. The results were mutants with multiple powers, but a failed fourth generation destroyed Mars and 40% of the remaining mutant population.
The Moira MacTaggert reveal: The issue's story from the future timelines is not an inevitable outcome, but rather one of Moira MacTaggert's many lives. After the mission is completed, Wolverine finds an old Moira, who reveals that resetting the timeline is the only way to avert this dark future.
Expansion of the Krakoan story: By showing the eventual, bleak outcomes in the future, the issue casts the hope and progress of Krakoa (shown in House of X) in a more tragic and desperate light, demonstrating the high stakes of Professor X's grand plan.
Powers of X
#1 (2019) is a companion series to House of X that reveals the secret, centuries-long history of mutantkind. Written by Jonathan Hickman, the issue details four distinct time periods, referred to as "powers of ten" (π0,π1,π2,π3), which add immense context and a sense of an inevitable, desperate war to the contemporary events of House of X.
Overview of the four time periods
π0 (Year Zero): This timeline revisits Professor X's early days, showing his initial contact with Moira MacTaggert, whose hidden ability to reincarnate and live her life again and again serves as the foundation for the entire Krakoan age.
π1 (Year 10): This is the modern Marvel Universe, which is also the focus of the House of X series. The issue features Mystique's return to the new mutant nation of Krakoa after a mission, providing her with the "memory stick" needed by Professor X and Magneto.
π2 (Year 100): One hundred years in the future, mutants are a dwindling species, hunted by the "Man-Machine Supremacy" led by advanced Sentinels and human-machine hybrids. The story follows a team of mutants, including the powerful new character Rasputin, on a critical, suicide-mission-like raid to retrieve information on the enemy.
π3 (Year 1000): This glimpse into a distant, dystopian future reveals that the war is long over. A highly advanced Nimrod and a human "Librarian" discuss their work maintaining the "Mutant Library," a digital database of the lost species, within a sanctuary containing the last living human specimens.
Key events and concepts introduced
Mister Sinister's "Chimera" program: The issue reveals that in the hundred-years-future, Mr. Sinister created "Chimera" mutants by splicing the DNA of existing mutants. The results were mutants with multiple powers, but a failed fourth generation destroyed Mars and 40% of the remaining mutant population.
The Moira MacTaggert reveal: The issue's story from the future timelines is not an inevitable outcome, but rather one of Moira MacTaggert's many lives. After the mission is completed, Wolverine finds an old Moira, who reveals that resetting the timeline is the only way to avert this dark future.
Expansion of the Krakoan story: By showing the eventual, bleak outcomes in the future, the issue casts the hope and progress of Krakoa (shown in House of X) in a more tragic and desperate light, demonstrating the high stakes of Professor X's grand plan.
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