That was my reflex reaction too, but given who WAS selected, I guess I'm not all that shocked by his absence.
Additionally, not that it should, but maybe his playing nice with the Avengers etc is looked upon less favorably by some of his X-peers.
Who knows. People have crazy biases.
Like my own.
For Roberto.
I friggin love him.
I hope he's written well in New Mutants.
Originally, when I discovered the New Mutants eons ago, He drove me batty. He was definitely in the lowest tier on the favoritism hierarchy, but since Avenging, he and Yana and Doug are my top 3 of their generation. Oddly, Yana and Doug were each given positions of authority within the Krakoan regime. I really hope that he'll have a prominent role on his team, if Yana is to be the appointed captain.
Also: YAY HE'S GETTING A MARVEL LEGENDS FIGURE!
He could be with the Hellfire Trading Company.
if hickman makes roberto shi'ar emperor
and al ewing is taking over marvel cosmic
...
the goose is loose
Thatll be cool but id like to see Sunspot involved in a more accessible and X-Blended narrative
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I mean considering the Shi'ar have been name dropped multiple times in HoX/PoX, Xavier's daughter is the (Empress?), Cannonball being married to and having a kid with a super-guardian (a plot point created by Hickman), and the New Mutants headed into (most likely) Shi'ar space I think the Shi'ar are going to play a pivotal role in the X-narrative going forward.