Hickman's initial story being a "secret history" retcon was pretty much my thought as well based on the multiple eras and duplicate characters shown in the teaser. I'm apprehensive for the people getting excited thinking their favorite character is rejoining the X-Men or going back to an old look/powerset, when there's a good chance that is not the case. If anything, I'm thinking these 2 mini-series will be setting up the new status quo, and they'll probably be putting up another teaser for the new teams later this year.
I invested more emotional capital into this announcement than I did for my newborn niece.
I don't blind date I make the direct market vibrate
What if the two side characters are representations of that mutants have the capacity to manifest any/all powers.
No Gambit, no Rogue, no Sunspot, no Cannonball, no Magik, no Jubilee and no Young X-men ? No interesting!
"COURAGE, DON'T YOU DARE LET ME DOWN"
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