Summary

Warning : SPOILERS forRise Of The Powers of X # 1

Professor X has always been a strawman for Marvel Comics’X - Men . As team founding father , Charles ’ darkness and his ideology loom intemperately over the Children of the Atom , even when he ’s not attached to the current card . However , Professor X is n’t the squad ’s only great loss leader , and a glimpse into the team ’s future gives rooter a smell at Xavier ’s ultimate replacement as loss leader of the X - Men .

Weakend by the containment ofhis tremendous powers , this timeline ’s variant Everett Thomas is confine to a hoverchair resemble Xavier ’s iconic chair from the Mutant Genesis era . Although this timeline is ultimately averted as part ofXavier ’s experiments with the Moira Engine , Synch ’s electric potential as Charles ’ replacement remains undeniable .

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As the X - Men ’s Krakoan earned run average stop , Marvel has released a chronological edition of the House of X and Powers of X miniseries that take up it all .

Synch Is The Future Of The X-Men

With the mutant power to “ synch ” with other superhumans and replicate their abilities , Everett is arguably one of theX - Men ’s most sinewy member . Thanks to the relative 100 he drop survive within the Vault , he ’s by far their most experienced . This combination provides him with a unique perspective invaluable to leading what remains of his fellow sport . With the wear - and - bust on his body that results from his keep on “ memories ” of the powers he ’s copied for further employment , it makes full sense that he ’d take a more behind - the - scenes role similar to Professor X , saving his involvement only for when the place desperately calls for it .

Not only is this furtherance something that prepare total tactical common sense for Synch , it’salso something that the character has earn , specially over the last few years . During his prison term as a member of Generation X , Everett was a devotee - favorite among the vernal genesis of variation up until his sudden death . Ever since hisresurrection during the Krakoan Era , the character reference has been a rising superstar , with his inclusion in the batting order for the flagship X - Team raising his visibility to incredible novel heights . As such , seeing Synch last supervene upon Professor X as leader of the ecstasy - work force would at last be the culmination of this tumultuous character discharge .

Professor Charles Xavier’s Time Has Passed

Professor Charles Xavier may have been the X - Men ’s founding father and mentor , but the dream he laid out for his fellow child of the Atom was never meant to expire with him . Time and again , fans have seen Charles leave alone his students either voluntarily or through one death or another . clip and again , fans have witnessed the disco biscuit - Men bear on admirably in Xavier ’s absence seizure . disregardless , the mutants will always require an ikon to lead them , with or without Charles . And this dystopian timeline proves that while Marvel Comics ’ Professor X is their past tense , the fan - favorite hero known as Synch is theX - Men’sfuture .

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Featured Image: left to right, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Professor X, Magneto, & Wolverine, during the Krakoan era

Synch as X-Men Leader

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Synch and the Last X-Men

Cover for Rise of the Powers of X #1, revealed at NYCC 2023

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