Warning: Spoilers for Ultimate X-Men #8Mutants are coming to the Ultimate Universe thanks to Last X-Menand their arrival will be unlike any depiction of them in Marvel Comics. The growing scrutiny of the Children of Atom cult puts them under pressure from Viper, who represents the Creator’s council and tells the cult leader, Maester, to keep the cult under control – which could lead to massive consequences that could change the entire world. Supreme Universe.
Last X-Men #8 by Peach Momoko features the cult of the Children of the Atom being slowly brought to light, with Kanon exposing the suitcase and NDA from last issue, which leads the audience to ask questions about the Children of the Atom. The edition ends when the Maester gives a speech to his followers, telling them that It’s time for them to stop hiding in the shadowswhile telling them that the world will soon come to an end.
This final speech suggests a mutant uprising in the future of Last X-Menmarking a major change for the Ultimate Universe, as mutants had a relatively minor presence in the universe. The idea of ​​a mutant uprising also harks back to Mark Millar and Adam Kubert’s original. Last X-Men implemented from 2001.
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The new Ultimate Universe was slow to introduce many familiar concepts to the mainstream Marvel universedue to its altered history. While familiar mutants have a small presence in the Ultimate Universe, such as Storm being an ally of Black Panther and Colossus and Magik being members of the Creator’s Council, mutants don’t have nearly the overwhelming presence in this universe that they have in mainstream Marvel. Universe. The fact that superheroes have recently emerged into the public eye makes their relative absence all the more notable.
Mutants becoming more public will be a huge change to the status quo of the Ultimate Universe.
THE The impending revolt of the Children of the Atom promises to change this status quoas coming out of the shadows will give mutants a greater presence in the Ultimate Universe. Although the Children of the Atom appear to be located in Hi no Kuni, increasing their presence will certainly result in other mutants across the globe exposing their powers to the world. Additionally, mutants becoming more public will be a major shift in the status quo of the Ultimate Universe, changing how the general public will view emerging superheroes.
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Interestingly, this isn’t the first time a version of the Ultimate Universe has experimented with the idea of ​​a mutant uprising. THE first arc of 2001 Last X-Men by Millar and Kubert focuses on the Brotherhood of Mutants staging their own uprising across the world and the X-Men being brought together to stop them. However, Momoko’s take on the concept differs significantly from that of Millar and Kubert, with the new Last X-Men being less outwardly violent and using lesser-known characters, whereas the original was more overt in its violence and used familiar X-Men elements.
A mutant uprising is in the near future of the Ultimate Universe, announced by the Children of the Atom. As the events of Last X-Men Shining the public spotlight on mutants in general, the landscape of the Ultimate Universe will undoubtedly be changed, making mutants an ever-increasing presence in the universe. The return of the idea of ​​a mutant uprising also pays homage to the original Last X-Men without imitating it, reimagining the idea of ​​a new continuity and embracing the future. Thanks to Momoko Last X-MenThe Ultimate Universe – and the role mutants play in it – will undoubtedly change forever.
Last X-Men #8 is now available from Marvel Comics.