The Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier is revealed this week in Uncanny X-Men #23.
What did the Professor leave behind? When did he write the will?
It’s part of the Original Sin event but the aftermath will continue long after leading to an “all-new, all-different” X-Men franchise.
As Brian Michael Bendis explains, this issue will have a huge impact on all the mutants and sends a very clear message about the man who founded the X-Men.
“It is a massive story that goes well past “Original Sin.” Look at it this way — it ties into “Original Sin” because we’re going to find out something about Charles Xavier we didn’t know, but it is its own thing. There’s not even a mention of “Original Sin” in the storyline. It is just a perfect storm of finding out Charles Xavier’s original sin while “Original Sin” is going on. Which I think will help it in the long run, not being tied-in directly, but for those invested in the secrets that we’re finding out right now in the Marvel Universe, here’s a huge one. If you just love the X-Men, here’s a giant X-Men story involving brand-new characters, and old characters, and old relationships, and new reveals. For those who have been paying close, close attention for many years, here comes some whoppers. And for those who are just brand new, starting with Marvel NOW! — which there are a lot of — here comes another zinger. Here we go!, Bendis tells Comic Book Resources.
“I think it also cements to people that Charles Xavier is not coming back, which is a promise we’ve made, and as long as we’re here, that’s the way it’s going to be. I can’t speak for decades in the future, but this is a death that means a great deal to the franchise, and to the characters, particularly the original X-Men — and when I say the original X-Men, I don’t mean the All-New X-Men, I mean the grown-up versions, as well. As the reality sets in that Charles Xavier is not coming back, personalities and relationships start to fracture in a big, big way, and some characters that you wouldn’t expect to be so overwhelmed by the loss start to kind of fall apart.”
Bendis teases he will reveal more of Xavier’s past that will impact the X-Men’s future.
“It involves, without giving too much away, a character we did not know about from Charles Xavier’s life. What that character means, and what that character can do, and what that bomb dropping on the X-Men will do — when the pieces all fall down, and they start to put the X-Men franchise back together again, what will it look like a year from now? It’s going to look completely different from what we have right now.”
Uncanny X-Men #23 by Bendis and Kris Anka arrives Wednesday.
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