Uncanny X-Men #23 is the start of The Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier.
What did Professor X leave behind?
As with the reading of a will, the family is gathered.
That means the dysfunctional, fractured extended X-Men family will unite to learn their late founder’s legacy.
Writer Brian Michael Bendis told Marvel.com how this unites, divides and sets the stage for the next evolution of the X-Men:
“Because this is kind of a reunion of a lot of X-characters that have been geographically not near each other in a while, some people who have been clamoring for the Nightcrawler/Kitty reunion, the Dazzler/Beast reunion, characters with a long history with each other who haven’t been in the same room or had a chance to talk, you’re gonna see this tempered out all over the thing. The other thing too is, and this is something I wanted to address, the Will itself, beyond being part of this Original Sin event, is also a massive X-Men story that’s leading into a very big moment in X-Men history for next year and we’re very excited about it. It’s a thing that we can really turn over some trucks and have some fun with a lot of characters. And things will not look, next year in the X-Men universe, the way they look right now. I doubly bring it up because of all the false information out there that Marvel’s somehow canceling all the X-Men books even though it’s absolutely ridiculous. We’re planning so hard and everyday we’re working on this. So it’s frustrating that people think the books aren’t going to exist next year when so much is going to happen next year. It’s like the total opposite.”
One big question in this X-Fan’s mind: While everyone might assume Xavier trusted his legacy with Cyclops but what if Professor X left everything to Logan who is about to die in Death of Wolverine?
Stay tuned.
By Editor