It's been a rough time for X-Men fans lately. The quality of Marvel's current X-Men comics is mixed, at best. The most recent movie was a dud. The characters have all but vanished from Marvel's merchandise. So it didn't help that the recent Marvel NOW announcements showed a grand total of one X-Men comic as part of the publisher's post-Civil War II lineup. The fear among many fans is that the X-Men simply aren't a priority for Marvel any longer. The time has come for Marvel to definitively prove otherwise and prove that the X-Men are still a vital part of the Marvel Universe.
There's a pervasive conspiracy theory among many X-fans that Marvel is attempting to quietly bury the X-Men in favor of those franchises to which they hold the film and TV rights. These conspiracy theorists accuse Marvel of attempting to replace the X-Men with the Inhumans, citing the new status quo of the Inhumans in the comics and the fact that these characters are playing a more prominent role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And while there's not really any direct evidence to support this theory, at times Marvel seems to be actively playing on fears about the Inhumans replacing the X-Men. That's essentially the basis of the X-Men's current status quo. The mutant race is quite literally collateral damage as the Inhuman empire expands across the globe.
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There's a pervasive conspiracy theory among many X-fans that Marvel is attempting to quietly bury the X-Men in favor of those franchises to which they hold the film and TV rights. These conspiracy theorists accuse Marvel of attempting to replace the X-Men with the Inhumans, citing the new status quo of the Inhumans in the comics and the fact that these characters are playing a more prominent role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And while there's not really any direct evidence to support this theory, at times Marvel seems to be actively playing on fears about the Inhumans replacing the X-Men. That's essentially the basis of the X-Men's current status quo. The mutant race is quite literally collateral damage as the Inhuman empire expands across the globe.
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