The Quiet Council rules the Krakoan age, for better… or worse. Now, shaken by INFERNO and X LIVES / X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE, they strive to hold together—no matter how much they want to tear each other apart. Take a seat in the room where it happens. “It” being “the most powerful people on Earth deciding the fate of the whole planet.” Prepare for sinister secrets to be revealed and learn that some secrets are more sinister than others… Talking Animal: Sinister's creations, Cy-Cat and Professor Plod (a tortoise) are both able to speak, but have normal animal forms and mannerisms. Literary Allusion Title: The eighth issue is titled "The Curious Case of Dr. Essex and Mr. Sinister" as it lifts from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in its depiction of Essex/Sinister during Victorian times. As part of her pitch for membership in the Quiet Council, Selene brings up that time she tried resurrecting the population of Genosha herself, as happened in Necrosha. Kate tries pointing out Selene wasn't exactly doing that out of the kindness of her own heart.

Anti-Magic: Hope Summers uses a bullet made of the fancy new metal Mysterium to counter Selene's famously potent regeneration. The Best Comic Book Series or Original Graphic Novel of 2022". IGN. December 5, 2022 . Retrieved January 2, 2023.I have an announcement. I will be stepping down from the council and retiring to Arakko. — Magneto Appearing in "Part One: The Left Hand" After their argument in issue #11, Ororo notes that while Emma was just lashing out, it doesn't make what she says to her less true. Exodus compares the White Hot Room to Tiphareth, a comparison made with the place in other comics, including Defenders: Beyond. RELATED: The X-Men’s Latest Dark Future Confirms the Team’s Most Dangerous Member IMMORTAL X-MEN #1

Mr. Sinister is in fine form in the first issue, thinking to himself that he has everything figured out, only for events to unexpectedly go another way and leave him fumbling trying to maintain his composure. Destiny spells it out for him near the end, there is no one future, no singular destiny, only possibilities that her powers allow her to see. Destiny is trying to navigate between many possible bad futures. The one we see most of in the third issue is "the eXpanse", where Exodus, powered by a trillion-strong mutant church-empire with Phoenix imagery, hunts down Sinister. However, Destiny is also motivated by the fact that for her, any bad future is one where Mystique isn't alive. And she can't see any future where Mystique lives.Mind Probe: In his origin story, Exodus fought and won a psychic duel with Sersi of the Eternals. Here, it's revealed he actually read her mind as he did so and learned a lot about Eternals, giving valuable insight into their nature. And I Must Scream: Issue #12 has Colossus, still under psychic control, hoping desperately that Kate or Ororo will notice how blatantly Not Himself he is and do something to stop him. They don't. Speech Bubbles: When Sinister reinstalls his personality the speech bubbles change step-by-step, not just the speech patterns. He goes from a very formal font to the standard font, but all in capital letters, before finally returning to the usual sentence case style. In issue #4, Sinister's Multiple Man-empowered duplicates lead the Quiet Council on a wild goose chase. To confuse their pursuers, each duplicate proclaims, "I'm Spartacus!" - except for the one who shouts "I'm Brian!".