The new X-Men #1 is here, marking the first full issue of the relaunched 'From the Ashes' era of the X-line. And with it comes the first extended glimpses of the new X-Men status quo, including the main team's base, their mission, and how they fit into the world. So what's it all about? We'll unpack all the major developments from X-Men #1 by writer Jed MacKay, artist Ryan Stegman, inker JP Mayer, colorist Marte Gracia, and letterer Clayton Cowles.
Spoilers ahead for X-Men #1 X-Men #1 follows two concurrent stories - one in which Beast, newly reborn as his heroic self from shortly after his time on the Avengers, shows the X-Men's new base of operations to the chief of police of the small town in Alaska where they've taken up residence, and another in which Cyclops leads his new X-Men team on a rescue mission for another A-list mutant. In Beast's portion, the bouncing blue mutant shows chief Paula Robbins of the Merle, Alaska police department all around the X-Men's new base, set up in the town's former factory, which closed before the X-Men came to town. Beast introduces her to their hydroponic growing operation, overseen by Glob Herman, which grows a number of food crops, and introduces her to Xorn, the X-Men's team medic.
Through it all Beast tries to foster an atmosphere of friendliness - even after it's revealed that this isn't just any factory, it's a former Sentinel factory, which the X-Men have now reclaimed. But Magneto - now hovering in a throne-like chair akin to Pr.
