Introduced on the pages of House of X/Powers of X, the X-Men have found a way to permanently cheat death by implementing a mutant rebirth program, which has led to heartwarming reunions between resurrected mutants and those who thought they lost the ones they love. However, a number of, if not most, of these moments of reconnection happen off-panel as the X-Men comics are continuously expanding upon their newly-established lore with little time left to get into the emotional side of mutant resurrections. Now one artist has decided to depict those heartfelt moments in a fan comic that gives readers what they don’t get to see in the main X-Men books.
One of the first times fans got to see mutants being reborn in action was when the main X-Men team suffered brutal fates and were resurrected in front of all of Krakoa. The event leading up to their return in House of X #4 by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz came as quite a shock to fans, as the main X-Team went off on a space mission to stop the development of Sentinels, and each of them died more gruesomely than the last. At that point in time, fans hadn’t yet been fully introduced to the concept of the mutants' Resurrection Protocols, so when the X-Men were brought back to life later in the series it was an emotional relief to have them back on the page. However, that was the main X-Men team, and since then the lesser known characters have had just as important and emotional reconnections that fans haven't gotten to see until now.
In a Twitter post by Carl Broaddus, the artist shared his one-page fan comic depicting the resurrection of the mutant Synch and his reconnection with Monet, as the two were lovers before Synch’s untimely death. The comic opens with a telepathic conversation between Professor X and Monet, as Charles contacts Monet for some unknown reason. Monet doesn't want to hear it and tells the professor to call upon another member of the X-Men, as this is the day she get to reconnect with Synch following his resurrection. Charles understands and tells Monet to curb her expectations because Synch has been dead for some time and may need time to readjust to being alive. Monet tells Professor X that she understands, but doesn’t care as she just wants to meet him again. The final panel shows the two embracing passionately, giving the X-Men a happy moment that otherwise wouldn’t exist.
Broaddus includes with the fan comic a post explaining the nature of the comic and the announcement that this particular page is only the first in an ongoing series. The artist writes that this first comic is a reunion that he had most been waiting for, but that there are many more scenes just like this one ready to be brought to life. The new project launched by Carl Broaddus is called “Along the Margins,” which perfectly encapsulates the mission he is embarking on.
The fact that the X-Men and even all of mutantkind can be brought back to life is a fairly new development in their lives, but it offers a number of emotional stories that have overall remained untold. A mutant who died before the formation of Krakoa as a nation had long been mourned by their loved ones, but now that the option for them to be brought back to life is on the table, the emotional reactions to that news would be profound. The shock, happiness, and outpouring of love and gratitude would flood the pages of any X-Men comic in which these reunions would take place. Now, there is a place for those scenes to live in, as an X-Men fan comic will continue to show fans what they don’t get to see on the page.
Source: Carl Broaddus