The mutant Captain America, Captain Krakoa, will be replacing X-Men leader Cyclops - franciscompter

The mutant Captain America, Captain Krakoa, wish Be replacement X-Men leader Cyclops

X-Men #7 cover (Image credit: Pepe Larraz (Wonder Comics))

Now that mutantkind has their ain nation, a spick-and-span nationalistic hero has emerged - and he'll be replacing Cyclops as leader of the X-Men.

After revealing him to the public in Sep, Marvel has official that Captain Krakoa "takes charge of the X-Workforce" in January 2022's X-Men #7 - even replacement team leader Cyclops, as seen asynchronous artist Pepe Larraz's cover to the issue.

X-Men #6 cover — (Double recognition: Pepe Larraz (Wonder Comics))

This apparent leadership switch comes just months after Cyclops stepped down from Krakoa's leadership anatomical structure to focus exclusively on organism the leader of the X-Men.

While there has been an X-Manpower member named X-Man, Marvel's alteration super-team has ne'er really had an extremist-jingoistic flagbearer blood-related to Captain America until the likewise-named Captain Krakoa. The publisher has described Captain Krakoa as "a new hero," simply it appears he could have any connection to the new brooding villain Physician Stasis, who has been appearing recently in the X-Men book.

That being same, it isn't out of the question that this could also be Cyclops in camouflage; decades ago Water flea took on the felon identity of Erik the Red to infiltrate Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and was able to quick rise inside the ranks to become the second in command. That tactic sounds a bit same what could be at play here with Maitre d' Krakoa, doesn't IT?

A third option might be perfect us in the face - what if Headwaiter Krakoa is Krakoa? In addition to existence the island the mutants are living on, Krakoa is a sentient modification being - one which Prof X and Inscribe have been experimenting, cultivating, and training to flesh out its awareness to the point that it has manifested a roughly Groot-equivalent organic structure on respective occasions. Krakoa's flowers are known to have special abilities, and Captain Krakoa not-so-coincidently has flowers around his headstall - could this represent the next stage in Krakoa's existence?

According to Wonder, Captain Krakoa will introduction in December 22's X-Men #6, followed past the clean-revealed X-Men #7 on January 19, 2022.

Here's a constantly updated listing of each the new X-Men comics , graphic novels, and collections coming in 2021 and beyond.

Newsarama Senior Editor program Chris Arrant has covered comic book word for Newsarama since 2003, and has too written for USA Today, Life, Amusement Weekly, Publisher's Hebdomadally, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop Newsworthiness, and CBR. He is the writer of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Standard, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Amusing) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the William Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Subroutine library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)