>>120546802>What can you tell us about the nature of this problem?Something has slithered into a gap in the mutant community. This evil thing has identified that if you are part of a society that has no limits then you also have no direction. Look, there's a whole heap of anthropological and sociological stuff that I could bore you with here, to hint at the big picture and foreshadow some of the fears and doubts Nightcrawler is sensing on the horizon, but this is comics! So, luckily for us, all this high-falutin’ stuff takes a very familiar, and utterly terrifying, form. It’s an individual who is lurking in the shadows, exacerbating the risks that arise when you have a society without any rudder or anchor. Especially when that society is made up of people with superpowers. It’s the sociological equivalent of a nuke, and this thing, this threat, has its finger on the button.
So, Nightcrawler and his slowly building band of allies struggle to figure out what they need to be in order to keep Krakoa functioning. Do they need to become cops? Do they need to be confessors? Or executioners? And the answer is kind of all of those things -- and none. They need to be something totally new.
Underneath all this is a good old fashioned X-Men romp about some really awesome characters identifying a threat and figuring out what they have to do to beat it. What we end up with is a book that's thoughtful, psychedelic, funny, mischievous, silly and sexy.
>There are four other mutants on the cover of Way of X #1; Pixie, D.J., Loa, and Blink. Are these characters Nightcrawler's allies or apostles?This isn't exactly a book with a core team. At least, not at first. We’re on a journey of discovery with Kurt, and part of that comes from his gradual accrual of experts, allies and mentors. That said, in as much as we are sort of heading towards some manner of team, Pixie will certainly be part of it.
