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In a surprise reveal , theX - Menfranchise ’s outgoing elderly editor Jordan D. White has revealed plans to permanently killCyclops ' brother Alex Summers , akaHavok . The design would n’t have just killed off the persona however - he would have become an undead zombie , permanently continuing on in Marvel traditional knowledge as one of the living dead .
The reveal comes in a late consultation withAIPT , where White reveal that he had design to keep Alex as a zombi spirit . Currently , Marvel is transition from its 2019 - 2024 Krakoan Era tothe young From the Ashes Era . White confirms that if he ’d rest in the same character , Havok ’s end inDark X - Men(by Steve Foxe and Jonas Scharf ) would have stuck , andAlex Summers would have continued on as a zombi resurrected by his lover Madelyne Pryor .
The kill blow come in inDark XTC - hands # 1 , when the squad blend up against Albert - a robotic adaptation of Wolverine working for the anti - mutant group Orchis . After Havok ’s injuries prove fatal , Pryor used her magic to brace him in a body politic of living decease . While the ' From the Ashes ' earned run average will see Alex retrieve from this state , White reveals he had a very different destiny in mind , say :
The XTC - Men just spent 5 twelvemonth living with their biggest baddie , leading to some of the funniest and most brutish insults in franchise history .
Alex’sDark X-MenFate Was Meant to be Permanent
Alex Summers is themore powerful blood brother of Cyclops , with the ability to convert ambient DOE into superhot blood plasma attack . First introduce in 1969 , Havok has had a hard prison term late , as the residual psychic trauma of take in his creative thinker tamper with ( and his daughter removed from history by Kang the Conqueror ) have depart him struggling with gush of crimson passion . Alex found some quilt with Madelyne Pryor - the clone of Jean Grey - but even this brought more hardship into his life , as she was ab initio an enemy of mutantkind . During the last couple of years , Madelyine has receive closure in her anger towards Jean , becoming something of an ally to the X - Men and even founding her own short - lived Dark 10 - Men team .
Alex ’s automaton shift played with the themes of submission and dependence in Alex and Madelyne ’s relationship , build Havok ’s habit of drawing a signified of identity from Madelyne ( even when she ’s arguably pursuing evil ) even more genuine . The comic had hinted that Havok ’s devotedness to Pryor would have grim aftermath , and becoming a zombie would have fit the Federal Reserve note ( though it would still have been preferred to just dying . ) Sadly , the ending ofX - homo # 35(from various writers and creative person ) shows Alex looking lost next to a card for Angel ’s new X - Factor squad , setting up his novel status quo while also confirming he ’s recovered from zombification .
Havok was play in 20th Century Fox’sX - man : First Classmovie series by Lucas Till .
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In Marvel ’s unexampled From the Ashes era , Havok will alternatively by headlininga newX - Factorseriesfrom Mark Russell and Bob Quinn . Alongside Angel , Frenzy , Pyro and Feral , Alex Summers will become a regime agent in a series exploring the idea of superheroes as marketable famous person , fighting to " make the world dependable for majority rule . “It ’s an interesting premise and one that Alex - always in the fantasm of his more famous brotherCyclops- is somewhat perfect for , however those buff who wantedX - Mento persist in the Krakoan Era will be sadden to recognize there was still more write up to tell with zombieHavok .
X - ingredient # 1is come August 14 from Marvel Comics .
Source : Chris Hassan , AIPT
