Among the X-Mens earliest students, Kate Pryde is Professor Xs greatest tragedy.

Cyclops & Rogue are the perfect leaders of the next generations mutants.

However, their rivalry may risk the collapse of what little they have left.

Comic book art: Rogue and Cyclops stand on either side of a massive Sentinel skull.

Now that Xaviers dream has come and gone, a new ideological war is brewing between Charless children.

A new fight to determine whetherXavier was justifiedin using others as pawns in his war.

Charles Xavier raised soldiers.

Magneto with his Brotherhood of Mutants standing behind him.

When entrusted with the lives of children, he turned them into weapons.

After taking up the mantle of Shadowkat again, Kate became a much more cold and tactical character.

These are lessons of war that were taught to children, who internalized these messages until adulthood.

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Now thatKitty Pryde has moved past Shadowkat, she cant escape the ghosts behind her.

Kate Pryde and Charles Xavier’s relationship is just one prominent example of that, among many.

One immediate example wasduring Cyclopss leadershipof the X-Men during theX-Men: Schismevent.

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Throughout the five-issue event, Cyclops and Wolverine consistentlyclash over the X-Mens willingness to use children in combat.

Only a few scenes later, the Utopia is targeted by a Sentinel unlike any other.

A new generation marks a fresh chance to do things right.

The Exceptional X-Men overhear that Kitty has killed people in the past.

The X-Men franchise, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, centers on mutants with extraordinary abilities. Led by the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier, they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threatening humanity. The series explores themes of diversity and acceptance through a blend of action, drama, and complex characters, spanning comics, animated series, and blockbuster films.

BothKate and Roguerealize their position in these teenagers lives.

Kitty Pryde is forging a new future for herX-Men,devoid of Xaviers callous misuse of others lives.

Exceptional X-Men#4is available now from Marvel Comics.

X-Men’s Shadowkat breaking into Orchis.

The X-Men franchise, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, centers on mutants with extraordinary abilities.

Led by the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier, they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threatening humanity.

Wolverine calls Cyclops out on using kids in war.

Melee walks away from the Exceptional X-Men and Kitty Pryde

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The X-Men franchise, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, centers on mutants with extraordinary abilities. Led by the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier, they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threatening humanity. The series explores themes of diversity and acceptance through a blend of action, drama, and complex characters, spanning comics, animated series, and blockbuster films.

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