While Xavier's demise is not explicitly shown, the issue ends with the haunting image of his Cerebro helmet shattered by an assassin's bullet next to his limp hand as several X-Men look on in horror. After shooting wildly and seemingly killing several mutants, including Caliban, one of the commandos shoots Xavier in the head at point-blank range before being vivisected by Wolverine. After the events of X-Force #1, however, this resurrection machine will face its biggest test yet, because the first major attack on Krakoan soil results in the apparent death of Charles Xavier.Īfter a mysterious group of masked, anti-mutant villains discover an undercover Domino early in the issue, a commando-style strike force parachutes onto Krakoa, bypassing the island's considerable defenses. RELATED: X-Force Teases a Dangerous New Threat to the X-MenĪlthough this process is fairly new, we've already seen it bring several major X-Men back from the dead its results are also evident in the scores of long-dead mutants who've been walking around the background on Krakoa. After they successfully restore a dead mutant's body, Xavier uses his immense telepathic abilities, and his ever-present Cerebro helmet, to restore their mind from a back-up copy he regularly creates. While Marvel's mutants have always had a reputation for coming back from the dead in one way or another, House of X revealed that Charles Xavier developed a process to resurrect fallen mutants on Krakoa.īy combining their mutant abilities, a group of young mutants called the Five can bring any mutant back to life, almost exactly as they were when they died. Warning: This article contains major spoilers for X-Force #1, by Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara, Dean White, VC's Joe Caramagna and Tom Muller, on sale now.ĭeath isn't quite what it used to be for the X-Men.