Slap Uncanny in Front!

Category: X-Men
Last article published: 12 September 2023
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It would seem that the Fall of X storyline has given us a new way to mark X-titles without using that dreaded letter. See, there's this organization not only hunting mutants, but they've given those filthy muties an ultimatum. For everyone of you caught on Earth (after Professor X "pushed" most mutants to colonize Mars), we'll kill a bunch of humans. (Yeah, I'm sure that's gonna work on villains and militants...). To escape Orchis' attention, it looks like a number of X-Men are rebranding as Uncanny [non-mutant Marvel franchise]:

Some have used Quicksilver's Kooky Quartet connections to join Captain America's Avengers, while Nightcrawler is posing as the new Spider-Man in town! So... what other I.P.s can we slap Uncanny in front of? Some ideas...

Colossus is... The Uncanny Iron Man!

(Hey, I'm probably not gonna find appropriate pics for each one, just sayin'.) But yeah, what if Piotr spray-painted himself red and gold and posed as an armored hero? Would people know the difference?

Rogue is... The Uncanny Captain Marvel!
I mean, if anyone has a right to Carol's current identity (from the X-set, I mean), it's Rogue, right? She doesn't even have to leave the Uncanny Avengers!

Storm is... the Uncanny Thor!

As far back as the 80s, we knew Ororo was worthy of Mjolnir, so like Beta Ray Bill, maybe the gods can make a new hammer for her? It would make her a very high-profile mutant, but will Orchis and the world's governments really want to go against Asgard?

So who else? Wolverine as the Uncanny Punisher? Cyclops as Captain America? Angel as Falcon? The Beast as the Hulk? Namor's Uncanny Defenders? Throw some ideas at the wall. They don't have to stick.