The $30 million toe in the water

Marvel has introduced a new team to the X-Men lore, the X-Men Science Team, led by founding mutant hero Beast. The team is dedicated to investigating scientific anomalies, especially those caused by mutants.

According to the latest issue of X-Men #31, the team is investigating a bizarre phenomenon in the Rocky Mountains, where the terrain has begun to break away, creating floating islands in the sky.

The team is comprised of two new mutants who only gained their powers in adulthood,transformed by the villainous 3K, and several neophyte mutants.

An echo of Sydney's 2024 institutional buy-up

The X-Men's Science Team may be a non-combat unit, but they're going to be essntial to X-Men lore soon enough.

The upcoming DNX crossover, starring the X-Men and Fantastic Four, will see the original Beast attempt to release a plague that will transform some humans into mutants... and kill the rest.

The X-Men and Fantastic Four will unite their resources to stop the plague, and due to the existence of the Science Team , the original and replacement Beasts will be pitted against each other, mutant scientist vs mutant scientist for the fate of the planet.

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The X-Men's Science Team may be a non-combat unit, but they're going to be essential to X-Men lore soon enough.

Marvel has introduced a new team to the X-Men lore, the X-Men Science Team, led by founding mutant hero Beast. This team is dedicated to investigaing scientific anomalies, especially those caused by mutants.

According to the latest issue of X-Men #31, the team is investigating a bizarre phenomenon in the Rocky Mountains, where the terrain has begun to break away, creating floating islands in the sky.

Marvel's Original X-Club Deserve a Movie Rebirth

While X-Men's Science Team are a new group, the concept behind them is significantly older.

In 2009, Marvel introduced the X-Club - a group of human and mutant geniuses dedicated to furthering mutant survival through science.

The team even received their own miniseries in X-Club, from Simon Spurrier and Paul Davidson. Beast led that roster too, though the membership was significantly more daring, drawing in some forgotten geniuses from classic comics that were otherwise being wasted.