Warning: Spoilers for Uncanny X-Men #19!The X-Men could be replacing the X-Mansion with an amusement park based on them. The X-Mansion is easily the team’s most famous home base, to the point that even LEGO gave its X-Men spinoff of the X-Mansion. However, the X-Mansion hasn’t been home to the team for years, but Marvel could give the X-Men an unexpected new sanctuary.

In Uncanny X-Men #19, the X-Men team led by Rogue are introduced to ‘The Uncanny Village,’ a mutant-themed attraction presented to them by Mayor Sappora.

The pitch includes buildings named after the X-Men members themselves, like Nightcrawler’s Teleporting Trampolines and Jubilee’s Jump and Jive. Needless to say, the X-Men are a little freaked out at the notion.

The X-Men are Offered an Amusement Park: The Uncanny Village

Uncanny X-Men #19 by Gail Simone and David Marquez

With the X-Men currently split into two teams, the X-Men squad led by Rogue relocates to New Orleans, where they are training the next generation of mutants called The Outliers and stopping local threats. They soon gain a cult following among the New Orleans natives. To celebrate the X-Men, Mayor Mikki Sappora honors the team with a Friendship Festival.

Both the festival and the pitched Uncanny Village are meant to promote mutants and non-mutants coming together for fun. The political approach to literally branding the X-Men as the faces of equality brings the franchise into new themes revolving around capitalism, but if Mayor Sappora’s efforts are genuine, then it’s a wholesome contrast to what the X-Mansion has become lately.

The X-Mansion Has Become A Prison for Mutants

X-Men HQ Has Become the Exact Opposite of What Professor X Intended

The X-Mansion has now become home to mutant prisoners, as supervised by Warden Ellis, leading the likes of Captain Ezra and Phillip. It is now called Graymalkin Prison, giving the X-Men’s home a horrifying new purpose. Ironically enough, at one point, Graymalkin Prison was once home to the original founder of the building, Charles Xavier.

The OG X-Mansion was meant to be a sanctuary for mutantkind for students and gifted youngsters who didn’t have a home to call their own, and now, it’s designed to be a hellscape for mutants. Meanwhile, this new attraction has the potential to bring mutants and non-mutants in harmony, achieving Xavier’s dream, but the X-Men remain skeptical.

Uncanny X-Men #19 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.

Movie(s)

X-Men (2000), X2, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), X-Men: First Class (2011), The Wolverine (2013), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Deadpool (2016), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Logan (2017), Deadpool 2 (2018), Dark Phoenix (2019), The New Mutants, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

First Film

X-Men (2000)

TV Show(s)

X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, X-Men (1992), X-Men: Evolution (2000), Wolverine and the X-Men (2008), Marvel Anime: Wolverine, Marvel Anime: X-Men, Legion (2017), The Gifted (2017), X-Men ’97 (2024)

Video Game(s)

X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994), Marvel Super Heroes (1995), X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996), Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997), Marvel vs. Capcom (1998), X-Men: Mutant Academy (2000), Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000), X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 (2001), X-Men: Next Dimension (2002), Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011), Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011), X-Men Legends (2005), X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse (2005), X2: Wolverine’s Revenge (2003), X-Men (1993), X-Men 2: Clone Wars (1995), X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (1994)

Character(s)

Professor X, Cyclops, Iceman, Beast, Angel, Phoenix, Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, Storm, Jubilee, Morph, Nightcrawler, Havok, Banshee, Colossus, Magneto, Psylocke, Juggernaut, Cable, X-23

Comic Release Date

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