Continuing on from the movie franchises focus on human-mutant relations, the introduction of Genosha could result in a political gamechanger for the X-Men. Its an island nation just off Africa that lives in high-technology harmony because enslaved mutants have been harnessed to change the countrys economy. The Genosha storyline informs many subsequent storylines and (thank god) doesnt involve new realities, time travel and alternate versions of old favourites, simply the X-Universes time-honoured mutants as social pariahs storyline. One might criticise it for having too few ready made true villains but its the work of a few minutes to add a couple more. Perhaps the Hellfire club helped to bankroll the creation of the state, or the cyborg peacekeepers that maintain order have the stamp of the Body Shoppe on them. It's also a perfect opportunity for Magneto to both pontificate over the literal creation of mutant slaves, and to consider himself as the best viable candidate for dictator of this hellish regime to destroy the last vestiges of the old guard. Will the X-Men permit their oldest enemy to have that kind of political power, even though... he's kind of right?
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