10. Will Xavier Die (And Stay Dead)?
FoxIn the prelude to the Age Of Apocalypse stories, Marvel ran a six-part miniseries entitled Legion Quest. Serving as a suitable warm-up to the events about to take place, it follows a mutant called Legion, who is also coincidentally Charles Xaviers son. Taking a trip back in time with his pal Bishop (seen in Days Of Future Past of course) with the intention of offing Magneto, he lands in a spot when Xavier and Magneto are pals. It's all very unfortunate - as in the ensuing battle, Xavier is killed, and so in due course his son Legion evaporates, sparking a new timeline. This might not be the chosen genesis for the films story, after all, theres a lot to pick from and we've already just seen similar ideas explored in DOFP. However, the resultant effect Xaviers death has on Magneto forces the previously-evil mutant to consider his late friends vision for a world wherein mutants and humans co-exist happily. With Apocalypse an interested witness, he seizes this weak moment in mutant history to launch his assault on mankind, which in turn prompts Magneto to assimilate the X-Men and prepare to defend both species. The question that needs to be addressed here is whether Xavier properly, full-blown, true-to-real-life die? Because really, for Magneto to be pushed to the point of essentially embracing the inherent goodness in both man and mutant, thats gotta be some revelation he has. Possibly a revelation only garnered through a grapple with extreme grief. And with Xaviers penchant for being resurrected in the end credits, its not like hed be gone for long anyway - just long enough to get things done.