Cullen Bunn: In 2015, I was asked to take over Uncanny X-Men. We all know that yielded the Magneto-led team. My first pitch, however, was a cosmic team with Rachel Summers in charge and a new Captain Britain. My pal Bri Hurtt even worked up a few concepts. Their ship was powered by the Siege Perilous.
And they would have encountered alien mutants across the universe.
And—of course—Magneto would’ve played a role.
Why didn’t it happen? It almost did. Then one editor really pushed a case against anything cosmic.
Or maybe it would’ve just been too awesome.
Everyone liked it... save one person who convinced the rest, I guess.
“For so long, my life has been out of control. Chaos and serendipity, wrapped in insanity. I have suffered, I have lost. Not just my life, but my very soul, my self. But no more. Now I know who I am.” – Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Braddock, daughter of Otherworld, mutant, telepath, telekinetic, defender of the realm and, above all, X-Man.
