Right now things are not good for mutantkind, Lemire says.
On the flipside, Inhumans have been growing and becoming more prominent in the Marvel Universe.
Theres a lot of tension between these characters about that, and also within the fandom.

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Both groups are large, diverse, and encompass villains as well as heroes.
The stakes couldnt be higher in this apparently zero-sum game.
For both sides of this, it doesnt affect just a small group of them, Soule says.
Perhaps most notably: what happened to Cyclops?
Well definitely see some characters who have been missing in action since the series launch, Lemire says.
Well answer the question of where certain mutants have been, and whats happened to them.
Cyclops is the big one, hes the one weve said was dead and thats all weve really said.
His death was very controversial, so obviously thatll be a big part of the story were telling here.
But theyre still staying mum on important story details.
For instance, what does the titleDeath of Xmean?