This week's Empyre: X-Men #1 kicks off with a grim callback to some of the darker moments of mutant his🍃tory – with some potentially serious ramifications for the mission Xavier and Magneto set forth at the start of the current 'Dawn o💟f X' era.

The story opens with Doctor Strange advising Scarlet Witch that she can never undo her past – specifically, she can't uncast the spell she once weaved that cos⭕t millions of mutants their powers. However, Strange advises, she may be able to cast a new spell that could help her atone for the terrible sins of her past.

Years ago, Wanda Maximoff/the Scarlet Witch's probability-altering mutant powers and her gift for c꧅haos magick crossed wires, resulting in a psychot🍬ic break in which she killed numerous Avengers and ultimately cast a spell uttering a single phrase – "No more mutants" – that depowered almost every mutant on Earth (though some later got their powers back).

Immediately understanding the gravity of her new spell, Wanda flees - presumably telling no one what transpired. Sometime later, the Cotati arrive on Genosha as part of their i🎶nvasion of Earth (that whole Empyre part of the story), traveling to Genosha to stage part of their attack. However, they're not alone as expected – the come face-to-face with an island full of resurrected mutant zombies, powers intact.

Here's the thing – Xavier and Magneto already have a plan in place to resurrect the Genoshan mutants, as of the Powers of X limited series that helped launch the 'Dawn of X' era. Using the same synchronicity that a🥃llows the Krakoan mutants known as the Five to combine their abilities to fully resurrect individual dead mutants, Xavier and Magneto plan to eventually extrapolate this power into the full-on resurrection of every dead mutant ever.

How will Wanda's interference effect this goal, and will she face any consequences for her actions on Genosha? Well, it seems they'll ha💜ve to get through 🉐the Cotati invasion first.

Empyre: X-Men #2 is due on August 5.