#spartax

So, I’ve been thinking a LOT about what would have happened if Kitty Pryde had decided to stay on Spartax with Peter Quill instead of returning to Earth after The Black Vortex, Secret Wars (2015) and the Guardians series that followed. Like, imagine Kitty not just as the First Partner of Spartax, but as a major player in galactic politics, a warrior-queen in her own right.

She wouldn’t just be “Peter’s fiancée.” She’d be out there negotiating peace treaties, overhauling outdated Spartaxian policies, and probably leading a strike force to take down the next big cosmic threat. And you know she’d have some badass ceremonial armor—part Spartaxian royal, part X-Men, part Guardian of the Galaxy. Maybe even her own elite guard?

But also… what would this mean for the X-Men? For mutantkind? Would she try to bring Earth’s mutant struggle to the stars? Could she convince her mother to join her on Spartax? And what happens when the next big war comes knocking—does she side with her home planet or her new one?

SO MANY POSSIBILITIES.

Avengers 19 (2013) by Jonathan Hickman & Leinil Francis Yu

Cover: Leinil Francis Yu

Infinity 3 (2013) by Jonathan Hickman, Jerome Opeña & Dustin Weaver 

Cover: Simone Bianchi (variant)

Infinity 3 (2013) by Jonathan Hickman, Jerome Opeña & Dustin Weaver

Cover In-Hyuk Lee (variant)

Avengers 18 (2013) by Jonathan Hickman & Leinil Francis Yu 

Cover: Leinil Francis Yu