Marvel has been incredibly secretive about its X-Men relaunch, Dawn of X . That goes not just for Jonathan Hickman's core X-Men series, but the five other books spinning out of the new mutant status quo. It's only with the release of Marauders #1 that we actually know the plot of this new series from writer Gerry Duggan and artist Matteo Lolli. And the biggest takeaway from issue #1 is that Kitty Pryde has become the new Wolverine of the X-Men franchise.

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Art by Matteo Lolli. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)

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Art by Matteo Lolli. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)

Art by Matteo Lolli. (Image Credit: Marvel Comics)

While House of X and Powers of X showed us that most of the X-Men are 100% behind Professor Xavier and Magneto's plans for Krakoa, Marauders reveals that Kitty has become the lone outsider among the team. It's not so much that Kitty doesn't support the idea of Krakoa, but for some reason, the living island literally doesn't want her around.This page shows what happens when Kitty attempts to cross through Krakoa's portals:While it's unclear why Krakoa seems to hold a personal grudge against Kitty, the end result is that she's become a loner. It's a far cry from the days of X-Men Gold, where Kitty served as the leader of the X-Men.Kitty now passes the time by sailing the high seas and running supplies from the outside world into Krakoa. Between her solitary existence, her increasingly grumpy personality and her habit of dipping liberally into Logan's beer stash, Kitty has basically become the new Wolverine. It's a fitting transformation considering Kitty was the first junior X-Man Logan took under his wing after joining the team.Fortunately for Kitty, she soon finds a new and more critical purpose in life courtesy of her old frenemy, Emma Frost. Now one of the 12 mutants in charge of governing Krakoa, Emma has spearheaded a lucrative new corporation called the Hellfire Trading Company. She needs someone who can not only deliver contraband like Xavier's new life-saving drugs, but also sneak into other countries like Russia and North Korea that refuse to recognize the sovereignty of the mutant nation. Kitty is now charged with liberating mutants who want to be free but are being denied access to Krakoa's portals. She may not be able to travel through, but they can.As is only fitting in her new career as a pirate captain, Kitty assembles a new team of X-Men to crew her ship - Iceman, Storm, Bishop and Pyro (whom we learn was one of the first guinea pigs as Xavier perfected his mutant resurrection system). What Kitty doesn't know is that she was neither Emma's first nor second choice to lead this mission. Emma previously approached Storm and another unnamed mutant for the job. The implication being there's far more to this mission and the Hellfire Trading Company's goals than meets the eye.Fortunately, Kitty isn't afraid of a little challenge.If you haven't already, check out our review for Marauders #1 to see why we think this series is a worthy companion to the monthly X-Men comic.And for more on Dawn of X, see everything we know about the new mutant status quo , learn 8 major questions we still have about Dawn of X and find out how Moira MacTaggert's mutant power could be used to introduce the X-Men in the MCU

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