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It's been a minute since the X-Men were back in school - even though the school aspect was central to the original concept of the team back when they first appeared in 1963. Maybe this is just my appreciation of New X-Men showing through, but I'll never complain when it comes to the X-Men being based in a school - come on, just imagine showing up to your Japanese class, and Wolverine is the teacher! The possibilities are endless. 

That said, it's one thing to simply write the X-Men within an educational institution, but it's another to actually work in higher ed as a professor and write the X-Men. It's a role that X-Men United writer Eve L. Ewing has shed light on in an interview with AIPT. Ewing's upcoming series will introduce the successor to the Xavier Institute, Graymatter Lane, which aims to provide a new avenue for educating mutants. When asked about how her job as a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago impacts her X-Men writing, Ewing had this to say:

"One of the things I think about in my research is how we can unwittingly replicate crummy things about the ways we were taught or the ways we experienced school, because that’s all we know. There’s definitely the possibility of that playing out [in X-Men United]. What is the point of this school? What does good schooling look like, what does good education look like, for these students? What is the role of the institution in helping mutants thrive? What happens when people disagree on that? What happens when everyone enters the space with their own baggage about how they were mentored, how they came into their power, and the trauma they’ve experienced? Spicy!" 

While comic book fans are likely more familiar with her work on Ironheart and Exceptional X-Men, Ewing's research as a sociologist focuses on education and racism within the education system. So if there is anyone out there more prepared to construct a story about nuances within education - or how the system could struggle with structural biases with regards to its student body - it's her. 

X-Men United #1 will be released on March 11, 2026. 

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