Warning: Spoilers for Uncanny X-Men #8!The X-Men franchise loves establishing new complications in the story of Marvel’s merry mutants, and now Marvel has done it again with the introduction of the Avians, a strange new type of mutants. The Avians are shrouded in mystery, but what’s known about them so far promises that they’re a force to be reckoned with.

Uncanny X-Men #8 by Gail Simone and Javier Garrón has introduced a new twist to the mutant mythos, revealing the existence of the Avians, a group of five super-powerful mutant telepaths.

The issue features a battle between Professor X and the new bald telepath Scurvy, who reveals that both he and Xavier are Avians. According to him, so was Harvey, the now-deceased terminally ill child telepath seen throughout this series. Add on the mysterious "Prisoner X" - assumed until recently to be Xavier but now said to be...