Immortal X-Men

Immortal X-Men is an American superhero comic book series written by Kieron Gillen and published by Marvel Comics, which followed the Quiet Council of Krakoa during the Krakoan Age.

Writer-editor Jonathan Hickman and artist/co-plotter Pepe Larraz created the Quiet Council of Krakoa in House of X #6 (October 2019). The Council appeared in many comics in the Dawn of X and Reign of X relaunches, creating and enforcing the laws of Krakoa; prosecuting and delivering judgement on mutants accused of breaking those laws.

In March 2022, the council headlined Immortal X-Men as part of the Destiny of X relaunch. The series also served continuation of Inferno (vol. 2). It was written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Lucas Werneck, building plot points for the event Sins of Sinister. After being briefly transformed into the Immoral X-Men limited series during the event, Immortal X-Men continued from issue #11.

The series then continued during the Fall of X phase which started with third annual Hellfire Gala (July 2023) event; during this event, the nation of Krakoa was destroyed in a multi-prong attack by Orchis which seemingly killed most of the populace. Gillen explained that the "Quiet Council was ruined" by the end of issue #13 but the events of the Hellfire Gala prevent them from announcing their mistakes. During the Fall of X phase, Gillen wanted to continue following the thread of it being "too late" for the Quiet Council to confess or recover from the problems they created – "that's what the book is about; failure of leadership. It's about these 12 people collapsing in on themselves". He highlighted the tensions between Xavier, Shaw, and Selene as "half the plot" and

Then there's this whole separate plot about, "What does leadership mean, and can we have a better form of it? What is government? What do we owe each other? Why do we protect each other?"

In December 2023, Issue #18 concluded the series. The four issue limited series X-Men: Forever (March – May 2024) by Gillen and artist Luca Maresca continues the narrative of Immortal X-Men and resolves lingering questions. When these issues were collected as a trade paperback, it was released as the fifth Immortal X-Men volume. Gillen commented that the X-Men: The Wedding Special (May 2024) "is set between the incoming and outgoing administrations – I'm both giving a little after credit scene to my Immortal X-Men stories, and setting up what's coming next".

In July 2024, as part of the X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch, a new version of the Quiet Council debuted in NYX (vol. 2) #1. This iteration appeared in New York City and consisted of The Krakoan (formally Hellion), Empath and four of the Stepford Cuckoos.

During the events of House of X, Moira MacTaggert (mutant with ability to be reborn with knowledge of her previous lives) propelled Professor X and Magneto to create the island of Krakoa into the sovereign homeland for mutants. They designed the Quiet Council and Moira kept herself as hidden partner. She used her memories of how mutant nations failed in other timelines to not repeat the same mistakes.