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The below contains spoiler forEmpyre : X - valet de chambre # 4
The Worst X - Man is back , double - over . The mutant Bailey Hoskins , a.k.a . X - Ceptional a.k.a . , “ the worst X - Man ” appears now to be officially part of Earth-616 . Just as he saved the 24-hour interval during his first appearance in Earth - TRN656 ( well … sort of ) , he saves the day inEmpyreX - Men#4(well … sort of ) .
Bailey Hoskins was originallythe central characterof a five - part limited series by Max Bemis and Michael Walsh calledX - Men : spoiled X - Man Ever . The teenaged Bailey had mutant ability to explode , but not the ability to heal from said detonation ; in other words , if he uses his baron , he dies . A foresighted series of missteps , mistakes , tragedy , and rejections go to Bailey sacrificing himself to hold on an evil mutant authoritarian . To honor his sacrifice , the reality - heave mutant Miranda to transform the entire Earth - TRN656 persistence into a pitching letter of the alphabet on the desk of ecstasy - Man editor Jordan B. White . White declares that it ’s not the proper time for such a floor , but Bailey may come out in the main continuity one day .
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Writer Jonathan Hickman appears to have fulfilled that promise . Apparently , Hoskins has been in Earth-616 all along ; in keep with the character ’s tragicomic nature , it seems he died in the Sentinel attack on Genosha . When Scarlet Witchzombified the mutant populationof Genosha duringX - Men Empyre , a automaton name Explodey Boy is among them . There are benefit to being all in ; Explodey Boy can now use his mutant great power multiple times . However , since Professor X found a way to resurrect nearly any mutant inHouse of X , this intend that a non - Zombified Explodey Boy is also alive on Krakoa . And he wants to have a long talk with his zombie ego .
In the thick of a chaotic battlefield , living Explodey Boy reveals to zombie Explodey Boy that … he ’s well-chosen . In the mutant Shangri-la of Krakoa , he ’s been work on his relationship with his family . He ’s been practise not being too mean when he crack up a jest . He even got to snog a young woman ! He also reveals to his living dead self that the spell keeping the zombie animated will end soon , and offers to spend those last few moments “ just hang[ing ] out . ” Zombie Explodey Boy is overjoyed to get word that they are doing well on Krakoa . He decides to do what Explodey Boy does good , and go out with a rush instead . Diving into the lip of azombified Coati plant life monster , zombie Explodey Boy vaporise himself , splattering the overwhelmed X - Men with the remains of their fallen enemy .
While neither character is directly stated to be the Earth-616 version of Hoskins , it seems jolly exonerated that they are . Besides being both teenage boys , Earth TRN-656 Bailey Hoskins and Earth-616 Explodey Boy both apportion the same power . They both have a warm relationshipwith Beast . Finally , they both have a trend for exuberance and a complete inability to read the way .
The conversation between the two Explodey Boys is a vindicating testimonial to one of the most tragic and relatable characters in the Marvel multiverse . Bemis and Walsh conceived Bailey as exhaustively mediocre : the least special of all the special people . Every lector of a comic ledger can tie in to wanting to be a superintendent - hero , but also realizing that the power one obtain in real life are far more unremarkable . However , as Beast said to Bailey long ago in an alternative attribute “ [ find out ] to use one ’s weakness as tools [ is ] the very essence ofX - Men - ism . ” To find that a version of Bailey is happy in at least one cosmos and that happiness issue forth by working on his relationship with others and himself ( both literally and figuratively ) … well , that is a type of heroism anyone can achieve .
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