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Warning: contains spoilers for Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices Infinity Comic #37!
After 48 years, Marvel has revealed the deepest secrets of the X-Men’s most powerful artifact. There are many powerful objects and artifacts littering the Marvel Universe, but few inspire fear and awe as much as the M’kraan Crystal. The Crystal has been an integral part of the lore surrounding the X-Men, but it is also one of the most mysterious, yet Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices Infinity Comic #37 peels back the layers.
Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices Infinity Comic #37 was written by Anthony Oliveira and drawn by Carola Borelli. After 48 years, fans learn the truth about the enigmatic M’kraan Crystal: it is the “base code” of reality. The unseen narrator also likens the Crystal to “factory settings” and “firmware.” They go on to describe it as a “foundation stone” around which the rest of reality is built, and it contains all the laws of magic, space and time. According to the narrator, these concepts are “carved into stone,” or in this case, the M’kraan Crystal.
The M’kraan Crystal, One of Marvel’s Most Powerful Cosmic Artifiacts, Explained
The M’kraan Crystal is As Powerful as It Is Mysterious
Introduced early in Chris Claremont’s run on X-Men, the M’kraan Crystal is perhaps the single most powerful object in Marvel’s reality. Debuting in X-Men #107, the Crystal, created by Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum, was originally in the possession of the Shi’ar Empire. Despite this, the Crystal was also largely unknown to them as well. As such, a number of legends and myths sprung up around the M’kraan Crystal: that it was forged by the first sentient species in the universe, or that it was part of the “Nexus of All Realities.”
As the X-Men learned more about the M’kraan Crystal, the more its mysteries seemed to deepen.
As the X-Men learned more about the M’kraan Crystal, the more its mysteries seemed to deepen. Inside the Crystal was an infinite city, and at its heart was a “neutron galaxy.” The Crystal is also the home of the “White Hot Room,” which has factored into several X-Men stories. The M’kraan Crystal was also front and center in the epic Age of Apocalypse storyline, where it helped bring about that reality as well as whisk several of its inhabitants, including X-Man, back to Earth-616 when the event was over. Clearly, the Crystal is very powerful.
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The M’kraan Crystal’s origins were as obscure as the exact nature of its abilities, but now Marvel has turned back time, taking fans to its creation. Some within the Marvel Universe believe that the Crystal is somehow linked to the fabric of reality itself, and this issue seemingly confirms that. The Crystal is the foundation for everything in the universe, be it the laws of science or the laws of magic. Various stories have explored what happens when the Crystal is tampered with, and the results are never good, and usually destructive.
Marvel Has Finally Revealed the Origin of the M’kraan Crystal, But Questions Still Remain
Who Exactly Made the M’kraan Crystal, and Why?
While Marvel has now revealed more about this key piece of X-Men lore, there are still questions surrounding the M’kraan Crystal. First and foremost, the question of who exactly created it remains. Avengers Academy Infinity Comic shows two people surrounding the Crystal, but does not state if they were its creators. The reason the Crystal was constructed is also shrouded in mystery as well. The legends about the Crystal offer tantalizing hints at its origin, and now Marvel is exploring this aspect of the Crystal in more depth.
Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices Infinity Comic #37 is available now from Marvel Comics!
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