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X-Corp has been recruiting new members to their Board of Directors — and they may have found a powerful one in the form of a classic villain.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for X-Corp #4, on sale now
The current era of Krakoa has seen the X-Men try to move past their old rivalries and antagonism, embracing many of their former foes by their side. While this has presented some serious conflict in some branches of the mutant nations, others have thrived in their current positions — with an ancient mutant seemingly deciding to take that route as well.
Selene just proved her worth to X-Corp and seemed to guarantee herself a position within their Board of Directors in X-Corp #4 by Tini Howard, Alberto Foche, Sunny Gho, and VC’s Clayton Cowles, all while indulging in her dark side to the benefit of the company.
X-Corp has been positioning itself as a very different type of X-Men team than the other branches of Krakoa. While X-Factor and X-Force are concerned with specific missions and the Marauders and X-Men deal with heroics and public perception, X-Corp is almost entirely centered on the whims of the public. The new business branch of Krakoa, X-Corp has to deal with potential financial enemies and the imagery of what the mutant nation and its business looks like. To that end, they’ve been structuring themselves in new ways, focusing on developing a board of directors to make major decisions, working towards gaining lucrative deals in the private sector and developing new technologies that can help the entire world.
However, there have been some vacancies on the board of directors. Although Angel and Monet run the company, there have been three other seats at the table that technically remained unfilled — although Jamie Madrox and Trinary (two of the first recruits to the organization) were seen as front-runners for those positions. Mastermind was able to impress Angel and M during the Hellfire Gala, ensuring his position within the group as well. A number of others met with them about potentially taking one of the empty seats — perhaps most unexpectedly, Selene. One of the last remaining Externals and a psychic vampire who has long been one of the X-Men’s greatest foes, Selene has offered her services to the pair. Her initial presentation worried Angel but impressed Monet.
However, during an attack on the X-Corps newest technological unveiling, Selene was able to make an impressive showing of her capabilities. Invited to the premiere by Mastermind due to their previous connection through the Hellfire Club, Selene was able to use her powers to help realize the threat posed to X-Corp. She single-handily detects the attack before it begins and is able to rescue Monet while also intimidating Sarah St. John of Noblesse Pharmaceuticals. In exchange for her help, she tells Monet she expects a board position with X-Corp — which Monet ends up rewarding her with, more or less removing Trinary from that spot in the process.
Monet and Selene quickly prove to be incredibly compatible, using their psychic powers to target a number of Jean Pierre Kol’s associates to buy out his company from underneath him — both through casual meetings and apparent threats. It paints X-Corp in a ruthless light due to Monet’s self-admitted “corporate sabotage,” and it hints at the kind of lines X-Corp seems willing to cross if it means earning Krakoa a victory when they need it. Selene is also recognized as a villain across the globe, meaning her place within the group could also become something of a liability in the future — especially for a branch so focused on image. But for the time being at least, it appears that the villainous External has found her place in the current era of Krakoa.
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