What If? X-Men

In this one-shot from 2018, Marvel's "What If?" series reimagines the X-Men's origin through a dark, supernatural lens, asking what would have happened if Professor X had recruited a team of mystical warriors instead of mutants. Written by Bryan Edward Hill with art by Giannis Milonogiannis and Neil Edwards, the issue swaps the classic team for figures like Magik and Doctor Strange, exploring a world where the X-Men are defined by sorcery rather than the X-gene. It's a concise, self-contained twist that stands as a curious footnote in the franchise's long history of alternate realities.