TheX-Menhave faced down some of the most fearsome villains within the Marvel Universe, but their latest foe, the Taxonomist, has forged truly gruesome creations that dip into absolute nightmare fuel, and his latest plan is about to cross a very dark line. With his horrors unveiled, Marvel’s newest villain is panning out to be a deadly threaton par with X-Men’s darkest adversarieslike Mister Sinister.
In a preview forPsylocke#5 by Alyssa Wong, Vincenzo Carratù, and Moisés Hidalgo, Psyclocke is hunting down the illusive scientist Ty Haniver at his morbid taxidermy museum when she is knocked unconscious. After Psylocke regains consciousness, she is horrified to realize that she has been punctured and bound like a dissected frog all while being surrounded by mutilated animal experiments.
The Taxonomist shows himself to the psychic hero and reveals thathe has been following her every move;moreover, he plans to taxidermy her and put her on display in his terrifying museum.
The X-Men Are Facing a New Villain With Dangerously Morbid Tastes
Psylocke#5 by Alyssa Wong, Vincenzo Carratù, Moisés Hidalgo, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo, and Ariana Maher
The Taxonomist is still somewhat of an enigma, but Shinobi Shaw reveals that he knew Ty Haniver as a child and that the mysterious villain has become a recluse with a peculiar interest in mutated animals. This interest later became the catalyst for his horrifying experiments, with Psylocke initially encountering these horrors when she discovers John Jaycrow’s severed arm nailed to her door. Of the Taxonomist’s creatures, there are animals whose heads have been loosely stitched together and animals with cybernetic augmentations. Most ghastly,Psylocke witnesses his experiments on mutant infants.
The Taxonomist’s motives take a dark turn as it’s hinted that he intends to kidnap mutants like the X-Men to taxidermy them.
Not only has the taxonomist shown that he has a knack for designing morbid monstrosities that are part animal and part machine, but he has also been shown to be quite sly by accessing the X-Men’s base and using his signature mutated butterflies to spy on Psylocke and her team. It’s clear thatthe Taxonomist can create some truly dreadful yet competent weapons, making him an antagonist comparable to villains such as Mister Sinister. The Taxonomist’s motives take a dark turn as it’s hinted that he intends to kidnap mutants like the X-Men to taxidermy them.
The Taxonomist Is Becoming One of the X-Men’s Most Macabre Villains Yet
This new villain and his abominable experiments on animals are undeniably nightmare-fueled horrors that cross a very dark line and are interestingly reminiscent of Mister Sinister’s brand of villainy. Moreover,Marvel’s mutants have been subjected to truly unspeakable atrocities, with this latest villain introducing a new level of macabre that makes Psylocke and the X-Men’s endless fight for mutant-kind all the more engrossing. Haniver’s plan to turn Psylocke into a mummified display of her hero legacy proves that the Taxonomist is a new villain worthy of being in the lineup for theX-Men’smost dastardly enemies.
Psylocke#5is available now from Marvel Comics!
X-Men
The X-Men franchise, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, centers on mutants with extraordinary abilities. Led by the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier, they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threatening humanity. The series explores themes of diversity and acceptance through a blend of action, drama, and complex characters, spanning comics, animated series, and blockbuster films.
