Panel started right with an announcement: "The Black Vortex," a new cosmic event uniting "The Legendary Star-Lord," "Guardians of the Galaxy," "Captain Marvel," "Nova," "All-New -Men" and "Cyclops." It starts with an "Alpha" issue in February 2015.
"It's bringing the Guardians and the X-Men together," Humphries said, informing the crowd that the Black Vortex is an ancient Marvel artifact. "What the Black Vortex can do is unlock the cosmic potential inside anyone."
"Joe, you play the guitar, right?" Humphries asked Qu If Joe met the Black Vortex, he could play like Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison all at once." Humphries explained that the effect is similar to Norrin Radd becoming the Silver Surfer or Jean Grey becoming the Dark Phoenix, due to the potential for both "power and destruction." The characters will be tested as to whether or not they will "submit" to the Black Vortex.
"It's a huge event, guys," Marts added. "It's months in the making. We've got two bookends to it, an Alpha and an Omega issue drawn by the great Ed McGuinness. We've got all the X-Men involved, all of the Guardians. We travel to every corner of the galaxy."
Perhaps that's why there's no x-men around this time as they're all (all the popular ones) off world? And maybe this Black Vortex turns them into Inhumans or just something non-mutant?