New Mutants #6, by writer Zeb Wells and artist Diogenes Neves, begins the series's Necrosha tie-in arc. In spite of my dislike for previous issues, I have given this new chapter a chance to again spark my interest in the series. I had no idea what I was in for.

Picking up after the events of issue five, the team heads to the base on Utopia where they reunite with Charles Xavier. During this suspiciously upbeat moment, however, a virus-infected Doug Ramsey (messed with by Selene) watches from the shadows outside. While I am unfamiliar with the character, I found myself—temporarily—fascinated by Ramsey as he gives the reader an interesting insight into the true meaning of the words spoken by Xavier and the others. He reads their body language and facial movements, translating them into the statements they imply. I found this to be the most interesting part of the entire issue, though it was jarring at first.

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.” One of the most common and well known quotes from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. The scene is set in a cave, with three witches adding their sinister ingredients to a boiling brew chanting around a cauldron. Since the time when man could first put ink to paper, pagan traditions have been a popular reference in literary art work. Even today in the modern era, pagan allusions can still be seen. From the bluntly obvious Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling to more the more subtle references in our favorite comics, Pagan innuendos are everywhere.

X-Necrosha, not only being a plague - I mean...play on Genosha's name, was one heck of bangin' start to this X-Men crossover. For those of you that do not know, X-Necrosha is the story of long time X-Men foe Selene, making her move to destroy the people that she felt destroyed her. Her ancient lover, Eli Bard is backing her with an undead army of mutants that he resurrects using the stolen Techno-Virus from Bastion. Selene starts things off by attacking various X-Teams on the new headquarters of Utopia. She shows great strategic skills by sending the (un)dead team of Hellions to confront Emma Frost. They catch her off guard and attempt to attack her but Cyclops, Domino, and Wolverine jump in to help. Wolverine makes an attempt to end it fast by stabbing a Hellion but the impaling has no effect and Wolvy is knocked into the ocean thus, taking a big player off the board early. The same strategy is used when the resurrected Cypher uses his past with Magma to infiltrate her room and sneak attack her. Another battle highlighted is the resurrected Pyro and Berserker taking on Warpath and Archangel. The story ends with Selene and her Inner Circle stepping on the shores of Hammer Bay, Genosha with the idea of resurrecting the dead.

Dracula, Edward Cullen, Tom Cruise, and even the other Selene have anything on Selene, the Vampyric Black Queen. Selene was born in a time when mankind was just emerging and killed her mother and her entire tribe to ensure her own survival.  She has the mutant ability to psychically drain the life force of anyone she comes close to. She also has an extremely high knowledge of the Black Arts. It has never been defined what her actual mutant power are or what powers are due to black magic. She also has telekinetic abilities that rival Jean Grey's.