This week, we're bringing you a pair of Spotlight Updates before turkey time! When we last saw Maverick, he was depressed and depowered after the one-two punch of the Weapon X Program and the Decimation. With the Age of Krakoa, Maverick rediscovered his roots as a mercenary and thrilled at being his own boss. His "Mercs" were often at odds with Krakoa, for the mutant nation-state was now in the 1% and plenty of opportunities for profit targeted the opulent country. Still, North and Logan remained brothers-at-arms, and Maverick quietly wished he could one day draw Wolverine away from his new loyalties and return to their roots as soldiers-for-hire.

We conclude our week-long updates on villainesses who made surprising returns during the Krakoan Age, and we finish on one of the most unexpected of all. This power-hungry diva also happens to be one of the worst mothers in history. She let her son become mad and kill some children, manipulated her daughter into staying at her side rather than exploring the world - then body-swapped with her daughter - and hasn't even bothered to try and rescue her daughter from where she remains trapped between realms...(we stan Amanda). As for her beloved foster son (a certain blue-skinned X-Man)... Beware all who dare to enter the update on the Witch Queen, the Sorceress Supreme, She Who Walks the Winding Way... MARGALI SZARDOS!