The birth of a child is a happy occasion — or at least, it’s supposed to be. In this recent, must-read Comic Book Resources interview with the writers of Marvel Comics’ X-Men family of titles, it was revealed that the first new mutant since the “House of M” housecleaning appears in issue #1 of the forthcoming “Messiah CompleX.”

What does this mean for Scarlet Witch’s edict? You know, “No More Mutants?” As Ricky used to say to Lucy, someone’s got some ‘splaining to do.

Thankfully, writer Mike Carey is available to provide some answers for us. As the scribe of “X-Men” and “Endangered Species,” Carey has been particularly busy thinking about the future of the mutant race and pondering what would happen should that people come to an end. Can you just imagine if that occurred?

Interview with Mike Carey