Iceman Gets Special - Uncanny X-Men: Winter's End

Uncanny X-Men: Winter's End was a one-shot that basically acted as an extra issue to Sina Grace's preceding five-issue Iceman mini. It also marked the end of him writing Iceman and his last issue for Marvel(for now, anyway). I didn't really care for it though it did have some Easter Eggs that back up my theories.

We got to see a possible future, and were shown that some of the events of Battle of the Atom still happened, but not EXACTLY the same as what we saw before. The future-Colossus didn't die in the present as he originally did in BotA. The "grow the beard" comment was still made, but apparently not "the ladies will love it" part. In that new future the 'Wizard' incarnation of Iceman, 'Ice Master', has lived for several centuries. He is nearing the end of his long life. He has regrets. He had an affair with Daken at some point in the past that resulted in a betrayal that caused that deaths of the other X-Men.

He comes back to confront his past-self and ends up also in a confrontation the Adult Jean Grey. Both her and Bobby now have the memories of their past-selves being in the present after the events of Extermination. Both Icemen confront Jean for how she outed them under Bendis. Future-Iceman ultimately fades away, whether from dieing or passing from existence as his future is being rewritten due to changes in the present isn't entirely clear.

Grace again does a good job of showing that this Iceman's timeline is slightly different that 616-Iceman's in small but significant ways(future-Colossus, grow the beard) and showing that changes to Iceman's past can literally change who he is. There's a panel of future-Iceman in bed with Daken that got a lot of play around the internet. Grace, as usual, steps on the emotional and dramatic beats with too much forced humor and not allowing the story to really breath.