The X-Men’s Science Team Mission Is Shot To Hell By Department H in X-Men #31

By Chad Burdette

 on June 22, 2026

The X-Men have borne witness to one of the darkest Marvel futures imaginable in Age of Revelation!

Following the event, Cyclops returned to the present armed with knowledge to alter mutantkind’s fate forever, ushering in the SHADOWS OF TOMORROW, the next era of X-Men storytelling!

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The X-Men are now armed with knowledge to prevent one of the darkest futures in Marvel Comics history.

It’s time to embrace bold action, strengthen alliances, and empower the next generation!

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United, the X-Men will save mutantkind’s future and ensure their dream isn’t darkened by the SHADOWS OF TOMORROW!

The X-Men Science Team headed to the Rocky Mountains to investigate strange anomalies of physics while in pursuit of a Cerebro signal. But there are others who are interested as well, and the mutant they find is not the mutant they expect…

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The X-Men’s Science Team mission is shot to hell by Department H in X-Men #32

Marco Checchetto Variant Cover:

Jay Anacleto 1:25 Incentive Variant Cover:

Immanuela Crovius Magic: The Gathering Variant / 1:50 Incentive Virgin Variant Cover:

X-Men #32

While the X-Men’s rescue mission was compromised by the identity of the mutant they were tracking, it’s now completely shot to hell by the intervention of Department H!

Normally, not a problem for the X-Men, but the Science Team wasn’t a group assembled for battle

Creative Team

• Writer: Jed MacKay
• Pencillers: Tony S. Daniel
• Inker: Mark Morales
• Colorists: Fernando Sifuentes
• Letterer: Clayton Cowles
• Standard Cover Artist(s): Netho Diazl; Sean Parsons; Arthur Hesli
  
• Variant Cover Artist(s): Marco Checchetto; Jay Anacleto; Immanuela Crovius
• Conductor of X: Tom Brevoort
• Assistant Editor:  Lindsey Cohick
• Associate Editor: Annalise Bissa
• Format: Ongoing Series
• Page Count/Cover Price: 32 pages/$4.99

The X-Men’s Science Team mission is shot to hell by Department H in X-Men #31, on shelves and digital platforms on June 24, 2026, from Marvel Comics