The recently announced DNX, an all-new event series by Jed MacKay and Federico Vicentini kicking off in September, sees the X-Men and the Fantastic Four unite against 3K in a race to stop the supervillain group from unleashing a virus that forcibly—and horribly—transforms humans into mutants!
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The X-Men have met their match in 3K, a cabal of mutant supervillains brought together by a common goal: MAKE MORE MUTANTS.
Their plan involves unleashing the X-Virus on the world, an event that triggered one of the darkest timelines imaginable in Age of Revelation. Cyclops and the 3K’s Chairman, A.K.A. founding X-Man Beast, both witnessed the horror of that future and returned home with renewed missions: the X-Men to prevent it, 3K to own it.
While the X-Men seek out the Fantastic Four to help save one of their own, 3K prepares to unleash the X-Virus in a major population center.
Built up since the start of MacKay’s run, DNX will be preceded by two pivotal lead-in chapters this August, X-MEN #35 and #36, each packed with shocking developments that set the stage for the highly anticipated event.
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X-MEN #35 and #36 by MacKay and artists Tony S. Daniel and Netho Diaz lead directly into the saga as the X-Men’s current Beast—a younger Hank McCoy restored to a more innocent time in his life—grapples with the dark reflection he sees in the Chairman, while 3K targets Magneto, whose mysterious illness is revealed to be directly tied to the X-Virus.
MacKay explained
X-MEN #35-36 paves the road to DNX, with 3K’s Chairman taking the last of 4his first steps towards a new world. It’s been exciting to write this version of Hank McCoy, fully freed from morality and ethics, and putting him on a collision course with the X-Men for DNX will change both the X-Men and 3K moving forward!”
Check out the main covers for X-MEN #35 and #36 by Tony S. Daniel and Netho Diaz, along with a variant cover by Rod Reis.
X-Men #35
On Sale August 12, 2026
Hank McCoy, the bouncing blue Beast, is haunted by a ghost—not of his past, but of his future…and his present. The Chairman of 3K, an older, amoral version of himself, represents one of the greatest threats the X-Men have faced since the fall of Krakoa, and Beast must struggle with his own terrible potential.
- Written by JED MACKAY
- Art and Cover by TONY S. DANIEL
X-MEN #36
On Sale August 26, 2026
3K works toward a viable build of the X-Virus, brought back from the Age of Revelation. Until now they have been frustrated—but when the Chairman realizes that the missing piece of the puzzle lies within Magneto, 3K moves on the X-Men’s home base in Alaska.
- Written by JED MACKAY
- Art and Cover by NETHO DIAZ
- Variant Cover by ROD REIS
Stay tuned for news about DNX in the weeks ahead, including additional True Believers Blind Bag variant cover reveals, and preorder the series at your local comic shop today