Comic Watch Exclusive: Cyclops Has Some Explaining To Do To The Locals in X-Men #20

By Chad Burdette

 on August 7, 2025

Krakoa is gone, ORCHIS has fallen… but the X-Men remain, always. Cyclops leads, because that is what he does. Beast builds, because that is what he does. And from their new home in Alaska, the X-Men raise a flag of defiance.

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X-Titles Also Out August 13, 2025: (Previews coming soon)

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Jeffrey Brown Variant Cover:

Michele Bandini Variant Cover:

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J. Scott Campbell/Sabine Rich 1:100 Incenitve Just Spectacular Collection Virgin Variant Cover:

X-Men #20

A second Iron Night brings with it consequences, and Cyclops has some explaining to do on behalf of the X-Men. But even a born leader can reach a breaking point — and Cyclops has had to do ever so much explaining recently…

Creative Team

• Writer: Jed MacKay
• Penciller: Netho Diaz
• Inker: Sean Parsons
• Colorists: Fernando Sifuentes
• Standard Cover Artist(s): Ryan Stegman, J.P. Mayer, & Marte Gracia
  
• Variant Cover Artist(s):  J. Scott Campbell/Sabine Rich; Michele Bandini; Ken Lashley; Jeffrey Brown
• Coordinator of X: Tom Brevoort
• Assistant Editor:  Lindsey Cohick
• Associate Editor: Annalise Bissa
• Format: Ongoing Series
• Page Count/Cover Price: 32 pages/$4.99

Cyclops Has Some Explaining To Do To The Locals in X-Men #20 on shelves and digital platforms on August 13, 2025, from Marvel Comics