Comic Watch Exclusive: X YEARS LATER: Emma Frost, The Heartless Queen, Returns To What Remains Of Her Past in Iron & Frost #1

By Chad Burdette

on October 9, 2025

AGE OF REVELATION radically transforms the Marvel Universe, taking it 10 years into a future where a new mutant utopia created by Apocalypse’s heir, Doug Ramsey A.K.A. Revelation, threatens to overtake all of Earth!

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Last month in X-Men #22, the X-Men accepted Doug Ramsey, A.K.A. Revelation, the newly christened Heir of Apocalypse, back into their ranks, a bold choice that led the entire Marvel Universe into a dark, dystopian future!

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AGE OF REVELATION takes current X-Men storytelling 10 years into the future. After being welcomed onto Cyclops’ X-Men with open arms, Revelation set out on the impossible task that Apocalypse entrusted him with: creating a world where only the fittest survived. With his linguistic mutant power amplified to an astonishing new level, Doug commands Earth itself with his voice, reshaping it as a utopian haven for mutantkind. It’s a mutant homeland built on an insidious lie, spreading across the planet and wiping out humanity until it becomes a mutant homeworld!

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Francesco Mobili Revelation Variant Cover:

Rickie Yagawa Iron Man Variant Cover:

Rod Reis 1:25 Incentive Variant Cover:

Iron & Frost #1

COLD AS FROST, HARD AS IRON!

X YEARS LATER, after 3K’s devastating terrorist attack cost Tony Stark and Emma Frost everything, the Heartless Queen returns to what remains of her past. Secrets hide in the ruins of New York. The HELLFIRE CLUB has a dangerous new leader.

Creative Team

Writer: Cavan Scott
Artist: Ruairí Coleman
Inker: Roberto Poggi
Colorist: Yen Nitro
Letterer: VC’s Joe Sabino
Cover Artist: Ryan Brown (II)
Variant Cover Artists: Francesco Mobili; Rickie Yagawa; Yasmine Putri; Rod Reis
Conductor of X: Tom Brevoort
Editor: Danny Kahzem
Format: Limited Series
Cover Price/Page Count: $3.99/32 pages

X YEARS LATER: Emma Frost, the Heartless Queen, returns to what remains of her past in Iron & Frost #1, on shelves and digital platforms October 15, 2025, from Marvel Comics