This past weekend at MegaCon Orlando, Marvel revealed some of the new titles and stories that await in FALL OF X, a new era of X-Men storytelling that will kick off this summer.
The explosive payoff to plot threads brewing since 2019’s revolutionary HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X, FALL OF X will determine if mutantkind’s prosperous Krakoan Age can truly last forever or if its foundation has doomed it from the start.
Today, check out the covers for X-Men titles on sale in July, the month before FALL OF X officially begins. These issues represent the final chapters of Krakoa as we know it before it all comes crashing down in X-MEN: HELLFIRE GALA #1!
On Sale July 5, 2023
X-MEN: BEFORE THE FALL – SINISTER FOUR #1
Gillen teams up with Paco Medina in X-MEN: BEFORE THE FALL – SINISTER FOUR #1, one of four pivotal one-shots that set the stage for FALL OF X! As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the dying Nathaniel Essex unleashed four clones of himself into the world. They’ve been haunting it ever since, while lurking in the shadows. We know what Sinister has been up to. What about the others? In this issue, we delve into their past…and discover their latest atrocity. When they start to…date?
- Written by KIERON GILLEN
- Art by PACO MEDINA
- Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
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X-MEN #24
POGG UR-POGG FOR HIRE!
Hired for the dirtiest of jobs, a deadly mercenary comes crashing into the X-Men right at their most vulnerable moment in writer Gerry Duggan and artist Joshua Cassara’s X-MEN #24! But not just any mercenary – finally, the breakout fan-favorite from X OF SWORDS, Pogg Ur-Pogg, returns!
- Written by GERRY DUGGAN
- Art and Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA
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On Sale July 12, 2023
IMMORTAL X-MEN #13
Writer Kieron Gillen and artist Lucas Werneck turn the spotlight to Doug Ramsey in IMMORTAL X-MEN #13 and gives readers a chance to hear from Krakoa directly. Time is running out. Fall is here. Doug is the voice of Krakoa. It’s time for Krakoa to speak.
- Written by KIERON GILLEN
- Art by LUCAS WERNECK
- Cover by MARK BROOKS
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X-FORCE #42
Alongside artist Paul Davidson, Benjamin Percy’s redefining work on Beast also continues in X-FORCE #42. Beast’s epic long game plays out in the only way it could – with Nimrod’s ultimate plan successful, Hank McCoy survives and thrives! But what will this mean for mutantkind, and does X-Force still have time to stop it? Beast’s shocking character arc has been one of the most talked about plot threads of the Krakoan age and fans won’t want to miss the centuries-long culmination of this years-in-the-making journey!
- Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
- Art by PAUL DAVIDSON
- Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA
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On Sale July 19, 2023
X-MEN RED #13
In writer Al Ewing and artist Jacopo Camagni’s X-MEN RED #13, Genesis once again walks the island she ruled for millennia – with the Annihilation Staff in her hand. But what is in her heart? Is the return of the Mother of Arakko to be celebrated – or feared? As the Fall of X closes in, the Great Ring must decide…or risk their own fall from grace.
- Written by AL EWING
- Art by JACOPO CAMAGNI
- Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
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WOLVERINE #35
Writer Benjamin Percy and artist Juan José Ryp deliver the conclusion to “Weapons of X” in WOLVERINE #35. WOLVERINE. BEAST. Only one of ’em’s left standing after these CLONE WARS. And it ain’t no clone. The brutal finale of Wolverine’s very own CLONE SAGA sets the stage for his next journey and presages some of the major turning points to come for Krakoa!
- Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
- Art by JUAN JOSÉ RYP
- Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
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Stay tuned for more FALL OF X news in the weeks ahead, including the reveal of this year’s HELLFIRE GALA VARIANT COVERS coming soon