While the X-Men’s mission forces them to work outside the law, certain teams have found ways to fight for mutant rights within the system as officially sanctioned strike forces! In the upcoming From the Ashes era, that tradition continues in a new volume of X-FACTOR from Eisner winning writer Mark Russell (Fantastic Four: Life Story, The Flintstones) and acclaimed X-Men artist Bob Quinn (Captain America, Knights of X).
X-Men: From The Ashes News:
- From The Ashes X-MEN NYX Member Laura Kinney Wolverine Gets Variant Cover Spotlight
- Jed MacKay & Ryan Stegman Prepare To Help Cyclops Reignite The Mutant Revolution This July
- This Is Mutant Community… This Is Mutant Pride…Hit The Streets When NYX #1 Arrives This July
- Jean Grey Goes Cosmic to Save Nova in Upcoming PHOENIX Series
- Forge is Ready to Fix the Marvel Universe in X-FORCE #1
- Scott Koblish Summons His X-Men in Massive Connecting Variant Cover
- The First Flagship X-title Of The Upcoming From the Ashes Era, X-MEN #1 Gets Variant Treatment
Formed by the government in response to a post-Krakoa outbreak of mutant paramilitary, ops squads, and mercenary teams, X-FACTOR will be co-led by Angel and Havok and include recruits like Pyro, Frenzy, Feral, and more. Part special agents for missions that require an arsenal of superpowers and part celebrity propaganda machine, X-FACTOR will wage war against emerging factions like the Mutant Underground and X-Term. Whether they believe in their actions or are just doing it for a check, the members of X-Factor are no fools when it comes to shady politics. As hidden agendas rear their ugly head, they’ll fight against the dark consequences and disastrous public opinion from the inside!
In a press release from Marvel, Russell had the following to say:
“The thing I’ve always loved about the X-Men is that they’re characters first, super heroes second. So being able to write characters like Havok and Angel and Frenzy in a post-Krakoa reality is an opportunity to write about what I really care about, which is how do we help each other survive the apathy of the world we live in?”
Artist Bob Quinn added:
“It’s so exciting to be back and drawing mutants in the X-Men universe again, and doubly exciting to work with Mark again. To my mind, Mark’s mix of humor and ability to shine a light on the peculiarities of modern society make him the perfect writer to tackle the relaunch of X-FACTOR. Drawing this team and every unexpected twist and turn of the story has been a blast so far, and I can’t wait for readers to get their hands on it.”
X-FACTOR #1
FAME, FORTUNE, MUTANTS!
From the ashes of Krakoa, a new mutant arms race sweeps the globe! International governments are building their own mutant armies. But only America’s X-Factor has the most powerful, most patriotic, most marketable mutant heroes to stem the tide and make the world safe for democracy! Join them as they go from one death-defying mission to another.
Who will die? Who will fall in love? Who will be the first to sell out? Like, comment and subscribe to find out!
- Written by MARK RUSSELL
- Art by BOB QUINN
- Cover by GREG LAND
Mutant sell-outs or mutant role models? You be the judge! and preorder X-FACTOR #1 at your local comic shop today and be there when it drops on August 14, 2024