Marvel Comics has released the solicits, covers, and some variant covers for their monthly ongoing and limited series that take place in the Mutant corner of the Marvel Universe this coming May. Which titles have your interest piqued? Let us know
X-MEN: HELLFIRE GALA 2023 #1
X-VOTE Variant Cover: Francesco Manna
Anniversary Variant, Virgin, & Retro Cover: J. Scott Campbell
THE FALL OF X BEGINS HERE!
The Hellfire Gala is always the biggest event of the season…but this year’s will change everything for Krakoa. What is meant to be mutantkind’s biggest night becomes their biggest nightmare as the Fall of X begins! All your favorite X-Men are going to be left reeling after this one – shocking revelations, stunning betrayals, horrifying tragedy, impossible deaths…and of course the most glamorous looks of the year, all in one CANNOT-MISS package!
- Writer: Gerry Duggan
- Artist: Kris Anka, Joshua Cassara, Russell Dauterman, Adam Kubert, Pepe Larraz, R.B. Silva, Luciano Vecchio, & More
- Cover Artist: Phil Noto
- Variant & Virgin Variant Cover: George Perez
- Stormbreakers Variant Cover: Lucas Werneck
- Hellfire Gala Variant Cover: Mashal Ahmed
- Howard The Duck Variant
- X-MEN 97 Variant Cover: Dan Veesenmeyer
- 80 Pgs./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$8.99
- On Sale: July 26, 2023
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X-MEN: BEFORE THE FALL – SINISTER FOUR #1
Hellfire Gala Variant Cover by Michele Bandini
FALL OF X IS COMING!
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?
- Writer: Kieron Gillen
- Artist: Paco Medina
- Cover Artist: Lucas Werneck
- Stormbreakers Variant Cover: Martin Coccolo
- Variant Cover: Rafael De La Torre
- 40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
- On Sale: July 2, 2023
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X-MEN #24
Hellfire Gala Variant Cover by Mumud Asrar
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! But not just any mercenary – finally, the breakout fan-favorite from X OF SWORDS, Pogg Ur-Pogg, returns!
- Writer: Gerry Duggan
- Artist: Joshua Cassara
- Cover Artist: Joshua Cassara
- STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY ELENA CASAGRANDE
- CORNER BOX VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
- TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- On Sale: July 2, 2023
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IMMORTAL X-MEN #13
Hellfire Gala Variant Cover by Luciano Vecchio
LISTEN CLOSELY.
Time is running out. Fall is here. Doug Ramsey is the voice of Krakoa. It’s time for Krakoa to speak.
- Writer: Kieron Gillen
- Artist: Lucas Werneck
- Cover Artist: Mark Brooks
- STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY JAN BAZALDUA
- QUIET COUNCIL VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
- VARIANT COVER BY NABETSE ZITRO
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …3.99
- On Sale: July 12, 2023
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X-MEN RED #13
SHE’S BACK!
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.
- Writer: Al Ewing
- Artist: Jacopo Camagni
- Cover Artist: Stefano Caselli
- STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY FEDERICO VICENTINI
- HELLFIRE GALA VARIANT COVER BY JAMIE MCKELVIE
- VARIANT COVER BY NATACHA BUSTOS
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- On Sale: July 19, 2023
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X-FORCE #42
Variant Cover by James Stokoe
Hellfire Gala Variant Cover by Carlos Gomez
THE GHOST CALENDARS!
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?
- Writer: Benjamin Percy
- Artist: Paul Davidson
- Cover Artist: Joshua Cassara
- Stormbreakers Variant Cover by NIC KLEIN
- 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
- On Sale: July 12, 2023
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WOLVERINE #35
Variant Cover by John Giang
Hellfire Gala Variant Cover by Mahmud Asrar:
WEAPONS OF X CONCLUSION!
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 CLONE SAGA sets the stage for LOGAN’s next journey and presages things to come for KRAKOA!
- Writer: Benjamin Percy
- Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
- Cover Artist(s): Leinil Francis Yu & Sunny Gho
- 32 PGS./PARENTAL ADVISORY …$3.99
- On Sale: July 19, 2023
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SCARLET WITCH #6
Homage Variant Cover by Lucas Werneck
Variant Cover by Peach Momoko
Variant Cover by Betsy Cola
FAMILY MATTERS!
Wanda’s loyalties are tested when an enemy of the Kree/Skrull Empire falls through the Last Door desperate for help avenging their fallen comrades. Will Wanda honor the commitment she made to helping those in need – whoever they are – or will her love for her son Wiccan and his husband, Hulkling, triumph over all?
PLUS: A familiar figure appears at Wanda’s shop…and it seems rumors of his death have been greatly exaggerated. But does he come as friend or foe?
- Writer: Steve Orlando
- Artist:s Lorenzo Tammetta & Sara Pichelli
- Cover Artist: Russell Dauterman
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- On Sale: August 2, 2023
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DEADPOOL #9
Variant Cover by Pablo Villalobos
Hellfire Gala Variant Cover by Nick Dragotta
AT THE MERCY OF THE HORNED EMPEROR!
Deadpool has been in a lot of tough spots, but this is definitely the first time he’s been captured by an antlered cloud-head person. When we say it like that it seems weird, but this is some real trouble! Can even his new paramour or giant symbiote dog save him?
- Writer: Alyssa Wong
- Artist: Luigi Zagaria
- Cover Artist: Martin Coccolo
- 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
- On Sale: July 26, 2023
LIMITED SERIES
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST – DOOMSDAY #1 (OF 4)
Variant Cover by Mico Suayan
Variant Cover by Stefano Caselli
HomageR variant cover by Rob Liefeld
Hellfire Gala Variant Cover by Erica D’Urso
THE CATACLYSM THAT LEADS TO THE X-MEN’S DYSTOPIC FUTURE!
Return to the future in a tale that reveals the events leading up to the timeless original DAYS OF FUTURE PAST story that’s inspired spin-offs, films and more!
In a world where mutants are more than simply hated and feared, but not yet SLAIN and APPREHENDED, the assassination of Senator Kelly comes to pass, bringing with it the Mutant Control Act and SENTINELS on every corner. But with mutantkind on the back foot, what lengths will KATE PRYDE, WOLVERINE, COLOSSUS, STORM, BANSHEE, ANGEL, CYCLOPS, PROFESSOR X and the rest of the X-MEN go to in order to find some way to survive? And what scheme of MAGNETO will bring about their ultimate DOOMSDAY?
Witness the thirty-year descent into the dystopic future, replete with the previously untold deaths of key mutant characters, as we flesh out one of the most celebrated X-MEN timelines in its own series for the first time!
- Writer: Marc Guggenheim
- Artist: Manuel Garcia
- Cover Artist: Geoff Shaw
- Stormbreakers Variant Cover by CHRIS ALLEN
- 40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
- On Sale: July 12, 2023
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X-23: DEADLY REGENESIS #5 (OF 5)
KINGPIN WANTS HIS MONEY BACK!
LAURA KINNEY has done terrible things in her time as an assassin for the Facility. And now that past comes back to haunt her with a vengeance! With HAYMAKER on one side, KINGPIN on the other and KIMURA orchestrating the nightmare, the woman once known as X-23 will have to bring all her fighting skills and mutant power to bear if she’s to survive this deadly convergence of enemies!
- Writer: Erica Schultz
- Artist: Edgar Salazar
- Cover Artist: Kalman Andrasofszky
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- On Sale: August 2, 2023
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THE X-CELLENT #5 (OF 5)
All hail your new god, Zeitgeist! With his new powers and zealots at his side, the X-Statix don’t stand a chance! But an old friend is about to shake up the status quo… Don’t miss the dramatic finale of these superstar heroes!
- Writer: Peter Milligan
- Artist: Michael Allred
- Cover Artist: Michael Allred
- 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
- On Sale: July 26, 2023
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DEADPOOL: BADDER BLOOD #2 (OF 5)
Variant Cover by Tyler Kirkham
DEADPOOL VS. SHATTERSTORM — AND THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING!
DEADPOOL thinks he’s pretty good with a sword…but is he good enough to trounce the mysterious blade-brandishing SHATTERSTORM?! Win or lose, will ol’ WADE WILSON have what it takes to navigate the Terrors of KILLEVILLE? And who or what is ARCATA?
Rob Liefeld’s tour-de-force DEADPOOL epic continues with BIG SURPRISES and EPIC ACTION unlike anything else on the stands!
- Writer: Rob Liefeld & Chad Bowers
- Artist: Rob Liefeld
- Cover Artist: Rob Liefeld
- 40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99
- On Sale: July 19, 2023
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STORM #3 (OF 5)
Variant Cover by Ken Lashley
Hellfire Gala Variant Cover by Russell Dauterman
THE X-MEN VS. BLOWBACK!
The X-MEN are alerted to BLOWBACK’S presence, and the classic team of WOLVERINE, ROGUE, COLOSSUS, NIGHTCRAWLER and KITTY PRYDE show up to quell the threat! But does STORM still fit on the team, and will her powers save the day…or doom the mutants?
- Writer: Ann Nocenti
- Artist: Sid Kotian
- Cover Artist: Alan Davis
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- On Sale: July 26, 2023
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ROGUE & GAMBIT #5 (OF 5)
THE POWERS THAT BREAK!
The Power Broker emerges from the shadows to make the deal of a lifetime! Selling was always risky business, but with an asset like Rogue in his Rolodex, the payoff is worth it. Only, Anna Marie isn’t one who can be controlled. And while Gambit knows her sweet side…the rest of her can be mighty mean. Rogue crosses a line she can’t uncross in a shocking twist that will have repercussions across all Krakoa!
- Writer: Stephanie Phillips
- Artist: Carlos GÓMEZ
- Cover Artist: Steve Morris
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- On Sale: July 26, 2023
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NEW MUTANTS LETHAL LEGION #5 (OF 5)
DANGER! BATTERY OVERLOAD!
The New Mutants’ plan to take down Count Nefaria has epically failed, and as a result, he’s more powerful than ever! But there’s no time for Escapade and her teammates to lick their wounds – Nefaria and his diabolical Lethal Legion have set their sights on a convention center in Midtown New York to make hundreds of humans the Count’s personal batteries! Will our ragtag team of well-meaning misfits be able to finally complete the perfect heist and stop Nefaria from gaining almost unlimited power? Find out in this final issue!
- Writer: Charlie Jane Anders
- Artist: Enid Balám
- Cover Artist: Javi Fernandez
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- On Sale: July 19, 2023
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X-MEN #101 FACSIMILE EDITION
Like a Phoenix, from the ashes! This momentous issue kicked off the most shocking X-Men epic of all: the Phoenix Saga! As Jean Grey uses the full extent of her telekinetic powers in an attempt to safely guide a space shuttle containing her fellow X-Men back to Earth, the craft splashes down in Jamaica Bay. But when its passengers surface from the depths, where is Jean? As the anguished X-Men fear she may have perished in the crash, suddenly a dazzling redhead in a bold new costume rises out of the waves. She is fire and life incarnate – she is Phoenix! And nothing will ever be the same for the X-Men – or for Jean! It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting X-MEN (1963) #101.
- Written by Chris Claremon
- Penciled by Dave Cockrum
- Cover by DAVE COCKRUM
- 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
- On Sale: July 19, 2023
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That wraps the solicits and covers for the July X-Titles; stay tuned for more information on these and other Marvel Comics releasing July 2023