Chad Burdette
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
Monthly Ongoing Series
X-MEN: BEFORE THE FALL – SONS OF X #1
A BATTLE OF THE TITANS OF THE X-UNIVERSE!
A man of innumerable personalities and powers vs. the most powerful artificial intelligence in this universe: Legion vs. Nimrod! With Nightcrawler in Orchis’ clutches, David Haller and his allies will have to confront the mastermind who destroyed Warlock and nearly took Krakoa with him. But Nightcrawler is not himself… and Legion’s allies aren’t all they seem to be either. Mutant monsters roam the Earth… Banshee, broken once again, dreams of lost vengeance… Mother Righteous, her role in SINS OF SINISTER unrevealed, takes another stab at universal control… Si Spurrier and Phil Noto usher in new status quos for some of your favorite X-Men in this can’t-miss one-shot!
- Writer:SI SPURRIER
- Artist/Cover Artist: PHIL NOTO
- VARIANT COVERS BY: YANICK PAQUETTE & TBA
- 40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
Comic Watch Review: Legion of X #10: Faith, Hope, and Love
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IMMORTAL X-MEN #11
STORM OF TWO WORLDS!
Sins of Sinister is over…but the sins fallout remains. Storm can’t believe what everyone has done. But when the fate of two worlds rests in her hands, what can she do about it?
- Writer: Kieron Gillen
- Artist: Lucas Werneck
- Cover by Mark Brooks
- Variant Covers:
SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE;
MIGUEL MERCADO • VARIANT COVER BY Stephanie Hans
QUIET COUNCIL VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY C.F. VILLA
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …3.99
Comic Watch Review: Immortal X-Men #10: Rate Of Infection
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X-MEN #22
ORCHIS RISING!
Mutantkind may be stronger than ever, but that just makes their enemies more determined than ever to tear them down. Orchis’ plans are in motion, preparing for the fall…
- Writer GERRY DUGGAN
- Artist/Cover Artist: Joshua Cassara
- Variant Covers:
CORNER BOX VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY GERALD PAREL
VARIANT COVER BY NICK BRADSHAW
VARIANT COVER BY TBA • MARVEL ICON VARIANT COVER BY STEFANO CASELLI
MAGIK VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW • MAGIK VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Comic Watch Review: X-Men #19: Why You Brooding Tho…?
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X-MEN RED #11
THE CALM BEFORE…
After Brand’s machinations and the Sins of Sinister, the mutants of Arakko are catching their breath…but even as Storm begins a new romance, she has no time to rest. Charles Xavier has questions about Magneto’s death. He’s not asking nicely.
- Writer:Al Ewing
- Artist: Jacopo Camagni
- Cover Artist: Russell Dauterman
- Variant Covers
VARIANT COVER BY EDGE
MARVEL ICON VARIANT COVER BY STEFANO CASELLI
SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO •
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Comic Watch Review: Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1: I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)
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X-FORCE #40
BACK FROM THE FUTURE!
The new team of COLOSSUS, WOLVERINE, DEADPOOL, OMEGA RED, SAGE and DOMINO must contend with BEAST’S plans…and the future! A blast from their past will have readers talking, and sets the stage for the next era of X-FORCE!
- VARIANT COVER BY EDGE
- Artist: Robert Gill
- Cover Artist: Joshua Cassara
- Variant Covers
VARIANT COVER BY PHILIP TAN
SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY BJÖRN BARENDS
- 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
Comic Watch Review: X-Force #37: An Introduction To Basic Genegineering
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WOLVERINE #33
WEAPONS OF X!
The landmark Weapons of X storyline continues as BEAST makes a critical move against WOLVERINE. But…who is moving against Beast? Not who you think! And how does MAVERICK play into this conflict?
PLUS: An all-new backup adventure featuring WOLVERINE and SISTER DAGGER, by Gene Luen Yang and Peter Nguyen!
- Writer: Benjiman Percy & Gene Luen Yang
- Artist: Juan Jose Ryp & Peter Nguyen
- Cover by Lenil Farancis Yu
- Variant Covers;
SISTER DAGGER AAPI HERITAGE MONTH VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE
VARIANT COVER BY PHIL JIMENEZ
SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU
VARIANT COVER BY GERARDO SANDOVAL
- 40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99
Comic Watch Review: Wolverine #30: Wolvie And The Beast
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SCARLET WITCH #5
Just when the Scarlet Witch thinks she’s shielded Darcy Lewis from their new enemy’s vendetta, Scythia returns – covered in armor made from the same antimagic rock Wanda’s been studying. Can Wanda defend Darcy – and herself – against a warrior who’s immune to magic?
- Writer: Steve Orlando
- Artist: Russell Bauterman
- Cover Artist: Russell Bauterman
- Variant Covers:
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY MARTIN COCCOLO
VARIANT COVER BY Dustin Nguyen
VARIANT COVER BY JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY
SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY MARC ASPINALL •
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Comic Watch Review: Scarlet Witch #2: Which Witch Is Bewitched?
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DEADPOOL #7
TO KILL THE KILLER OR BE KILLED!
What does a trained killer do when trained killers try to kill them? Naturally, they try to kill those trained killers first. That’s right – the hunter becomes the hunted and then becomes the hunter again because, duh, he’s Deadpool, killing is his answer to most problems.
- Writer: Alyssa Wong
- Artist: Luigi Zagaria
- Cover Artist; Martin Coccolo
- Variant Covers:
VARIANT COVER BY BENJAMIN Su
SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
- 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
Comic Watch Review: Deadpool #3: A Day at the Zoo… LOOK, GIRAFFES!
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LIMITED SERIES
DEMON WARS: SCARLET SIN #1
The yokai are at war, and Mariko Yashida, descendent of the Oni King, has to choose a side. The fates of the spirit world and the human world hang in the balance. But things just got complicated thanks to the appearance of a mysterious yokaii with incredible power. This Yokai has a scheme of her own, and she wants to paint the world…scarlet. You can’t afford to miss the cataclysmic conclusion of Peach Momoko’s epic DEMON WARS saga!
- Writer: Peach Momoko
- Artist: Peach Momoko
- Cover Artist: Peach Momoko
- Variant Covers:
VARIANT COVER BY MITSUHIRO ARITA
VARIANT COVER BY GURIHIRU
VARIANT COVER BY KEVIN EASTMAN
VARIANT COVER BY JEN BARTEL
VARIANT COVER / VIRGIN VARIANT BY STEPHANIE HANS
VARIANT COVER / VIRGIN VARIANT BY PEACH MOMOKO 
- 40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
Comic Watch Review: Demon Wars: Shield of Justice #1: Drums of War
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STORM #1 (OF 5)
STORM FACES THE BLOWBACK OF HER POWERS!
ORORO MUNROE, A.K.A. STORM, has been a thief, a goddess and a leader of the X-MEN – and she’s just getting started! With her mutant ability to control the weather bolstered by her top-notch fighting skills, she’s a formidable opponent like no other (as CALLISTO of the MORLOCKS can attest)! But when an elemental power emerges near the XAVIER MANSION, it’ll take Storm to the limit of her powers and beyond!
Get ready for an electrifying all-new series showcasing Storm’s days of rocking her mohawk and leading the X-Men, as she faces an ALL-NEW VILLAIN that will threaten to tear her apart from her team…and what she thought she knew about herself!
- Writer: Ann Nocenti
- Artist: Sid Kotian
- Cover Artist: Alan Davis
- Variant Covers:
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY NIC KLEIN •
VARIANT COVER / VIRGIN VARIANT BY STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE
MARVEL ICON VARIANT COVER BY STEFANO CASELLI
- 40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
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BISHOP: WAR COLLEGE #4 (OF 5)
NEW FUTURE…SAME PROBLEMS!
When the two Bishops arrive at the Tucker Institute to search for Tempo, they find the facility under attack by the Human Liberation Front – an anti-mutant extremist group made up of this alternate future Earth’s versions of MOIRA MacTAGGERT, FEILONG, TONY STARK and SIMON TRASK. When the fight hits a critical point, a familiar face comes to the Bishop’s aid. Meanwhile, back on Earth-616, Armor, Surge, Cam Long, Aura Charles and Amass are embroiled in battle against Orchis and the Struckers. Blood will be shed and truths will be revealed in this penultimate issue of BISHOP: WAR COLLEGE!
- Writer: J Holtham
- Artists: Sean Damien Hill & Alberto Foche
- Cover by Ken Lashley
- Variant Cover by Cory Smith
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Comic Watch Review: Bishop War College #1: Get Ready for Some Battle Ready Training With A Classic X-Men Feel
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BETSY BRADDOCK: CAPTAIN BRITAIN #4
THE FURY OF DOCTOR DOOM!
Betsy Braddock thought she had enough fury to deal with as Morgan Le Fay brings the Forgemaster Federal and his armies to the UK. But when Britain remains unbowed, Morgan reaches for the big gun – in the form of Doom! Will Morgan’s ally of the past help her build the Avalon of her demented dreams? Or does Doctor Doom have a plan of his own up his iron sleeves?
- Writer: Tini Howard
- Artist: Vasco Georgiev
- Cover Artist: Erica D’Urso
- Variant Cover by Davi Go
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Comic Watch Review: Knights of X #5: Goodbye to you..
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X-23: DEADLY REGENESIS #3 (OF 5)
KIMURA’S MASTER PLAN!
KIMURA once commanded X-23 for the Facility, and she’s back to pull the strings once again. But what is her master plan, and how far will X-23 go to save the innocent people caught in her nemesis’ scheme? Plus, a face-off with X-23’s new adversary, and a shocking twist!
- Writer: Erica Schultz
- Artist: Edgar Salazar
- Cover Artist: Kalman Andrasofsky
- Variant Cover by Gerald Parel
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
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NEW MUTANTS LETHAL LEGION #3 (OF 5)
LIFE, DEATH AND CLOWNING AROUND?
Dani Moonstar, Karma and Galura end up tracking the young New Mutants down at Count Nefaria’s mansion, just to enter a scene of pure mayhem. A throwdown between a depowered Gabby and a murderous Count Nefaria, Cerebella trapped inside the Count’s secret vault of treasures and horrors and a drunk Escapade (she’ll never touch grappa again!) going blow for blow against Skullbuster – looks like the supposed “covert” heist has turned into a circus. Meanwhile, Wolfsbane and Morgan’s beastly encounter turns into a moment of discovery.
- Writer: Charlie Jane Anders
- Artist: Enid Balám
- Cover Artist: Javi Fernandez
- Variant Cover: David Lopez
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Comic Watch Review: New Mutants #33: We Deserve A Whole Run
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ROGUE & GAMBIT #3 (OF 5)
BROKEN PROMISES AND BROKEN BONES!
As Manifold’s trail goes cold, tensions between Rogue and Gambit heat up! For months now, they’ve been pulling apart – Rogue busy with her X-Men duties, Gambit risking eternal death in Otherworld… Now, when Gambit discovers Rogue’s been keeping secrets, the couple must face their issues head-on. Orrrr they could split up and tackle the fight solo – that sounds smart, right? But WHO is gathering super-powered humans? And why is Manifold so important anyway? The mystery continues in Stephanie Philips and Carlos Gómez’s explosive romp through the Marvel U!
- Writer: Stephanie Phillips
- Artist: Carlos Gomez
- Cover Artist: Steve Morris
- Variant Covers:
Variant Cover by Jeff Dekal
WOMEN OF MARVEL VARIANT COVER BY ELENA CASAGRANDE
SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY EMA LUPACCHINO
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
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THE X-CELLENT #3 (OF 5)
The public is going gaga for the X-Statix! But do their methods for reaching stardom justify the ends? And can Zeitgeist make his way back into the mainstream – or is he totally washed up?
- Writer: Peter Milligan
- Artist: Michael Alled
- Cover Artist: Michael Allred
- Variant Cover: Natacha Bustos
- 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
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That wraps the solicits and covers for the May X-Titles; stay tuned for more information on these and other Marvel Comics releasing in May 2023
