Chad Burdette
From the New Mutants to the Hellions, discovering you’re a mutant in the Marvel Universe has never been easy, and in the wake of Krakoa, it’s going to be harder than ever! While the X-Men reintegrate into society after the fall of their mutant nation, mutants around the world still need protection, community, and guidance. In EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN, a group of young mutants will luckily be trained by two of the greatest teachers in X-Men history—Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost!
Today, fans can learn more about the series and see the reveal of the first issue cover!
With three flagship titles and a host of additional satellite series, the upcoming From the Ashes era will present fans with a wide range of different approaches to the X-Men storytelling!
Gail Simone and David Marquez’s Uncanny X-Men are outlaw heroes protect a world that hates and fears them from their home in New Orleans.
Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman’s X-Men navigate the uncertain future of mutantkind while preparing for the worst in their base in Alaska.
Meanwhile, Ewing and Carnero’s EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN exemplify that even in the darkest times, hope can always be found in the next generation!
EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN begins with Kitty trying to get as far away from all things X as she possibly can.
After the actions she took during Fall of X, Kitty craves normalcy and takes a job as a regular-degular bartender.
She’s definitely NOT getting ready to head up an all-new team of wayward young mutants while avoiding the watchful gaze of Emma Frost. Nothing but work, dating and staving off depression. That’s it. Let’s see how long it lasts…
Written by acclaimed author Eve L. Ewing and drawn by superstar Marvel Stormbreaker artist Carmen Carnero, EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN will be the final flagship X-Title to launch in the upcoming From the Ashes era. The series will introduce three all-new mutants who turn to Kitty and Emma for help with their emerging gifts:
- The metallic and whip-wielding Bronze
- The emotion-stirring Axo
- The stealth-skilled fighter Melee!
Under Kitty and Emma’s tutelage, they’ll learn not just how to survive—but to thrive! But Kitty and Emma haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, and they’ll also have lessons to teach each other, as they take up the call once more—for the children!
Writer Eve Ewing, in a Marvel press release, said:
On what makes the book “exceptional.. Well, those who know that I was a poet long before becoming a comics creator will appreciate that EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN, in a world full of X-adjectives, simply sounds really good. But right now, they are exceptional in that they don’t carry a lot of the same history on their shoulders as the main characters in our other titles. For better or worse, they have no ties to Krakoa or broader team politics or the previous era of mutantdom. They’re just a group of awkward kids in the Midwest trying to figure out their abilities, like generations of young mutants before them.”
Check out some preview pages for issue #1 here and check out all the variants now:
Foil Variant Cover by EDGE – 75960620921700151
Variant Cover by JOELLE JONES – 75960620921700120
Variant Cover by ELIZABETH TORQUE – 75960620921700171
Bronze Variant / Virgin VariantCover by DAVID BALDEÓN – 75960620921700161 – 75960620921700119
Variant Cover / Virgin Variant Cover by ROSE BESCH – 75960620921700121 – 75960620921700116
Wraparound Connecting Cover by SCOTT KOBLISH – 75960620921700141
Godzilla Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU – 75960620921700131
Logo Variant Cover – 75960620921700181
- Written by Eve L. Ewing,
- Art by Carmen Carnero,
- Colors by Nolan Woodward
- Foil Variant Cover by EDGE – 75960620921700151
- Variant Cover by JOELLE JONES – 75960620921700120
- Variant Cover by ELIZABETH TORQUE – 75960620921700171
- Bronze Variant /Virgin Variant Cover Cover by DAVID BALDEÓN – 75960620921700161 – 75960620921700119
- Variant Cover / Virgin Variant Cover by ROSE BESCH – 75960620921700121 – 75960620921700116
- Wraparound Connecting Cover by SCOTT KOBLISH – 75960620921700141
- Godzilla Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU – 75960620921700131
Logo Variant Cover – 75960620921700181
