Chad Burdette
The Marvel Comics: X-Men Panel at New York Comic Con revealed all that awaits mutantkind this January and beyond!
Marvel Comics VP Executive Editor Tom Brevoort, Editor in Chief C.B. Cebulski, and a host of X-talent including current X-Men creative team, writer Jed MacKay and artist Ryan Stegman, mutant mastermind Benjamin Percy, rising star Magik writer Ashley Allen, and acclaimed writer Eve L Ewing shed light on SHADOWS OF TOMORROW, the next era of X-Men storytelling, with cover reveals for returning X-Men titles and announcements for all-new series launches.
Comic Watch Reviews:
- X-Men #22: That Wasn’t a Revelation…
- X-Men Age Of Revelation Overture #1: Talkin About A Revelation
- Laura Kinney Sabretooth #1 : Family Affairs
- World of Revelation #1: Mutant Fallout
- Longshots #1: Must Watch TV
AGE OF REVELATION, the new status quo that takes the Marvel Universe 10 years into the future, kicked off last week and takes over the X-Men line through December.
In its aftermath, the X-Men are now armed with knowledge to prevent one of the darkest futures in Marvel Comics history. It’s time to embrace bold action, strengthen alliances, and empower the next generation!
United, the X-Men will alter mutantkind’s fate and ensure their dream isn’t darkened by the SHADOWS OF TOMORROW!
Age Of Revelation Titles Also Out This Week
- Comic Watch Exclusive: X YEARS LATER: Emma Frost, The Heartless Queen, Returns To What Remains Of Her Past in Iron & Frost #1
- X YEARS LATER, Mr. Sinister Assembles An Elite Strike Force To Take His Rightful Place… On The Throne Of Revelation in Sinister Six #1
- X YEARS LATER The Uncanny X-Men Have Been Shattered By Loss & Tragedy in Unbreakable X-Men #1
- X YEARS LATER: Earth’s Gods Are Gone, Only ORORO MUNROE, The Mutant God Of Storms Remains in Rogue Storm #1
The X-Universe takes shape as:
- Gail Simone and David Marquez’s UNCANNY X-MEN; Saladin Ahmed and Martín Cóccolo’s WOLVERINE; and Jed MacKay’s X-MEN, with two issues drawn by superstar artist Tony Daniel, will continue.
- Two recent hit solo series, Storm and Magik, will experience exciting evolutions in Murewa Ayodele and Federica Mancin’s STORM: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST MUTANT and Ashley Allen and Germán Peralta’s MAGIK & COLOSSUS.
- Exciting new launches including CYCLOPS, ROGUE, GENERATION X-23, INGLORIOUS X-FORCE, and WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL.
- A new X-project from Exceptional X-Men writer Eve. L Ewing coming next year was also teased during the panel.
Read on to learn about X-titles on sale in January and February.
On Sale January 7, 2026
WOLVERINE #14
WOLVERINE ENCOUNTERS SILVER SABLE!
The flagship series returns as Wolverine crosses paths with Silver Sable in a mission to save a cadre of Morlocks. But are they on the same side?
And who’s got Logan in their sights? The all-new era starts now!
- Written by SALADIN AHMED
- Art by MARTÍN CÓCCOLO
- Cover by DAN PANOSIAN
X-MEN #23
AGE OF REVELATION EPILOGUE!
One X-Man of the present has been stranded in the Age of Revelation, fighting against impossible odds in the world of tomorrow.
But while they’ve been there, what has their future counterpart been doing in their body in the present?
- Written by JED MACKAY
- Art and Cover by TONY DANIEL
On Sale January 14, 2026
UNCANNY X-MEN #22
MEAN GIRL MUTINA!
A festive event is interrupted by the daughter of darkness herself, Mutina. And she has an unimaginable favor to ask the Uncanny X-Men and woe betide them all if they refuse!
It’s murderous mutants and cake and blades and you will look very differently at one of the core X-Men after this bloody issue!
- Written by GAIL SIMONE
- Art and Cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
On Sale January 21, 2026
X-Men #24
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS!
In the wake of the Age of Revelation, the gene-terrorist group 3K has been revitalized. But will their internal schemes undo them?
- Written by JED MACKAY
- Art and Cover by Tony Daniel
INGLORIOUS X-FORCE #1
INGLORIOUS VENGEANCE!
Cable returns from the future with a handful of clues…and gaping holes in his memory. An assassination is at hand, and it’s up to Hellverine, Archangel and his former teammate Boom-Boom to follow Cable’s lead into the fire.
But who are they after, and what secret does Cable’s faulty memory hide? Be here for the ground floor of the mystery and strap in for the most extreme thrill ride in X-dom, as an all-new X-FORCE blazes into battle!
- Written by TIM SEELEY
- Art by MICHAEL STA. MARIA
- Cover by R.B. SILVA
- Variant Cover by FRANCESCO MANNA
ROGUE #1 (OF 5)
YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE PAST!
Rogue has an idyllic life with her sweet Remy LeBeau, but there are still skeletons in her closet…ones that come out when she least expects it. Rogue has worked so hard to leave her villainous past behind. Unfortunately, the past doesn’t stay in the past. What happens when it slams you right in the face? What past sin would make Rogue leave Haven House? Do Mystique and Destiny hold the answer?
- Written by ERICA SCHULTZ
- Art by LUIGI ZAGARIA
- Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
On Sale February 4, 2026
MAGIK & COLOSSUS #1 (OF 5)
THE MUTANT SIBLINGS REUNITE!
Illyana Rasputin is a cynical sorceress with power harnessed from the dark realm of Limbo. Piotr Rasputin is made of metal, but with a heart much softer than his exterior. But despite being family, blood does not run thicker than water!
When they return to their mother country, they discover ancient monsters from Russian folklore preying on the innocent!
Can these two mutant siblings set aside their differences to save their country?
The talented creative team behind Magik reunite for an X-Men story full of epic fights, mysticism, and family drama!
- Written by ASHLEY ALLEN
- Art by GERMÁN PERALTA
- Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
- #2 Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
STORM: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #1
THE WAR ABOVE ALL THUNDERS LOUDER AND CLOSER.
As the cosmos braces for annihilation, Storm, unaware of the coming threat, turns her gaze inward – to her home – to Earth. The Earth’s Mightiest Mutant becomes Earth’s protector once more… in a daring new chapter of her life. In this new beginning, Storm shares a Japanese tea ceremony with an enemy and visits France for a masquerade with monsters. However, it all ends in a gut-wrenching funeral… for in this new era of Ororo Munroe, Mistress Death is never far behind.
- Written by MUREWA AYODELE
- Art by FEDERICA MANCIN
- Cover by R.B. SILVA
On Sale February 11, 2026
CYCLOPS #1 (OF 5)
THE ONE-EYED X-MAN UNLEASHED!
Scott Summers is a mutant who is always in near-total control of his powers and his emotions. But what happens when he’s separated from the X-Men, lost in a mountain wilderness without the visor that keeps his devastating powers in check?
And will he be able to stay alive when Donald Pierce and his cyborgs, the Reavers, are hunting him? It’s a tale of the X-Men’s leader at his most savage core!
- Written by ALEX PAKNADEL
- Art by ROGÊ ANTÔNIO
- Cover by FEDERICO VICENTINI
WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #1
DANGEROUS. UNHINGED. DEADLY.
Deadpool is a man on the brink, and that means the jobs are deadlier, the stakes are higher, and the humor is darker than ever before.
But Wade Wilson isn’t laughing. A dark memory haunts Deadpool, as a mysterious client leads him down a troubling path.
This way lies redemption? No, something far worse.
Wade can never be forgiven for what he’s done… the new ongoing series begins!
- Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
- Art and Cover by GEOFF SHAW
On Sale February 18, 2026
GENERATION X-23 #
HER NAME IS WOLVERINE. BUT THE LEGEND OF X-23 GROWS.
Laura Kinney was brainwashed and trained from birth to be the ultimate assassin as X-23. She’s long put that life behind her…but it seems she hasn’t quite outrun it yet!
When Laura and Gabby encounter someone who seems to be their long lost friend, the harrowing plot they uncover will turn their worlds upside down. The next generation of X-subjects is here, and they follow in the deadly footsteps of X-23! Featuring a host of new heroes and villains, Generation X-23 have a surprise in store for the Wolverine!
- Written by JODY HOUSER
- Art by JACOPO CAMAGNI
- Cover by PARTHA PRATIM SARKAR
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Stay tuned for more X-Men Shadows Of Tomorrow news from Marvel Comics.
