Ross Hutchinson
Here are all the X related May 2021 covers and solicits which sees X-FORCE, EXCALIBUR and S.W.O.R.D missing from the slate and in all likelihood being rested for the month but never fear we have plenty X books to keep you thrilled including that mutant related corporate goodness as X-CORP joins the line up along side WAY OF X which will be on its second issue, things get weird in X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MAN-THING #1 and more Simonson classic X-factor era shenanigans in X-MEN: LEGENDS #4
So here they are in no particular order:
X-CORP #1
TINI HOWARD (W) • ALBERTO FOCHE (A) • COVER BY DAVID AJA
VARIANT COVER BY OTTO SCHMIDT
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY TOM MULLER
HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK
VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
KRAKOA IS FOR CLOSERS!
The deals have been made. Mutantkind is safe on Krakoa. As the Reign of X continues, what are the wants of the mutants who have everything? Leading the charge is X-CORPORATION, headed by CXOs Monet St. Croix and Warren Worthington, a duo as cutthroat and ruthless in the boardroom as they are on a battlefield. But X-Corp needs more than just its figureheads. As Monet sets out to staff their team with some of the brightest and most deviant minds in mutantkind, Warren finds himself in a tense meeting with one of Krakoa’s first allies who wants to know the truth: on Angel’s wings, will X-Corp crash or soar?
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MAN-THING #1
STEVE ORLANDO (W) • Andrea Broccardo (A)
Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
Variant COVER by NABETSE ZITRO
MAN-THING’S CURSE HAS BEEN REVEALED…BUT IT’S UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT!
Years ago, DOCTOR TED SALLIS was ready to give up anything to crack the SO-2 serum and deliver success to his growing family. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world…he did. Today, as cities spanning from the U.S. to Krakoa are besieged by fear-driven blazes, the MAN-THING must reckon with his past deeds if he hopes to emerge renewed and rescue a world on fire. But fighting from his lowest means that Man-Thing can rise to his highest, especially with the unexpected help of the X-MEN’S resident sorceress MAGIK and her debuting team of monstrous mutants known as THE DARK RIDERS!
Part 3 of 3!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
WAY OF X #2
SIMON SPURRIER (W) • BOB QUINN (A)
COVER BY GUISEPPE CAMMUNCOLI
Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
A VILLAIN REVEALED!
- The dark force hiding within Krakoa begins to show its true form.
- The answers are hidden…WITHIN THE MINDSCAPE. Kurt’s – and…others.
- One of the most dangerous mutants is reborn!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
NEW MUTANTS #18
VITA AYALA (W) • ROD REIS (A) • Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES!
The NEW MUTANTS’ path seems simple: train, guide and mentor the youth. Sure, they didn’t ask for the job, but they’ve been figuring it out together, right? How wrong could it go?
The NEW MUTANTS are about to find out.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
CABLE #11
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • PHIL NOTO (A/C)
SUMMERS END!
Some summers seem like they will never end. And some end too soon.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
MARAUDERS #20
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A)
Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
EYE OF THE STORM!
As the preparations for the Hellfire Gala come to a head, Ororo’s eyes are pointed to the future, a future that takes her off the seas and over the horizon.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
CHILDREN OF THE ATOM #3
VITA AYALA (W) • BERNARD CHANG (A)
Cover by R.B. SILVA
Variant cover by Bernard Chang – APR200894
ORIGIN REVEALED!
Who are the X-Men’s sidekicks behind the masks? Meanwhile, a brand new alternative medicine is changing lives at school, but who’s recruiting the victims – I mean patients?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ORDER USING CODE APR200893
HELLIONS #11
ZEB WELLS (W) • STEPHEN SEGOVIA (A/C)
SOMETIMES A FANTASY…
PSYLOCKE vs. BETSY BRADDOCK in a 30-year-long battle! EMPATH’s misdeeds come back to haunt him! And MR. SINISTER’s teeth hurt. What IS going on here?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
WOLVERINE #12
BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • SCOT EATON (A) • COVER BY ADAM KUBERT
PREDATOR VARIANT COVER BY KYLE HOTZ
LAST BLOOD!
A last-ditch effort will put WOLVERINE and LOUISE within fanging distance of DRACULA…and a betrayal that will tear through the X-books!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
X-FACTOR #9
Leah Williams (W) • David BALDEÓN (A) • Cover by Ivan Shavrin
BEST! CONCERT! EVER!
- The Morrigan needs to be destroyed!
- The answer lies in the Mojoverse.
- LOOKS LIKE WE’RE GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
X-MEN #20
Jonathan Hickman (W) • FRANCESCO MOBILI (A) • Cover by Leinil Francis Yu
VARIANT COVER BY MIKE DEL MUNDO
PREDATOR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
SYSTEM ONLINE.
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32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
X-MEN LEGENDS #4
LOUISE SIMONSON (W) • WALTER SIMONSON (A/C)
Deadpool 30th Variant Cover by ROB LIEFELD
Action Figure Variant cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
WITH A VENGEANCE!
Things go from bad to worse for X-FACTOR when they must save the baby NATHAN CHRISTOPHER SUMMERS from the clutches of a deadly robot attacker. But who is really at the helm, and what will this mean for the FUTURE of the team and the SUMMERS clan?
Return to this classic era with legends Louise Simonson and Walter Simonson in this ALL-NEW tale set before the original X-FACTOR #43!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Here are the x related trade releases solicited for the month:
X-MEN: INFERNO PROLOGUE OMNIBUS HC
SILVESTRI COVER (NEW PRINTING)
Written by LOUISE SIMONSON, CHRIS CLAREMONT, TOM DEFALCO & MARK GRUENWALD
Penciled by WALTER SIMONSON, STEVE LIGHTLE, TERRY SHOEMAKER, RICK LEONARDI, MARC SILVESTRI,
ARTHUR ADAMS, JON J. MUTH, BO HAMPTON, BRET BLEVINS & JUNE BRIGMAN
Cover by MARC SILVESTRI
The X-Men are dead! At least that’s what the world thinks — but Marvel’s mightiest mutants are secretly alive and well in the Australian Outback! How long will the X-Men’s self-imposed exile last when the Brood and the mutant-exploiting nation of Genosha come calling? Meanwhile, the New Mutants battle Freedom Force as they deal with Doug Ramsey’s shocking death, and X-Factor befriends Apocalypse’s Celestial ship and faces Infectia! But as all three teams fight the Evolutionary War, Limbo’s demons begin to pursue a sinister agenda…on Earth! A spark has been lit — and if the X-Men aren’t careful, the flames will fan into an all-out inferno! Collecting X-FACTOR (1986) #27-32 and ANNUAL #3, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #228-238, NEW MUTANTS (1983) #62-70 and ANNUAL #4, X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #12 and material from MARVEL AGE ANNUAL #4 and MARVEL FANFARE (1982) #40.
824 PGS./Rated T …$100.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-93136-0
Trim size: 7-1/4 x 10-7/8
X-MEN: INFERNO PROLOGUE OMNIBUS HC ARTHUR ADAMS COVER (NEW PRINTING, DM ONLY)
824 PGS./Rated T …$100.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-93137-7
Trim size: 7-1/4 x 10-7/8
GENERATION X EPIC COLLECTION: BACK TO SCHOOL TPB
Volume #1 in the Generation X Epic Collections
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL, FABIAN NICIEZA & LARRY HAMA
Penciled by JOE MADUREIRA, ROGER CRUZ, ANDY KUBERT, CHRIS BACHALO, TOM GRUMMETT
& CHRIS ALEXANDER
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
Meet the new class! The techno-organic aliens known as the Phalanx have targeted the next generation of mutants — and now Banshee, Jubilee and the White Queen must rescue Synch, Husk, M, Skin and Blink! But will all of them survive to attend the newly reopened Xavier’s School? The sullen Chamber and mysterious Penance enroll as well — but who is the marrow-sucking monster called Emplate and what is his connection to one of the students? As the Gen X kids adjust to their new lives, romance blossoms and rivalries form even as they battle Orphan-Maker, Gene Nation and more! But what can their mutant powers do against…magic? Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo’s ’90s sensation begins here! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #316-318, X-MEN (1991) #36-37, GENERATION X (1994) #1-9, WOLVERINE (1988) #94, GENERATION X COLLECTORS’ PREVIEW and GENERATION X ASHCAN EDITION.
480 PGS./Rated T …$39.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-93076-9
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
DAWN OF X VOL. 16 TPB
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN,
RUSSELL DAUTERMAN, BENJAMIN PERCY
& TINI HOWARD
Penciled by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN,
BAZALDUA, MARCUS TO & LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Cover by TO BE REVEALED
The stage is set for X OF SWORDS! Even with the help of Jean Grey, Emma Frost and Fantomex, can Storm save herself from the deadly techno-virus raging within her? The non-treaty nation of Russia is working to undermine Krakoa — and the Beast wants Colossus on X-Force’s side as the first drumbeats of war begin to sound! With Excalibur embroiled in otherworldly conflict at the Starlight Citadel, Apocalypse takes sinister steps toward his ultimate goal. Now, with Rictor in his clutches, En Sabah Nur must survive long enough to complete the ritual he has waited eons for! And when the Summoning begins, nothing will ever be the same for the X-Men! Collecting GIANT-SIZE X-MEN: STORM, X-FORCE (2019) #11-12, EXCALIBUR (2019) #11-12 and X-MEN (2019) #12.
176 PGS./Parental Advisory …$17.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-92773-8
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16