Coming in February 2022 M.O.D.O.K. pays the X-Men a visit, the New Mutants regroup in the aftermath of the Shadow King’s attack, X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE/X LIVES OF WOLVERINE from Benjamins Percy along with artists Joshua Cassara and Federico Vincentini continues, and more is happening in the Mutant corner of the Marvel Universe.
So check out all the single issue and trade X-related solicits and covers for February 2022!
X-MEN #8
M.O.D.O.K. TAKES AIM AT THE X-MEN!
The X-Men have faced a lot of foes in the past… but few have had a face as big as this one. DARE THEY FACE M.O.D.O.K.?
- Writer: GERRY DUGGAN
- Artist: Javier Pina
- Cover by Pepe Larraz
- Trading Card Variant COVER by Russell Dauterman
- X-MEN VARIANT COVER BY PETE WOODS • X-Gwen Variant Cover by TBA
- BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY
- Page Count/Cover Price: 32-pages /$3.99
NEW MUTANTS #24
NEW STATUS QUO FOR THE NEW MUTANTS!
The New Mutants regroup in the aftermath of the Shadow King’s attack! What will become of Amahl Farouk? Why is Warpath…crying?! How many snikts can fit into one panel? What happens to the Lost when they find one another? All this and more in a single issue—plus the setup for the next big arc, a story too magical to be believed.
- Writer: VITA AYALA
- Artist: DANILO BEYRUTH
- Cover by MARTIN SIMMONDS •
- Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
- Page Count/Cover Price: 32-pages /$3.99
X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE #3 (OF 5)
PROTECTING THE PRESENT!
WEEK 6 – With WOLVERINE saving the past, who protects the present? WOLVERINES, that’s who! The “Wolverine family” of WOLVERINE (LAURA KINNEY), DAKEN and SCOUT enters the fray as the dark side of Wolverine’s time-traveling mission comes into focus.
- Writer:BENJAMIN PERCY
- Artist: FEDERICO VICENTINI
- Cover by ADAM KUBERT
- Trading Card Variant Cover by MARK BAGLEY
- Omega Spoiler Variant Cover by INHYUK LEE
- Variant Cover by Christian Ward
- Anime Style Variant Cover by TBA
- Variant Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
- Page Count/Cover Price: 32-pages /$4.99
X LIVES OF WOLVERINE #4 (OF 5)
DAYS OF OMEGA PAST!
WEEK 7 – WOLVERINE. OMEGA RED. Together? ’Nuff said.
- Writer:BENJAMIN PERCY
- Artist: JOSHUA CASSARA
- Cover by ADAM KUBERT
- Trading Card Variant Cover by MARK BAGLEY
- Lives of Wolverine Variant Cover by KEVIN EASTMAN
- Animation Variant Cover by STAN SAKAI
- Variant Cover by ADI GRANOV
- Variant Cover by ADAM HUGHES
- Page Count/Cover Price: 32-pages /$4.99
X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE #4 (OF 5)
- Writer:BENJAMIN PERCY
- Artist: FEDERICO VICENTINI
- Cover by ADAM KUBERT
- Trading Card Variant Cover by MARK BAGLEY
- Anime Style Variant Cover by TBA
- Deaths of Wolverine Variant Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
- Omega Spoiler Variant Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
- Variant Cover by EMA LUPACCHINO
- Page Count/Cover Price: 32-pages /$4.99
KRAKOA IN THE CROSSHAIRS!
WEEK 8 – The chase leads to the mutant nation of Krakoa, as the force of mutantkind’s ultimate destruction breaches its borders. Is this the last stand of Xavier’s dream? Readers and collectors take note: This will be a major turning point for the X-books!
SABRETOOTH #1 (OF 5)
DOWN IN A HOLE!
Sabretooth went into the Pit, sentenced to an eternity of torment. Sure, that sounds like hell, but maybe that’s where he feels most at home. What’s he been doing down there? What secret deal has changed his fate forever? And what if he’s not alone? Award-winning novelist Victor LaValle teams up with amazing artist Leonard Kirk to bring us the story of what lies beneath Krakoa…
- Writer: VICTOR LAVALLE
- Artist: LEONARD KIRK
- Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
- VARIANT COVER BY RYAN BROWN
- VARIANT COVER BY MICO SUAYAN
- HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK
- Page Count/Cover Price: 48-pages /$4.99
SECRET X-MEN #1
SSHHH– IT’S THE X-MEN!
When the Shi’ar Empire faces an unexpected threat, they must call upon the X-Men. Team co-captains Sunspot and Cannonball must lead Marrow, Tempo, Forge, Banshee, Strong Guy, Armor, and Boom-Boom on a secret mission to save Empress Xandra.
Wait, those aren’t the X-Men. Aren’t those the mutants who lost the election?
- Writer: TINI HOWARD
- Artist: FRANCESCO MOBILI
- Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
- Variant cover by TONY DANIEL
- Page Count/Cover Price: 40-pages /$4.99
- One-Shot
X-CELLENT #1
IT’S FINALLY HERE!
They were loved by their adoring fans. They were reviled by the harsh press. They lived, they loved, they fought and they died…a lot — all for the sake of fame. They were the X-Statix, a team of mutant celebrities fighting for a brighter world and an even brighter spotlight! But they’re old news now, because there’s a new mutant team that will live harder, love harder, fight harder and die a whole lot harder than those has-beens! Peter Milligan, Michael Allred and Laura Allred return to introduce the best new super hero team you didn’t know you needed! Meet…THE X-CELLENT!
- Writer: PETER MILLIGAN
- Artist: MICHAEL ALLRED
- Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
- Variant cover by Mateus Manhanini
- Variant cover by David Mack
- VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
- Page Count/Cover Price: 32-pages /$3.99
X-MEN LEGENDS #12
PRELUDE TO EXCALIBUR!
The X-Men are dead. Or so the world believes. And MYSTIQUE wants FORGE dead for his role in the loss of ROGUE! Enter NIGHTCRAWLER and SHADOWCAT who, injured as they are, must dig deep to find new strength and do what is right as the last X-Men standing!
Artist Scot Eaton joins as writer Chris Claremont enters X-MEN LEGENDS with a brand-new tale, set in the aftermath of FALL OF THE MUTANTS and before the events of his legendary EXCALIBUR!
- Writer: CHRIS CLAREMONT
- Artist: SCOT EATON
- Cover by ALAN DAVIS
- Variant Cover by CARLOS GÓMEZ
- Page Count/Cover Price: 32-pages /$3.99
PHOENIX SONG: ECHO #5 (OF 5)
THE END IS NEAR! WHO WILL RISE?
As the threads of Maya Lopez’s life unravel, Forge and River face the Adversary in the White Hot Room! In the final chapter of Rebecca Roanhorse’s blazing series, the ultimate battle of will and strength will determine if Echo can rise from the ashes of the Adversary’s nefarious manipulations.
- Writer: REBECCA ROANHORSE
- Artists: LUCA MARESCA & KYLE CHARLES
- Cover by CORY SMITH
- Variant Cover by MARIA WOLF
- Page Count/Cover Price: 32-pages /$3.99
Trades
X-MEN LEGENDS VOL. 2: MUTANT MAYHEM TPB
Collecting X-MEN LEGENDS #7-12.
Continue your mutant-filled mystery tour through X-Men history! First, Larry Hama returns to the dream team of Wolverine and Jubilee in an all-new adventure that pits the duo against a host of their deadliest foes! When two young mutants disappear, our heroes set off for Japan to track them down. But Lady Deathstrike and the Hand have their own designs on Logan and Jubilation, and it’ll take no small measure of blood, sweat and adamantium to change their minds! Then, Fabian Nicieza pulls the strings as Mister Sinister assembles some of the world’s greatest experts on mutantkind to discuss the evolution of Homo superior — but to what devious end?! And Louise and Walter Simonson present the never-before-seen link between the New Mutants and Apocalypse! Then Chris Claremont teams with Scot Eaton to revisit the days when the world believed the X-Men were dead, as Nightcrawler and Shadowcat must save a friend from a deadly plot in a prelude to Excalibur!
- Written by LARRY HAMA, FABIAN NICIEZA, CHRIS CLAREMONT & LOUISE SIMONSON
- Penciled by BILLY TAN, DAN JURGENS, SCOT EATON & WALTER SIMONSON
- Cover by DAN JURGENS
- Pages: 136
- Price: $17.99
X-MEN EPIC COLLECTION: BISHOP’S CROSSING TPB
Volume #20 in the X-Men Epic Collections
Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #281-288, UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL (1992) #16, X-MEN (1991) #4-9, X-MEN ANNUAL (1992) #1 and GHOST RIDER (1990) #26-27.
The coming of Bishop! The reunited X-Men have expanded into two squads — and while the blue team takes on Omega Red and learns secrets of Wolverine’s past, the gold team brokers peace with the Hellfire Club! But when advanced Sentinels crash the party, one X-Man may not survive! Then, guns blazing, the man called Bishop arrives from the future pursuing hundreds of escaped convicts through time — and finds himself stranded in the present! Bishop was raised to idolize the X-Men…but he knows a deadly secret waiting in their future! Plus: Colossus is reunited with his brother, the X-Men face the machinations of Mojo and the blue team battles a New Orleans Brood infestation alongside Ghost Rider and…Gambit’s wife?!
- Written by JIM LEE, WHILCE PORTACIO, JOHN BYRNE, SCOTT LOBDELL, FABIAN NICIEZA, HOWARD MACKIE & MORE
- Penciled by WHILCE PORTACIO, JIM LEE, JOHN ROMITA JR., ANDY KUBERT, JAE LEE, RON WAGNER & MORE
- Cover by JIM LEE
- Pages: 512
- Price: $49.99
Omnibus
WOLVERINE OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC JIM LEE COVER [NEW PRINTING]
Collecting WOLVERINE (1988) #11-30, HAVOK & WOLVERINE: MELTDOWN #1-4, WOLVERINE/NICK FURY: THE SCORPIO CONNECTION, WOLVERINE: THE JUNGLE ADVENTURE, WOLVERINE: BLOODLUST and material from MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #38-71.
Written by PETER DAVID, ARCHIE GOODWIN, JO DUFFY, WALTER SIMONSON, LOUISE SIMONSON, ALAN DAVIS, MARV WOLFMAN, ERIK LARSEN, MICHAEL HIGGINS, HOWARD MACKIE & MORE
Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA, JOHN BYRNE, GENE COLAN, KLAUS JANSON, BARRY KITSON, BILL JAASKA,
JON J MUTH, KENT WILLIAMS, HOWARD CHAYKIN, MIKE MIGNOLA, ALAN DAVIS, ERIK LARSEN, ROB LIEFELD, DAVE ROSS, PAUL RYAN & MARK TEXEIRA
Covers by JIM LEE, JOHN BYRNE & BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH
The best there is, by some of comics’ greatest talents! Wolverine and Havok are drawn into a web of espionage in Russia! An old friend’s death leads Logan to Nick Fury, but what is the surprising secret under the new Scorpio’s mask? On the cutthroat island of Madripoor, Wolverine and Jessica Drew take on an evil cult that plans to raise an ancient demon! Wolverine battles an unexpected foe in the jungles of the Savage Land — but when he follows a trail of tainted cocaine to Central America, can a young revolutionary help a sick and infected Logan survive against Tiger Shark? Plus: Wolverine crosses paths with Spider-Man, Hulk, Ghost Rider and more!
WOLVERINE OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC BYRNE COVER [NEW PRINTING, DM ONLY]
- Pages: 1248
- Price: $125.00
WOLVERINE OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC WINDSOR-SMITH COVER [NEW PRINTING, DM ONLY]
- Pages: 1248
- Price: $125.00
ULTIMATE X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC ADAM KUBERT TEAM COVER
Collecting ULTIMATE X-MEN (2001) #1-33 and #1/2 and ULTIMATE WAR #1-4.
Written by MARK MILLAR, CHUCK AUSTEN & GEOFF JOHNS
Penciled by ADAM KUBERT, ANDY KUBERT, TOM RANEY, TOM DERENICK, ESAD RIBIC, CHRIS BACHALO, KAARE ANDREWS, BEN LAI, RAY LAI, DAVID FINCH & AARON LOPRESTI
Covers by ADAM KUBERT
The series that catapulted Marvel’s mega-popular mutants into the 21st century! In ULTIMATE X-MEN, Mark Millar and Adam Kubert — joined by a standout lineup of blockbuster artists — reinvented Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine and more for a new era. Now, at last, their entire world-building run is collected in Omnibus form! Led by Charles Xavier, the X-Men are teens trained to use their genetic gifts to keep the peace between mutants and humans! But they’re not ready for what’s coming! Meet the Ultimate Universe’s versions of Proteus, the deadly son of Professor X…the Phoenix, Jean’s dark alter ego…and the master of magnetism, Magneto! See the X-Men go to war with their world’s equivalent of the Avengers, the Ultimates! And get to know your favorite mutants all over again!
- Pages: 1280
- Price: $125.00
PGS./Rated T+ …$125.00
ULTIMATE X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC ADAM KUBERT WOLVERINE COVER [DM ONLY]
- Pages: 1280
- Price: $125.00
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