Ross Hutchinson
In October the INFERNO rages and all X Books are accounted for except X-CORP which appears to be having a skip month. This month will see Joe Jusko’s Marvel Masterpieces card series return as variant covers and we get treated to variant covers from the likes of Oscar Vega, Jeff Dekal, Declan Shalvey, Peach Momoko, and more! Here’s all the mutant mayhem you can expect from Marvel this OCTOBER 2021!
INFERNO #2 (OF 4)
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A) • Cover by Jerome Opeña
VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
VARIANT COVER BY JEFF DEKAL
VARIANT COVER BY OSCAR VEGA
VARIANT COVER BY DAVID AJA
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO
FEEL THE FIRE!
Secrets. Lies. They have a way of coming out and biting you when you least expect them. The secrets and lies of Krakoa will shake it to its foundation. Head of X Jonathan Hickman, continues a tale of consequences with one of his first Marvel collaborators, artist Stefano Caselli!
56 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99
X-MEN LEGENDS #8
LARRY HAMA (W) • BILLY TAN (A/C)
Variant Cover by SCOTT WILLIAMS • VARIANT COVER BY Sebastian Cheng
ENTER: OMEGA RED!
• WOLVERINE’s hunt for the missing mutants goes from bad to worse!
• Following LADY DEATHSTRIKE and the mysterious JIE JIE to Shanghai, where HINO-CHAN and JUBILEE have been taken, Logan will have to keep YUREI safe while dealing with the Hand. But who invited OMEGA RED to the battle?
• It’s Omega Red vs. Wolverine in an all-new tale, making this one of their earliest bouts in continuity (betcha weren’t counting on that)!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
X-MEN: THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO #3 (OF 5)
Leah Williams (W) • Lucas Werneck (A) • Cover by Valerio Schiti
Variant Cover by BRYAN HITCH • Variant Cover by OSCAR VEGA
Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO
JUDGE, JURY AND HEXECUTIONER!
• The truth won’t stay buried.
• Nor will other things…
• Who lurks in the shadows, and what do they know?
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
S.W.O.R.D. #9
Al Ewing (W) • JACOPO CAMAGNI (A)
Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
VARIANT COVER BY DAVI GO
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO
THE SHI’AR IMPERIAL GUARD VS… THE LEGION?!
With Abigail Brand’s attention divided between two S.W.O.R.D. stations, all ORCHIS needs is to pick their moment to strike. Meanwhile, the Shi’ar Empress Xandra is making her first formal visit to the Lake Hellas Diplomatic Ring…and stepping into the gunsights of the all-new LETHAL LEGION!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
HELLIONS #16
ZEB WELLS (W) • STEPHEN SEGOVIA (A/C)
Variant Cover by TODD NAUCK
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO
FALLOUT!
The wheels have come off the Hellions bandwagon. They might all hate one another, but Nanny LOVES her latest addition! Who would be so cruel as to stomp on her happiness? It’s not who you think!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
X-MEN #4
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • JAVIER PINA (A) • Cover by PEPE LARRAZ
VARIANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY
VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO
HEADS UP!
It’s Halloween and the X-Men have to face a horror born of a neighboring town in Westchester… the Headless HORSEMAN?! And that’s not the only terror targeting them…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
X-FORCE #24
BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • MARTIN COCCOLO (A)
COVER BY JOSHUA CASSARA
Variant Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO
BIG BROTHER!
MIKHAIL RASPUTIN’s nesting doll agents have infiltrated Krakoa before, but never like this. If BLACK TOM can’t root out their invasion of BEAST, the consequences go beyond mere death. Time for PIOTR RASPUTIN, A.K.A. COLOSSUS, to step in.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
NEW MUTANTS #22
VITA AYALA (W) • ROD REIS (A)
Cover by MARTIN SIMMONDS
VARIANT COVER BY DAVID LOPEZ
SHADOW KING SHOWDOWN!
He’s been skirting the line…skulking around the Wild Hunt…and now he’s simply gone too far. On Krakoa, where the dead walk among the living and the unforgiveable has been forgiven, the NEW MUTANTS now battle an old foe…the psychic entity known as the Shadow King!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
WOLVERINE #17
BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • LAN MEDINA (A) • Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Variant Cover by TONY DANIEL
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO
STORMBREAKERS VENOMIZED VARIANT COVER BY PATRICK GLEASON
WHO CAN YOU TRUST?
MAVERICK returns to team up with WOLVERINE! Meanwhile, C.I.A. Agent Jeff Bannister has just uncovered a secret surveillance device aimed at Krakoa. Now someone wants their bug back and Bannister out of the picture. Nowhere on or off Krakoa is safe.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
MARAUDERS #25
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • PHIL NOTO (A)
Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
VARIANT COVER BY MIRKA ANDOLFO
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT
COVER A BY JOE JUSKO
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT
COVER B BY JOE JUSKO
QUEEN OF DIAMOND!
You don’t cross Emma Frost…even if she was the one who crossed you first. The Marauders’ trip into space gets bloody – and in space, no one can hear you bleed.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
EXCALIBUR #24
TINI HOWARD (W) • MARCUS TO (A)
Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
VARIANT COVER BY RIAN GONZALES
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER
BY JOE JUSKO
KINGDOMS OF BLOOD!
The ten kingdoms of Otherworld must decide: Are Excalibur heroes of the realm, or witchbreed to be put to the stake? The peace brought to Otherworld by their X OF SWORDS victory comes to an end.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Here are the x related trade solicits and covers:
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 14 HC
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by ALAN DAVIS & JON BOGDANOVE with JOHN ROMITA JR., ARTHUR ADAMS, BUTCH GUICE,
BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, MARC SILVESTRI, RICK LEONARDI & BRET BLEVINS
Cover by BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH
In his very first work for Marvel in the U.S., iconic artist Alan Davis delivers on a double-sized NEW MUTANTS Annual that introduces Psylocke to the world of the X-Men! But she’s arrived just as Sabretooth and the Marauders go on the hunt for Morlocks – and they don’t mind slaying any X-Men who get in the way! The “Mutant Massacre” event shocked readers and set a high-water mark for X-Men storytelling. Plus: Longshot joins the X-Men as they – and the New Mutants – take on Mojo in an Arthur Adams-drawn Annual! Meanwhile, Kitty Pryde is slowly disintegrating, leading the X-Men to make a deal with Doctor Doom to save her. Needless to say, the Fantastic Four have something to say about that! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #210-219, X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #10, NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL #2 and FANTASTIC FOUR VS. X-MEN #1-4.
496 PGS./Rated T …$100.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-93344-9
Trim size: 7 x 10
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 14 HC – VARIANT EDITION VOL. 320 [DM ONLY]
496 PGS./Rated T …$100.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-93345-6
Trim size: 7 x 10
X-MEN: FROM THE ASHES TPB (NEW PRINTING)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by PAUL SMITH, WALTER SIMONSON
& JOHN ROMITA JR.
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
ON SALE DECEMBER 2021
Is the Phoenix rising again? Chris Claremont and Paul Smith’s classic UNCANNY X-MEN arc puts the team through major changes – and a test of faith! It’s the start of a beautiful friendship between Kitty Pryde and Lockheed, but why does Kitty think Professor Xavier is a jerk? Storm battles Callisto, leader of the outcast mutant Morlocks – but why is Storm so unsettled, and what will she do to resolve her inner conflicts? Meanwhile, Rogue joins the X-Men, but how will the team react to the addition of their former foe? Wolverine and Mariko Yashida are engaged – but surprises await the X-Men in Japan! And Cyclops has a new love in Madelyne Pryor…but clues that Dark Phoenix is returning begin to point heartbreakingly close to home! Experience one of the
X-Men’s most beloved storylines! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #168-176.
240 PGS./Rated T …$29.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-93004-2
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
REIGN OF X VOL. 7 TPB
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY, VITA AYALA & GERRY DUGGAN
Penciled by GARRY BROWN, BERNARD CHANG, ROD REIS & PHIL NOTO
Cover by TBA
ON SALE DECEMBER 2021
Dark secrets in the Reign of X! Quentin Quire returns to Krakoa to find a nightmare creature wreaking havoc on his teammates. The only way to battle it is on its own turf. Sweet dreams, Quentin! But what is X-Force hiding? Elsewhere, a local prison riot quickly turns into an escape – and the only ones who can stop it are…a bunch of high schoolers?! The Children of the Atom are on the case! The New Mutants have begun a wild hunt – but someone is looking for friends in all the wrong places, someone else is missing without a trace…and plans that have long been in motion are beginning to unfurl! Meanwhile, Cable’s future is coming back to haunt him…and he isn’t ready. Yet. Collecting X-FORCE (2019) #18-19, CHILDREN OF THE ATOM #2, NEW MUTANTS (2019) #16-17 and CABLE (2020) #9.
160 PGS./Parental Advisory …$17.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-93203-9
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16