This week there is a lot going on in the X-Men corner of the MARVEL Universe as IMMORTAL X-MEN #2, X-MEN: RED #2, NEW MUTANTS #25, X-FORCE #28, X-CELLENT #3, WOLVERINE: PATCH #2 land on stands this coming week.
IMMORTAL X-MEN #2
Rising out of the ashes of INFERNO and emerging out of the vital time-traveling mission in X LIVES OF WOLVERINE/X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE comes The Second Krakoan Age of X-Men: DESTINY OF X!
Writer Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, ETERNALS, The Wicked + The Divine, Die) returns to the world of X with artist Lucas Werneck (X-MEN: THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO) to bring us all into the room where it happens. “It” being “the most powerful people on Earth deciding the fate of the whole planet.” Prepare for sinister secrets to be revealed and learn that some secrets are more sinister than others…
Mutantkind is reshaped once more, as Krakoa’s greatest triumphs and most crushing challenges still lie ahead. The possibilities are endless as your favorite ongoing X-series embrace their future kicks off in this week’s IMMORTAL X-MEN #2.
Check out our review of IMMORTAL X-MEN #1
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IMMORTAL X-MEN #2
PART TWO: ALL MANKIND’S WOES
EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETING! Magneto leaving the council means big shoes need to be filled. Selene demonstrating her foot size by crushing the whole island beneath it is unorthodox, yet compelling. Can the Quiet Council resist?
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer: Kieron Gillen
- Artist: Lucas Werneck
- Colorist: David Curiel
- Letterer: Clayton Cowles
- Designer: Tom Muller
- Editor(s): Jordan D. White
- Assistant Editor: Lauren Amaro
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Mark Brooks
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Kaare Andrews; Rod Reis; Phil Noto
- Format: Ongoing
- Page Count/Cover Price: 28 pages/$3.99
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X-MEN: RED #2
Mutantkind took a bold leap into the future when they terraformed Mars, and now home to the mutants of Arakko, the Red Planet has never shined brighter or been more dangerous… What does that mean for Mars’ new inhabitants and the larger galactic landscape? X-MEN: RED #2 continues the that will deal with both the promise and the threat that Arakko represents to the Marvel Universe. Storm, Magneto, Sunspot, Abigail Brand, the mutants of the Great Ring continue to forge Arakko’s uncertain future in a place of mystery, strength, and endless conflict.
Check out our review of X-MEN: RED #1
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X-MEN: RED #2
MAN ON FIRE
WHO CAN TAME THE RED PLANET? The mutants of Mars spent millennia worshipping war—and on what they now call Arakko, they’re keeping up their violent ways. Abigail Brand knows the red planet needs a firm ruler in charge. But Storm has other ideas, along with a broken Magneto in her corner and Sunspot making his own moves. It’s a new world…and someone has to claim it.
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer: Al Ewing
- Artist: Stefano Caselli
- Colorist: Federico Blee
- Letterer: Cory Petit
- Designer(s): Tom Muller & Jay Bowen
- Editor(s): Jordan D. White
- Assistant Editor: Lauren Amaro
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Matt Wilson & Russell Dauterman
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Taurin Clarke; Jesus Aburtov; Giuseppe Camuncoli
- Format: Ongoing
- Page Count/Cover Price: 28 pages/$3.99
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WOLVERINE #21
WOLVERINE #21 continues the team-up of The Best There Is and the Merc with a Mouth continues after Deadpool uncovers a dangerous plot that could mean doom for the mutants’ safe haven of Krakoa.
Check out our review of WOLVERINE #20
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WOLVERINE #21
GLORY DAZE
DEEPER INTO DANGER DANGER DANGER! Outnumbered and surrounded, Wolverine unleashes his berserker rage, and Deadpool embraces his deadly fighting skills in a last ditch effort to save mutant lives. But what’s with all the Robot X-Men, and what do they have to do with the X-Desk?
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer: Benjamin Percy
- Artist: Adam Kubert
- Colorist: Frank Martin
- Letterer: Cory Petit
- Designer: Tom Muller
- X-Men Senior Editor: Jordan D. White
- Editor(s): Mark Basso
- Assistant Editor: Drew Baumgartner
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Frank Martin & Adam Kubert
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Neeraj Menon; Ryan Stegman; Marte Gracia; Rachelle Rosenberg; Felipe Massafera; Trevor Von Eeden; J. P. Mayer
- Format: Ongoing Series
- Page Count/Cover Price: 28 pages/$3.99
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NEW MUTANTS #25
The X-Men’s Destiny of X era will heat up as war is ignited between MAGIK and the GOBLIN QUEEN as s brand-new arc, “THE LABORS OF MAGIK,” kicks off in NEW MUTANTS #25, by Vita Ayala and Rod Reis in April.
This storyline is a perfect jumping-on point for the series that will redefine what it means to be the next generation of X-MEN.
They were the central stars of the groundbreaking classic X-Men crossover INFERNO, and now over thirty years later, Illyana Rasputina and Madelyne Pryor are ready to fan the flames once more! Illyana IS the rightful queen of Limbo…but she’s been awfully busy on Krakoa. And now that Maddie’s back in action, she’s determined to sit on the throne that was once promised to her. Who will you bow down to?
Check out our review of NEW MUTANTS #24
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CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer: Vita Ayala
- Artist(s): Rod Reis & Jan Duursema
- Colorist: Ruth Redmond
- Letterer: Travis Lanham
- Designer: Tom Muller
- Editor(s): Sarah Brunstad
- Assistant Editor: Anita Okoye
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Leinil Francis Yu
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Philip Tan; Stanley Lau; Marte Gracia; Dan Panosian; Phil Jimenez; Israel Silva; David Baldeón; Sebastian Cheng; Miguel Mercado
- Format: Ongoing Series
- Page Count/Cover Price: 28 pages/$3.99
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X-FORCE #28
The all-new jumping-on point for X-Force continues in X-FORCE #28 as CEREBRAX continues to grip the island of Krakoa via a security flaw that the team must defend against while trying to figure out what it wants with Forge.
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X-FORCE #28
CEREBRAX
IT’S QUENTIN QUIRE, #&%$! CEREBRAX stalks the island of Krakoa, and no one is safe! Its hunger for minds is insatiable…but what happens when it absorbs the minds—and powers—of the most powerful mutants?! X-FORCE will have to STEP. IT. UP.—and QUENTIN QUIRE leads the way!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer: Benjamin Percy
- Artist: Robert Gill
- Colorist: Guru-eFX
- Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna
- Designer: Tom Muller & Jay Bowen
- Senior X-Men Editor(s): Jordan D. White
- Editor: Mark Basso
- Assistant Editor: Drew Baumgartner
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Joshua Cassara & Dean White
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Peach Momoko: Skan
- Format: Annual
- Page Count/Cover Price: 28 pages/$4.99
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X-CELLENT #3
The hit series that brought along a bevy of fans is back along with the original creative team of PETER MILLIGAN, MICHAEL ALLRED and LAURA ALLRED for more comic book brilliance overflowing with wit, charm, and high-octane thrills!
In this week’s X-CELLENT #3(of 3) get ready for more adventures of X-STATIX starring your favorite heroes from the classic series along with a brand-new team of rivals that will take this one-of-a-kind series to a fresh and exciting new future!
Check out our review of X-CELLENT #2
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X-CELLENT #3
NEW BLOOD, NEW WORLD, PART 3
THE X-CELLENT DID WHAT?! That’s right, you heard it here first—the X-Cellent are taking on Doctor Strange! No one got famous for following the rules, and Zeitgeist knows this. But will this launch them into superstardom, or are they canceled? Zeitgeist will have something to say about that!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer: Peter Milligan
- Artist: Michael “Doc” Allred
- Colorist: Laura Allred
- Letterer: Nate Piekos of Blambot
- Editor(s): Darren Shan
- Assistant Editors: Lauren Amaro & Kat Gregorowicz
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Michael Allred & Laura Allred
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Nick Dragotta
- Format: Limited Series 3 of 3
- Page Count/Cover Price: 28 pages/$3.99
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PATCH #2
Larry Hamma returns to tell a story from Wolverine’s Patch days continues in this week’s WOLVERINE: PATCH #2.
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WOLVERINE: PATCH #2
MUTANT VS. MUTANT IN MADRIPOOR!
What began as simple recon lands PATCH in the midst of a war on multiple fronts! But who is KRASNY BETH, and how does she figure into the plans of both GENERAL COY and DR. MALHEUR? I guess Patch will never know, if she DESTROYS him with her MUTANT POWER!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer: Larry Hama
- Artist: Andrea Di Vito
- Inker: Le Beau Underwood
- Colorist: Sebastian Cheng
- Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles
- X-Men Senior Editor: Jordan D. White
- Editor(s): Mark Basso
- Assistant Editor: Drew Baumgartner
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Geoff Shaw
- Variant Cover Artist(s):Philip Tan
- Format: Limited Series
- Page Count/Cover Price: 28 pages/$3.99
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IMMORTAL X-MEN #2, X-MEN: RED #2, NEW MUTANTS #25, X-FORCE #28, X-CELLENT #3, WOLVERINE: PATCH #2 land on shelves and digital platforms on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, from MARVEL COMICS.