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Charles Xavier is on the run in X-Manhunt

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“X-Manhunt,” the next milestone X-Men crossover, arrives in March! Bringing the current ongoing X-titles together for the first time this era, “X-Manhunt” will have chapters in Uncanny X-Men, NYX, Storm, X-Men, X-Factor, and X-Force along with a tie-in issue of Exceptional X-Men, before concluding in X-Manhunt Omega, a double-sized finale one-shot. The saga kicks off when Professor X breaks out of Graymalkin Prison, sowing division and discord among the different mutant factions.

For his crimes against humanity at the end of the Krakoan Age, Charles Xavier remains a heavily-guarded inmate at a mutant detention center built at his former school, a cruel punishment he was willing to accept—until now! Driven by mysterious new purpose, Professor X frees himself from captivity to undertake a mission of personal significance. He has no time to lose as a telepathic virus wreaks havoc on his mind—and those around him! The hunt for the most dangerous mutant in the world begins, and Professor X desperately calls on his X-Men. Some are ready to forgive. Others are not. And while his once loyal followers clash to decide his fate, the X-Men’s founder will be forced to reckon with his tarnished legacy once and for all!

Read on to learn more about all eight “X-Manhunt” issues!

UNCANNY X-MEN #11

Written by Gail Simone
Art by Javier Garrón
Cover by David Marquez
On Sale 3/5

“X-MANHUNT” PART ONE!

At the end of the Orchis War, Charles Xavier surrendered himself to the authorities and allowed himself to be imprisoned in Graymalkin Prison! But now something has spurred him into action, into escaping his incarceration and embarking on a mad scramble across the nation! What has caused Professor X to go on the run? And will his assorted pupils move to protect him, recapture him or kill him? The answer, of course, is all of the above. In this opening chapter, Rogue and her team of X-Men are forced to ally with their worst enemy in order to betray their most trusted friend!

UNCANNY X-MEN #11

NYX #9

Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Francesco Mortarino
Cover by Sara Pichelli
On Sale 3/5

“X-MANHUNT” PART TWO!

Charles Xavier is on the run, and his first stop is New York – but there are plenty of mutants in the city who want nothing to do with the most recent master plan of the disgraced Professor X! Will the return of their dearly departed mentor bolster the burgeoning community that calls itself NYX or tear everything they’ve built apart? What does Xavier want from the city? What is he willing to do to get what he wants? And – perhaps most alarmingly of all – who else is waiting in the wings to strike?!

NYX #9

STORM #6

Written by Murewa Ayodele
Art by Lucas Werneck
Cover by Mateus Manhanini
On Sale 3/5

“X-MANHUNT” PART THREE!

Fugitive Charles Xavier seeks refuge in Storm Sanctuary, Storm’s floating home in Atlanta City, and the (Alaskan) X-Men take notice. Will Storm and the X-Men join forces with Professor X to prevent his return to prison by any means necessary, or will they fall victim to opposing views that will send X-Men against X-Men in a bloody brawl to the death? And making his From the Ashes debut is the unstoppable devourer – the blue-skinned Zulu titan…Maggott!

STORM #6

X-MEN #13

Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Netho Diaz
Cover by Ryan Stegman
On Sale 3/12

“X-MANHUNT” PART FOUR!

The X-Men have caught up with their erstwhile mentor Charles Xavier on his mad scramble across the country. But they aren’t the only ones who’ve found him!

X-MEN #13

X-FACTOR #8

Written by Mark Russell
Art by Bob Quinn
Cover by Greg Land
On Sale 3/12

“X-MANHUNT” PART FIVE!

Charles Xavier has escaped from prison, and X-Factor must track him down! But how will the X-Men react to X-Factor hunting their founder? And what will happen when Havok and Cyclops collide?!

X-FACTOR #8

X-FORCE #9

Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Marcus To
Cover by Stephen Segovia
On Sale 3/19

“X-MANHUNT” PART SIX!

Sage and Professor X go way back, to another war and another time. But now, in his hour of most desperate need, will Sage use her talents to aid Professor X’s quest…or put a stop to his manic mission? The penultimate chapter of X-MANHUNT brings X-Force into the fray!

X-FORCE #9

EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #7

Written by Eve L. Ewing
Art by Carmen Carnero
Cover by Carmen Carnero
On Sale 3/19

X-MANHUNT – COLLATERAL DAMAGE!

With Charles Xavier on the run, Emma Frost and Kitty Pryde reckon with their own dreams and fears for the future of mutantkind. Axo feels pushed away from the team and pulled closer and closer to charismatic technologist Sheldon Xenos. But is Xenos who he claims to be? (Spoiler: He is not!)

Exceptional X-Men #7

X-MANHUNT OMEGA #1

Written by Gail Simone & Murewa Ayodele
Art by Gleb Melnikov
Cover by Gleb Melnikov
On Sale 3/26

X-MANHUNT FINALE!

X-MANHUNT concludes as Professor X reaches his destination, and his assorted pursuers, friend and foe alike, catch up with him! Alliances will be battle-tested, the blades of betrayals will cut deep with poisoned tips, and when the dust finally settles, Charles Xavier will have to make a tectonic-shifting choice with the fate of all mutantkind in the balance. The world is about to change. This time around, everyone is wide awake.

X-MANHUNT OMEGA #1

Return to the days of the Original X-Men in R.B. Silva’s Connecting Variant Covers

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As the X-Men’s latest era reaches new heights this February, step back into the franchise’s early days with new connecting covers! Drawn by acclaimed X-Men artist R.B. Silva, the six-part piece spotlights the original five X-Men enjoying a classic Danger Room training session under the guidance of Professor X. The covers will be featured on the respective X-titles that Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel, Iceman, and Professor X’s currently star in: Phoenix, X-Factor, X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, and Exceptional X-Men.

Check out the full piece and preorder all six Connecting Variant Covers at your local comic shop today!

  • PHOENIX #8 CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA – 75960620959000831
  • X-MEN #11 CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA – 75960620920001131
  • EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #6 CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA – 75960620921700631
  • UNCANNY X-MEN #10 CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA – 75960620917001031
  • X-FACTOR #7 CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA – 75960620963700731
  • X-MEN #12 CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA – 75960620920001231

Preview: X-Factor #5

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X-Factor #5

(W) Mark Russell (A) Bob Quinn (CA) Greg Land
RATED T+
In Shops: Dec 11, 2024
SRP: $3.99

DEATH COMES FOR X-FACTOR!

  • The mercenaries called X-Term besiege the team’s headquarters!
  • With mutant-human relations on the brink, X-Factor will have to choose a side…
  • And one member of the team won’t survive!
X-Factor #5

Underrated: X-Cutioner’s Song

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The cover of the trade I don’t own.

This is a column that focuses on something or some things from the comic book sphere of influence that may not get the credit and recognition it deserves. Whether that’s a list of comic book movies, ongoing comics, or a set of stories featuring a certain character. The columns may take the form of a bullet pointed list, or a slightly longer thinkpiece – there’s really no formula for this other than whether the things being covered are Underrated in some way.

This week: the multi-part crossover event X-Cutioner’s Song.

The first chapter of X-Cutioner’s Song was published in November 1992 in Uncanny X-Men #294, with subsequent eleven parts coming in issues of X-Factor, X-Men, X-Force and Uncanny X-Men. With the series being billed as revealing the origin of Cable (it didn’t – that came in 1994), there was significant hype and buzz around the comics when they were hitting the shelves nearly thirty years ago, but because I wasn’t into comics at the time, I never heard any of it.

Instead, I noticed a cover when restocking the boxes at my LCS and decided to pick up the arc after the shop owner gave it a quick recommendation. Fortunately, we had a full set (or seven) in stock, so I grabbed the individual issues rather than hunting down a collected edition (partly because I am also building an X-Men and Uncanny X-Men collection, but also because I wanted to read it as it was originally presented in comic form. Complete with the polybags still sealed for some off the comics (I won’t lie, I was tempted to leave them sealed, but at only a couple bucks a comic it didn’t seem worth it.

Plus, I wanted the feeling of cracking those bags and getting to be the first person reading these comics.

I forget sometimes how much dialogue and text there used to be on pages in comics.

Without question, comics from this era were technically published before I started buying single issues, but that doesn’t mean that these issues didn’t kickstart a sense of nostalgia for the old UK reprint magazines that I first came across this arc in. The first issue felt oddly familiar, but beyond that…? It was pure 90’s joy.

After all, 90’s comics aren’t bad. There’s just a huge number of them in longboxes across the country because so many were printed. That just makes them worth less than the comics from the 70’s and 80’s, but it doesn’t mean they’re not worth reading.

“If mankind waited for the ‘right time’ to address the winds of change it’s unlikely we’d ever have crawled from the primordial ooze.”

Scott Lobdell, Uncanny X-Men #294

I don’t know if I had forgotten about the amount of times characters within X-Men comics in the 90’s spouted pearls of wisdom, but I was less than halfway through this first part of X-Cutioners Song and I already had enough one liners to make me sound like I a semi professional couch philosopher thanks entirely to the less than subtle messaging. Messaging that seems just as relevant today as it ever did (and I’m sure we’d all hoped that would be different).

The main plot of X-Cutioner’s Song isn’t fully revealed in the first issue, but there is more than enough information here to reel you in hook line and sinker. The crossover cost me less than $20 to put together, and it was worth every penny to do so – not only because of the nostalgia factor, but primarily because this is a damn good story that holds up today (even the funky fashion choices for the street clothes the X-Men wear don’t detract too much).

With any story crossing over four series, the creative team is, as expected, pretty hefty. There are names that at the time were relatively new faces to the X-Men, but now… well now we consider them as creators who have made significant contributions to the comicsphere, frequently drawing large crowds at conventions;

  • Writers: Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza and Peter David.
  • Pencillers: Brandon Peterson, Andy Kubert, Jae Lee and Greg Capullo
  • Inkers: Terry Austin, Mark Pennington, Al Milgrom and Harry Candelario
  • Colorists: Mike Thomas, Marie Javins, Glynis Oliver, Joe Rosas and Steve Buccellato.

But despite the big names, the characters and import associated with the story, it’s an arc that can easily get overlooked when when you’re looking in the longboxes because the story came in the early 90’s, before the big bust in the comics market. Despite having heard a little about it over the years, largely through comments in UK reprints, I had never actually read the book before. Something I was more than happy to do with a story that is far more Underrated than I ever expected.

Join us next week when we look at something else that is, for whatever reason, Underrated.

Doctor Doom imposes his will on the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and more in One World Under Doom comic tie-ins

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This February, Doctor Doom’s dominion over the Marvel Universe begins in “One World Under Doom,” a new status quo spinning out of Blood Hunt where Doom became the Sorcerer Supreme! In addition to a core title spotlighting the iconic supervillain’s rise to glory, Doom’s reign will be felt all across Marvel Comics, including new tie-in series and tie-in issues of ongoing series. Today, fans can learn about some of the first “One World Under Doom” tie-in issues on sale in February! 

The newly reveal revealed issues include Ryan North and Cory Smith’s Fantastic Four #29. As their archenemy rises to power, Marvel’s First Family will naturally lead the charge—and suffer the worst of its consequences… Don’t miss this major turning point in North and Smith’s acclaimed run!

Meanwhile over in the world of X-Men, Doom unveils his special plans for mutantkind in Murewa Ayodele and Lucas Werneck’s Storm #5 and Mark Russell and Bob Quinn’s X-Factor #7. Doom’s pursuit of Storm continues, but Earth’s Mightiest Mutant has bigger things on her plate. Is Victor von Doom beneath Ororo Munroe’s notice? And how will the government’s mutant team, X-Factor, handle the fact that they now technically report to Doctor Doom?!

Read on to learn more!

FANTASTIC FOUR #29

Written by RYAN NORTH
Art by CORY SMITH
Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA
On Sale 2/26

THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED!

Doctor Doom has taken over the world! And the Fantastic Four are NOT going to let that stand. As Reed locks himself in his lab, trying to solve the Problem of Doom, Ben treats Sue to a trip to NYC with their mutual friend, Jen “She-Hulk” Walters, to help get her mind off of things. But tensions after vampires overran the world in their Blood Hunt remain, and when Ben, Sue and Jen find themselves on the wrong side of mob justice, they face a choice…and it’s one they will not be able to take back!

FANTASTIC FOUR #29

STORM #5

Written by MUREWA AYODELE
Art by LUCAS WERNECK
Cover by MATEUS MANHANINI
On Sale 2/19

OBLIVION WAITS…NO LONGER!

Trivial is the fight with Doctor Doom, Sorcerer Supreme. For in a realm beyond our own, in the Dimension of Manifestations, a trial-by-combat brews between Eternity (the physical embodiment of our universe) and Oblivion (the physical embodiment of the void). The fate of our universe is at stake. Who shall fight on behalf of our universe if not Ororo Munroe – the ETERNAL STORM? And how will she fare against the ageless primordial behemoth that is Oblivion?

STORM #5

X-FACTOR #7

Written by MARK RUSSELL
Art by BOB QUINN
Cover by GREG LAND
On Sale 2/19

THERE’S A NEW MAN IN CHARGE!

Angel returns to lead X-Factor, just as Emperor Doom will lead the world to glory! But, in the utopic domain of the magnanimous Doom, what could X-Factor’s mission be? And what could bring them to a small nation on the island of…Genosha?!

X-FACTOR #7

Preview: X-Factor #3

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X-Factor #3

(W) Mark Russell (A) Bob Quinn (CA) Greg Land
Rated T+
In Shops: Oct 23, 2024
SRP: $3.99

X-FACTOR GOES TO THE MOON!

A computer-controlled lunar base has gone out of control! How can Havok and Frenzy stop a foe that can predict the team’s every move? And does the key to victory lie with the team’s most mysterious new member: Granny Smite?!

X-Factor #3

Preview: X-Factor #3

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X-Factor #3

(W) Mark Russell (A) Bob Quinn (CA) Greg Land
Rated T+
In Shops: Oct 23, 2024
SRP: $3.99

X-FACTOR GOES TO THE MOON!

A computer-controlled lunar base has gone out of control! How can Havok and Frenzy stop a foe that can predict the team’s every move? And does the key to victory lie with the team’s most mysterious new member: Granny Smite?!

X-Factor #3

Preview: X-Factor #2

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X-Factor #2

(W) Mark Russell (A) Robert Quinn (CA) Greg Land
Rated T+
In Shops: Sep 18, 2024
SRP: $3.99

POLARIS VS. X-FACTOR!

There’s a new mutant rebellion, and Polaris is at the forefront of it all! But how do they know so much about X-Factor’s classified missions? Havok must seek out a traitor on the team…but how can he if it’s him?!

X-Factor #2

Preview: X-Factor #1

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X-Factor #1

(W) Mark Russell (A) Bob Quinn (CA) Greg Land
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99

FAME, FORTUNE, MUTANTS!
From the ashes of Krakoa, a new mutant arms race sweeps the globe! International governments are building their own mutant armies. But only America’s X-Factor has the most powerful, most patriotic, most marketable mutant heroes to stem the tide and make the world safe for democracy! Join Angel, Havok, Frenzy, Feral, Pyro and more as they go from one death-defying mission to another. Who will die? Who will fall in love? Who will be the first to sell out? Like, comment and subscribe to find out!

X-Factor #1

Preview: X-Factor #1

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X-Factor #1

(W) Mark Russell (A) Bob Quinn (CA) Greg Land
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99

FAME, FORTUNE, MUTANTS!
From the ashes of Krakoa, a new mutant arms race sweeps the globe! International governments are building their own mutant armies. But only America’s X-Factor has the most powerful, most patriotic, most marketable mutant heroes to stem the tide and make the world safe for democracy! Join Angel, Havok, Frenzy, Feral, Pyro and more as they go from one death-defying mission to another. Who will die? Who will fall in love? Who will be the first to sell out? Like, comment and subscribe to find out!

X-Factor #1
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