This past weekend at New York Comic Con, fans learned the full scope behind the end the X-Men’s hit Krakoa era with the announcement of two interconnected series, Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X! It’s a mutant milestone that will take place across space and time, and this final battle for Krakoa’s future will also extend into all-new limited series, including Steve Foxe’s Dead X-Men this January!

In this four-issue limited series, Foxe, currently exploring the twisted nature of mutantkind in Dark X-Men, will team up with a host of acclaimed artists including Vincenzo Carratù, Bernard Chang, and Jonas Scharf. The saga will revisit the key moments in realities’ past that paved the way to Krakoa as a team of fallen mutants are sent through history by Professor X on a desperate mission to reverse Krakoa’s fate! It’s an impossible quest that calls for an impossible team but who are the chosen heroes for this sacred mutant mission? Who are the DEAD X-MEN?!

DEATH WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING! When the world turned against Krakoa, these five mutants lost their lives…but their mission as X-Men is just getting started. To preserve Xavier’s dream, they must accomplish the impossible – or die again trying!

Check out Pere Pérez’s haunting cover for Dead X-Men #1 and stay tuned for more information on this mysterious X-Men saga, including the official reveal of the team, variant covers, and more!