Dead X-Men #1
(W) Steve Foxe (A) Vincenzo Carratu (CA) Pere Perez
RATED T+
In Shops: Jan 31, 2024
SRP: $4.99
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! Spinning out from RISE OF THE POWERS OF X, discover…who are the DEAD X-MEN?!
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Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #4 (DC Comics) – The series continues to be a great blend of fact and fiction all mixed into some solid entertainment.
Charred Remains #2 (Mad Cave Studios) – The first issue was interesting having to do with a mysterious being and fires.
Conan the Barbarian #7 (Titan Comics) – The series has been fantastic so far evoking classic Conan with some beautiful art.
Dark Ride #10 (Skybound) – Absolutely great, and entertaining, horror, with some solid art. We get excited for each new issue.
Dead X-Men #1 (Marvel) – We’re intrigued about this one that has to do with some “dead” X-Men. With Krakoa in shambles, we’re pondering how it all comes together.
The Devil That Wears My Face #4 (Mad Cave Studios) – The concept of the Exorcist meets Face/Off might seem silly but this comic rocks. Fantastic action and horror mixed together.
Duke #2 (Skybound) – The first issue gave a shot in the arm to G.I. Joe and added more energy to the Energon Universe.
Jill and the Killers #1 (Oni Press) – Oni is launching a bunch of new series in 2024 and this one sounds like a cool mix of murder mystery and games.
Lilo & Stitch #1 (Dynamite Entertainment) – The beloved animated film comes to comics! Dynamite has been knocking it out of the park with their Disney releases.
Local Man #9 (Image Comics) – The series has been fantastic delivering a vibe that’s a mix of modern and classic Image superhero comics.
Moon Man #1 (Image Comics) – Kyle Higgins, Marco Locati, and Kid Cudi team up for this series about “missing minutes” during a moon mission.
Somna #2 (DSTLRY) – Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay’s first issue featured some amazing art and we’re expecting more of that in a series set amidst the terrifying backdrop of the witch hunts in a quiet 1600s English village.
Wolverine #42 (Marvel) – The first issue was brutal and we expect nothing less from this.
Dead X-Men #1
(W) Steve Foxe (A) Vincenzo Carratu (CA) Pere Perez
RATED T+
In Shops: Jan 31, 2024
SRP: $4.99
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! Spinning out from RISE OF THE POWERS OF X, discover…who are the DEAD X-MEN?!
By now, fans have experienced the explosive debut issues of Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X, but these twin series are only the beginning of the dramatic finale to the X-Men’s acclaimed Krakoa era! Across exciting new limited series and tie-in issues of ongoing series, this crucial war for mutantkind’s future will unfold in a grand tapestry of brave missions, shocking revelations, and heartbreaking defeats. With the X-Men embracing a new destiny this summer, fans won’t want to miss single moment of this epic ending to an unforgettable period of their 60-year history.
The most glorious moments of the Krakoan age are still ahead and today, fans can learn about the various X-Men related issues hitting stands in April. A stacked team of powerhouse X-Men join forces against Orchis in X-Men #33, the success of Storm’s divine mission to bring back Magneto is revealed in Resurrection of Magneto #4, a group of fallen X-Men confront death again in Dead X-Men #4, and a threat only mutantkind’s greatest soldiers can handle is unleashed in Cable #3. In addition, the Phoenix Force burns away the remaining mysteries of the Krakoan age in X-Men Forever #2.
The mythos-shattering events of Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X will also bleed out into the wider Marvel Universe as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes join the fray in Avengers #11 and Avengers #12 while Tony Stark confronts his technology’s own role in Krakoa’s downfall in Invincible Iron Man #17.
Also in April are new pulse-pounding chapters of Sabretooth War! With last week’s opening chapter, Wolverine #41, fans saw why “Sabretooth War” was billed as the most violent Wolverine story ever told! Wolverine and Sabretooth’s momentous showdown only gets bloodier as this 10-part epic rages on in Wolverine #47 and #48, and it’s all leading up to the milestone Wolverine #50 in May!
AVENGERS #12
Written by JED MACKAY
Art by FRANCESCO MORTARINO
Cover by STUART IMMONEN
THE FALL OF X COMES FOR EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES!
The Avengers have hung in space over the Earth, a sword of Damocles over Orchis, for too long. But knowing they had only one chance to strike, they waited while Iron Man prepared. Now, on his signal, it is time, and the Avengers only know one way to strike: hard!
X-MEN #33
Written by GERRY DUGGAN
Art and Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA
X-MEN X-SSEMBLE!
If there were ever a time to rally the troops and take the fight to the enemy, it’s NOW! Stand side by side with the X-Men as they head for their final stand! They can’t stop all of us!
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #17
Written by GERRY DUGGAN
Art by PATCH ZIRCHER
Cover by KAEL NGU
IRON MAN IS MUTANTKIND’S LAST HOPE!
Tony Stark’s greatest accomplishment may have just become the world’s most advanced coffin. Trapped within a deactivated armor, Tony must face down his demons and his legacy. Can Iron Man escape, or will mutantkind’s hopes die along with him?
RESURRECTION OF MAGNETO #4
Written by AL EWING
Art by LUCIANO VECCHIO
Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
RETURN OF THE KING!
The Master of Magnetism has returned to the world…but it is not the world he left. Nor is Magneto the same man who left it. Has death changed him for the better, or for the worse? And when he sees what ORCHIS has done to mutantkind…will it change him again?
WOLVERINE #47
Written by VICTOR LAVALLE & BENJAMIN PERCY
Art by GEOFF SHAW
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
SAVAGE ESCAPE! SABRETOOTH WAR – PART 7!
Laura Kinney must escape the clutches of the Savage Sabretooth! Will Victor Creed’s weapon spell the end for Logan? A can’t-miss issue!
AVENGERS #13
Written by JED MACKAY
Art by FRANCESCO MORTARINO
Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA
THE AVENGERS VERSUS THE STARK SENTINEL PROGRAM!
Orchis’ counterstrike puts the Avengers on the back foot as the true extent of the Stark Sentinel program is revealed. Can Earth’s Mightiest Heroes stand against impossible odds? Or will they fall against the metal onslaught?
DEAD X-MEN #4
Written by STEVE FOXE
Art by BERNARD CHANG, DAVID BALDEÓN & VINCENZO CARRATÙ
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
EVERYTHING ENDS!
Prodigy, Dazzler, Frenzy, Cannonball and Jubilee have gone farther and have risked more than any X-Men team before. Now, at the end of everything, the final fate of Krakoa rests on these five mutants. Will the Dead X-Men save the seed of the future…or kill it before it can even be planted?
CABLE #3
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA
Art by SCOT EATON
Cover by WHILCE PORTACIO
PROTECT THE FUTURE – NO MATTER THE COST!
Cable and his younger counterpart, Nate, are closer than ever to uncovering the origins of the Neocracy and putting an end to a bloody future before it can come to pass – but each step closer also brings them further into the crosshairs of the mysterious Parvenu! With the walls closing in, there’s no one else they can trust…but with the weight of the world on their shoulders, will Cable and Nate be able to bear the burden together, or will they crumble under the weight?
WOLVERINE #48
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY & VICTOR LAVALLE
Art by CORY SMITH
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
CREED VS. CREED! SABRETOOTH WAR – PART 8!
It’s a family affair as Graydon Creed, the maligned son of Victor Creed, A.K.A. Sabretooth, brings the fight to his father. The winner gets Wolverine – or…what’s left of him…!
X-MEN: FOREVER #2
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Art by LUCA MARESCA
Cover by MARK BROOKS
IMMORTAL MEANS FOREVER!
The fight for Krakoa’s future begins here! Since RISE OF THE POWERS OF X began, there have been a few mysteries unrevealed! Now writer Kieron Gillen fills in the gap of what happened between the end of IMMORTAL X-MEN and the beginning of the end of the Krakoan Age!
In Jonathan Hickman’s 2019’s House of X and Powers of X, the dawn of Krakoa ushered in a revolutionary period of X-Men comic book storytelling. Now, the Krakoan age comes crashing down and the current group of X-creators are making sure it goes out on a high note! Two interconnected series—Gerry Duggan and Lucas Werneck’s Fall of the House of X and Kieron Gillen and R.B. Silva’s Rise of the Powers of X—will close out the era. The mythos-shattering events of these twin sagas will bleed out into special limited series including Cable, Dead X-Men, Resurrection of Magneto, and X-Men Forever. In addition, current X-Men ongoing titles Wolverine, X-Force, and X-Men will also deal with the dramatic repercussions of Krakoa’s fall with the culmination of nearly five years’ worth of intricate plotting and redefining character arcs.
Today, fans can learn about the various X-Men issues hitting stands in March. It’s the peak of the FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X and the final war of Krakoa is fought on multiple fronts throughout time and space! Harsh defeats and inspiring victories await as Nathan Summers teams up with his younger self to take down the new threat of the Neocracy in Cable, Betsy Braddock assists a group of fallen X-Men on their desperate mission in Dead X-Men, and Storm and Magneto face off against an iconic X-Men villain in the afterlife in Resurrection of Magneto. In addition, the Phoenix Force’s role in mutantkind’s future is revealed in X-Men Forever and one of the greatest best friend duos in the Marvel Universe reunite for some good old fashioned vengeance in X-Men #32!
Also in March, Wolverine and Sabretooth continue their bloodiest and most momentous showdown ever in new installments of Sabretooth War and Beast finally gets what’s been coming to him as X-Force reaches its milestone 50th issue.
CABLE #3 (OF 4)
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA
Art by SCOT EATON
Cover by WHILCE PORTACIO
PROTECT THE FUTURE – NO MATTER THE COST!
Cable and his younger counterpart, Nate, are closer than ever to uncovering the origins of the Neocracy and putting an end to a bloody future before it can come to pass – but each step closer also brings them further into the crosshairs of the mysterious Parvenu! With the walls closing in, there’s no one else they can trust…but with the weight of the world on their shoulders, will Cable and Nate be able to bear the burden together or will they crumble under the weight?
DEAD X-MEN #3 (OF 4)
Written by STEVE FOXE
Art by LYNNE YOSHII, BERNARD CHANG, JAVIER PINA & DAVID BALDEÓN
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
FAR, FARAWAY!
Rachel Summers recruited the Dead X-Men for a seemingly impossible mission…and now they’re about to discover the REAL reason behind their task. As the walls of reality start to bend, will anyone survive the revelation?!
RESURRECTION OF MAGNETO #3 (OF 4)
Written by AL EWING
Art by LUCIANO VECCHIO
Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
FALLS THE SHADOW!
In the cold dark rooms beyond death, there are terrible things. Annihilators. Adversaries. And a King of Shadows…who seeks a new soul to live in. The time of easy miracles is over. For Storm and Magneto, all the roads back to life are hard…and this is the hardest road of all.
WOLVERINE #45
Written by VICTOR LAVALLE & BENJAMIN PERCY
Art by GEOFF SHAW
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
X MARKS THE SPOT! – SABRETOOTH WAR – PART 5!
The treasure hunt is on as Sabretooth picks up on the trail of an item that will turn the tide in the war on Wolverine! But as the best there is regroups with the remnants of his allies, it’ll be a race against time for the good guys to uncover a LOST weapon that could prove to be their LAST HOPE! And that’s if Orchis and the Stark Sentinels don’t get them first!
WOLVERINE #46
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY & VICTOR LAVALLE
Art by CORY SMITH
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
BRAIN CHANGER/GAME CHANGER! – SABRETOOTH WAR PART 6!
Wolverine’s memory has been altered, erased, restored, forgotten and destroyed. This time, if he can’t get his head on straight, Sabretooth will do far worse than that! The most diabolical chapter of SABRETOOTH WAR yet…and you thought those early issues were violent?!
X-FORCE #50
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
Art by ROBERT GILL
Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
THE FINAL BATTLE AGAINST BEAST IN THE LANDMARK 50th ISSUE!
X-Force confronts Beast with their secret weapon. A final reckoning. Not a dry eye in the house. TARGET: BEAST finale!
X-MEN #32
Written by GERRY DUGGAN
Art by PHIL NOTO
Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA
BESTIES WITH BLOODY BLADES!
Kate Pryde and Illyana Rasputin have been best friends for a long time. They’ve had good times, and they’ve had bad times. One thing they can always agree on? Stomping anti-mutant bigots’ heads.
X-MEN: FOREVER #1 (OF 4)
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Art by LUCA MARESCA
Cover by MARK BROOKS
HAUNTED HOUSE OF X!
How can you kill a digital god? What do you do when the Phoenix is bleeding out into nothing? There’s been questions that have haunted you since the end of Immortal X-Men. Finally, some answers. There’s also been some questions that have haunted you since the START of Immortal X-Men. Finally, some answers too. Tying directly into the pages of the epic FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X and RISE OF THE POWERS OF X comes this story of revelation.
This January, two interconnected series will close out the X-Men’s revolutionary Krakoa era: Gerry Duggan and Lucas Werneck’s Fall of the House of X and Kieron Gillen and R.B. Silva’s Rise of the Powers of X. These five-issue limited series will present the final battle of Krakoa and see the fate of mutantkind decided in a war across space and time!
The mythos-shattering storytelling of Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X will also impact the current X-Men ongoing series where the team finally take the fight to the most critical threat to mutantkind, Nimrod. Special limited series like the recently announced Cable, Dead X-Men, and Resurrection of Magneto, will tell of the vital missions and epic quests spinning out of Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X. And the frontlines of Krakoa’s last stand are never deadlier than in the pages of X-Force which gears up for its milestone 50th issue and the conclusion of Krakoa with a charactering-redefining turn for X-Men icon Beast.
Learn more about this pivotal turning point in X-Men history with a sneak peek at what’s to come in February.
CABLE #2 (OF 4)
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA
Art by SCOT EATON
Cover by WHILCE PORTACIO
THE FUTURE MAY NOT BE SET IN STONE – BUT CABLE MIGHT BE!
Cable and his younger counterpart are racing to try to stop the rise of the Neocracy before it can take root and exterminate all life on Earth as they know it – But when their investigations sends them crashing into the Grey Gargoyle, Cable and young Nate will have to battle for their lives or risk being turned into stone!
DEAD X-MEN #2 (OF 4)
Written by STEVE FOXE
Art by PETER NGUYEN, BERNARD CHANG & GIULLERMO SANNA
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
THE IMPOSSIBLE TEAM ON AN IMPOSSIBLE QUEST!
The Dead X-Men leap across time and space in a last-ditch effort to prevent catastrophe, but they’re not the only ones breaking through the fabric of reality! As these five mutants go places no one has gone before, a cloaked figure stalks them from the shadows…and nothing will survive if she reaches her goal!
RESURRECTION OF MAGNETO #2 (OF 4)
Written by AL EWING
Art by LUCIANO VECCHIO
Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
THE KEY – THE SECRET!
In the depths, Magneto was given a key by strange forces – and impossibly, he holds it still. Now, in death, Max Eisenhardt judges his own life – and counts the cost. Should he return to the world? Can he allow Storm to bring him back? And what does the Deep Key unlock?
X-FORCE #49
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
Art by ROBERT GILL
Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
WONDER MAN AND BEAST – THE DYNAMIC DUO RETURNS!
In a simpler time, the bounding Beast partnered up with Avenger Wonder Man! But after Beast’s fall from grace, is there any chance these two can see eye to eye? In a last desperate attempt to take down Beast, witness the return of…Beast?!
X-MEN #31
Written by GERRY DUGGAN
Art by PHIL NOTO
Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA
THE ULTIMATE MUTANT HUNTER!
The X-Men lived in fear of Nimrod’s creation, and now it’s clear why! The ultimate weapon of mutant extinction is ever-adapting, ever-evolving, with only one goal – DEATH TO MUTANTKIND!
Next year marks 50 years of Wolverine being the best there is and Marvel will celebrate its most ferocious hero in various ways including new series like the recently announced Wolverine: Madripoor Knights, special reprints, and a new variant cover program!
Launching in January, the Wolverine Wolverine Wolverine Variant Covers sees Logan take over the most iconic covers in Marvel Comics history, filling in as each and every character along the way! The covers gave artists the chance to spotlight their favorite Wolverine costumes, identities, and alternate versions, and also feature other members of the “Snikt Family.” It’s the perfect way to celebrate one of Marvel’s most ubiquitous and storied heroes and proves that there’s no such thing as too much Wolverine!
Check out 15 Wolverine Wolverine Wolverine Variant Covers now and stay tuned for the rest to be revealed in the months ahead.
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!
