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X-Men United #1’s Strength is the Clash of Philosophies

X-Men United #1

WELCOME TO GRAYMATTER LANE, LEARN TO SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE! “Build a school,” Charles Xavier told them, and the X-Men have done so – but in a manner nobody saw coming! Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants anywhere in the world can come together in unity to teach one another the skills needed for their survival! With instructors including Wolverine, Beast, Prodigy, Magneto and more, and a campus unlike any before seen, it’s the crossroads of the X-Universe as a student body from across the globe works to take mutantkind to the next step in their evolution – and to cope with a brewing threat to all of their number! X-Men United #1 delivers an ok school experience but the clash between leadership is the interesting aspect.

Written by Eve L. Ewing, X-Men United #1 brings back the proper school aspect to the X-Men. With a twist on the actual “school,” the comic introduces the initial class and the teachers for an experience that has some potential but overall doesn’t quite excite. Where the comic does shine is the clear lines drawn as to whether a school should exist at all?

There’s some divisions between the leadership of the X-Men with Cyclops on one side and on the other, quite a few who want to continue Charles Xavier’s concept of a school. Cyclops has been shaped and shifted over the years going from the one you’d expect to follow Xavier’s “dream” without question to a leader who’s grizzled and a bit more militant. There’s teases here that this will be the conflict that defines the current arc of X-Men stories, and there’s potential for something interesting and transformative by the time it’s done.

For the most part, X-Men United #1 is an introduction issue. We get a lot of detail on the school with a focus on its security, which you know means it’s not secure. There’s also a new generation of mutants that don’t really stand out. And that’s where the issue drags. The characters, beyond their powers, aren’t really given much as far as a backstory which just makes them background characters and keeps the teachers in the forefront. It’s a class that’s set up to be forgettable. Add in with the opportunity to really pull from the massive amount of characters, the one that are in the comic feel rather standard.

The art of X-Men United #1 is decent. Tiago Palma packs in a lot and the school opens itself up for some interesting visuals. But, beyond a few pages and panels, those visuals never quite hit their potential. With color by Brian Reber and lettering by Joe Sabino, the comic looks nice but not all that exciting. It’s fine but not defining.

X-Men United #1 isn’t a bad debut but it’s also not exciting. It shows off some nice concepts and has potential to be something interesting but beyond the final page, there’s little that’s really memorable. With a mutant class that doesn’t really stand out, it’s focus is the teachers more so than the students. It needs to really define itself and stand out from what has come before and in this debut, it falls short.

Story: Eve L. Ewing Art: Tiago Palma
Color: Brian Reber Letterer: Joe Sabino
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5 Recommendation: Read

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Preview: X-Men United #1

X-Men United #1

(W) Eve L. Ewing (A) Tiago Palma

WELCOME TO GRAYMATTER LANE, LEARN TO SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE!

“Build a school,” Charles Xavier told them, and the X-Men have done so — but in a manner nobody saw coming! Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants anywhere in the world can come together in unity to teach one another the skills needed for their survival! With instructors including Wolverine, Beast, Prodigy, Magneto and more, and a campus unlike any before seen, it’s the crossroads of the X-Universe as a student body from across the globe works to take mutantkind to the next step in their evolution — and to cope with a brewing threat to all of their number!

X-Men United #1

Preview: Expatriate X-Men #3

Expatriate X-Men #3

(W) Eve L. Ewing (A) Francesco Mortarino

TARGET: DARKCHILD!

X YEARS LATER, MELEE, BRONZE, RIFT, COLOSSUS, MS. MARVEL and the crew of the Dragonfly face DARKCHILD herself. She wants something they have, and she has something they want. But just when they need to band together most, their group of insurgents is being torn apart by lies and deception. Will they escape with their lives or be swallowed by the whims of the Limbo Lands?

Expatriate X-Men #3

The X-Men Stand Together in X-Men United, Coming March 2026

This March, the X-Men come together to build a new way for mutantkind to thrive in X-Men United! The previously-teased series, part of the line’s upcoming Shadows of Tomorrow era, will be by written by Eve L. Ewing, following her acclaimed work on Exceptional X-Men, and drawn by Tiago Palma, the rising star who made his Marvel Comics debut earlier this year in New Avengers.

The ambitious series unites the entire X-tapestry—from different generations, factions, and eras—under one, eXciting initiative, turning the classic concept of a school for mutants on its head with the introduction of Graymatter Lane! Founded by Emma Frost and with faculty including Wolverine, Magneto, Beast, Rogue and Storm and guest instructors from throughout the Marvel Universe, Graymatter Lane is more than simply an academy—it’s the central hub for mutant interaction across the world and beyond!  This venture represents a bold undertaking that requires all hands on deck, but not all of the X-Men are ready to embrace the idea of another mutant institute for higher learning!

WELCOME TO GRAYMATTER LANE… LEARN TO SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE!

“Build a school,” Charles Xavier told them, and the X-Men have done so—but in a manner nobody saw coming! Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants anywhere in the world can come together in unity to teach one another the skills needed for their survival! With the greatest of the X-Men as teachers and a campus unlike any before seen, it’s the crossroads of the X-Universe as a student body from across the globe works to take mutantkind to the next step in their evolution—and to cope with a brewing threat to all of their number!

X-Men United #1 will feature connecting covers by Stefano Caselli, the very piece used at New York Comic Con to announce the X-Men’s exciting Shadows of Tomorrow era! It arrives to shelves March 11, 2026!

X-Men United #1

Exclusive Preview: Expatriate X-Men #2

Expatriate X-Men #2

(W) Eve L. Ewing (A) Francesco Mortarino
(C) Raúl Angulo (L) Ariana Maher
(CA) Francesco Mortarino, Raúl Angulo (VCA) Ario Anindito, Betsy Cola, Marcus To and Erick Arciniega

GUERRILLA WARFARE!

X YEARS LATER, BRONZE, MS. MARVEL, RIFT, MELEE and their guerrilla flotilla make their way upriver, evading the surveillance of both REVELATION and the U.S. Army. It’s clear that their recently rescued charge LYREBIRD is not who he seems to be. And withholding some details leaves his life on the line, as the team approaches the LIMBO LANDS… and the truth.

Expatriate X-Men #2

Expatriate X-Men #1 has engaging action and some solid art

UNITED BY WAR! X YEARS LATER, like the fallen and reassembled United States, the new team of MS. MARVEL, BRONZE, MELEE and RIFT rises! They have seized control of the Mississippi River waters that divide mutantkind from the rest of humanity. Feared and powerful, their guerrilla tactics keep them in control – until a high-stakes mission to extract a valuable asset threatens to tear them apart. Can they hold together when everything’s on the line?

Story: Eve L. Ewing
Art: Francesco Mortarino
Color: Raul Angulo
Letterer: Ariana Maher

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Preview: Expatriate X-Men #1

Expatriate X-Men #1

(W) Eve L. Ewing (A) Francesco Mortarino

UNITED BY WAR!

X YEARS LATER, like the fallen and reassembled United States, the new team of MS. MARVEL, BRONZE, MELEE and RIFT rises! They have seized control of the Mississippi River waters that divide mutantkind from the rest of humanity. Feared and powerful, their guerrilla tactics keep them in control — until a high-stakes mission to extract a valuable asset threatens to tear them apart. Can they hold together when everything’s on the line?

Expatriate X-Men #1

Preview: Expatriate X-Men #1

Expatriate X-Men #1

(W) Eve L. Ewing (A) Francesco Mortarino

UNITED BY WAR!

X YEARS LATER, like the fallen and reassembled United States, the new team of MS. MARVEL, BRONZE, MELEE and RIFT rises! They have seized control of the Mississippi River waters that divide mutantkind from the rest of humanity. Feared and powerful, their guerrilla tactics keep them in control — until a high-stakes mission to extract a valuable asset threatens to tear them apart. Can they hold together when everything’s on the line?

Expatriate X-Men #1

X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale #1 Closes the Book on the Latest Mutant Milestone

On October 1, discover the next chapter of mutant history in Age of Revelation, an event that takes the Marvel Universe 10 years into a future where Doug Ramsey, the Heir of Apocalypse, reigns over a new mutant utopia while the rest of the world is ravaged—and mutated—by the mysterious X-Virus! Tragic fates, strange alliances, and bold turns await your favorite X-Men and Marvel heroes in all-new series launches—including a radical transformation of the entire current X-line.

Age of Revelation kicks off in X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1, a one-shot by Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman. From there, experience this new future in an interwoven saga told across 16 three-issue series along with a one-shot anthology. Each Age of Revelation limited series will conclude in December, followed by X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale #1, a special one-shot that delivers the explosive conclusion to the event AND reveals the startling impact it’ll have on present-day X-Men storytelling. Stay tuned in the weeks ahead as well as New York Comic Con to find out what awaits on the other side this January, including exciting new solo titles, returning X-Men titles, and more!  

The X-Men line in January and beyond will reflect what’s revealed during the Age of Revelation. What’s to come will spotlight characters that haven’t been spotlighted in a while and reshuffled the deck with some characters that are currently on the sidelines.

Read on to learn about the final installments of Age of Revelation, all on sale in December.

X-MEN: AGE OF REVELATION FINALE #1

Written by JED MACKAY
Art and Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
On Sale 12/31

“I have plotted the way forward for this species. For this world. For all of us. I do not do this out of anger, but of love. I do not do this for love of power, but hatred of it. I was charged with ensuring the survival of the fittest. I am ensuring the survival of everyone.” – Revelation

X-MEN: AGE OF REVELATION FINALE #1

AMAZING X-MEN #3

Written by JED MACKAY
Art and Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
On Sale 12/3

ASSASSINATION PROCLAMATION!

X YEARS LATER, against all odds and with heavy losses, the X-Men reach Philadelphia, the capital of the Revelation Territories. But this is deep enemy territory, and the much-reduced X-Men will require significant allies in order to realize their objective: the assassination of Revelation, made all the more crucial by his true scheme coming to light!

AMAZING X-MEN #3

EXPATRIATE X-MEN #3

Written by EVE L. EWING
Art and Cover by FRANCESCO MORTARINO
On Sale 12/24

TARGET: DARKCHILD!

X YEARS LATER, Melee, Bronze, Rift, Colossus, Ms. Marvel and the crew of the Dragonfly face Darkchild herself. She wants something they have, and she has something they want. But just when they need to band together most, their group of insurgents is being torn apart by lies and deception. Will they escape with their lives or be swallowed by the whims of the Limbo Lands?

EXPATRIATE X-MEN #3

UNBREAKABLE X-MEN #3

Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art and Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
On Sale 12/10

ATLANTIS UNDER SEIGE!

X YEARS LATER, a grief-stricken Gambit has a mission to recover and recall several unwilling X-Men who have left the mutant life to face a creature of nightmares that can doom them all! It’s the return of several beloved mutants (and a few less beloved), coming back to try to contain the unimaginable army of the undead that threatens both Atlantis and the surface world!

UNBREAKABLE X-MEN #3

X-MEN: BOOK OF REVELATION #3

Written by JED MACKAY
Art and Cover by NETHO DIAZ
On Sale 12/17

THE END?

X YEARS LATER, Revelation’s court is in an uproar as plots are revealed and betrayals laid bare. But the greatest betrayal of all is yet to come, and the world will never be the same.

X-MEN: BOOK OF REVELATION #3

BINARY #3

Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Art by GIADA BELVISO
Cover by RICKIE YAGAWA
On Sale 12/3

SUPERNOVA!

X YEARS LATER, Carol Danvers, bearing the heavy weight of the cosmic name Binary and feeling the godlike power of the Phoenix Force coursing through her body, now stands face-to-face with the enemy who has come to annihilate everything Carol holds dear! At her lowest ebb, will Carol manage to hold back the destruction, or will she go supernova…and take it all with her?!

BINARY #3

CLOAK OR DAGGER #3

Written by JUSTINA IRELAND
Art by LORENZO TAMMETTA
Cover by MIKE MCKONE
On Sale 12/24

RACE AGAINST TIME!

X YEARS LATER, the Fenris Twins have cornered Cloak, and it’s not looking good. Dagger has one final card to play, but using it could tear our heroes – and what’s left of the fabric of reality – apart for good…

CLOAK OR DAGGER #3

IRON & FROST #3

Written by CAVAN SCOTT
Art by RUAIRÍ COLEMAN
Cover by RYAN BROWN
On Sale 12/10

NO HEART. NO HOPE. NO FUTURE.

X YEARS LATER, the Iron King reigns supreme – and time is running out. Emma Frost must risk everything to reach the man she once loved. Devastation in the future is guaranteed, but can a desperate gambit save the past?

IRON & FROST #3

THE LAST WOLVERINE #3

Written by SALADIN AHMED
Art by EDGAR SALAZAR
Cover by MARTÍN CÓCCOLO
On Sale 12/17

LAST WOLVERINE STANDING!

X YEARS LATER, Wolverine has tracked down Logan. But when student meets teacher on the field of battle, who will remain standing as the Last Wolverine? A heartbreaking tale of betrayal and broken promises, this issue will remain a touchstone in Wolverine storytelling!

THE LAST WOLVERINE #3

LAURA KINNEY: SABRETOOTH #3

Written by ERICA SCHULTZ
Art by VALENTINA PINTI
Cover by ELENA CASAGRANDE
On Sale 12/3

RAID ON ARAKKO!

X YEARS LATER, Sabretooth stalks Arakko, home of Apocalypse! Don’t miss this key turning point in Revelation’s plan, as Laura must choose between family and fealty…with deadly results.

LAURA KINNEY: SABRETOOTH #3

LONGSHOTS #3

Written by GERRY DUGGAN & JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by ALAN ROBINSON
Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER
On Sale 12/3

EVERYBODY DIES!

X YEARS LATER, all your heroes are dead! Did you think we were JOKING? This is one of the only books where we can get away with it, so, of course, we are killing EVERYONE! But do you want to see how it all goes down? Of COURSE you do! So put your hands out in December and let your retailer put a copy of LONGSHOTS in your grubby little mitts! Oh, you ARE a retailer? Well, get to ordering! There are a bunch of feral fans waiting at your doors demanding this book! Look out! They’re busting down the glass!

LONGSHOTS #3

OMEGA KIDS #3

Written by TONY FLEECS
Art by ANDRÉS GENOLET
Cover by ROD REIS
On Sale 12/17

YOU CAN’T STAY A KID FOREVER.

X YEARS LATER, Quentin Quire discovers exactly what he’s created for Revelation. Has Kid Omega become a throwback? Or does the age of Omega Kids need to end?

OMEGA KIDS #3

RADIOACTIVE SPIDER-MAN #3

Written by JOE KELLY
Art by KEV WALKER
Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
On Sale 12/17

SPIDER-MAN VERSUS…SPIN!

X YEARS LATER, when push comes to X-Gene-infected, monster-riddled, post-apocalyptic wasteland, who does a Radioactive Spider-Man have a greater responsibility toward, the people of NYC or the people he loves most in the world?! EX-Spider-Man, Miles Morales and Ghost-Spider know the answer – and they’ll go THROUGH Peter Parker to do the right thing!

RADIOACTIVE SPIDER-MAN #3

ROGUE STORM #3

Written by MUREWA AYODELE
Art by ROLAND BOSCHI
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
On Sale 12/10

CHAPTER THREE: THE DEVOURER!

X YEARS LATER, as a result of the actions of Rogue and Storm, an ancient evil has been let loose upon the world. Sorcerers are meeting their brutal ends. Magical defenses from Doctor Doom, Daimon Hellstrom, the Scarlet Witch, Doctor Strange and many Marvel mystics prove futile. With the help of the disgraced sorcerer Daniel Drumm (Doctor Voodoo’s ghost twin brother, who died in his very first appearance), Rogue and Storm will face the ancient evil one final time.

ROGUE STORM #3

SINISTER’S SIX #3

Written by DAVID MARQUEZ
Art by RAFAEL LOUREIRO
Cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
On Sale 12/10

SIX AGAINST THE WORD.

X YEARS LATER, Sinister’s Six have caught the attention of Revelation himself! Can this group of scrappers and thieves fight their way out of this? And what are Mr. Sinister’s true intentions for them?

SINISTER’S SIX #3

UNDEADPOOL #3

Written by TIM SEELEY
Art by CARLOS MAGNO
Cover by E.M. GIST
On Sale 12/24

THE PROMISED LAND!

X YEARS LATER, Wade Wilson and Fearless reach their goal. But will the Expatriate X-Men complete their mission or fall to the uncontrollable urges of Undeadpool?

UNDEADPOOL #3

X-VENGERS #3

Written by JASON LOO
Art by SERGIO DÁVILA
Cover by MIKE MCKONE
On Sale 12/24

IF EARTH’S MIGHTIEST CAN’T STOP THIS WAR, NO ONE WINS!

X YEARS LATER, the clock is ticking to save the human and mutant worlds alike! What has reawakened a technological apocalypse? And can the X-Vengers put a stop to it while fending off both Revelation and President Sam Wilson?

X-VENGERS #3

Preview: Exceptional X-Men #13

Exceptional X-Men #13

(W) Eve L. Ewing (A) Federica Mancin

KITTY PRYDE, LOST IN TIME! Kitty has been sucked through a hole in the space-time continuum and into the days of her very origins as an X-Man. Can the team get her back, or will they have to make their way without their fearless leader from now on?

Exceptional X-Men #13
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