Dead X-Men #4
(W) Steve Foxe (A) Vincenzo Carratu (CA) Lucas Werneck
Rated T+
In Shops: Apr 17, 2024
SRP: $3.99
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?
Dead X-Men #4
(W) Steve Foxe (A) Vincenzo Carratu (CA) Lucas Werneck
Rated T+
In Shops: Apr 17, 2024
SRP: $3.99
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?
The Marvel Universe is currently enjoying its final moments of sunlight, because on May 1, the eternal night arrives and vampires begin their savage reign in Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz’s Blood Hunt! The upcoming crossover event will envelop the Marvel Universe in darkness as your favorite heroes scramble desperately to reverse Earth’s tragic fate and save as many as they can from the creatures of the night and their unrelenting blood lust! Who will bite it?
In addition to the epic main series, key chapters and thrilling developments will take place from May through July in a range of limited series, one-shots, and series tie-in issues. Today, learn more about the first batch of tie-ins by checking out an assortment of interviews and previews.
DRACULA: BLOOD HUNT #1 (OF 3)
Written by DANNY LORE
Art by VINCENZO CARRATÙ
Cover by ROD REIS
On Sale 5/8
ALL WILL BOW TO THE LORD OF VAMPIRES!
Blade is Dracula’s ultimate nemesis: the most formidable vampire hunter in the world. Blade is Brielle Brooks’ father: the man who’s training her to follow in his footsteps. But during the BLOOD HUNT, when day is night and all is not as it appears, these enemies may find their interests – however briefly – aligned…for the fate of humanity?!
AVENGERS #14
Written by JED MACKAY
Art by C.F. VILLA
Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA
On Sale 5/8
NEW TEAM LINEUP DEBUTS!
With the current Avengers tied up and under siege during BLOOD HUNT, Captain Marvel calls for aid – and who better to assemble a new team of Avengers than Steve Rogers? Captain America gathers the forces of Quicksilver, Hawkeye, Hercules and Hazmat to take on the hordes of vampires attacking all over the world. And when they encounter an organized army of vampires in uniform led by a surprise villain, it gets personal!
DOCTOR STRANGE #15
Written by JED MACKAY
Art by PASQUAL FERRY
Cover by ALEX ROSS
On Sale 5/8
DOCTOR STRANGE…THE VAMPIRE?!
Picking up immediately after the shocking events of BLOOD HUNT #1, Strange and Clea must help the heroes of Earth fight back against the vampire army! But is it already too late for our Sorcerer Supreme?
BLOOD HUNTERS #1 (OF 4)
Written by MARK RUSSELL, CHRISTOS GAGE & ERICA SCHULTZ
Art by BOB QUINN, JAVIER GARRÒN & BERNARD CHANG
Cover by GREG LAND
On Sale 5/8
Hawkeye is on the run – but does he have enough trick arrows in his quiver to avoid both the long arm of the law AND vampires out for his blood?! Man-Wolf and J. Jonah Jameson do a little father-son bonding – while also fighting for their lives against a horde of bloodsuckers! And, in a continuing story, with Cloak missing in action, Dagger strikes out in search of new and surprising allies. Witness the genesis of Marvel’s wildest team yet: the BLOOD HUNTERS!
STRANGE ACADEMY: BLOOD HUNT #1 (OF 3)
Written by DANIEL JOSÉ OLDER
Art by LUIGI ZAGARIA
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
On Sale 5/8
The vampire onslaught of Blood Hunt knows no bounds, reaching all the way down to New Orleans, Louisiana, home of the Strange Academy! Doyle Dormammu, Zoe Laveau, Shaylee Moonpeddle, Germán Aguilar, and Toth get embroiled in an adventure that will take them around the Marvel Universe and right into the center of the Blood Hunt action! Their mission: find the ancient Darkhold and cast the spell that will destroy all vampires. There’s just one problem… Agatha Harkness boldly transformed the Darkhold into a child in last year’s Contest of Chaos!
This May, the eternal night washes over the world and vampires begin their savage reign in Marvel Comics’ Blood Hunt!
The upcoming crossover event will envelop the entire Marvel Universe in darkness as your favorite heroes scramble desperately to reverse Earth’s tragic fate and save as many as they can from the creatures of the night and their unrelenting blood lust! In addition to an epic main series by writer Jed MacKay and artist Pepe Larraz, key chapters and thrilling developments will take place from May through July in an eclectic assortment of limited series, one-shots, and series tie-in issues.
Today, fans can get a sneak peek at what’s to come in Blood Hunt’s second month with the reveal of the second issue of all eight limited series!
BLACK PANTHER: BLOOD HUNT #2 (OF 3)
Written by CHERYL LYNN EATON
Art by FARID KARAMI
Cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO
On Sale 6/19
MYTHOLOGY, MONSTERS AND MANKIND CLASH!
T’Challa has been transformed into a vampire! While on a mission as an agent (or perhaps double agent?) of the vampire leader, T’Challa is warned by Bast herself about the true nature of his enemy, the wrath of the Gods and the danger of bringing his bloodlust to Wakanda… PLUS: T’Challa reignites a feud with a familiar foe!
BLOOD HUNTERS #2 (OF 4)
Written by KAARE ANDREWS, ANN NOCENTI & ERICA SCHULTZ (W)
Art by ALEX LINS, DAVID BALDEÓN & BERNARD CHANG
Cover by GREG LAND
On Sale 6/5
BLOODY CHAOS SPILLS ACROSS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IN THREE THRILLING TALES!
When the skies go dark, what will happen when a group of vampires gets a taste of the Hulk’s gamma-irradiated blood?! Kate Bishop takes aim against the creatures of the night with the help of a mysterious new vampire hunter. And Dagger and Elsa Bloodstone have teamed up to face down the vampiric hordes – but when a new combatant enters the field, will she prove friend or foe? Or both?! The formation of Marvel’s wildest new team yet, the BLOOD HUNTERS, continues!
DRACULA: BLOOD HUNT #2 (OF 3)
Written by DANNY LORE
Art by VINCENZO CARRATÙ
Cover by ROD REIS
On Sale 6/19
AN UNHOLY TEAMUP!
In the deepest, darkest, unholiest night ever known to man or beast, Dracula, Lord of Vampires, has come to Bloodline, daughter of Blade, demanding a sacrifice: a devil’s bargain of the soul. A soul in peril? Seek a priest. A deal to escape? A lawyer. And a devil must be met face-to-face. Luckily for Bloodline, there’s one man who fulfills all three criteria: none other than Daredevil. But does he – or anyone – stand a chance against a city full of bloodthirsty vampires…and the unending night in which they feed?!
MIDNIGHT SONS: BLOOD HUNT #2 (OF 3)
Written by BRYAN HILL
Art by GERMÁN PERALTA
Cover by KEN LASHLEY
On Sale 6/26
THE REUNION CONTINUES!
What do you get when you cross two Ghost Riders, a daywalker, their supernatural-hunting friends and a horde of vampires swarming the Earth? A whole lot of fangs, fire and penance…
STRANGE ACADEMY: BLOOD HUNT #2 (OF 3)
Written by DANIEL JOSÉ OLDER
Art by LUIGI ZAGARIA
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
On Sale 6/12
MARVEL’S MIGHTY YOUNG MYSTICS TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS!
The Strange Academy kids’ mission to find a spell to solve the Blood Hunt has taken them all the way to Madripoor to find THE DARKHOLD! Readers of last year’s Contest of Chaos know, however, that the Darkhold is now a child and the only way to stop the Vampire onslaught means…the death of the Darkhold Child!
UNION JACK THE RIPPER: BLOOD HUNT #2 (OF 3)
Written by CAVAN SCOTT
Art by KEV WALKER
Cover by RYAN BROWN
On Sale 6/26
WAR OF BLOOD!
Joey Chapman, Union Jack, is at war with the brood of a certain vampire running amok in Manchester… But who is THE HUNGER? And what ally of Union Jack has fallen prey to his wicked ways?
WOLVERINE BLOOD HUNT #2 (OF 4)
Written by TOM WALTZ
Art by JUAN JOSÉ RYP
Cover by BEN HARVEY
On Sale 6/19
FIGHTING FANGS WITH FANGS!
Wolverine is up to his claws in vampires, but luckily he gets a little help from his friends! Louise, the vampire-hunting vampire of the Nightguard, and Logan cut their way through vamps to bring the fight to their leader – and you’ll NEVER GUESS who it is! But can Louise control her vampiric tendencies to save the day, or is every step closer to their enemy a step closer to disaster?
This May, as the skies of the Marvel Universe go dark and the children of the night rise to drown the Earth in blood, the most legendary vampire in history will execute a bold plan of his own! Dracula’s pivotal role in Blood Hunt will play out in both Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz’s main series and Dracula: Blood Hunt, a special three-issue tie-in series by writer Danny Lore and artist Vincenzo Carratù. Dracula: Blood Hunt will see the lord of vampires team up with none other than the daughter of his greatest nemesis—Bloodline, the daughter of Blade!
Following her hit limited series last year, and her recent appearances in Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Brielle Brooks takes center stage as her unique family legacy makes her a key player in the upcoming crossover event. Vampires are stronger than ever before and this burgeoning slayer’s fate has always been written in blood. Now, co-creator Danny Lore returns to bring Brielle to her ultimate destiny—at the hands of Dracula!
ALL WILL BOW TO THE LORD OF VAMPIRES! Blade is Dracula’s ultimate nemesis: the most formidable vampire hunter in the world. Blade is Brielle Brooks’ father: the man who’s training her to follow in his footsteps. During Blood Hunt, when day is night and all is not as it appears, these enemies may find their interests – however briefly – aligned…for the fate of humanity?!
Who will bite it? Sink your teeth into Rod Reis’ Dracula: Blood Hunt #1 cover!
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! Dead X-Men #1 spins out of Rise of the Powers of X and that is its weak point.
Written by Steve Foxe, Dead X-Men #1 features the team of Frenzy, Prodigy, Jubilee, Dazzler, Cannonball, and Askani. The team make-up catches the attention, it’s an odd one we haven’t really seen before. That opens up a lot of potential as how the X-Men teams gel together is part of the fun. We get a little bit of that here but the main focus of the comic is the mission. Towards the end of Rise of the Powers of X, Professor X hinted at his plan to attempt to right the nightmare timeline that has been spun. It seems that Dead X-Men will focus on that mission.
The mission is interesting and involves hopping around various timelines trying to data dump Moira McTaggert’s memories to figure out a perfect point to engage her. The goal is to stop the madness before it starts. It’s the usual time traveling/timeline destroying insanity that is the X-Men and their current era is full of. It feels rather appropriate in a way to end it all like this. But, if you’re not fully bought into the current Fall/Rise storylines, then the series is one to ignore. It feels like it’s the core mission of what’s happening that’ll lead to what happens next.
Unlike say Wolverine (which I’m enjoying) or Resurrection of Magneto (which I am not), Dead X-Men feels like the “core” story for Rise of the Powers of X, that to itself is a series itself. It’s not a side story tie-in, it’s a vital piece of information. It can’t be picked up and enjoyed on its own, like the first two series mentioned, or the other “main” X-Men comics, it’s very much tied deep into one of the two main “event” comics, almost like an extra storyline that can’t be fit within those pages.
The team itself is interesting and while seemingly and odd one for this sort of important mission, that’s part of the story. Unfortunately due to the rather rushed urgency of the mission, we don’t get quite the personalities playing off of each other, it’s not quite the “fun” type of X-Men team you’d expect. They’re serious. This is serious.
The art features the trio of Jonas Scharf, Bernard Chang, and Vincenzo Carratu with color by Frank Martin and lettering by Cory Petit. It all looks pretty good but beyond the new settings and new takes on familiar characters, the visuals never quite pop. There’s some muddled moments actually and moments that should really hit, don’t quite do it. It’s one where the art services the story but doesn’t stand out from it.
Dead X-Men #1 isn’t a bad comic but it’s an “event” comic in every way. If you’re not bought into the current X-Men transition story, it’s one that won’t jump out. But, if you’re completely here for it, it’s a vital chapter of what happens next and how it happens.
Story: Steve Foxe Art: Jonas Scharf, Bernard Chang, Vincenzo Carratu
Color: Frank Martin Letterer: Cory Petit
Story: 6.75 Art: 7.25 Overall: 6.8 Recommendation: Read
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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?!
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!
Astonishing Iceman #5
(W) Steve Orlando (A) Vincenzo Carratu (CA) Jesus Saiz
Rated T+
In Shops: Dec 20, 2023
SRP: $3.99
SHATTERED!
ORCHIS has figured out ICEMAN’s secret – and brings the fight to his frozen front door! Can BOBBY DRAKE survive this ultimate showdown?
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