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X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale Wraps up a Middle Event but Delivers Something that Feels Different

X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale

X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale wraps up Marvel’s mutantkind’s latest event with an ending that’s interesting but overall is a rather blah event.

Written by Jed MacKay, X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale is a rather interesting ending for the story that saw Cyclops and Beast’s conscious shifted to the future where Revelation has created a new mutant nation and not all is right. Without a main series to read, this event has been intriguing spread across multiple miniseries, some feeling more focused on the main story than others. Each miniseries pieced out a bit of the puzzle that put together gave a much clearer picture of what was going on.

X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale ties it all together as various forces rally to stop Revelation and while the event overall is one of the weaker X-Men events, what it delivers is something interesting and refreshing in ways.

SPOILERS AHEAD

The issue is mostly one big fight as Apocalypse and his forces and the remaining X-Men take on Revelation. During that, Beast races to get himself and Cyclops back to the present in hopes they’ve learned enough to stop everything from happening. Why is that important? For once, the bad guy wins.

Yes, Revelation’s plan goes through and plays out as Earth itself is transformed. We get some logic that the increasing death count from Revelation’s earlier plans of the X-Virus forced him, gave him permission in some ways, to go bigger in his vision. And in the end, the bad guy wins. This isn’t a story where the X-Men stop the future horror in some way, wrapping it up in a miniseries. It’s one that plays out as Cyclops and Beast head back and must really do what they can to prevent it from even happening creating very difficult choices.

And that’s where there’s some good and bad, we find out the Beast in the future wasn’t the mind of the Beast from the past, but someone else. As Cyclops returns to his body, Beast has no knowledge of events and we find out it was someone else pulled through time. This is big in that there’s one less person with key knowledge in how to prevent Revelation’s rise to power and someone else does have it. It makes the future feel more inevitable and ominous.

X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale itself isn’t really what’s interesting, it’s how the story plays out and what that means for the future of the line of X-Men comics. This is an event that has long term ramifications as it’s not resolved. Time didn’t get fixed. Things didn’t revert like so many other time travel stories. This is one where the X-Men now know of a dark future and must act to try to prevent it without all the tools they were supposed to have.

End Spoilers

The art by Ryan Stegman and Netho Diaz is solid. There’s some great panels and pages as the battle rages. It’s not all great, a rambling speech by Revelation lacks a certain something, but there are moments that give you the “hell yeah” you’re looking for. With ink by JP Mayer, color by Marcio Menyz, and lettering by Clayton Cowles, the comic looks good and pops at key moments. There’s some good action and good emotional punches that hit right.

Overall X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale isn’t really interesting for the action or art, it’s how this event was structured. It felt like there was no main series to follow and in the end, it doesn’t wrap up with a resolution to the problem, but instead kicks off the next chapter of the story where more challenges are presented. While itself had me down on the X line, what comes next shows potential.

Story: Jed MacKay Art: Ryan Stegman, Netho Diaz
Ink: JP Mayer Color: Marcio Menyz Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Story: 7.25 Art: 8.0 Overall: 7.25 Recommendation: Read

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Preview: X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale #1

X-Men: Age of Revelation Finale #1

(W) Jed MacKay (A) Ryan Stegman, Netho Diaz

“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

X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture Takes Us X Years into the Future for an Intriguing Start

X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture

THE HEIR RISES – THE RESISTANCE IGNITES! X YEARS LATER, the Revelation Territories stretch from the Atlantic to the Mississippi – a mutant utopia ruled by the heir of Apocalypse. But beneath the surface, rebellion brews. As a ragtag X-Men team strikes from the shadows, Revelation faces threats from within. It all begins here – the dawn of the AGE OF REVELATION! X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture officially kicks off the latest “X-Event” shaking up the X-Men comics and introducing a possible future to come.

While I used to be a diehard X-Men fan, in recent years I’ve dipped in and out of the line of comics. While there’s been some that have been intriguing, the comics haven’t quite clicked for me for various reasons. But, with a new event, I thought I’d commit and dive in reading every release to hit the shelves. X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture is the official start after a surprise zero issue that came out in July. In this future, Revelation has risen and taken over large parts of the United States after a virus was unleashed killing millions. Cyclops and Beast are pulled into the bodies of their future selves to see what has happened and help turn the tide with the resistance that remains. It’s a future that’s ominous as we’re teased this new mutant nation has a secret underneath.

Writer Jed MacKay‘s opening salvo is exactly that. We’re introduced and learn what’s going on as Cyclops learns what’s going on. We’re given just enough information to show that while the concept might be ideal for mutants, not is all that well. Something is wrong with what Revelation has done and secrets run underneath what he has built. What that exactly is, we don’t know, but it’s teased throughout the issue.

MacKay has delivered something that’s familiar but also unexpected. We’ve seen numerous futures, and how this fits into all of that is unclear, but this feels like a blend of a few of them while building off of recent storylines. We knew Doug Ramsey, now Revelation, the heir of Apocalypse, would eventually turn and here we learn just how powerful he has become giving us something new with his power and something to truly fear. We’ve yet to learn the “how” of what has happened, and hopefully through the main series as well as the numerous tie-ins, we get a better idea of how this world came to be.

As an opening chapter, X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture teases more than enough without giving away everything.

The art by Ryan Stegman is solid. It’s an interesting future with a very distinct look that feels very apocalyptic but not at the same time. With ink by JP Mayer, color by Edgar Delgado, and lettering by Clayton Cowles, everything about X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture feels lived in and worn. This isn’t just buildings destroyed and piles of destruction everywhere. Instead, there’s a logic to the locations we see with a blend of nature and the organic with familiar buildings. There’s a utility to it all. The characters too feel very “lived,” with a weariness and rugged feel to these X-Men and others feeling much more relaxed and clean and orderly. There’s some very clear thought into the design of it all. And with all of that, the action is solid. There’s some great moments and the end in particular delivers an epic feel to it all.

X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture is an interesting start to this event that feels like it’s the next debate about a mutant nation and homeland. What does peace and tranquility look like for this group? What should they do to achieve it? What has been done, what horrors are hidden, that have lead to this world? More is to be revealed and so far, this is a story that shows a lot of potential.

Story: Jed MacKay Art: Ryan Stegman
Ink: JP Mayer Color: Edgar Delgado Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.35 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy

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Preview: X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1

X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1

(W) Jed MacKay (A) Ryan Stegman

THE HEIR RISES — THE RESISTANCE IGNITES!

X YEARS LATER, the Revelation Territories stretch from the Atlantic to the Mississippi — a mutant utopia ruled by the heir of Apocalypse. But beneath the surface, rebellion brews. As a ragtag X-Men team strikes from the shadows, Revelation faces threats from within. It all begins here — the dawn of the AGE OF REVELATION!

X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1

Preview: X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1

X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1

(W) Jed MacKay (A) Ryan Stegman

THE HEIR RISES — THE RESISTANCE IGNITES!

X YEARS LATER, the Revelation Territories stretch from the Atlantic to the Mississippi — a mutant utopia ruled by the heir of Apocalypse. But beneath the surface, rebellion brews. As a ragtag X-Men team strikes from the shadows, Revelation faces threats from within. It all begins here — the dawn of the AGE OF REVELATION!

X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1

Witness the Dawn of the Age of Revelation in X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1 out Next Week!

In X-Men #22, the X-Men accepted Doug Ramsey, A.K.A. Revelation, the newly christened Heir of Apocalypse, back into their ranks, a bold choice that leads the entire Marvel Universe into a dark, dystopian future! Discover how in Age of Revelation, an event that takes Marvel storytelling 10 years forward where a new mutant utopia ruled by Revelation threatens to overtake all of Earth! It begins in X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1, a one-shot by Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman, and continues in various new series, including a bold transformation of the current X-Men line. Today, fans can enter the Age of Revelation with a never-before-seen preview of X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1, on sale next week.

The preview picks up directly after X-Men #22’s startling cliffhanger as Cyclops awakens X YEARS LATER! His mind brought forward in time by a ragtag group of future X-Men, Cyclops beholds the tragic consequences of his decision to allow Revelation onto the team. But he’ll have little time for regret as he’s been chosen to lead the final strike against Revelation’s reign! The knowledge Cyclops gains during the saga will greatly impact the decisions he makes on behalf of mutantkind when the X-Men titles return to present day in SHADOWS OF TOMORROW, a new era beginning in January.

Check out all the covers and pick up X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1 at your local comic shop next week.

X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture

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