SNEAK PEEK: SUPER GIANT-SIZE Preview of MARVEL COMICS IMMORTAL X-MEN #2, X-MEN: RED #2, NEW MUTANTS #25, X-FORCE #28 and more

There’s a lot going on in the X-Men corner of the MARVEL universe this week like IMMORTAL X-MEN #2, X-MEN: RED #2, NEW MUTANTS #25, X-FORCE #28, X-CELLENT #3, WOLVERINE: PATCH #2 land on the stands this coming week.

X-MEN IMMORTALS #2

Rise from the ashes of INFERNO and emerge from the vital mission of time travel in X LIVES OF WOLVERINE/X DEATH OF WOLVERINE comes the second krakoan age of the X-Men: DESTINY OF X!

Writer Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, ETERNALS, The Wicked + The Divine, Die) returns to the world of X with the artist Lucas Werneck (X-MEN: MAGNETO’S TRIAL) to get us all into the room where it’s happening. “It’s ‘being’ the most powerful people on Earth that decides the fate of the entire planet.” Prepare for dark secrets to be revealed and learn that some secrets are more sinister than others…

Mutantkind is reshaped once again, while Krakoa’s greatest triumphs and crushing challenges are yet to come. The possibilities are endless as your favorite ongoing Series X embraces its future kickoff in this week X-MEN IMMORTALS #2.

Check out our review of IMMORTAL X-MEN #1

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X-MEN IMMORTALS #2

PART TWO: THE TROUBLES OF ALL HUMANITY
EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETING! Magneto leaving the board means big shoes need to be filled. Selene demonstrating her foot size by crushing the entire island below is unorthodox, but compelling. Can the Silent Council resist?

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: Kieron Gillen
• Artist: Lucas Werneck
• Colorist: David Curiel
• Letterer: Clayton Cowles
• Designate: Tom Muller
• Publisher(s): Jordan D. White
• Deputy Editor: Lauren Amaro
• Standard Cover Artist(s): Mark Brooks
• Variant Cover Artist(s): Kaare Andrews; Rod Reis; Phil Noto
• Format: In progress
• Number of pages/Cover price: 28 pages/$3.99

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X-MEN: RED #2

Mutantkind took a bold leap into the future when it terraformed Mars, and now home to the mutants of Arakko, the Red Planet has never shone brighter or been more dangerous… What does this mean for newcomers? inhabitants of Mars and the wider galactic landscape? X-MEN: RED #2 continues the which will address both the promise and the threat Arakko poses to the Marvel Universe. Storm, Magneto, Sunspot, Abigail Brand, the Great Ring mutants continue to forge Arakko’s uncertain future in a place of mystery, strength, and endless conflict.

Discover our opinion on X-MEN: RED #1

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X-MEN: RED #2

MAN ON FIRE
WHO CAN TAME THE RED PLANET? The mutants of Mars have spent millennia worshiping war – and on what they now call Arakko, they maintain their violent ways. Abigail Brand knows the Red Planet needs a strong leader. But Storm has other ideas, with a broken magneto in her corner and Sunspot doing her own moves. It’s a new world… and someone has to claim it.

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: Al Ewing
• Artist: Stefano Caselli
• Colorist: Federico Blee
• Letterer: Cory Small
• Designer(s): Tom Muller and Jay Bowen
• Publisher(s): Jordan D. White
• Deputy Editor: Lauren Amaro
• Standard Cover Artist(s): Matt Wilson and Russell Dauterman
• Variant Cover Artist(s): Bullfighting Clarke; Jesus Aburtov; Giuseppe Camuncoli
• Format: In progress
• Number of pages/Cover price: 28 pages/$3.99

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WOLVERINE #21

WOLVERINE #21 continues the team of The Best There Is and the Merc with a Mouth after Deadpool uncovers a dangerous plot that could mean the death of the Krakoa mutant haven.

Discover our opinion on WOLVERINE #20

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WOLVERINE #21

STUNNING GLORY
DEEPER IN DANGER DANGER DANGER! Outnumbered and surrounded, Wolverine unleashes his berserker rage, and Deadpool embraces his deadly combat skills in a last-ditch effort to save mutant lives. But what about all the Robot X-Men and what do they have to do with the X-Desk?

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: Benjamin Percy
• Artist: Adam Kubert
• Colorist: Frank Martin
• Letterer: Cory Small
• Designate: Tom Muller
• X-Men Editor: Jordan D. White
• Publisher(s): Marc Basso
• Deputy Editor: Drew Baumgartner
• Standard Cover Artist(s): Frank Martin and Adam Kubert
• Variant Cover Artist(s): Neeraj Menon; Ryan Stegman; Marte Gracia; Rachelle Rosenberg; Felipe Massafera; Trevor Von Eeden; JP Mayer
• Format: Ongoing series
• Number of pages/Cover price: 28 pages/$3.99

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NEW MUTANTS #25

The X-Men’s Destiny of X era will heat up as war ignites between MAGIK and the GOBLIN QUEEN as the all-new arc, “THE LABORS OF MAGIK”, kicks off in NEW MUTANTS #25, by Vita Ayala and Rod Reis in April.

This storyline is a perfect starting point for the series that will redefine what it means to be the next generation of X-MEN.

They were the central stars of the groundbreaking classic X-Men crossover INFERNO, and now over thirty years later, Illyana Rasputina and Madelyne Pryor are ready to fan the flames once again! Illyana IS the rightful Queen of Limbo…but she’s been terribly busy in Krakoa. And now that Maddie is back in action, she’s determined to sit on the throne she was promised. To whom will you bow down?

Check out our review of NEW MUTANTS #24

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CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: Vita Ayala
• Artists): Rod Reis and Jan Duursema
• Colorist: Ruth Redmond
• Letterer: Travis Lanham
• Designate: Tom Muller
• Publisher(s): Sarah Brunstad
• Deputy Editor: Anita Okoye
• Standard Cover Artist(s): Leinil Francis Yu
• Variant Cover Artist(s): Philip Tan; Stanley Lau; Marte Gracia; Dan Panosian; Phil Jiménez; Israel Silva; David Baldeon; Sebastien Cheng; Miguel Mercado
• Format: Ongoing series
• Number of pages/Cover price: 28 pages/$3.99

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X-FORCE #28

The all-new starting point for X-Force continues in X-FORCE #28 as CEREBRAX continues to take over the island of Krakoa via a security breach the team must defend against while trying to figure it out what she wants with Forge.

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X-FORCE #28

CEREBRAX

IT’S QUENTIN QUIRE, #&%$! CEREBRAX is stalking the island of Krakoa, and no one is safe! His thirst for spirits is insatiable…but what happens when he absorbs the spirits and powers of the most powerful mutants? ! X-FORCE will NOT. THIS. UP.—and QUENTIN QUIRE leads the way!

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: Benjamin Percy
• Artist: Robert Gill
• Colorist: Guru-eFX
• Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna
• Designate: Tom Muller and Jay Bowen
• Senior X-Men Writer(s): Jordan D. White
• Editor: Marc Basso
• Deputy Editor: Drew Baumgartner
• Standard Cover Artist(s): Joshua Cassara and Dean White
• Variant Cover Artist(s): Peach Momoko: Skan
• Format: Annual
• Number of pages/Cover price: 28 pages/$4.99

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X-CELLENT #3

The hit series that garnered a fan following is back with the original creative team of PETER MILLIGAN, MICHAEL ALLRED and LAURA ALLRED for more comic book brilliance brimming with wit, charm and thrills!

In this week X-CELLENT #3(of 3) get ready for more X-STATIX adventures featuring your favorite heroes from the classic series as well as an all-new team of rivals that will take this one-of-a-kind series into a fresh and exciting new future!

Discover our opinion on X-CELLENT #2

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X-CELLENT #3

NEW BLOOD, NEW WORLD, PART 3

THE X-CELLENT DID WHAT?! That’s right, you heard it here first: the X-Cellent take on Doctor Strange! No one became famous for following the rules, and Zeitgeist knows it. But will that propel them into stardom, or are they cancelled? Zeitgeist will have something to say about it!

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: Pierre Milligan
• Artist: Michael “Doc” Allred
• Colorist: Laura Allred
• Letterer: Blambot’s Nate Piekos
• Publisher(s): Darren Shan
• Associate Editors: Lauren Amaro and Kat Gregorowicz
• Standard Cover Artist(s): Michael Allred and Laura Allred
• Variant Cover Artist(s): Nick Dragotta
• Format: Limited Series 3 of 3
• Number of pages/Cover price: 28 pages/$3.99

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FIX #2

Larry Hamma returns to tell a story from the days of Wolverine’s Patch that continues this week WOLVERINE: UPDATE #2.

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WOLVERINE: UPDATE #2

MUTANTS AGAINST. MUTANT IN MADRIPOOR!

What started out as simple reconnaissance brings PATCH into the midst of a war on many fronts! But who is KRASNY BETH, and how does she figure into the plans of GENERAL COY and DR. MISFORTUNE ? Guess Patch will never know, if she DESTROYS it with her MUTANT POWER!

CREATIVE TEAM

• Writer: Larry Hama
• Artist: Andrea Di Vito
• Inking: The Handsome Underwood
• Colorist: Sebastian Cheng
• Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles
• X-Men Editor: Jordan D. White
• Publisher(s): Marc Basso
• Deputy Editor: Drew Baumgartner
• Standard Cover Artist(s): Geoff Shaw
• Variant Cover Artist(s):Philip Tan
• Format: Limited series
• Number of pages/Cover price: 28 pages/$3.99

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IMMORTAL X-MEN #2, X-MEN: RED #2, NEW MUTANTS #25, X-FORCE #28, X-CELLENT #3, WOLVERINE: PATCH #2 land on shelves and digital platforms on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, from MARVEL COMICS.