


Whereas the current X-Men series features a wide ensemble cast, the new series will focus on a specific team lineup - Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Wolverine (Laura Kinney), Synch, Polaris, Rogue and Sunfire. The first new series to launch after the Hellfire Gala, this volume of X-Men will be written by Gerry Duggan (Marauders) and drawn by Pepe Larraz (House of X). That the plot catalyst for Marvel's upcoming relaunch of X-Men in July 2021. Cyclops believes the world still needs the X-Men, even if that means cutting ties with the Quiet Council of Krakoa and venturing back out into the human world. Among the major developments in 2020's X of Swords crossover, Cyclops and Jean Grey broke ranks in order to lead a team into Otherworld and save their comrades. The days of the X-Men as a superhero team fighting for human/mutant tolerance are a thing of the past.Įxcept that's not quite true.

To paraphrase the Flag-Smashers in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, mutantkind is focused solely on the idea of "one land, one people" now. The very existence of the X-Men has been forbidden by Professor Xavier himself. The irony of the current X-Men era is that, for all that mutantkind is on the rise, we haven't seen an actual, official squad of X-Men since the start of House of X. Check out the slideshow gallery below for a look at the many eclectic designs featured over the course of this glamorous evening. By the time the Gala is finished, many things will have changed for the mutants of Krakoa, for good and ill.īut the Gala is, ultimately, a big party, so it's also a chance for your favorite X-Men to show off their biggest and boldest outfits. Each issue (along with the one-shot special Planet-Size X-Men #1) will showcase a different story and a different group of characters set during that same evening. The mutant race is growing in size and power, and they're using an event called the Hellfire Gala as both a celebration and a collective show of force.Īll of Marvel's ongoing X-books will take part in the Hellfire Gala storyline in June. Currently, Marvel's X-Men line is exploring an overarching storyline dubbed "Reign of X." If Dawn of X was devoted to building on the foundation of House of X and Powers of X, Reign of X shows the new mutant nation of Krakoa reveling in its recent victories.
