X-MEN Class of 2016 Role Call

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All-New, All-Different Marvel Now X-Men Teams by Ken Lashley courtesy Marvel

The third flagship X-Men book of the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now arrives this week. Uncanny X-Men #1 by Cullen Bunn and Greg Land is a nearly all-villain strike force.

All the teams are facing the wrath of a classic villain in The Apocalypse Wars this Spring. This widescreen collection of all three variant covers by Ken Lashley and Nolan Woodard courtesy Marvel gives you a full look at the new roster for the heroic mutants.

If you’re rejoining or joining the X-Men for the first time here’s a who’s who from left to right. Roll call! Continue reading X-MEN Class of 2016 Role Call

X-MEN VS INHUMANS? WHERE’S CYCLOPS? BEAST BETRAYAL?

Uncanny Inhumans #1 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Inhumans #1 courtesy Marvel

Major evidence in this week’s Uncanny Inhumans #1 that a X-Men vs. Inhumans war is brewing. Is Charles Soule sewing the seeds for a major Marvel crossover of the new era in 2016?

Here’s what you need to know:

The Terrigen Cloud unleashed by Black Bolt is creating new Inhumans but it’s attacking mutant DNA. Mutants are being sterilized or dying after exposure to Terrigenesis while NuHumans continue to pop up around the globe. Cyclops, Emma Frost are other X-Men are missing in action as the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now is being revealed.

Storm is leading a team of Extraordinary X-Men to rescue mutants from the new threat, Magneto will have a team of Uncanny X-Men taking the fight to his race’s enemies.

And Beast? Hank McCoy is working for Medusa. Continue reading X-MEN VS INHUMANS? WHERE’S CYCLOPS? BEAST BETRAYAL?

X-MEN FUTURE Updates NYCC

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel shared new updates on the future of the X-Men at the Marvel All-New, All-Different Panel at NYCC and the boss made one thing clear.

“Contrary to popular opinion, we are NOT canceling the X-Men.” Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso declared. There have been conspiracy theories and rumors the X-line is getting cut and the Inhumans are expanding because a rival studio controls the X-Men film rights.

Inhumans are on the rise and as we’ve reported before, the Terrigenesis that is causing a spike in NuHumans is killing mutants.

Storm leads the Extraordinary X-Men (by Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos) on a global mission to protect mutants from the threat of the Terrigen Cloud. Beast is joining Uncanny Inhumans but it looks like a possible genetic war on the horizon. Continue reading X-MEN FUTURE Updates NYCC