X-Men: From the Ashes

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"X-Men: From the Ashes"
Publisher Marvel Comics
Publication dateJuly  2024
Genre
Main character(s) See below
Creative team
Writer(s) Various
Artist(s) Various
Colorist(s) Various

X-Men: From the Ashes is a 2024 relaunch of the X-Men line of comic books published by Marvel Comics that follows the end of "Krakoan Age" storyline.

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Publication history

The initiative was announced by Marvel Comics' Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski and VP, Executive Editor Tom Brevoort as part of the "Future of Marvel Comics' X-Men and Digital Comics" panel at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2024 on March 14, 2024. [1] It intends to tell the story of mutantkind in a new status quo established following the end of the dual mini-series Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X.

As part of the initial announcement, details around the first three titles - X-Men (vol. 7), Uncanny X-Men (vol. 6), and Exceptional X-Men were revealed. The following additional titles were also confirmed: NYX (vol. 2), Phoenix , Storm (vol. 5), Wolverine (vol. 8), X-Factor (vol. 5), and X-Force (vol. 7). [1]

The name was derived from the opening text in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975).[ citation needed ]

Titles

Prelude

TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Colourist(s)Release date
Free Comic Book Day 2024: Blood Hunt/X-Men #1 [lower-alpha 1] Gail Simone David Marquez Edgar DelgadoMay 4, 2024

Ongoing series

TitleIssuesWriterArtistColouristDebut date
X-Men (vol. 7)#1–Jed MacKay Ryan Stegman Marte GraciaJuly 10, 2024 [1]
Phoenix (vol. 2)Stephanie PhillipsAlessandro MiracoloTBAJuly 17, 2024 [2]
NYX (vol. 2)Collin Kelly
Jackson Lanzing
Francesco MortarinoRaúl AnguloJuly 24, 2024 [3]
X-Force (vol. 7) Geoffrey Thorne Marcus To TBAJuly 31, 2024 [4]
Avengers (vol. 9)#17Jed McKayValerio SchitiAugust 7, 2024 [5] [1]
Uncanny X-Men (vol. 6)#1– Gail Simone David Marquez
X-Factor (vol. 5) Mark Russell Bob QuinnAugust 14, 2024 [6]
Exceptional X-Men Eve L. Ewing Carmen CarneroSeptember 4, 2024 [1]
Wolverine (vol. 8) Saladin Ahmed Martín CóccoloSeptember 11, 2024 [7]
Storm (vol. 5)Murewa AyodeleLucas WerneckAlex GuimarãesOctober 2, 2024 [8]

Limited series

TitleIssuesWriterArtistColouristDebut date
Dazzler (vol. 3)#1–4Jason LooRafael LoureiroTBASeptember 18, 2024 [9]

Main characters

CharacterTitle
Beast (Hank McCoy) X-Men (vol. 7) [1]
Cyclops (Scott Summers)
Juggernaut (Cain Marko)
Kid Omega (Quentin Quire)
Psylocke (Kwannon)
Magik (Illyana Rasputina)
Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr)
Temper (Idie Okonkwo)
Phoenix (Jean Grey)Phoenix [2]
Anole (Victor Borkowski) NYX (vol.2) [3]
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
Prodigy (David Alleyne)
Sophie Cuckoo
Wolverine (Laura Kinney)
Betsy Braddock X-Force (vol. 7) [4]
Deadpool (Wade Wilson)
Forge
Rachel Summers
Sage
Surge (Nori Ashida)
Tank
Black Panther (T'Challa) Avengers (vol. 9) #17 [5]
Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
Captain America (Sam Wilson)
Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
Storm (Ororo Munroe) Avengers (vol. 9) #17 [5]
Storm (vol. 5) [1]
Thor Odinson Avengers (vol. 9) #17 [5]
Vision
Gambit (Remy LeBeau) Uncanny X-Men (vol. 6) [1]
Jubilee (Jubilation Lee)
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
Rogue (Anna Marie LeBeau)
Wolverine (Logan)Uncanny X-Men (vol. 6) [1]
Wolverine (vol. 8) [7]
Angel (Warren Worthington) X-Factor (vol. 5) [6]
Cecilia Reyes
Feral (Maria Callasantos)
Frenzy (Joanna Cargill)
Havok (Alex Summers)
Pyro (St. John Allerdyce)
Xyber
AxoExceptional X-Men [1]
Bronze
Kate Pryde
Melee
White Queen (Emma Frost)
Dazzler (Alison Blaire)Dazzler (vol. 3) [9]
Domino
Strong Guy
Shark Girl
Wind Dancer
Multiple Man

Release order

  1. X-Men #1
  2. Phoenix #1
  3. NYX #1
  4. X-Force #1
  5. Uncanny X-Men #1
  6. Avengers #17
  7. X-Factor #1
  8. Exceptional X-Men #1
  9. Wolverine #1
  10. Dazzler #1
  11. Storm #1

Notes

  1. Issue also contained a Blood Hunt prelude by Jed MacKay, Sara Pichelli and Federico Blee.

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