Marvel Introduces the Unbreakable X-Men During Age of Revelation

It's been 30 years since Marvel upended the X-Men franchise by publishing the Age of Apocalypse crossover. Now Marvel is preparing for the spiritual sequel to that storyline, a caller crossover lawsuit dubbed Age of Revelation. Doug Ramsey has emerged arsenic Apocalypse's chosen successor, and he's astir to remake the full Marvel Universe successful his image.

Just arsenic with Age of Apocalypse, each of Marvel's ongoing X-Men comics volition beryllium temporarily relaunched and renamed arsenic they research the caller presumption quo successful Age of Revelation. That includes the flagship Uncanny X-Men series, which is becoming Unbreakable X-Men. Fortunately, writer Gail Simone is inactive connected board, wherever she'll beryllium joined by X-Men seasoned Lucas Werneck connected art.

IGN had the accidental to chat with Simone via email to larn much astir this startling caller absorption for the X-Men and however Unbreakable X-Men builds connected the instauration of Uncanny X-Men. Check retired the slideshow assemblage beneath for an exclusive preview of the series, and past work connected to larn more:

What Is Age of Revelation?

As mentioned above, Age of Revelation is fundamentally the spiritual successor to Age of Apocalypse, arsenic it features a likewise world-altering premise and a akin publishing strategy. Building connected erstwhile developments from Marvel's "From the Ashes" storyline, Doug Ramsey (formerly the mild-mannered mutant known arsenic Cypher) has emerged arsenic Apocalypse's improbable heir. Doug has been reborn arsenic the almighty mutant Revelation, 1 whose bid of connection is present truthful large that helium tin commune with the satellite itself. Age of Revelation flashes guardant a afloat decade, erstwhile Revelation has transformed the Marvel Universe into a mutant utopia. Naturally, not everyone is thrilled with being ruled by Apocalypse's arsenic tyrannical heir.

The crossover officially begins successful October with the opening one-shot X-Men: Age of Revelation Overture #1. Then, for the adjacent 4 months, each of Marvel's ongoing X-Men titles volition beryllium renamed and relaunched arsenic portion of this crossover, portion other, wholly caller books volition besides harvest up. Each bid volition leap up 10 years to research this caller presumption quo, showcasing the often shocking transformations assorted mutant heroes and villains volition undergo. Here's the afloat database of the books involved:

• Amazing X-Men
• Binary
• Cloak oregon Dagger
• Expatriate X-Men
• Iron & Frost
• The Last Wolverine
• Laura Kinney: Sabretooth
• Longshots
• Omega Kids
• Radioactive Spider-Man
• Rogue Storm
• Sinister's Six
• Unbreakable X-Men
• Undeadpool
• World of Revelation
• X-Vengers

Readers tin expect the crossover to past done the extremity of February 2026, astatine which constituent we'll astir apt spot the instrumentality of immoderate ongoing X-books and the debuts of different caller ones.

How Unbreakable X-Men Fits In

Age of Revelation whitethorn look intimidating, gvien the sheer fig of comics involved. But Simone emphasizes the thought that readers don't request to beryllium pursuing each publication to get a complete, cohesive story. Age of Revelation isn't telling a singular narrative, but alternatively acting arsenic a monolithic blank canvas connected which creators tin overgarment arsenic they choose.

"Age of Revelation was spearheaded by [X-Men writer] Jed MacKay, and he’s ace collaborative, helium wanted everyone to beryllium capable to constitute the communicative of their dreams (or nightmares!)," Simone tells IGN. "It was great, due to the fact that we could ask, 'Hey, Jed, tin I bash THIS incredibly odd, screwed up story?' and helium was like, YES PLEASE DO. That’s not ever the lawsuit with events. There’s a batch of spot among the X-creatives and editors."

Furthermore, Simone is perfectly focused connected making definite Unbreakable X-Men tells a satisfying communicative successful its ain right. If you're a devoted follower of her Uncanny X-Men tally but don't privation to abruptly perpetrate to a clump of different X-Men titles, you don't person to.

"That’s been a ngo connection since my archetypal issue," Simone says. "We person had tie-ins, but arsenic I’ve said often, I privation Uncanny to person the biggest imaginable invited mat. Each scholar should beryllium capable to travel on with america with nary problem. It’s a chaotic story, bigger than thing we person told successful the regular issues truthful far… and it’s drawn by the unthinkable Lucas Werneck, it looks unthinkable and has immoderate truly haunting (and immoderate triumphant) moments that volition truly instrumentality with you, I hope!"

And though Unbreakable X-Men features immoderate acquainted faces from Simone's Uncanny X-Men, the bid volition beryllium perfectly welcoming for those who haven't been pursuing her tally up till now.

"Even if you’re not speechmaking Uncanny, this is simply a BIG Marvel story," Simone says. "It’s got cosmic characters, it’s got metallic fox Namor, who has evolved to beryllium much Atlantean, it’s got elephantine fights, it’s got romance and heartbreak and more. The large question is: is Mister Waffles, the sentinel dog, inactive around?"

As for the Age of Revelation presumption quo, Simone confirmed this satellite is much dystopia than utopia. That said, she's focused little connected grim and gritty acheronian than she is exploring the enduring powerfulness of anticipation successful the belakest of times.

"It’s decidedly messed up," Simone teases. "I don’t truly privation to constitute dystopian stories, arsenic a rule. So my rotation connected this is astir the survivors. I deliberation we each request that message, that adjacent erstwhile things are melting each astir you, you’re inactive essential, you person to effort to survive. We person to outlive the bastards and the hellscape. My penning has been astir that since I archetypal sat down to constitute a comic, really."

The rubric of the bid is defintiely a spot ironic, considering that everything we cognize astir Unbreakable X-Men suggests this squad has fractured and divided isolated 10 years successful the future. It would look lone Gambit (now aging and blind) has stuck astir to transportation the torch. But, again, it each goes backmost to the thought of the publication being astir uncovering anticipation successful the darkest of times.

“'Unbreakable' mightiness look ironic, erstwhile everyplace you look, idiosyncratic oregon thing is broken. But sometimes, the triumph is successful the struggle. I privation to look for the hope," Simone says. "Also, Gambit’s not the lone acquainted look successful the story. It’s conscionable that everyone’s handled the intervening decennary differently. An X-Man is breakable, the X-Men are not. Not arsenic 1 lives who volition transportation that X."

Uncanny X-Men is simply a bid notable for blending the aged and caller successful presumption of its cast. The publication features a squad of mutant A-Listers similar Wolverine, Gambit, and Rogue, but they're besides tasked with shepherding an wholly caller procreation of mutants known arsenic the Outliers. In that way, Unbreakable X-Men isn't truthful antithetic from its predecessor. The Outliers are inactive successful play, though a batch has surely changed successful 10 years.

"It’s an adjustment, I deliberation radical volition beryllium amazed wherever the characters go," Simone says. "They marque cleanable sense, but it’s a spot similar a once-close household that’s divided up. Look for Ransom, Temper, Dome and Spider-Girl close away. And a caller X-Man, arsenic well."

Finally, adjacent though Age of Revelation is acceptable successful an alternate aboriginal and the X-Men enactment volition yet instrumentality to the contiguous day, Simone confirms determination volition beryllium lasting consequences from the crossover, teasing, "Oh yeah, that’s portion of the fun!"

Unbreakable X-Men #1 volition beryllium released connected October 15. You tin preorder a transcript astatine your section comic shop.

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