Four of Marvel’s mutants are getting one-shot tie-ins to this summer’s big Blood Hunt crossover event, including Psylocke, Magik, Jubilee and Wolverine — no, not him, the other Wolverine, Laura Kinney.
According to Marvel.com, the reason for the solo one-shots is story driven –“This bloodbath of terror couldn’t come at a more dire time for mutantkind. Currently scattered after the fall of Krakoa, the X-Men won’t be able to strike from a united front.”
So instead, four of them will go solo — one who is a former vampire, and three who are really good at stabbing things. But all of this is happening after Fall of the House of X and, it sounds like, before the launch of the Tom Brevoort-edited X-Men: From the Ashes, which we don’t really know anything about except that it’ll be previewed on Free Comic Book Day.
Anyway, here’s a rundown of the four one-shots, which leaves us with two as-yet-unrevealed one-shot tie-ins that’ll be announced tomorrow.
X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT – JUBILEE #1
Written by PREETI CHHIBBER
Art by ENID BALÁM
Cover by ERICA D’URSO
On Sale 6/12
Fangs and fireworks! Running from the past is one race you’ll never win—and as darkness suffuses the world, Jubilee’s past as a vampire is back to take a big bite out of her! It’s gonna take more than a couple plasma bursts to get out of this one, Jubilation…
X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT – MAGIK #1
Written by ASHLEY ALLEN
Art by JESÚS HERVÁS
Cover by ROD REIS
On Sale 6/26
Magik raises hell! Illyana Rasputina has returned to her homeland to search her soul and steel it for what comes next. But how will she protect her first home when a vampire army descends on Russia, seeking to turn it into a living hell? She may have been forged in the fires of Limbo, but has it prepared her for the Blood Hunt?
X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT – PSYLOCKE #1
Written by STEVE FOXE
Art by LYNNE YOSHII
Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
On Sale 7/3
Ninja vs. vampires! After serving on the frontlines in the war against Orchis, Kwannon is enjoying some much-deserved downtime with her new lover Greycrow. But when darkness falls across Japan, Psylocke will wield her psionic blade against blood-sucking creatures of legend and faces a foe unlike any she’s ever seen. An all-new villain emerges in the mayhem of BLOOD HUNT!
X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT – LAURA KINNEY THE WOLVERINE #1
Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Art by ROBERT GILL
Cover by BJÖRN BARENDS
On Sale 7/17
Laura’s bloodiest rescue mission yet! The vampires will stop at nothing in their bid for supremacy, including capturing mutants for hellacious experiments to boost their own power. But not on Laura Kinney’s watch! The Wolverine slices a swath through the vamps, but when she encounters the truth behind their machinations, will an unlikely ally prove to be more than she bargained for?