‘Amazing X-Men,’ ‘Longshots’ + more will debut in October

Following their announcement last week of an Age of Apocalypse-style event for the X-Men line called Age of Revelation, Marvel has revealed the first five reimagined titles that’ll kick off the event.

Like the 1990s event — which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year — Age of Revelation will show us an alternate world and bring the relaunch of several X-related titles for the duration of the event. The titles are all somewhat new yet familiar, and the first five to debut will be Amazing X-Men, Binary, Longshots, World of Revelation and Laura Kinney: Sabretooth.

Many of the titles can be mapped back to the current line, with Jed MacKay writing Amazing X-Men, featuring Cyclops and many of the characters we’re seeing in the current X-Men title — plus interior artwork by Mahmud Asrar. Phoenix writer Stephanie Phillips will write Binary, which is about the Phoenix force, and Erica Schultz will continue to write Laura Kinney, albeit with the character taking on a different (but familiar) name. Longshots, meanwhile, is the odd one in the bunch, as it is about Longshot and Mojo, but also features Kraven, Wonder Man, Bishop, Hellcat and Rhino in a story written by Gerry Duggan and former Krakoa-era architect Jonathan Hickman.

Here’s more details on the first titles Marvel has revealed, with more expected in the coming days.

Amazing X-Men

by Jed MacKay and Mahmud Asrar
Debuts Oct. 8.

HOPE THEY SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE! X YEARS LATER, on the run after a deadly clash with Revelation’s chief assassin, the shattered X-Men desperately gamble everything on one last mission. With help from an unexpected ally, they venture into the haunted ruins of Graymalkin. What they find there may change everything… if they survive.

Binary

by Stephanie Phillips and Giada Belviso
Debuts Oct. 8

THIS IS BINARY…AND THE UNIVERSE BURNS WITH HER! X YEARS LATER, in the ashes of the old world, to survive she is reborn – a cosmic force channeling the Phoenix itself. With the universe crumbling, Binary returns to save what’s left. But power this great always comes with a price… and the end of everything might begin with her.

Laura Kinney: sabretooth

by Erica Schultz and Valentina Pinti
Debuts Oct. 8

THE ALL-NEW SABRETOOTH! X YEARS LATER, she’s taken the name of once-bitter enemy Sabretooth – and fights beside Revelation himself. Why did Laura Kinney abandon her legacy? What secrets does she keep from the mutant world? When loyalty changes, blood means everything.

Longshots

by Gerry Duggan, Jonathan Hickman and Alan Robinson
Debuts Oct. 8

BUY THIS COMIC, OR ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE HEROES WILL DIE! X YEARS LATER, and Mojo’s got a new game for Wonder Man, Hellcat, Bishop, Rhino and Kraven to play. There are no rules. One survivor wins. The others die. Mojo promises you can vote for the winner with your dollars – but you probably can’t. Mojo cannot promise that any of this is true or that you can even vote, as all decisions will be made by Mojo and Mojo alone, in his Mojo dojo, it’s fame or fatality!

World of Revelation

by Ryan North. Steve Foxe, Al Ewing, Jesus Merino, Adam Szalowski and more
Debuts Oct. 8

THE WORLD OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW IS GONE! X YEARS LATER, what happened to the Fantastic Four? And what horrors plague the East Coast? How does the rest of the world survive the rise of Revelation? And far above, on Arakko, what does Apocalypse think of his heir’s new empire? Discover the far-reaching impact of AGE OF REVELATION across the Marvel Universe.

Watch for more announcements soon, and expect more details to be revealed at the San Diego Comic Con next week.