Destiny and Mystique are goin’ to the chapel in ‘X-Men: The Wedding Special’

Kieron Gillen, Tini Howard, Wyatt Kennedy, Tate Brombal and more will contribute to the special.

The relationship between Mystique and Destiny has been explored and tested in the X-Men titles over the past few years, between Immortal X-Men and the recent X-Men Origins Blue special that cleaned up Nightcrawler’s origin. But now the two of them will take the center aisle in X-Men: The Wedding Special.

Immortal X-Men writer Kieron Gillen will write a story that sees the two mutants renew their vows.

“They’ve been through hell, mainly at my pen. Finally, giving these two a happy day? How can I say no,” Gillen told Marvel.com.

The comic serves as this year’s Marvel’s Voices: Pride special, and will feature additional stories by LGBTQIA+ talent like Tini Howard, Wyatt Kennedy, Tate Brombal and Yoon Ha Lee, among others.

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‘I basically wanted to make the greatest Toonami show that never existed’: Kennedy + Formisano bring the supernatural to life in ‘Nights’

The ongoing series will arrive from Image Comics in October.

Wyatt Kennedy, writer of the Image series Bolero, will team with artist Luigi Formisano for a new series featuring vampires, alternate history and Florida.

Nights, a new ongoing series, will debut from Image Comics this fall.

“I basically wanted to make the greatest Toonami show that never existed,” Kennedy said. “There’s so many bizarre genre-bending elements with horror, comedy, action and romance, but the characters are the true heart of this story. Expect an episodic start to the ‘season’ as it were, but we’re ramping up to tell an incredible near apocalyptic event love story.”

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