Tag: X-Men: The Hellfire Murder

Can’t Wait for Wednesday | ‘Action Comics’ #1100 flies into stores this week

Check out new comics and graphic novels arriving this week by Saladin Ahmed, Erica Schultz, Tony Daniel, Luciano Vecchio, Mark Waid, Skylar Patridge, Sophie Campbell, Joshua Williamson, Dan Mora, Dan Slott, Robert Kirkman, Joe Casey, Andy Kubert, David Finch and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what’s coming to your local comic shop this week. With San Diego Comic-Con upon us, this week sees a whole bunch of major releases, including milestone issues of Action Comics and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the annual Hellfire Gala special and two specials that tie into the con itself.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights for this week below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.

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The Hellfire Gala returns in July

This year’s annual giant-sized X-Men one-shot brings together Jed MacKay, Gail Simone, Eve L. Ewing, Saladin Ahmed and more for a locked-room murder mystery.

The Hellfire Gala — Marvel’s most glamorous and, at the same time, reliably dangerous annual mutant tradition — is back this July with X-Men: The Hellfire Murder #1. The giant-sized one-shot serves as both a capstone to the past year of X-Men storytelling and a launchpad for what’s coming next.

The setup sounds really fun: when an iconic mutant power player is murdered at a masquerade hosted by Sebastian Shaw, Wolverine and Jubilee find themselves investigating a locked-room mystery with dire consequences for all of mutantkind. Everyone at the Gala is a suspect, and the party isn’t over yet. The issue will also reveal the formation of an all-new Hellfire Club, setting up major developments in the X-Men titles.

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