Chris Claremont brings together Nightcrawler, Destiny, Mystique and Rogue for a mutant family reunion in X-Men #700

On May 3, 2024By Vaseline

We’re now just a few weeks away from June’s X-Men #35, which also serves as X-Men #700 in Legacy issues. The oversized issue will bring an end to the Krakoa era with contributions from key X-Men creators from the current line, as well as a taste of what’s to come from the creators of the upcoming line-wide ‘From the Ashes’. relaunch. And now we have a first look at what will happen in the big milestone issue.

In the current X-Men line, mutants are on the run from Orchis and their mutant-eliminating Sentinels, who kill and intern as many mutants as possible in the wake of the fall of Krakoa, the mutant island nation.

What comes next will build on that status quo, with three teams of X-Men spread across the United States, each with a different roster, mission and creative team in their own titles, forming a trio of flagship comics for the ‘From the relaunch of the Ashes.

Here’s the preview, featuring three pages from the main story by writers Gerry Duggan, Al Ewing, and Kieron Gillen, with art by Lucas Werneck, Phil Noto, and Jerome Opena (in that order in the preview). There’s also a page from one of the issue’s backup stories, in this case written by legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont and artist Salvador Larroca, featuring Nightcrawler, Rogue, Mystique and Destiny in a reunion of one of Marvel’s most prominent mutant families.

To look at:

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X-Men #700 interior art — (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

The main story of X-Men #700 also features art by Joshua Cassara, Phil Noto, Lucas Werneck, Leinil Francis Yu, Walter Simonson, Mark Brooks, John Romita Jr. & Scott Hanna, Jerome Opeña, Luciano Vecchio, Stefano Caselli and Sara Pichelli. There’s also a backup story from writers Jed MacKay and Gail Simone and artist Javier Garron that heralds the coming “From the Ashes” era.

The line launches in July with X-Men by Jed MacKay and artist Ryan Stegman and continues in August with Uncanny X-Men by writer Gail Simone and artist David Marquez, and Exceptional X-Men by writer Eve L. Ewing and artist Carmen Carnero in September, forming a trio of flagship titles. There are also planned spinoffs for Jean Grey/Phoenix, X-Force and NYX, with more to be mentioned.

X-Men #700 goes on sale June 10.

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