| X-Men Red | |
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 Cover toX-Men Red #1, art byTravis Charest | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Publication date | (vol. 1) February–December 2018[1](vol. 2) April 2022– December 2023 |
| No. of issues | (vol. 1) 11 (vol. 2) 18 |
| Main character(s) | See below |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | (vol. 1) Tom Taylor (vol. 2) Al Ewing |
| Artist(s) | (vol. 1) Mahmud Asrar Carmen Carnero Rogê Antônio (vol. 2) Stefano Caselli Juan Cabal Andrés Genolet Michael Sta. Maria Madibek Musabekov Jacopo Camagni Yıldıray Çınar |
X-Men Red is an Americancomic book series published byMarvel Comics, featuring characters from X-Men stories.
The first series was an eleven-issuecomic book series published byMarvel Comics in monthly installments between February and December 2018. It was written byTom Taylor and illustrated byMahmud A. Asrar. The book followed a new team ofX-Men led byJean Grey following her return inPhoenix Resurrection.
The second series featured the conflicting mutant factions on theterraformed Mars, renamedPlanet Arakko.
X-Men Red is part of theX-Men franchise and a sister book toX-Men Gold andX-Men Blue, which began ten months earlier. It follows events from the December 2017 miniseriesPhoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey written by Matthew Rosenberg and illustrated byLeinil Francis Yu.[2] The series was promoted as part of Marvel'sFresh Start, a full company relaunch of publications.[3] The first issue, released February 7, 2018, was written byTom Taylor and illustrated byMahmud Asrar. It was available in ten differentvariant covers.[4] Taylor's initial plans for the series did not involve anycrossovers with other comic series.[5]
Jean Grey, a character recently resurrected after being dead for over a decade, assembles a new team with the intent to create a mutant nation.[6] Her initial allies areNightcrawler,Wolverine,Honey Badger,Gentle,Trinary, andNamor.[5][7] They useAtlantis as their headquarters.[8] After she attempts to convince the UN to recognize the mutant race as a nation with full human rights, Jean is framed for murder of an English congresswoman who is psychically murdered by a resurfacedCassandra Nova, who uses this to alienate Jean in the public eye and label her a fugitive. Jean's team is thereby forced to act in secret as she continues in her goal to "heal the world".
An annual was published in May 2018 to detail the events betweenPhoenix Resurrection andX-Men Red #1.[5]
As part of the X-Men relaunch post-House of X, a second volume of the title written byAl Ewing was published under the bannerDestiny of X and is a successor to Ewing'sS.W.O.R.D. series.[9]
These characters are credited as main cast in the respective comics.
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| X-Men: Before the Fall - The Heralds of Apocalypse #1 | ||||||||||||
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| Character codename | Real name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Honey Badger | Gabrielle "Gabby" Kinney | Joined inX-Men Red #1. |
| Marvel Girl | Jean Elaine Grey | |
| Namor | Namor Mackenzie | |
| Nightcrawler | Kurt Wagner | |
| Wolverine | Laura Kinney | |
| Trinary | Shilpa Khatri | Joined inX-Men Red #1 (flashbackX-Men Red #2). |
| Gentle | Nezhno Abidemi | Joined inX-Men Red #1 (flashbackX-Men Red #4). |
| Storm | Ororo Munroe | |
| Gambit | Remy Etienne LeBeau | Joined inX-Men Red #5. |
X-Men Red was formed byAbigail Brand for control and to policeplanet Arakko.
| Character codename | Real name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Abigail Brand | Leader. Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #2. | |
| Cable | Nathan Summers | Field leader. Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #2. |
| Frenzy | Joanna Cargill | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #2. |
| Manifold | Eden Fesi | Joined and left inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #2 |
| Mentallo | Marvin Flumm | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #2. |
| Random | Marshall Stone III | |
| Vulcan | Gabriel Summers | |
Brotherhood of Arakko was formed byStorm as an opposition to X-Men Red and fought against Genesis' army during the Genesis War.
| Character codename | Real name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Storm | Ororo Munroe | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #1. |
| Magneto | Max Eisenhardt | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #1. Died inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #7. |
| Sunspot | Roberto "Bobby" da Costa | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #1. |
| Fisher King | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #1. Merged with fellow teammate Xilo inX-Men Red vol. 2 #14. Died inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #18. | |
| Khora of the Burning Heart | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #5. | |
| Wrongslide | ||
| Lodus Logos | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #10. | |
| Sobunar of the Depths | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #10. Left inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #13. | |
| Nova | Richard Rider | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #12. |
| Jon Ironfire | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #14. | |
| Kobak Never-Held | ||
| Xilora | Joined and merged with fellow teammate Fisher King inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #14. | |
| Syzya of the Smoke | Joined inX-Men Red, vol. 2 #15. | |
Great Ring of Arakko is the governing body of Arakko.
Prior to publication, the series generated interest for starring Jean Grey, a character who was killed nearly 15 years earlier inNew X-Men #150.[8][10][11]
According toreview aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the debut issue received an average score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 33 critical reviews.[12]
In a review forNewsarama,David Pepose praised the plot of the book for its focus on the coexistence of humans and mutants, which he said was the main premise of the X-Men franchise.[13]IGN reviewer Jesse Shedeen agreed, saying the "franchise has a bad habit of ... losing sight of the mutant metaphor and its allegorical power", but was gladX-Men Red makes it a primary focus.[14]
Although they found Asrar's art to be flawed but adequate, both of them liked Taylor's portrayal of Grey and her supporting cast.[13][14] Pepose specifically liked that Grey was a leader instead of a symbol, love interest, or target.[13]
| Issue | Publication date | Writer | Artist | Colorist | Comic Book Roundup rating[15] | Estimated sales to North American retailers (first month) |
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| #1 | February 7, 2018 | Tom Taylor | Mahmud Asrar | Ive Svorcina | 8.1 by 34 professional critics | 98,468[16] |
| #2 | March 7, 2018 | 8.0 by 15 professional critics | 49,084[17] | |||
| #3 | April 11, 2018 | 8.1 by 10 professional critics | 56,531[18] | |||
| #4 | May 16, 2018 | Rain Beredo | 8.2 by 13 professional critics | 44,607[19] | ||
| Annual #1 | May 30, 2018 | Pascal Alixe | Chris Sotomayor | 7.5 by 16 professional critics | 38,444[19] |
| # | Title | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
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| 1 | The Hate Machine | X-Men Red #1–5,Annual #1 | 144 | September 18, 2018 | 978-1302911676 |
| 2 | Waging Peace | X-Men Red #6–11 | 136 | March 19, 2019 | 978-1302911683 |
| # | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
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| X-Men Red by Al Ewing – Volume 1 | X-Men Red #1–5 | 152 | November 2, 2022 | 978-1302932831 |
| X-Men Red by Al Ewing – Volume 2 | X-Men Red #6–10 | 136 | March 7, 2023 | 978-1302947521 |
| X-Men Red by Al Ewing - Volume 3 | X-Men Red #11–13,X-Men: Before the Fall - The Heralds of Apocalypse #1 | 120 | November 17, 2023 | 978-1302952280 |
| X-Men Red by Al Ewing - Volume 4 | X-Men Red #14–18 | 136 | March 12, 2024 | 978-1302953430 |
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