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Marvel is teasing its next milestone X-Men crossover event with a special video trailer. X-Manhunt will be an eight-part event kicking off March 5.
The special comics event will take over the pages of Uncanny X-Men, Nyx, Storm, X-Men, X-Factor and X-Force, along with a tie-in issue of Exceptional X-Men, before reaching its conclusion in a double-sized final one-shot X-Manhunt Omega. The saga features Professor X breaking out of Graymalkin Prison and going on the run as his mutant pupils must decide whether to protect him, recapture him or even kill him.
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Marvel’s video teaser previews the turmoil, drama and betrayal that X-Manhunt will feature, including never-before-seen artwork. Cover art for all eight issues of X-Manhunt has also been revealed, showcasing Professor X’s powers and the mutants’ struggles to defend him.
Uncanny X-Men #11 kicks off the event in an issue written by Gail Simone. In the opening chapter, Rogue and her team join forces with their worst enemy in order to betray their most trusted friend. Nyx #9 teases there’s even more conflict to come in the story, with the solicit asking the question of “who else is waiting in the wings to strike [besides Professor X]?”
Storm’s solo series addition to the story takes X-Manhunt to Atlanta City, where the legendary mutant finds herself drawn into the conflict. The X-Men eventually catch up to Professor X when X-Manhunt’s story hits X-Men, and the action ramps up even further when X-Factor begin to hunt him down. X-Force joins the fray in the penultimate chapter as the mutant war reaches new levels of desperation, and the finale issue teases that alliances will be tested in battle as Charles Xavier makes a decision that sees the fate of all mutantkind hanging in the balance.
At the end of the X-Men’s previous comics era involving the Orchis War, Charles Xavier surrendered himself to the authorities and was imprisoned in Graymalkin. In the events leading up to X-Manhunt, Professor X finds a way to escape his incarceration for reasons that remain a mystery. According to Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort, Xavier’s escape is the perfect opportunity to launch the X-Men’s first crossover in their new era.
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“We’ve mostly been keeping the various groups of X-characters separated from one another as we set up the post-Krakoa landscape,” Brevoort shared. “But it feels like now is the right time to send them crashing into one another. And who better to instigate this situation than the disgraced Professor X, who has intimate connections with almost all of our key players?”
X-Manhunt kicks off with Uncanny X-Men #11 on March 5.
Source: Marvel, YouTube
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