NYX: New Marvel Comics Series Will Take X-23/Wolverine, Ms. Marvel, And More To Mean Streets Of New York

With Xavier’s school long gone and Krakoa destroyed, New York City is about to get a huge influx of mutants…whether they’re welcome there or not.

We’ll see a group of former X-Men students navigate young adulthood, discrimination, and threats bent on shattering human-mutant relations for good in NYX, a new ongoing series from writing duo Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (Alien: Black, White & Blood) and rising star artist Francesco Mortarino (Avengers).

Like the groundbreaking original series from the 2000s, NYX won’t shy away from reflecting the harsh realities of life as a mix of iconic and fan-favorite mutants reenter a world filled with bigotry, mistrust, and misinformation. Free from the X-Men’s guidance and Krakoa’s protection, they’ll shut out the noise and overcome the hate by doing what they do best…evolving.

However, if you can count on anything, it’s that mutants are never all in agreement, and some are having a really hard time letting Krakoa go.

Here’s the official description for the new NYX series:

This is a book about mutants living past the end of their world and into a new beginning. This is Ms. Marvel embracing her mutant life in the neon streets of the Lower East Side. This is Anole trying to keep his head above water. This is Wolverine in the shadows of Bushwick, protecting her own. This is Prodigy writing history as it happens – and Sophie Cuckoo finding her own way. The news reports are bleak. The streets feel dangerous. There’s something lurking underground. Evil coming from every direction. But they’re determined to make it. This is mutant community. This is mutant pride. THIS IS NYX!

“This is the kind of book we came to Marvel to create,” Kelly says. “When the Hivemind first formed, Collin and I bonded over books like Runaways, Young Avengers, and the original NYX – stories that showcased that tense, wonderful place where the mundane world and marvels collided.”

“And no book has embodied that more in recent years than Ms. Marvel – Kamala Khan is one of the most definitive protagonists in the Marvel canon, and we’re deeply honored to be inheriting the character from Iman [Vellani] and Sabir [Pirzada], while chronicling a whole new phase in her growth as a young adult.”

Lanzing adds, “The opportunity to take on these characters is both an incredible challenge and an amazing honor. Sophie, Anole, and Prodigy have been personal favorites since their time on the New Mutants and New X-Men – in a sense, we’ve become who we are right alongside them.”

“And returning Laura to NYX – while in a radically different context that centers her heroism over her victimhood – feels like the chance to really bring the character full circle and help her grow into the next phase of her life,” the writer concludes.

Check out Sara Pichelli’s NYX #1 cover below and stay tuned for more details on the series as we have them. 

NYX #1Written by COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZINGArt by FRANCESCO MORTARINOCover by SARA PICHELLIOn Sale 7/24