Two years ago, the X-Men threw a lovely party that went all to crap when Orchis showed up and made Charles Xavier force nearly all of mutantkind through Krakoan gates. The mutants regrouped and over the next year defeated Orchis, but at the cost of their homeland blinking onto another plane of existence.
Since then, mutant teams have become scattered, diasporic, reuniting twice to fight, mostly about what they should do about the aforementioned Xavier.
“I hate bald boys!” Cyclops yelled.
But after a year of misunderstanding-based fights, the mutants are coming together once again to remember their former island home and look fabulous while doing so.
Marvel on Tuesday announced X-Men: The Hellfire Vigil, a one-shot coming in July co-written by nearly the entire From the Ashes bullpen, including Jed MacKay, Gail Simone, Eve Ewing, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Geoffrey Thorne, Stephanie Phillips, Murewa Ayodele, Jason Loo and Alex Paknadel, with art by Declan Shalvey, Luciano Vecchio, Sara Pichelli, Marcus To and more.
The comic is intended to be a capper for the past year of stories and the catalyst for the next year.
Also, Krakoa is a stage in Marvel Rivals now, so my son is in the basement running around the island with Emma Frost shooting diamonds at Venom or something.
Check out more info from Marvel below.
The Hellfire Gala, a now iconic X-Men event, is back this July in X-MEN: HELLFIRE VIGIL #1, a giant-sized one-shot written and drawn by the current creators of the X-line including Jed MacKay (X-Men), Gail Simone (Uncanny X-Men), Eve L. Ewing (Exceptional X-Men), Luciano Vecchio (Uncanny X-Men, Storm), Javier Garrón (Uncanny X-Men), Sara Pichelli (Scarlet Witch), and more!
The annual gathering will strike a different note this time around, with mutantkind gathering to reflect on the loss of the mutant nation Krakoa. As they look back on the past, they’ll reignite hope for the future, and readers can look forward to a night of joyous celebration, delicious drama, and, of course, super hero high fashion! Like previous Hellfire Galas, the glamourous party will be filled with reunions, returns, and revelations, all setting the stage for the next year of X-Men storytelling! Always one of the most talked about comics of the year, the Hellfire Gala is now a beloved staple of the X-Men mythos, even inspiring the new season of the hit video game Marvel Rivals, and fans won’t want to miss this bold new installment!
One year ago, at the final Hellfire Gala, the dream of a unified mutant nation was forever shattered by a cowardly sneak attack by anti-mutant forces. To mark the moment and to proclaim loudly and strongly to all concerned that mutantkind still stands, the time has come for X-Men of all stripes to come together in solidarity and celebration. Featuring the meetings and moments that fans have been asking for since FROM THE ASHES began, be there for a keystone moment marking the movement of one era into the next and setting up story threads that will play out across the X-line in the near future!
“We’ve been working towards the Hellfire Vigil for a year now, and all of the assorted X-creators came together to make this a moment of significance for the X-Men and their world as a whole,” Executive Editor Tom Brevoort explained. “If you’ve been wondering when somebody was going to encounter somebody else, the answer is right here in this book! It’s a capstone to events that began in From The Ashes and sets up major movements that will be playing out across the coming months. Plus it’s full-packed with great art and great character moments.”
Check out covers by Luciano Vecchio, AKA, and Mateus Manhanini and stay tuned for more X-MEN: HELLFIRE VIGIL announcements, including design reveals! For more information, visit Marvel.com.
X-MEN: HELLFIRE VIGIL #1
Written by JED MACKAY, GAIL SIMONE, EVE L. EWING, ALEX PAKNADEL, COLLIN KELLY, JACKSON LANZING, GEOFFREY THORNE, JASON LOO, MUREWA AYODELE & STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Art by JAVIER GARRÓN, NETHO DIAZ, SARA PICHELLI, FEDERICA MANCIN, LUCIANO VECCHIO, DECLAN SHALVEY, ROI MERCADO & MARCUS TO
Cover by LUCIANO VECCHIO
Variant Cover by MATEUS MANHANINI
Variant Cover by AKA
On Sale 7/2
Dan Grote is the editor and publisher of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Paul Winston Wisdom. Follow him @danielpgrote.bsky.social.
