The X-Men's 'Hellfire Gala' mini-event in which mutantkind puts on its most🦩 extravagant finery and invites the rest of the world to their red carpet event is just weeks awa🌠y, kicking off in June and running through the whole month, in almost every ongoing title of the 'Reign of X' line.
Marvel has unveiled interior pages fr🔯om two June 9 titles of 'The Hellfire Gala' event, X-Men #21 and 💜Excalibur #21, both of which feature the mutants of the current 'Reign of X' line's two flagship titles making their grand 'Hellfire Gala' entrances, replete with their popular Krakoa-style red carpet looks.
First up, Jonathan Hickman makes his exit (x-it?) from the main X-Men tit💜le just as the first official team of Krakoan X-Men make their entrance. Hickman isn't going anywhere though - he's still 'Head of X' for the line and has a mystery project launching as writer Gerry Duggan takes over X-Men with a new #1 in July.
"THE HEROES OF KRAKOA DEBUT!" reads Marvel's official🤡 description of X-Men #21. "It's a changing of the guard as the first X-Men team of Krakoa debuts! One era ends as a new one begins, and the handoff happens here."
Here's a gallery♚ of interior pages and covers from X-Men #☂21:
Then, the solicitation for Excalibur #21 p🍰oints to big developments in how Krakoa relates to the outside world.
"RICTOR HATES PARTIES. Even the nice ones," reads Marvel's official solicitati🌼on for Excalibur #21. "And with Captain Britain's return to a changed world, this one is looking to be not so nic𝐆e. Excalibur's Earth-shattering HELLFIRE GALA issue will change Krakoan diplomacy forever."
Though there are no details yet on what that means - and the solicitation text indicates Rictor as the source of the drama - it's worth noting that August marks the beginning of The Trial of Magneto limited series, which revolves around the 🐬Master of Magnetism being accused of a murder which takes place at the Hellfire Gala.
And,𒁏 since the Hellfire Gala will feature Marvel Comics depictions of real world guest💝s, well, just about anything could happen.
Here's a gallery of the pages and the✤ covers for Excalibur #21:
Stay on top of everything coming up for the X-Men with our listing of all Marvel's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:planned X-Men comic book releases through 2021 and beyond.
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