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Genesis Returns, Beast Keeps Being A Weirdo, And More As We Get Ready For The Fall Of X

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Today, fans can check out the covers for X-Men titles on sale in July, the month before Fall of X officially begins. These issues represent the final chapters of Krakoa as we know it before it all comes crashing down in X-Men Hellfire Gala#1!

POGG UR-POGG FOR HIRE! Hired for the dirtiest of jobs, a deadly mercenary comes crashing into the X-Men right at their most vulnerable moment in writer Gerry Duggan and artist Joshua Cassara’s X-Men#24! But not just any mercenary – finally, the breakout fan-favorite from X OF SWORDS, Pogg Ur-Pogg, returns!

Fall of X X-Men Cover

Writer Kieron Gillen and artist Lucas Werneck turn the spotlight to Doug Ramsey in Immortal X-Men #13 and gives readers a chance to hear from Krakoa directly. Time is running out. Fall is here. Doug is the voice of Krakoa. It’s time for Krakoa to speak.

Immortal X-Men cover

In writer Al Ewing and artist Jacopo Camagni’s X-Men Red #13, Genesis once again walks the island she ruled for millennia – with the Annihilation Staff in her hand. But what is in her heart? Is the return of the Mother of Arakko to be celebrated – or feared? As the Fall of X closes in, the Great Ring must decide…or risk their own fall from grace.

X-Men Red cover

Writer Benjamin Percy and artist Juan José Ryp deliver the conclusion to “Weapons of X” in Wolverine #35. WOLVERINE. BEAST. Only one of ’em’s left standing after these CLONE WARS. And it ain’t no clone. The brutal finale of Wolverine’s very own CLONE SAGA sets the stage for his next journey and presages some of the major turning points to come for Krakoa!

Wolverine Fall of X cover

Alongside artist Paul Davidson, Benjamin Percy’s redefining work on Beast also continues in X-Force #42 Beast’s epic long game plays out in the only way it could – with Nimrod’s ultimate plan successful, Hank McCoy survives and thrives! But what will this mean for mutantkind, and does X-Force still have time to stop it? Beast’s shocking character arc has been one of the most talked about plot threads of the Krakoan age and fans won’t want to miss the centuries-long culmination of this years-in-the-making journey!

X-Force beast cover

Also on sale in July, Gillen teams up with Paco Medina in X-Men Before The Fall The Sinister Four #1 one of four pivotal one-shots that set the stage for FALL OF X! As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the dying Nathaniel Essex unleashed four clones of himself into the world. They’ve been haunting it ever since, while lurking in the shadows. We know what Sinister has been up to. What about the others? In this issue, we delve into their past…and discover their latest atrocity. When they start to…date?

 X-Men Before The Fall The Sinister Four #1

Check out the covers now and stay tuned for more Fall of X news in the weeks ahead, including the reveal of this year’s HELLFIRE GALA VARIANT COVERS. For more information, visit Marvel.com.

X-MEN #24

Written by GERRY DUGGAN

Art and Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA

On Sale 7/5

X-MEN RED #13

Written by AL EWING

Art by JACOPO CAMAGNI

Cover by STEFANO CASELLI

On Sale 7/19

IMMORTAL X-MEN #13

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Art by LUCAS WERNECK

Cover by MARK BROOKS

On Sale 7/12

WOLVERINE #35

Written by BENJAMIN PERCY

Art by JUAN JOSÉ RYP

Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU

On Sale 7/19

X-FORCE #42

Written by BENJAMIN PERCY

Art by PAUL DAVIDSON

Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA

On Sale 7/12

X-MEN: BEFORE THE FALL – SINISTER FOUR #1

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Art by PACO MEDINA

Cover by LUCAS WERNECK

On Sale 7/5

Images via Marvel Comics

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