Location-wise, superheroes are likely to function in two modes. Both they’re firmly in one city, with occasional stops at different locations close by, or they’re gallivanting round principally wherever on this planet (or galaxy, in some circumstances). It may be dizzying generally, to the purpose that you just may want a map to maintain observe of everybody—and thankfully, Marvel’s accomplished simply that for the X-Males.
With Fall of X in July, issues are set to go fairly dangerous for the mutants and their island nation of Krakoa. It’s to the purpose the place a lot of them will likely be scattered throughout the globe, and Marvel’s launched a map displaying the situation of every of the publishing line’s key gamers. (Every of them, funnily sufficient, occur to be headlining an ongoing comedian or miniseries that begins across the identical time as Fall.) A number of of the books are set in New York Metropolis—whereas Iron Man and the core X-Males workforce are there of their respective books, Nightcrawler will play at being a webhead in Uncanny Spider-Man and Madelyne Pryor’s constructed her personal workforce of Darkish X-Males who’ve arrange store in New York’s Limbo embassy. Additionally on that aspect of the nation are the Uncanny Avengers—that includes Rogue, Kwannon, and Quicksilver amongst its mutant-heavy lineup—in Washington, DC. The ultimate stateside mutant is Wolverine, who will likely be over in Utah for the following arc of his titular solo comedian.
Up north is Alpha Flight, a frequent ally of the mutants who’ve now been known as on to get the Krakoans to face down; down over in Ecuador are the Kids of the Vault, who’re at present doing battle with Bishop and Cable. Lastly, we’ve received Iceman over in Antarctica for his Astonishing Iceman collection, Emma Frost in Mykonos getting ready for the Hellfire Gala the place all that is set to pop off, and Krakoa’s Quiet Council on the island itself in Immortal X-Males.
There’s 4 pockets of mutants who can’t be accounted for, although—as a result of they’re not on Earth. Over on Mars Arakko within the pages of X-Males Purple, Storm is main her Brotherhood of Mutants as a civil warfare is erupting on the planet. Magik, Typhoid Mary, Dani Moonstar and different mutants are in Vanaheim for Realm of X. Jean Gray is MIA for her titular miniseries, and the situation of the black ops X-Drive workforce is equally cagey. We’ll know for positive within the coming weeks as Fall of X brings the X-Males’s Krakoan instances to a near make means for one thing new. You may get a take a look at Fall’s upcoming slate of titles within the trailer beneath.
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