Fall of X
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"Fall of X" is a 2023 relaunch of the X-Men line of American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is the sequel to the "Destiny of X" publishing initiative, and is the final initiative in the Krakoan Age of the X-Men.{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=2022-10-10 |title=Marvel Teases Ominous X-Men Crossover Dubbed 'Fall of X' {{!}} NYCC 2022 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/marvel-comics-x-men-crossovers-sins-of-sinister-fall-of-x-2023 |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320185627/https://www.ign.com/articles/marvel-comics-x-men-crossovers-sins-of-sinister-fall-of-x-2023 |url-status=live }} The phase started with the third annual Hellfire Gala (July 2023) and culminated in the dual interconnected miniseries Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X (January 2024 – May 2024). The phase's final issue, X-Men #35 (legacy Uncanny X-Men #700) was released in June 2024. It is followed by line relaunch titled X-Men: From the Ashes.
During the Fall of X, mutantkind's unparalleled growth and prosperity on the island nation Krakoa was threatened by the human supremacist organization Orchis.{{Cite web |title=Everything Revealed About 'Fall of X' at MegaCon 2023 |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/fall-of-x-everything-revealed-at-megacon-2023 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Marvel Entertainment |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401211401/https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/fall-of-x-everything-revealed-at-megacon-2023 |url-status=live }}
Publication history
The final phase was kicked off in the third annual Hellfire Gala (July 2023) which drastically altered the status quo of series;{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=2023-07-26 |title=How X-Men: The Hellfire Gala 2023 Overturns the Mutant Status Quo |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/how-x-men-the-hellfire-gala-2023-overturns-the-mutant-status-quo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602202347/https://www.ign.com/articles/how-x-men-the-hellfire-gala-2023-overturns-the-mutant-status-quo |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=IGN |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2023 |title=The X-Men's Dream Has Died In Fire Again |url=https://gizmodo.com/marvel-x-men-hellfire-gala-2023-spoilers-fall-of-x-1850683260 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |website=Gizmodo |language=en |archive-date=April 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416232642/https://gizmodo.com/marvel-x-men-hellfire-gala-2023-spoilers-fall-of-x-1850683260 |url-status=live }} this event was written by Gerry Duggan, with art by Adam Kubert, Luciano Vecchio, Matteo Lolli, Russell Dauterman, Javier Pina, R.B. Silva, Joshua Cassara, Kris Anka, and Pepe Larraz.{{Cite web |last=Lapin-Bertone |first=Joshua |date=2023-07-31 |title=The Marvel U has just changed the future of the X-Men |url=https://www.thepopverse.com/x-men-xmen-marvel-universe-u-hellfire-gala-2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223205652/https://www.thepopverse.com/x-men-xmen-marvel-universe-u-hellfire-gala-2023 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Popverse |language=en}} In August 2023, Kieron Gillen commented that "part of the idea from Sins of Sinister to Fall of X was a lot of the small things going wrong. Obviously, what happened at the Hellfire Gala was big, but those events are based upon a series of small catastrophes that added up".{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Dave |date=2023-08-10 |title=Immortal X-Men Writer Unveils Fall of X Plans |url=https://www.cbr.com/immortal-x-men-fall-of-x-kieron-gillen-interview/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=CBR |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819054259/https://www.cbr.com/immortal-x-men-fall-of-x-kieron-gillen-interview/ |url-status=live }}
This phase then culminated in the dual interconnected miniseries Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X (January 2024 – May 2024);{{Cite web |date=September 19, 2023 |title=Catch a Glimpse of Marvel's Next Big Thing Ahead of New York Comic Con 2023 |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/nycc-2023-marvels-next-big-thing-teasers-logos-x-men |access-date=October 10, 2023 |website=Marvel |archive-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017004802/https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/nycc-2023-marvels-next-big-thing-teasers-logos-x-men |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=2024-05-30 |title=Rise of the Powers of X Finale: This Is How the X-Men's Krakoan Age Ends |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/x-men-krakoa-era-ending-explained-powers-of-x |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604203654/https://www.ign.com/articles/x-men-krakoa-era-ending-explained-powers-of-x |url-status=live }} Duggan wrote Fall of the House of X with art by Werneck.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Jim |date=October 14, 2023 |title=NYCC: Marvel Announces New X-Men Titles, Confirming End of Krakoa Era |url=https://www.cbr.com/nycc-marvel-confirms-krakoa-era-end-x-men/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015182507/https://www.cbr.com/nycc-marvel-confirms-krakoa-era-end-x-men/ |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |access-date=June 7, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}} Gillen continued as a main writer on multiple series in this phase such as Rise of the Powers of X with artist R.B. Silva, the ongoing Immortal X-Men conclusion and the limited series X-Men: Forever (March 2024) with artist Luca Maresca.{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Dave |date=2024-01-05 |title=Rise of the Powers of X Writer Says Goodbye to X-Men's Krakoan Age |url=https://www.cbr.com/x-men-forever-rise-of-powers-of-x-kieron-gillen-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119144334/https://www.cbr.com/x-men-forever-rise-of-powers-of-x-kieron-gillen-interview/ |archive-date=19 January 2024 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=CBR |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jonathan |date=2023-02-03 |title=X-Men's Epic New FALL OF X Era Begins This Spring With BEFORE THE FALL One-Shots |url=https://screenrant.com/xmen-before-fall-one-shots-fall-of-x/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420194952/https://screenrant.com/xmen-before-fall-one-shots-fall-of-x/ |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jonathan |date=2023-11-14 |title=The Final Mysteries of X-Men's Krakoa Era Revealed in X-Men: Forever |url=https://screenrant.com/xmen-forever-final-mysteries-krakoa-era-answers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114164603/https://screenrant.com/xmen-forever-final-mysteries-krakoa-era-answers/ |archive-date=14 November 2023 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} Al Ewing concluded the ongoing X-Men Red with artist Yildiray Çinar.{{Cite web |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=2023-09-07 |title=EXCLUSIVE: The X-Men Plot Out the Battle for the Fate of Arakko in X-Men Red |url=https://www.cbr.com/x-men-red-genesis-war-battle-arakko-exclusive/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=CBR |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925033529/https://www.cbr.com/x-men-red-genesis-war-battle-arakko-exclusive/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jonathan |date=2023-12-13 |title=X-Men: Red #18 review |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/13/x-men-red-18-review/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=AIPT |language=en-us |archive-date=2024-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608012253/https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/13/x-men-red-18-review/ |url-status=live }}
The final issue X-Men #35 (legacy Uncanny X-Men #700) was published in June 2024;{{Cite web |last=Lapin-Bertone |first=Joshua |date=June 5, 2024 |title=Marvel: X-Men Krakoa Era ending explained from X-Men #35 / Uncanny X-Men #700 |url=https://www.thepopverse.com/marvel-x-men-35-uncanny-700-krakoa-era-ending-explained |access-date=June 9, 2024 |website=PopVerse |language=en |archive-date=June 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607043329/https://www.thepopverse.com/marvel-x-men-35-uncanny-700-krakoa-era-ending-explained |url-status=live }} the end of the issue previews the next publishing initiative X-Men: From The Ashes with Xavier telepathically "witnessing mutants trying to re-integrate into human society and facing the same fear and hatred they always have" in the post-Krakoan Age.{{Cite web |date=June 7, 2024 |title=Marvel Reveals the Final Fate of Krakoa & X-Men's New Status Quo Before Reboot |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-x-men-krakoa-ending-reboot-explained-comic-final-issue/ |access-date=June 9, 2024 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608213653/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-x-men-krakoa-ending-reboot-explained-comic-final-issue/ |url-status=live }} X-Men: The Wedding Special celebrated the relationship between Mystique and Destiny;{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2024 |title=The Weekly Pull: Ultimate Spider-Man, Green Arrow, William of Newbury, and More |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/new-comics-this-week-marvel-dc-image-may-29-2024/ |access-date=June 9, 2024 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en |archive-date=June 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609044801/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/new-comics-this-week-marvel-dc-image-may-29-2024/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-05-29 |title=“X-Men: The Wedding Special” #1 |url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/reviews/x-men-the-wedding-special-1/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Multiversity Comics |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609044800/http://www.multiversitycomics.com/reviews/x-men-the-wedding-special-1/ |url-status=live }} while the issue was published in May 2024, Gillen commented that it "is set between the incoming and outgoing administrations - I'm both giving a little after credit scene to my Immortal X-Men stories, and setting up what's coming next".{{Cite mailing list |last=Gillen |first=Kieron |title=287: Luciano is the real hero |mailing-list=Buttondown |date=May 29, 2024 |url=https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/archive/287-luciano-is-the-real-hero/ |access-date=June 9, 2024 |author-link=Kieron Gillen |archive-date=June 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609044801/https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/archive/287-luciano-is-the-real-hero/ |url-status=live }}
In May 2024, X-Men Group Editor Jordan D. White commented that the anthology collection "format was shelved" and there would not be compiled trade paperbacks for Destiny of X or Fall of X.{{Cite Instagram |postid=C6yvvm-rROL |user=cracksh0t |title=Before I found out that we were not planning to do DESTINY OF X compiled TPBs, I had already worked at putting the issues in order. A lot of factors went into making these orders—the story is the obvious and biggest one, but there were practical ones as well, both in terms of volume page count and also not wanting to have too many issues of one series in one single volume. I was bummed that these didn’t get to come out in this format. I think, in particular, this would have been the best way to experience Judgment Day in collected edition form. I didn’t bother to figure out how we would have collected the issues from Sins of Sinister through Uncanny 700, since the format was shelved. But I thought someone out there might have enjoyed seeing what these 20 volumes would have been. |first=Jordan D. |last=White |date=May 10, 2024 |access-date=June 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/cracksh0t/3364961851454329739 |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |url-status=live}}
Titles
=Prelude=
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| Free Comic Book Day 2023 Avengers/X-Men
| Joshua Cassara | Marte Gracia | {{dts|2023-5-6}} |
| X-Men: Before the Fall – Sons of X #1
| colspan="2" | Phil Noto |
| X-Men: Before the Fall – Mutant First Strike #1
| Valentina Pinti | Frank William |
| X-Men: Before the Fall – Heralds of Apocalypse #1
| Al Ewing | Luca Pizzari | Ceci De La Cruz |
| X-Men: Before the Fall – Sinister Four #1
| Paco Medina | Edgar Delgado Protobunker's Fer Sifuentes-Sujo |
=Ongoing series=
=Limited series=
=One-shots=
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! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Writer(s) ! scope="col" | Artist(s) ! scope="col" | Colourist(s) ! scope="col" | Release date |
| X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 #1
| Gerry Duggan | Adam Kubert | Rain Beredo |
| Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Alpha #1
| rowspan="2"| Benjamin Percy | rowspan="2"| Geoff Shaw | rowspan="2"| Rain Beredo |
| Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Omega #1 |
| X-Men Blue: Origins #1
| Marcus To | Ceci de la Cruz |
| Giant-Size X-Men (Vol. 2) #1
| Lee Ferguson | Bryan Hitch | {{dts|2024-5-8}} |
===Fall of the House of X===
The Fall of X continued into 2024 across ongoing series and new limited series under a new banner, 'Fall of the House of X'.
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| Fall of the House of X
| rowspan="2"| #1–5 | Gerry Duggan | Lucas Werneck | Brian Valenza |
| Rise of the Powers of X
| Kieron Gillen | R.B. Silva | David Curiel |
| Cable (vol. 5)
| #1–4 | Fabian Nicieza | Scot Eaton | Javier Tartaglia | rowspan="3"| {{dts|2024-1-17}}{{cite web|url=https://aiptcomics.com/2023/10/18/cable-four-issue-series-january-2024|title=Cable scores new four-issue series starting January 2024|website=AIPT|date=October 18, 2023|accessdate=October 18, 2023|archive-date=October 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018210328/https://aiptcomics.com/2023/10/18/cable-four-issue-series-january-2024/|url-status=live}} |
| Invincible Iron Man (vol. 4)
| #14–20 | Gerry Duggan | Andrea Di Vito | Bryan Valenza | {{dts|2024-7-17}} |
| X-Men (vol. 6)
| #30–35 | Gerry Duggan | colspan="2"| Phil Noto | {{dts|2024-6-5}} |
| Resurrection of Magneto
| #1–4 | Al Ewing | Luciano Vecchio | David Curiel |
| Dead X-Men
| rowspan="3"| #1–4 | Vincenzo Carratù | Frank Martin |
| Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace
| Scott Godlewski | Erick Arciniega | {{dts|2024-6-5}} |
| X-Men: Forever
| Luca Maresca | rowspan="2" | Federico Blee |
| Avengers (vol. 9)
| #12–13 | Francesco Mortarino | | {{dts|2024-4-24}} |
List of issues
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=Release order=
Prelude series
- Free Comic Book Day 2023 Avengers/X-Men
- X-Men: Before the Fall – Sons of X #1
- X-Men: Before the Fall – Mutant First Strike #1
- X-Men: Before the Fall – Heralds of Apocalypse #1
- X-Men: Before the Fall – Sinister Four #1
Fall of X commences
- X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 #1
- Astonishing Iceman #1
- X-Men #25
- Children of the Vault #1
- Immortal X-Men #14
- Alpha Flight #1
- Dark X-Men #1
- Uncanny Avengers #1
- Deadpool #10
- X-Men: Red #14
- Invincible Iron Man #9
- Jean Grey #1
- Realm of X #1
- X-Force #43
- Ms. Marvel: New Mutant #1
- Immortal X-Men #15
- Uncanny Spider-Man #1
- X-Men #26
- Astonishing Iceman #2
- X-Force #44
- X-Men Red #15
- Children of the Vault #2