Age of X-Man is a 2019 Marvel Comics crossover storyline featuring the X-Men. The name and premise derive from the 1995 storyline Age of Apocalypse, but instead focus on a utopian alternate universe led by the X-Man, Nate Grey.
Publication history The X-Men comics got a franchise-wide relaunch in 2018. The ongoing titles X-Men Gold, X-Men Blue, and X-Men Red were closed, and Uncanny X-Men was relaunched instead. This comic started the arc "X-Men Disassembled", and the press release said that it was "an epic tale of mystery and tragic disappearance, with an adventure so earth-shattering, it could very well be the X-Men’s final mission". This comic was written by Ed Brisson, Kelly Thompson and Matthew Rosenberg, with art by Mahmud Asrar, R.B. Silva, Yıldıray Çınar, and Pere Pérez, all of whom had been working in X-Men comics. The arc ended with X-Man transporting most mutants into an alternate reality of his own creation; from that point on the Uncanny X-Men comic starred Cyclops, Wolverine, and a handful of mutants that remained.
The storyline continued in other comic books, set in the aforementioned alternate reality: Age of X-Man: The Marvelous X-Men by Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson, and Marco Failla, Age of X-Man: NextGen by Ed Brisson and Marcus To, Age of X-Man: The Amazing Nightcrawler by Seanan McGuire and Juan Frigeri, Age of X-Man: Prisoner X by Vita Ayala and German Peralta, and Age of X-Man: Apocalypse and the X-Tracts by Tim Seeley and Salva Espin. The story ended with the one-shot Age of X-Man Omega, that returned the mutants to their reality. The X-Men franchise had a new relaunch after it, Dawn of X, led by Jonathan Hickman.
Controversies The comic Uncanny X-Men #5 features X-Man destroying the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, as well as other iconic places of worship, for antireligion reasons. The character said "I cleansed the world of its fake houses of worship and false prophets." Rajan Zed, the president of Universal Society of Hinduism, rejected it as offensive, and said that "Hinduism was the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about 1.1 billion adherents and a rich philosophical thought and it should not be taken frivolously. Symbols of any faith, larger or smaller, should not be mishandled."
In Uncanny X-Men #17, Wolfsbane is beaten to death by a mob. Commentators from Women Write About Comics, and The Beat considered the scene a case of transmisogyny, that would trivialize the violence against trans people and other minorities. The writer Matthew Rosenberg apologized for it on his Twitter account. Wolfsbane would later be resurrected in the Dawn of X storyline.
Titles Prelude Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s) Debut date Conclusion date Uncanny X-Men #1-10 Ed BrissonKelly ThompsonMatthew Rosenberg Mahmud A. AsrarR.B. SilvaYıldıray ÇınarPere Pérez Rachelle Rosenberg November 2018 January 2019
Limited series Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s) Debut date Conclusion date Age of X-Man: The Marvelous X-Men #1-5 Zac ThompsonLonnie Nadler Marco Failla Matt Milla February 2019 June 2019 Age of X-Man: NextGen #1-5 Ed Brisson Marcus To Jason Keith February 2019 June 2019 Age of X-Man: The Amazing Nightcrawler #1-5 Seanan McGuire Juan Frigeri Dono Sánchez-Almara February 2019 June 2019 Age of X-Man: The X-Tremists #1-5 Leah Williams Georges JeantyRoberto Poggi Jim Charalampidis February 2019 June 2019 Age of X-Man: Prisoner X #1-5 Vita Ayala German Peralta Mike Spicer March 2019 July 2019 Age of X-Man: Apocalypse and the X-Tracts #1-5 Tim Seeley Salva Espin Israel Silva March 2019 July 2019
Ongoing series Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s) Debut date Conclusion date Uncanny X-Men #11-22 Matthew Rosenberg Salvador LarrocaCarlos E. GomezCarlos Villa Rachelle Rosenberg February 2019 July 2019
One-shots Title Writer(s) Artist(s) Colorist(s) Debut date Age of X-Man: Alpha Zac ThompsonLonnie Nadler Ramon Rosanas Triona Farrell March 2019 Age of X-Man: Omega Zac ThompsonLonnie Nadler Simone Buonfantino Triona Farrell September 2019
Collected editions +TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBNAge of X-Man: The Marvelous X-MenAge of X-Man: Alpha, Age of X-Man: The Marvelous X-Men #1-5, Age of X-Man: OmegaSeptember 2019Age of X-Man: NextGenAge of X-Man: NextGen #1-5September 2019Age Of X-Man: Apocalypse & The X-TractsAge of X-Man: Apocalypse & The X-Tracts #1-5September 2019Age of X-Man: X-TremistsAge of X-Man: X-Tremists #1-5September 2019Age Of X-Man: The Amazing NightcrawlerAge of X-Man: The Amazing Nightcrawler #1-5September 2019Age Of X-Man: Prisoner XAge of X-Man: Prisoner X #1-5September 2019Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1: X-Men DisassembledUncanny X-Men (vol. 5) #1-10April 2019Uncanny X-Men: Cyclops and Wolverine Vol. 1Uncanny X-Men (vol. 5) #11-16July 2019Uncanny X-Men: Wolverine And Cyclops Vol. 2 Uncanny X-Men (vol. 5) #17-22October 2019
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