"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. 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 the line relaunch X-Men: From the Ashes.
During the Fall of X, mutantkind's unparalleled growth and prosperity on the island nation Krakoa is threatened by the human supremacist organization Orchis.
Publication history The final phase was kicked off in the third annual Hellfire Gala (July 2023), which drastically altered the status quo of the series; 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. 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".
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); Duggan wrote Fall of the House of X with art by Werneck. 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. Al Ewing concluded the ongoing X-Men Red with artist Yildiray Çinar.
The final issue X-Men #35 (legacy Uncanny X-Men #700) was published in June 2024; 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. X-Men: The Wedding Special celebrated the relationship between Mystique and Destiny; 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".
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.
Titles Prelude Title Writer Artist Colorist Release date Free Comic Book Day 2023 Avengers/X-Men Gerry Duggan Joshua CassaraJavier Garrón Marte GraciaMorry Hollowell X-Men: Before the Fall – Sons of X #1 Si Spurrier Phil Noto X-Men: Before the Fall – Mutant First Strike #1 Steve Orlando Valentina Pinti Frank William X-Men: Before the Fall – Heralds of Apocalypse #1 Al Ewing Luca PizzariStefano LandiniRaphael Pimento Ceci De La Cruz X-Men: Before the Fall – Sinister Four #1 Kieron Gillen Paco Medina Edgar Delgado Protobunker's Fer Sifuentes-Sujo
Ongoing series Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colourist(s) Debut date Conclusion date X-Men (vol. 6) #25–35 Gerry Duggan Stefano CasseliJavier PinaJim ToweJoshua Cassara Marte GraciaFederico BleeGuru-eFX Immortal X-Men #14–18 Kieron Gillen Lucas Werneck David Curiel Ghost Rider (vol. 9) #17 Benjamin Percy Geoff Shaw Rain Beredo X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #14–18 Al Ewing Yıldıray Çınar Federico Blee Invincible Iron Man (vol. 5) #9–13 Gerry Duggan Juan Frigeri Bryan Valenza X-Force (vol. 4) #43–50 Benjamin Percy Robert Gill Guru-eFX Wolverine (vol. 7) #36–50 Geoff ShawJuan Jose Ryp Rain BeredoFrank D'Armata
Limited series Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colourist(s) Debut date Conclusion date Astonishing Iceman #1–5 Steve Orlando Vincenzo Carratù Javier Tartaglia Children of the Vault #1–4 Deniz Camp Luca Maresca Carlos Lopez Alpha Flight (vol. 5) #1–5 Ed Brisson Scott Godlewski Matt Milla Dark X-Men (vol. 2) Steve Foxe Jonas Scharf Frank Martin Uncanny Avengers (vol. 4) Gerry Duggan Javier Garrón Morry Hollowell Jean Grey (vol. 2) #1–4 Louise Simonson Bernard Chang Marcelo Maiolo Realm of X Torunn Grønbekk Diógenes Neves Rain Beredo Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant Iman VellaniSabir Pirzada Carlos GómezAdam Gorham Erick Arciniega Uncanny Spider-Man #1–5 Si Spurrier Lee Garbett Jordie Bellaire
One-shots Title Writer(s) Artist(s) Colourist(s) Release date X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 Gerry Duggan Adam KubertLuciano VecchioMatteo LolliRussell DautermanJavier PinaR.B. SilvaJoshua CassaraKris AnkaPepe Larraz Rain BeredoCeci De La CruzMatthew WilsonErick ArciniegaMarte Gracia Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Alpha #1 Benjamin Percy Geoff Shaw Rain Beredo Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Omega #1 X-Men Blue: Origins #1 Si Spurrier Marcus ToWilton Santos Ceci de la Cruz Giant-Size X-Men (Vol. 2) #1 Ann Nocenti Lee Ferguson Bryan Hitch
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'. Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colourist(s) Debut date Conclusion date Fall of the House of X #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 Invincible Iron Man (vol. 4) #14–20 Gerry Duggan Andrea Di Vito Bryan Valenza X-Men (vol. 6) #30–35 Gerry DugganKieron GillenAl EwingChris ClaremontGail SimoneJed MacKay Phil NotoJoshua CassaraLucas WerneckJerome OpeñaStefano CaselliWalter SimonsonLeinil Francis Yu Resurrection of Magneto #1–4 Al Ewing Luciano Vecchio David Curiel Dead X-Men #1–4 Steve Foxe Vincenzo CarratùBernard ChangJonas Sharf Frank Martin Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace Iman VellaniSabir Pirzada Scott Godlewski Erick Arciniega X-Men: Forever Kieron Gillen Luca Maresca Federico Blee Avengers (vol. 9) #12–13 Jed MacKay Francesco Mortarino
List of issues
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
Related materials Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colourist(s) Debut date Conclusion date X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #100-105 Steve Foxe Stephanie Williams Noemi Vettori Pete Pantazis #106–111 Steve Foxe Steve Orlando Lynne Yoshii Fer Sifuentes-Sujo #112–117 Guillermo Sanna Java Tartaglia #118–120 Phillip Sevy Ceci De La Cruz #121–142 Nick Roche Phillip Sevy Yen Nitro X-Men: The Wedding Special #1 Kieron GillenTini HowardTate BrombalYoon Ha LeeWyatt Kennedy Rachel StottPhillip SevyEmilio PilliuStephen ByrneJenn St-Onge Michael BartoloKJ DíazIrma KniivilaStephen ByrneBrittany Peer
See also X-Men: From the Ashes
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