Marvel Comics has unveiled X-Men United, a new ongoing series written by Eve Ewing (Exceptional X-Men), with art by Tiago Palma (New Avengers). Launching in March as part of the post-Age of Revelation storyline Shadows of Tomorrow, the series sees Emma Frost establish Graymatter Lane, a new school and community center for mutants, staffed by Wolverine, Magneto, Beast, Rogue, Storm, and more. However, “not all of the X-Men are ready to embrace the idea of another mutant institute for higher learning”…
“Build a school,” Charles Xavier told them, and the X-Men have done so — but in a manner nobody saw coming! Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants anywhere in the world can come together in unity to teach one another the skills needed for their survival! With the greatest of the X-Men as teachers and a campus unlike any before seen, it’s the crossroads of the X-Universe as a student body from across the globe works to take mutantkind to the next step in their evolution — and to cope with a brewing threat to all of their number!
Editor Tom Brevoort elaborates, “Graymatter Lane is a place where all of the major players in the X world will come together to fight, hook up and hash out their differences. There’ll be action, drama, faces old and new and dangers galore. Which young mutant is critically injured on the first day — and which X-Man is responsible? What secret is uncovered in Sinister’s lab? What distance-separated couple rekindles their connection? And how far will Cyclops go to bring the whole endeavor to the ground?”
Ewing states, “Working on the X-team for the past couple of years has been some of the most fun I’ve had writing comics ever. The idea for Graymatter Lane was a collective one, from lots of writers in a room brainstorming, and it’s so cool because the psychic space allows for things to be weirder and more surreal, while still building on the classic Xavier’s School energy we’ve all loved for decades.”
Palma adds, “Unreal! That’s how I would sum up the feeling of working on this new chapter of X-Men. And what an honor to get the chance to design the new Graymatter Lane campus. Loved the freedom to really play around with different shapes and super trippy ideas for such an iconic space for the group.”
X-Men United #1 will be released on March 11, with connecting covers featuring the art Stefano Caselli created to help announce Shadows of Tomorrow at New York Comic Con. In the meantime, Age of Revelation will wrap up with a special on December 31, and Shadows will then begin the following week with X-Men #23, and Wolverine #14. For a full list of the previously announced new and returning titles, click here.
