Rogue: The Savage Land

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Rogue: The Savage Land
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Cover of Rogue: The Savage Land #1 (January 2025).
Art by Kaare Andrews.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Format Limited series
Publication dateMarch – July 2025
No. of issues5
Creative team
Written by Tim Seeley
Artist(s)Zulema Lavina
Von Randal
Letterer(s)Ariana Maher
Joe Caramagna
Colorist Rachelle Rosenberg
EditorDarren Shan
Collected editions
Rogue: The Savage Land ISBN   978- 1302964412

Rogue: The Savage Land is a 2025 Marvel Comics five-issue limited series featuring Rogue. The series takes place in the Savage Land during Chris Claremont's run of the X-Men and is written by Tim Seeley with art by Zulema Lavina.

Contents

Publication history

The series was first announced in September 2024. It is written by Tim Seeley and features art by Zulema Lavina. Seeley described the writing as "a dream job, and probably the absolute perfect Marvel gig". [1] The fact that the series would feature the controversial Rogue and Magneto romance, like the X-Men '97 animated series sparked some discussion, though Seeley commented on his social media that the comic would not tie into the show in any way, [2] and that the romance would not be a major focus, [3] The covers drawn by Kaare Andrews tries to resemble Jim Lee's X-Men art and feature corner boxes with mini cut-outs of the faces of characters appearing in the issue, as was customary of Marvel Comics during the original Claremont and Lee publications. [4]

Plot

The series serves as a intraquel to Chris Claremont's 1990s storyline of Uncanny X-Men #269 and 274-275, set in the Savage Land where the superhero Rogue and antagonist Magneto had a brief romance. [1] [2]

Reception

Upon the series announcement ComicBook.com's Jamie Lovett stated that he believed that it was likely created due to the interest around the Magneto-Rogue relationship stirred up by X-Men '97. He also noted that it is an installment of a long line of recent Marvel series that revisit nostalgic periods of the company's history. [5]

The series has a 8.5 rating on the comic book review aggregator website Comic Book Roundup. [6] Joshua Kazemi in his review of the first issue for Comic Book Resources described it as great but with flaws. [7]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublication dateISBNRef
Rogue: The Savage LandRogue: The Savage Land #1–5, Uncanny X-Men #169, #174September 2025 978- 1302964412 [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Polo, Susana (September 13, 2024). "Rogue and Magneto's steamy jungle flirtations will return in Rogue: The Savage Land". Polygon . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Angeles, Christian (September 13, 2024). "Rogue: The Savage Land announced by Marvel… so let's talk about the controversy between Rogue and Magneto". Comics Beat . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  3. Johnston, Rich (15 September 2024). "Tim Seeley Responds To Rogue And Magneto X-Men Concerns". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  4. Meenan, Devin (February 20, 2025). "Marvel's Rogue: The Savage Land Features The X-Men Going Full Jurassic World". /Film . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  5. Lovett, Jamie (September 14, 2024). "Rogue and Magneto's Savage Land Romance Explored in New X-Men Series". ComicBook.com . Retrieved 2025-03-14.
  6. "Rogue: The Savage Land (2025)". ComicBookRoundup.com.
  7. Kazemi, Joshua (January 18, 2025). "Rogue: The Savage Land #1 Review: Rogue Opens Her Mind". CBR.com . Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  8. "ROGUE: THE SAVAGE LAND (Trade Paperback)". Marvel.com. Retrieved 2025-11-16.