X-Men Red

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X-Men Red
XMen Red.jpg
Cover to X-Men: Red #1, art by Travis Charest
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
Publication date(vol. 1)
February–December 2018 [1] (vol. 2)
April 2022–December 2023
No. of issues(vol. 1)
11
(vol. 2)
18
Main character(s) See below
ISSN 2690-9863
Creative team
Written by(vol. 1)
Tom Taylor
(vol. 2)
Al Ewing
Artist(s)(vol. 1)
Mahmud Asrar
Carmen Carnero
Rogê Antônio
(vol. 2)
Stefano Caselli
Juan Cabal
Andrés Genolet
Michael Sta. Maria
Madibek Musabekov
Jacopo Camagni
Yıldıray Çınar

X-Men: Red is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring characters from X-Men stories.

Contents

The first series was an eleven-issue comic book series published by Marvel Comics in monthly installments between February and December 2018. It was written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Mahmud A. Asrar. The book followed a new team of X-Men led by Jean Grey following her return in Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey.

The second series featured the conflicting mutant factions on the terraformed Mars, renamed Arakko.

Publication history

Volume 1

X-Men: Red is part of the X-Men franchise and a sister book to X-Men Gold and X-Men Blue , which began ten months earlier. It follows the events of the 2017–2018 miniseries Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey written by Matthew Rosenberg and illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu. [2] The series was promoted as part of Marvel's Fresh Start, a full company relaunch of publications. [3] The first issue, released February 7, 2018, was written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Mahmud Asrar. It was available in ten different variant covers. [4] Taylor's initial plans for the series did not involve any crossovers with other comic series. [5]

Jean Grey, a character recently resurrected after being dead for over a decade, assembles a new team with the intent to create a mutant nation. [6] Her initial allies are Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Honey Badger, Gentle, Trinary, and Namor. [5] [7] They use Atlantis as their headquarters. [8] After she attempts to convince the UN to recognize the mutant race as a nation with full human rights, Jean is framed for murder of an English congresswoman who is psychically murdered by a resurfaced Cassandra Nova, who uses this to alienate Jean in the public eye and label her a fugitive. Jean's team is thereby forced to act in secret as she continues in her goal to "heal the world".

An annual was published in May 2018 to detail the events between Phoenix Resurrection and X-Men: Red #1. [5]

Volume 2

A second volume of the title written by Al Ewing was published during the "Destiny of X" relaunch of X-Men books and is a successor to Ewing's S.W.O.R.D. series. [9]

Main characters

These characters are credited as main cast in the respective comics.

Series and first creditionCharacters
Volume 1
#1
#3
#5
Volume 2
#1
#3
#4
#5
#6
#8
#10
#11
#12
#13
X-Men: Before the Fall – The Heralds of Apocalypse #1
#15
#16
#17

Team rosters

X-Men

Character codenameReal nameNotes
Honey Badger Gabrielle "Gabby" KinneyJoined in X-Men: Red #1.
Marvel Girl Jean Elaine Grey
Namor Namor Mackenzie
Nightcrawler Kurt Wagner
Wolverine Laura Kinney
Trinary Shilpa KhatriJoined in X-Men: Red #1 (flashback X-Men: Red #2).
Gentle Nezhno AbidemiJoined in X-Men: Red #1 (flashback X-Men: Red #4).
Storm Ororo Munroe
Gambit Remy Etienne LeBeauJoined in X-Men: Red #5.

X-Men Red

X-Men Red was formed by Abigail Brand to police Planet Arakko.

Character codenameReal nameNotes
Abigail Brand Leader. Joined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #2.
Cable Nathan SummersField leader. Joined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #2.
Frenzy Joanna CargillJoined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #2.
Manifold Eden FesiJoined and left in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #2
Mentallo Marvin FlummJoined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #2.
Random Marshall Stone III
Vulcan Gabriel Summers

Brotherhood of Arakko

The Brotherhood of Arakko was formed by Storm in opposition to X-Men Red and later fought against Genesis' army during the Genesis War.

Character codenameReal nameNotes
Fisher King Joined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #1. Merged with fellow teammate Xilo in X-Men Red (vol. 2) #14. Died in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #18.
Magneto Max EisenhardtJoined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #1. Died in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #7.
Storm Ororo MunroeJoined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #1.
Sunspot Roberto "Bobby" da CostaJoined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #1.
Khora of the Burning Heart Joined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #5.
Wrongslide
Lodus Logos Joined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #10.
Sobunar of the Depths Joined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #10. Left in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #13.
Nova Richard RiderJoined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #12.
Jon IronfireJoined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #14.
Kobak Never-Held
Xilora Joined and merged with fellow teammate Fisher King in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #14.
Syzya of the Smoke Joined in X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #15.

Great Ring of Arakko

The Great Ring of Arakko is the governing body of Arakko.

Reception

Volume 1

Prior to publication, the series generated interest for starring Jean Grey, a character who was killed nearly 15 years earlier in New X-Men #150 (February 2004). [8] [10] [11] According to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the debut issue received an average score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 33 critical reviews. [12]

In a review for Newsarama , David Pepose praised the plot of the book for its focus on the coexistence of humans and mutants, which he said was the main premise of the X-Men franchise. [13] IGN reviewer Jesse Shedeen agreed, saying the "franchise has a bad habit of ... losing sight of the mutant metaphor and its allegorical power", but was glad X-Men: Red makes it a primary focus. [14] Although they found Mahmud Asrar's art to be flawed but adequate, both of them liked Tom Taylor's portrayal of Grey and her supporting cast. [13] [14] Pepose specifically liked that Grey was a leader instead of a symbol, love interest, or target. [13]

Prints

Volume 1

IssuePublication dateWriterArtistColoristComic Book Roundup rating [15] Estimated sales to North American retailers (first month)
#1February 7, 2018 Tom Taylor Mahmud Asrar Ive Svorcina8.1 by 34 professional critics98,468 [16]
#2March 7, 20188.0 by 15 professional critics49,084 [17]
#3April 11, 20188.1 by 10 professional critics56,531 [18]
#4May 16, 2018Rain Beredo8.2 by 13 professional critics44,607 [19]
Annual #1May 30, 2018Pascal AlixeChris Sotomayor7.5 by 16 professional critics38,444 [19]
#5June 6, 2018Mahmud AsrarRain Beredo9.1 by 10 professional critics38,372 [20]
#6July 18, 2018Carmen Carnero9.1 by 10 professional critics36,808 [21]
#7August 22, 20189.0 by 15 professional critics39,634 [22]
#8September 26, 20188.6 by 8 professional critics39,763 [23]
#9October 24, 2018Rogê Antônio8.2 by 9 professional critics36,673 [24]
#10November 7, 20188.5 by 10 professional critics31,821 [25]
#11December 12, 20188.8 by 5 professional critics30,415 [26]

Volume 2

IssuePublication dateWriterArtistColoristComic Book Roundup rating [27] [28] Estimated sales to North American retailers (first month)
#1April 6, 2022 Al Ewing Stefano CaselliFederico Blee8.6 by 17 professional critics26,735 [29]
#2May 18, 20228.7 by 13 professional criticsNot yet available
#3June 15, 2022Federico Blee, Fernando Sifuentes8.9 by 11 professional critics
#4June 29, 2022Juan Cabal, Andrés Genolet, Michael Sta. MariaFederico Blee8.6 by 10 professional critics
#5August 3, 2022Stefano Caselli8.3 by 9 professional critics
#6September 14, 20228.7 by 10 professional critics
#7October 5, 2022Federico Blee, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo8.6 by 6 professional critics
#8November 2, 2022Madibek MusabekovFederico Blee8.0 by 9 professional critics
#9December 7, 2022Stefano Caselli8.7 by 7 professional critics
#10January 4, 2023Stefano Caselli, Jacopo Camagni8.8 by 8 professional critics
#11May 10, 20239.1 by 7 professional critics
#12June 14, 2023Jacopo Camagni6.9 by 4 professional critics
X-Men: Before the Fall – The Heralds of Apocalypse #1June 28, 2023Luca Pizzari, Stefano Landini, Raphael PimentoCeci De La Cruz7.8 by 10 professional critics
#13July 19, 2023Jacopo CamagniFederico Blee8.1 by 5 professional critics
#14August 16, 2023 Yıldıray Çınar 8.4 by 6 professional critics
#15September 13, 20238.2 by 6 professional critics
#16October 11, 20239.0 by 4 professional critics
#17November 8, 20238.0 by 5 professional critics
#18December 13, 20238.6 by 6 professional critics

Collected editions

Volume 1

#TitleMaterial collectedPagesPublication dateISBN
1The Hate MachineX-Men: Red #1–5, Annual #1144September 18, 2018 978-1302911676
2Waging PeaceX-Men: Red #6–11136March 19, 2019 978-1302911683

Volume 2

#Material collectedPagesPublication dateISBN
X-Men: Red by Al Ewing – Volume 1X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #1–5152November 2, 2022 978-1302932831
X-Men: Red by Al Ewing – Volume 2X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #6–10136March 7, 2023 978-1302947521
X-Men: Red by Al Ewing – Volume 3X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #11–13, X-Men: Before the Fall – The Heralds of Apocalypse #1120November 17, 2023 978-1302952280
X-Men: Red by Al Ewing – Volume 4X-Men: Red (vol. 2) #14–18136March 12, 2024 978-1302953430

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