After "The Hellfire Gala", after "The Trial", comes... "Inferno"

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Marvel have announced the next part of Jonathan Hickman's X-Men




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And the name is another flashback to an older story, perhaps also retaining/renewing copyright (or somesuch, I always get those ones mixed up)?

Promises were made and broken. The rulers of Krakoa have been playing a dangerous game with a dangerous woman, and they are about to see how badly that can burn them. Having been denied her wishes yet again, Mystique is ready to follow through on her promise to burn the nation of Krakoa to the ground. Mutantkind’s bright future is threatened like never before as Hickman brings his game-changing plans to a head. Fans can expect more revelations from the lives of Moira MacTaggert, Nimrod’s revenge, vicious power plays, and more in this pivotal chapter in X-Men history. Throughout this four-issue limited series, Hickman will be joined by an incredible lineup of artists beginning with acclaimed illustrator Valerio Schiti. Known for masterfully depicting large-scale action alongside intense human drama, the S.W.O.R.D. and EMPYRE artist is perfect for bringing this heartbreaking saga to life.

"I’m very excited that we’re finally getting to share with everyone the follow-up to HOUSE OF X/POWERS OF X,” Hickman said. “The story is 160 pages over four issues drawn exquisitely by Valerio Schiti, R.B. Silva and Stefano Caselli. I cannot wait for people to read it.”

In what is now an X-Men tradition, superstar artist Mark Brooks has delivered another stunning piece of teaser artwork for this latest X-Men milestone. An homage to his earlier HOUSE OF X/POWERS OF X piece, it depicts all the major players of Krakoa as they brace themselves for their biggest shakeup yet. Check it out above, and be there in September when the biggest secrets of Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men run burn away in INFERNO #1.




Yeah, the Quiet Council playing games with Mystique, and over Destiny of all things, never seemed like a good remotely sane idea.

Comments

[donnblake]

Weird time for a nap, guys.

[icon_uk]

If it weren't for the Trial in between I'd think it was the aftereffects of the Hellfire Gala.

[tcampbell1000]

I have so many questions and Mark Brooks isn't going to answer any of them.

[tinygaylaura]

I'll be rooting for Mystique to get what she wants here since I am always rooting for Mystique

I want her to get her wife back and I want her to make Charles and Moira suffer

[iamrman]

Hopefully we do actually get to see Mystique fuck shit up and this isn't yet another tease.

[shakalooloo]

Magneto buys a trenchcoat?

[deh_tommy]

Does anyone else think he kinda looks like Black Bolt?

[scorntx]

So long as it's just a trenchcoat and not a trenchcoat and a ponytail.

[deh_tommy]

[mistersandman]

Doug and Bei and Warlock, let's go!

[scorntx]

Pick up your bae, Bei and run! Run like the wind!

[icon_uk]

Warlock and Doug's relationship, and how it's changed since Doug got rather randomly married, will apparently be being addressed in New Mutants (and about time too). I want m'boys to get along properly again!

I did like the Cerebro podcast episode on Doug, which refers to the fact that the creators goals in Doug and Bei was to get something of a Scott Free and Big Barda vibe, and honestly, I can see that. :)

[scorntx]

"Somehow, and I've no idea how, but constantly jerking over the woman with a record of betraying people, and the X-Men in particular, has backfired!"
"... blame Cyclops?"
"Blame Cyclops."


Four issues seems unusually brief for Hickman. How's he going to squeeze in all the necessary purple prose in such a short span?


So if this is Inferno-in-name-only, will the next big thing after that be the X-Tinction Agenda?

[shakalooloo]

In an interview he said it was 160 pages, so each issue is double-length, making it more like a 8 issue series.

[beyondthefringe]

Yeah. You'd think that Xavier and Magneto, if anyone, would KNOW what a bad idea it is to fuck over Mystique. I'm surprised SHE hasn't met with an unfortunate accident and been moved to the back of the queue.

I mean, why do they PRIORITIZE resurrecting troublesome mutants like Mystique or Empath when there's a queue millions long? Leave them dead until you need them for something, and things will be a lot quieter.

[ebailey140]

Scott: Hey! It's not my fault! This time.

Logan: Then whose fault is it, bub?

Jean: Charles, probably. Why do we still go along with whatever he does, again?

Scott: I don't know... Anyway, with Mystique, and Deadpool wanting to kill us over Cable...

Logan: That one IS your fault...

Scott: Yeah, but at least that doesn't have anything to do with Mystique...

Raven: And now, my revenge! That my new best friend Deadpool has made possible! Why, if he didn't have a massive grudge, too, then I would never have been able to do this!

Scott: Dammit!

[alliterator]

I actually think The Trail and Inferno are going to be running simultaneously. The Trial begins in August and runs for five issues while Inferno begins in September and runs for four. It looks like both will end the same month.

[deh_tommy]

Ah, so is this another House/Powers of X situation?

[onsokumaru]

Associating with Mystique is never a good idea anyway. She's the scorpion of the fable. For all her pretending about fighting for mutants, she would betray anyone and screw all mutantdom to get whatever she wants.

Destiny, that's something else. She doesn't strike me as the kind of person who would value her life or her interests more than the safety and happyness of her fellow mutants. So if she told Raven to burn everything, it can't be just she's mad at not being resurrected. It's because she believes that the "no precog" rule is the proof that Krakoa is either a huge mistake or a big trap for mutants.

(on a personal note, since they killed Santo and his death was forgotten after a couple of issues, I also kinda want to see Krakoa burning)

[shakalooloo]

In her solo series, Mystique put herself at risk for the rights of unrelated mutants numerous times. She may put on a front of looking out for number one, but she does care, deep down.

More importantly, hopefully this will lead to her casting aside her horrible white dress and getting back to those black trousers...

[silverhammerman]

Ah, so Inferno is actually a miniseries instead of another "read the checklist at the back to see which tie-ins are really essential!" crossover then? That's good.

I've increasingly been feeling like the X-line has been defined by those kind of baggy crossovers (X of Swords, the Hellfire Gala, the upcoming Trial of Magneto) while the main books tread water, so Hickman actually moving any of his big plot points forwards is quite welcome. All it took was two years and him literally passing off X-Men as a title to another writer before he looped back around to having anything (potentially) pay off. Truly, Hickman is a master of economical storytelling.

It really is a little aggravating so see Hickman describing this as the follow up to HoX/PoX, because it's like, well then what have the past two years been? Having they just be wasting our time with everything since Dawn of X?

[scorntx]

-Truly, Hickman is a master of economical storytelling-

Like his Avengers run. Forty-odd issues of Avengers and twenty-odd of New Avengers, as well as Infinity and the nine issues of Secret Wars, blowing up all the Marvel multiverse just so Reed Richards could learn "hmm, maybe nihilism is wrong."

(If we just got the Hickman who'd wrote Fantastic Four, rather than Avengers Hickman...)

[kd_the_movie]

Why they just didnt kill mystique or leave her dead is a mystery to me. even with a alive Destiny, she still cant be trusted to not fuck them over

[shakalooloo]

I'm sure they would leave her dead if given the chance, but she's too good to give them that chance.

[lencannon]

It was Mystique. I solved it. You're welcome.

[deh_tommy]

What if that’s Onslaught?

[zachbeacon]

Assuming it is Mystique, they really brought this on themselves. The only thing dumber than trusting her is pretending to offer her a leadership position only to lock her out of all the important decisions and string her along with false promises that they'll bring her wife back.

[ebailey140]

And, given what has led to the situation, Chuck and Magneto can't exactly accuse anyone else of being untrustworthy.