Gasp! It was right there in front of us from the start. BIG SPOILER COMING…those two species were actually mankind (a group consisting of humans and mutants), and artificial intelligence. Inferno #4 - the last issue of X-Men comics that Hickman will pen for the foreseeable future - reveals as much. Well friend, guess what? We were all wrong about those first ads. Conflict between those two has been the foundation of X-Men comics for a very long time. You’re not alone I’m right there with you. Did you assume these two species were humans and mutants? It’s okay if you did. IF YOU DON’T WANT INFERNO #4 SPOILED, STOP READING HERE This, it turns out, has been a thesis statement for Hickman’s X-Men run…the entire time. They appeared in March 2019, a few months before the run began, and they read: When two aggressive species share the same environment, evolution demands acceptance or dominance. They appeared in Marvel comic books as house ads, and they did not tell us exactly what they were advertising (I remember some speculation that Hickman would helm the Eternals, which, c’mon). Check out the teasers now and be there when the shocking revelations begin in INFERNO #1 on September 29 th! For more information, visit Zack Quaintance - I remember the first cryptic teases for Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men run. I cannot wait for people to read it.”Īll three of Silva’s images will also be available as a special homage cover for INFERNO #1. “The story is 160 pages over four issues drawn exquisitely by Valerio Schiti, R.B. “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. An homage to the original house ads for 1989’s milestone X-Men crossover Inferno, Silva’s artwork presents all the major players of the upcoming saga and teases the day of reckoning that will soon be upon them.

The next chapter in the mastermind writer’s grand vision for the X-Men, INFERNO promises to be a high-stakes mutant drama that will provide the startling payoff to seeds planted in House of X and Powers of X, and fans can see what’s to come in new teasers by acclaimed Powers of X artist R.B. The X-Men’s world is about to go up in flames! Alliances will be broken, secrets will be revealed, and the once bright future of mutantkind will be threatened like never before in writer Jonathan Hickman’s upcoming limited series, INFERNO. By Adrian Gunning No mutant can be trusted in Jonathan Hickman’s upcoming X-Men epic, INFERNO, on sale in September!

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