Death of X Comic Miniseries Debuts in October

The Mutants and Inhumans of the Marvel Universe are on a collision course for a heated feud. Marvel Comics officially announced this week the Death of X comic series. This will be a four-issue miniseries that launches later this fall.

Jeff Lemire and Charles Soule are writing the comic along with artist Aaron Kuder. In the new story, the Terrigen Mists are going across Earth and creating new Inhumans across the Marvel Universe. However, the creation of new Inhumans apparently spells doom for the X-Men because it leaves dead or sickly mutants in their wake. The Inhumans travel to Japan where the Terrigen Cloud has created a shocking new Inhuman. The X-Men then travel to Muir Island where the cloud has caused something terrible. Cyclops now has to take action or face extinction.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly on the comic, Jeff Lemire stated: “On the flipside, Inhumans have been growing and becoming more prominent in the Marvel Universe. There is a lot of tension between these characters about that…’ For both sides of this, it doesn’t affect just a small group of them,” continues Charles Soule. “It’s not just their livelihood and way of life but their very lives at stake, so they’re going to react the way you think they would.”

In the new story, the untold past of the Inhumans and the X-Men will both come to light, but a fuse has been lit. And there is a powder keg waiting to explode. The first issue debuts in October. You can check out the cover artwork for the first issue below.