The Avengers May Be Facing Armageddon, but Mutantkind Will Rise Up to Fill the Void in Marvel Comics' New Series Maximum X-Men
Storm assembles a new mutant team to protect a world left without the Avengers, with a Negative Zone invasion among the first threats.
- On Thursday at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Comics announced Maximum X-Men, a new ongoing series launching in December 2026 that spins out of Avengers: Armageddon.
- Following Avengers: Armageddon, Earth's Mightiest Heroes are no longer active, leaving a global void the X-Men are positioned to fill with storytelling inspired by Jim Lee's classic X-Men run.
- Storm leads the Maximum X-Men roster including Wolverine, Colossus, Bishop, Iceman, Firestar, Psylocke, and Justice, with New Warriors founder Vance Astrovik joining for the first time on an X-Men team.
- Marvel also announced Iron Man will double-ship in December with "Incarcerated Iron Man" and "War Machines," while attendees received an exclusive Avengers: Armageddon #2 with a secret cover by Chip Zdarsky.
- Writer Christopher Yost and artist Tony Daniel helm Maximum X-Men, with teasers suggesting The Punisher plays a significant role in the series' second arc launching this December.
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