Marvel Teams Up Two X-Men '97 Fan Favorites for Major New Story

Bishop and Cable are there for the evolution from Marvel's Timeless to Timeslide.

By Russ Burlingame

Cable and Bishop, two time-traveling mutants from Marvel's future, will team up in Timeslide #1, a year-ending one-shot from Marvel Comics that will set up some of 2025's Marvel Universe stories. Written by Steve Foxe and featuring art by Ivan Fiorelli, the one-shot was announced on Marvel's website, where they tease that the pair will "witness the devastating fate of the Marvel Universe" as they move through time, trying to stop a villain whose plan involves eradicating mutants from history. All the time-travel will give the characters a chance to see some of the events Marvel has planned for next year along the way.

Timeslide is the evolution of Marvel's Timeless one-shots, which started in 2021 and served as a year-ending setup for the publisher's plans. It's a clever marketing device that has delivered uneven results in terms of the actual quality of the comics themselves.

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(Photo: Marvel)

"I was thrilled when Tom Brevoort reached out about Timeslide," Foxe said (via Marvel). "These annual mega-issues have become a perennial favorite of mine, both as a standalone story of their own and as a sneak peak of what's to come for the year ahead. Getting to structure this one around Cable and Bishop—two of my favorite mutants, and two I didn't write much during my prior X-tenure—was icing on the chrono-cake.
 
"Ivan Fiorelli can truly draw anything, and this story proves that era by era on a tour of some of the X-Men's most notable moments as a new threat opens his maw and threatens all of mutant history," Foxe added. "We build on Cable and Bishop's tumultuous relationship from Children of the Vault for a pulse-pounding ride that touches on some of my favorite parts of X-stories past—and teases some exciting upcoming mutant tales. And while the flash-forwards in this issue aren't only X-related, it was exciting, as a diehard X-fan, to write the first Timeless that became Timeslide!"

Here's the solicitation text for the issue, which is due in comic shops in December:

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TIMESLIDE #1
Written by STEVE FOXE
Art by IVAN FIORELLI
Cover by KAEL NGU
On Sale 12/25

Your first look at the most unforgettable stories of 2025 begins here! Check out Kael Ngu's cover and stay tuned for more news about TIMESLIDE #1 in the months ahead!

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