The X-Men Reveal New Costumes in Fall of X Prelude Mutant First Strike (Exclusive)

June 1, 2023, 3:15pm

A prelude one-shot to the Fall of X features the X-Men sporting some flashy new costumes. With Sins of Sinister in the rearview mirror, the X-Men franchise is marching towards a darker era in Fall of X. We know Fall of X will officially begin at this summer’s Hellfire Gala, and will crossover into other titles like Invincible Iron Man as the X-Men battle against Orchis, Feilong and his Stark Sentinels, and other threats. Marvel is releasing a batch of “Before the Fall” one-shots leading up to Fall of X, and we have an exclusive look at one of those now.

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ComicBook.com has an exclusive preview of X-Men: Before the Fall – Mutant First Strike #1 by Steve Orlando and Valentina Pinti. It finds Bishop, the Captain Commander on Krakoa, leading a team of X-Men on a rescue mission when a small town in New England is the victim of a terrorist attack that appears to have been committed by a mutant. When the X-Men drop down into the city from their Blackbird jet, the entire team is wearing matching white-red-and dark blue outfits that also include a jacket. It definitely takes fans back to the days when the X-Men would all wear the same training suits, or even when the comics tried to match the 20th Century FOX movies by placing the X-Men in black leather costumes.

San Diego Comic-Con Hosting Real-Life X-Men Hellfire Gala

An uncanny event is going from in-page to in-person at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. During Marvel Unlimited’s X-Men: 60 Uncanny Years Live Virtual Event, Marvel Comics announced D23: The Official Disney Fan Club will host the first-ever real-life Hellfire Gala when the annual convention returns to San Diego on July 22nd. Inspired by the X-Men comic crossover tying in with July’s giant-sized X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 one-shot and the Fall of X event launch, the Gala is where fans will learn the line-up of X-Men elected to protect the living island of Krakoa.

Like the comics — where mutants, celebrities, and superheroes attend the biggest party of the season celebrating mutantkind — D23’s Hellfire Gala promises to “outfit the fiercest fashion” for the “powered-up party of the summer.” In a release, Marvel said cosplayers and convention attendees are invited to “dress in super-powered style, fashioning the chicest looks, embellished by their own epic abilities. Because, as any Hellfire Gala fan knows, powers are the ultimate accessory.”

The exclusive preview of X-Men: Before the Fall – Mutant First Strike #1 is below. The issue goes on sale Wednesday, June 7th.

X-MEN: BEFORE THE FALL – MUTANT FIRST STRIKE #1

STEVE ORLANDO (W) • Valentina Pinti (A)
Cover by DAVID BALDEÓN
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY LUCAS WERNECK
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
KRAKOA STRIKES?!
Ever since mutants declared themselves humanity’s new gods, certain circles have been waiting for the other shoe to drop – the wrath. When a small New England town is hit by a devastating mutant attack, it seems the wrath is here. But all isn’t as it appears. And Krakoa doesn’t hesitate to save lives – so it’s time for BISHOP to lead Krakoa’s biggest rescue effort yet!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99