The Age Of Apocalypse Is Reborn In X-Men Of Apocalypse, A New Event Series From Jeph Loeb And Simone Di Meo
by Jay Cochran
May 9, 2025
This September, Marvel Comics marks the 30th anniversary of Age of Apocalypse, a groundbreaking X-Men storyline, with X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE, an all-new six-part event series by legendary writer Jeph Loeb, one of the creators behind the original Age of Apocalypse, and, in his first series since returning to Marvel earlier this year, Eisner nominated artist Simone Di Meo.
Mirroring the first Age of Apocalypse saga, X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE will kick off in X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE ALPHA #1, continue through X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE #1-4 starting in November, and conclude in X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE OMEGA #1. A prelude to the event will be featured in Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse #1 next month, where Loeb and Di Meo team up for the one-shot’s special Revelations Backup story.
THE X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE CRASH INTO THE MAIN MARVEL UNIVERSE!
A dystopian future created when Charles Xavier was killed, AGE OF APOCALYPSE is home to a wartorn group of X-Men led by Magneto. In order to free their Earth from Apocalypse’s cruel reign, they were willing to sacrifice their very existence—or so they thought! The main timeline was restored, Apocalypse was defeated, but their world lived on!
Taking place in the direct aftermath of the original crossover’s explosive finale, X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE reignites the mission of this iconic reality’s X-Men as they journey here to ensure their universe’s survival. This desperate mission will take them into the main Marvel Universe, where they will come into conflict with their classic counterparts, forever impacting both team’s destinies!
“Thirty years ago, THE X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE took the comics world by storm and I was lucky enough to be part of it,” Loeb shared. “There were new characters! New designs! Heroes who were villains and villains who were heroes! Now, for the 30th anniversary, an all-new, all-different story with spectacular art by Simone Di Meo brings us to this uncanny team that shouldn't even exist -- and they are coming here! Join Gambit, Sabretooth & Wild Child, Blink, Forge and Morph and more as they try to save one universe without dooming another!”
"Working with a legend like Jeph is really exciting,” Di Meo said. “I've known his work for years along with the great impact it’s had on this industry and I'm really honored. Beyond that, I've really found a friend and someone who’s passionate about his work so it's really nice to work with him, Marvel and Tom [Brevoort] together day by day trying to build the best book of my career.
"Being able to touch a legendary story like Age of Apocalypse is unexpected for me, that event has an important place in Marvel history, and being able to enter it and give my own take is absolutely incredible. I'm giving my all to make all the readers happy, from the longtime fans who loved the event in the ‘90s and the new ones who I hope can become just as passionate about it. I’m excited and nervous at the same time!"
Check out the main cover for X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE ALPHA #1 by Simone Di Meo along with a first look at interior artwork and stay tuned for more news about the series in the weeks ahead, including exciting variant cover reveals.
X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE ALPHA #1
Written by JEPH LOEB
Art and Cover by SIMONE DI MEO
On Sale 9/3
X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE #1 (OF 4)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Art and Cover by SIMONE DI MEO
On Sale November 2025
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Comments...
Hogun -
2025-05-10 @ 2:28 pm
Thank you Marvel for giving Blink her original design back. I have hated Saladin Ahmad's Janelle Monae redesign and I am sure I am not the only one.
On 5/9/2025 at 6:56 PM, tarot said:Ahhh. So that is why they released aoa Gambit in ML
Almost surprised there wasn't another AOA wave given the ML love of anniversaries
Faust -
2025-05-09 @ 8:31 pm
On 5/9/2025 at 7:51 PM, khorowski said:It really has turned to garbage hasn't it?
I just can't. Marvel comics after Quesada era has been a mostly bucket of mess. DC hasn't been much better. The indie stuff has been nailing it
On 5/9/2025 at 1:01 AM, Faust said:At this point in time nothing short of a total reset of the 616 would get me to go back to this barrel scrapping cackfest
It really has turned to garbage hasn't it?
tarot -
2025-05-09 @ 5:56 pm
Ahhh. So that is why they released aoa Gambit in ML
Faust -
2025-05-09 @ 5:01 am
At this point in time nothing short of a total reset of the 616 would get me to go back to this barrel scrapping cackfest
Lemme guesstheyre going to reveal that Kamala Khan was there the entire time?
Hogun -
2025-05-09 @ 1:14 am
I love AoA. I even told Scott Lobdell I had never been happier to eat my words when I picked up the books. Funnily enough, the Marvel Legends Sugar Man wave got me to overcome my initial perception of it and pick up the books. I would have preferred if the series took place before the events of X-Men Alpha. What more can they do. Last I remember, almost every major character from that reality is either dead or M.I.A.
AndyL -
2025-05-08 @ 9:00 pm
LOL. I love AoA so I'm going to tune in just to see if they can make a good story out of it. There is a chance. It still happens on occasion. Otherwise this is just a testament to what Marvel Comics has become. No new good ideas, no new good characters, no new good writers. So what do you do? Go back to that same well and hopefully some of the good will built up from one of the good stories from the past can drum up some interest. Admittedly I am interested but will not be surprised if it's another Marvel bust. I do like Loeb and he does have a good track record but I agree with @RobertDthat he probably won't ever be what he used to be. But again as I've said before about other older writers, Loeb on his worst day is better than most modern hacks on their most magnificent day.
It has my curiosity, at least. I feel like Loeb lost his footing a while back (though the why is wholly understandable and reasonable) and I'm not sure if he ever really found it again, but I couldn't tell you the last modern Loeb story I've read so maybe he's fantastic these days. It did always kind of bother me that the universe continued anyway, the whole point was that it was always on a collision course with total annihilation, between the nukes and the M'Kraan Crystal, but at the same time we've gotten some sweet stories out of it from time to time, particularly Remender's use of it during his X-Force run, so I can't complain too much. But it did always feel like that continuation betrayed the concept and undercut the impact of the "ending" from Omega.
Anyway, I'm curious to see where this goes.
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