>Evolution is contagious. >This July, the X-Men and Fantastic Four unite against a bombshell of a threat that even their combined intelligence and strength can’t overcome in DNX, a new five-issue comic book event series from superstar writer Jed MacKay (X-Men) and acclaimed artist Federico Vicentini (Miles Morales: Spider-Man). The latest in the two legendary super team’s history of iconic team-ups, DNX kicks off when the Chairman, the misguided original Hank McCoy, A.K.A. founding X-Man Beast, and his Machiavellian group of supervillains known as 3K prepare to unleash a virus that will forcibly—and horribly—transform humanity into mutants! >This long-seeded plan, built up since the very beginning of MacKay’s run, hits the Marvel Universe with seismic repercussions that not only impact the writer's continuing work on the franchise, but that also upset the very balance between mutantkind and humanity as we know it!>THE X-VIRUS UNLEASHED! The X-Men and 3K. Each steered by an original heir of Xavier, each with their own vision for the mutant people. Each at one another’s throats. Cyclops and the Chairman both experienced the future of the Age of Revelation and came home with a renewed mission: The X-Men to prevent that future. 3K to own it. While the X-Men seek out the Fantastic Four to help save one of their own, the White Beast begins his plan to unleash the X-Virus in a major population area!
>"DNX is the next big milestone event of our X-Men (2024) run," MacKay explained. "Age of Revelation showed the future, and DNX shows that future’s impact on the present! The X-Men and 3K are on a collision course that has been set since issue one—and only one will survive. And with the Fantastic Four joining the fray, this is going to be an event that will transform the X-Men dramatically.">"I'm so happy to be working on DNX," Vicentini shared. "I love what Jed is doing with X-Men (2024), and I've been telling him for a long time that I wanted to work with him. Now the opportunity has arrived, and it’s an even bigger challenge because I finally have the chance to work on the Fantastic Four too!>“I can't say anything about the plot, obviously, but I want you to know that I'm very excited about what we're doing, and I'm sure it'll be something you'll definitely want to read. That’s how I feel both as the artist and as a fan!" he continued.
>Adding to the excitement of this new mutant milestone, DNX #1 will be the latest Marvel Comics launch available in TRUE BELIEVERS BLIND BAGS, special sealed bags that contain exclusive variant covers not available for regular ordering, including rare, one-of-a-kind, hand-drawn sketch covers from surprise contributors.>DNX #1 TRUE BELIEVERS BLIND BAGS will only contain exclusive variant covers not available otherwise. The main cover and regular variant covers cannot be found in True Believers Blind Bags. The True Believers Blind Bag variant covers for DNX will include art by Skottie Young, Leinil Francis Yu, Fanyang, Artgerm, John Tyler Christopher, Chris Giarrusso, Ken Lashley, and more! In addition to those listed, fans can once again look forward to super rare exclusive covers by surprise contributors, including hand-drawn, one-of-a-kind sketch covers, as well as a Marvel Rivals variant cover by NetEase Games.>Check out Kaare Andrews’ “Hidden” main cover, with one version you see on the shelf and an alternate version hiding underneath. Regular variant covers revealed today include Vicentini’s epic connecting covers for all five issues along with pieces by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan Stegman, Marco Checchetto and John Tyler Christopher’s latest Negative Space Variant Cover, which will also be available as a Blind Bag exclusive virgin variant cover. >Get your first look at DNX during Comics Giveaway Day on May 2 by picking up ARMAGEDDON/X-MEN #1 CGD 2026 at your local participating comic shop and stay tuned for more news about the series in the months ahead.SOURCE:https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/dnx-event-series-announcement-x-men-fantastic-four-x-virus
This sounds like it was supposed to just be a story arc.
>>153219980>DNX #1 TRUE BELIEVERS BLIND BAGSAnd the true motive emerges.>>153220040So was AoR. It seems like they are desperate to use crossovers to try and claw back some sales.
>>153219941Did Ryan North get roped into this dog and pony show just because he shares an editor with the x-parade?
>>153219941>Beast, and his Machiavellian group of supervillains known as 3K prepare to unleash a virus that will forcibly—and horribly—transform humanity into mutants!This is just IDW TMNT's Mutant Town plot, isn't it?
X GONNA GIVE IT TO YA!
>>153220040That's what they've been doing with all his run. Age of Revelation was also just supposed to be a story arc in MacKay's book before editorial/sales turned it into an event. That's why the only parts of the story that matter are what MacKay wrote and why its plot points were continued in his book and not referenced anywhere else.
>>153219957This POV of this cover is from Brevoort pulling a goatse and farting right towards Cyke's face. He wasn't ready but Cyke's other eye is opening and the punch dimension energy is counteracting Brevoort's seethe at the concept because he is an unfun faggot who must huff his own farts and enforce his vision.
>>153219941>his Machiavellian group of supervillains known as 3K prepare to unleash a virus that will forcibly—and horribly—transform humanity into mutants!Wasn’t this what Cyclops was wanting to use the Phoenix for in AvX?
I’m gonna be Charlie Brown kicking the football with this. I’ve mostly liked Mckays x-Men and I’m a sucker of evil Beast>>153220625The starting point was they wanted people born with the X gene again but it might have power crept into that as they went crazy
>>153219941If they don't use this to re-establish Franklin as a mutant then what's the point
>Sequel to AoR, which no one liked and tanked the line>It's 100% another normal arc that got bumped into an eventNo wonder this has zero hype
>>153220775I heard he is still one and just had his powers fake themselves to pass as non-mutant.
>>153221918The issue where that happens leaves it vague enough so that it can be interpreted in either way (him actually being a mutant ot not being one).
>>153219941>DNX kicks off when the Chairman, the misguided original Hank McCoy, A.K.A. founding X-Man Beast, and his Machiavellian group of supervillains known as 3K prepare to unleash a virus that will forcibly—and horribly—transform humanity into mutants!Bitch, fuck you.
>>153219941THIS IS THE X’TH TIME WE’VE COPIED EARTH X AND WE HAVE GOTTEN EXCEEDINGLY GOOD AT IT
>>153219941>Mutations are a disease.>Mutants are born of the mother of horrors.>Mutants are related to deviants.Marvel literally makes it clear that mutants are a plague.The two most "significant" genocides they have suffered were perpetrated by two relatives of the mutants who always lead them.Even they know they must become extinct.
>Rip off the Inhumans with krakoa >rip off the T-bombHow the muggas keep getting away with it
>>153219941>misguided original Hank McCoy, A.K.A. founding X-Man Beast>While the X-Men seek out the Fantastic Four to help save one of their own, the White Beast begins his plan to unleash the X-Virus in a major population area!it'd be really funny if reed said he'd love to help but Charles made him forget again
I loved Dark Beast as a kid. Wish they used him instead of just making normal Beast a bad guy.
>>153222217>>153221918No he said he was a mutant he isn't anymore. He was gaslighting himself into being one but unlike Gwen he got caught
>>153223513>>153222461There’s two Beasts now, we have Evil Beast and Good Beast, can you please stop bitching about it now! Seeing them interact is kind of the most exciting idea from this event for me.
>>153219957"We all know the Fantastic Four won't be dying in this."
>>153224640The whole "concvince myself I'm a mutie" debacle happened during Slott's run. The "maybe/maybe not" angle was brought up by North recently. Plus we're talking about Synergy Comics, and as some have speculated, it'd fall well with what they might do there:>Next MCU saga is centered around mutants>Franklin was already introduced>Having him be a mutant in the movies is the easiest way to tie the X-Men and FF for future movie plotsRetconning the retcon is something editorial would 100% do to be in line with the MCU.
>>153224743That retcon only happened because Brevoort and Slott didn't want Hickman to use him. The same with Namor according to Jordan.
>>153224842>The same with Namorqrd?
>>153219941>>153219957Why is the art so shit?
>>153224865Jordan basically said Brevoort wouldn't let him use Namor because of stuff that never materialized on Brevoort's end probably relating to the KiB mini that Busiek did for Brevoort hinting towards a Namor ongoing or another mini that never happened.https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/13/x-men-monday-251-sinister-secrets-part-1/>Jordan: 100%. There were plans, but not locked-in plans. It’s not like, “Yes, he was going to be the one who kills Nimrod.” But it was like, yes, of course, there were plans to use him — that’s why Jonathan set things up. He fully intended to use him in probably a few different places. But that’s the risk of trying to do things with characters that aren’t yours — by which I mean, not under our editorial purview. Namor is a character who was part of the Brevoort office as part of the Avengers. They had plans with him that they started doing that prevented him from showing up in our books.
>>153224640>>153224743>>153224842He's fucking Franklin, he can do whatever he wants. If his dad wants him to hide his X-Gene and he realizes Charles and Friends are being weird and creepy, Franklin can just choose for Charles to not see it. That's actually the *most* sensible explanation, especially since the end of the universe series by Waid was coming out at about same time and he calls himself a mutant in that.And let's be honest, Chuck X wiping Reed's mind of the x-gene hiding tech is like blocking one way for water to go downhill. Reed could just invent a different way to skin that cat. Or have a snack and watch Val do it.
>>153225012Not enough gacha feet
>>153219941so this is how franklin becomes a mutant again i seeplotwise, after how mutants were running things in thir last encounter, im suprised the f4 havent told the xmen to fuck off and that theyll figure shit out on their own.
>>153219980>Variant Cover Blind BagsI know Brevoort wishes it was the 90s again but does ANYBODY actually like this blind bag shit?!
>>153223084Fucking kek
>>153220141Let's be real, X-Men/Fantastic Four crossovers have always punched over their weight. Weirdly good.
>>153219941>Quentin dies for real this time
Does Johnny still have the gay pornstache
>>153223513normal beast turning evil has been slowly building since 2009.
>>153219941Dat chin>>153220040That's every events now.
>>153224743they'll bring it back, reed couldn't detect franklin's powers because he has no idea what the x-gene is was already set up in the film.
>>153228875sue was just being a retard in that, it was completely her fault.
>>153219941>artist with obvious sameface and it's not even good sameface and everyone has the same expression>does the main cover for the event focusing only on faces
>>153230003honeypotting franklin, then throwing him away when they determined he wasnt a mutant was sues fault? attacking what they thought was a doombot but was actually a latverian citizen when dooms only rule was no funny shit was sues fault? going into reeds mind and wiping the means to make a gene masker(that would have saved mutant lives) but letting him know that they took from him was sues fault? she may have been overbearing and didnt want her family split up but the xmen were moving like morons and still havent had repercussions for their actions because a big bad in orhis showed up and we were supposed to feel bad for them again
>>153230012Andrews is probably just taking the piss, he has an insane range when it comes to art
>>1532246773 beasts. krakoa beast still has aoa dark beast in a tube.
>>153228875>>153230268Yeah the lack of follow up to this was a real shame, it was the peak of mutie hubris and they need their comeuppance
>>153230268When they showed up to talk to them she acted like a hyperventilating drama queen and started attacking them yeah. Reed getting a little bit of mind wipe was deserved, dudes lucky emma wasn't there.
>>153230515Well he hasn't got a pet horse for her to murder so I think Reed is safe
>>153219980Man, if you guys are going to pull this 90s shit, can you at least write sincere, over-the-top bombastic stories without cynically ripping off AU plots from decades ago?
>>153229927Surprisingly no. Variant covers show him without it.
>>153219941>Beast, and his MachiavellianSTOP IT! JUST STOP! LEAVE MY BEAUTIFUL BOUNCING BLUE BOY ALONE! This is why nobody likes you anymore, marvel!
>>153231772They took away his blue as well. Have an archival copy running around as well, but he is slanted because of future self and a lot less fun because he is in 21st century X-Men.
>>153219941 Is this for comic books or for movies?
>>153232864Comics, duh
>>153219941>>This July, the X-Men and Fantastic Four unite against a bombshell of a threat that even their combined intelligence and strength can’t overcome in DNX, a new five-issue comic book event series from superstar writer Jed MacKay (X-Men) and acclaimed artist Federico Vicentini (Miles Morales: Spider-Man). The latest in the two legendary super team’s history of iconic team-ups, DNX kicks off when the Chairman, the misguided original Hank McCoy, A.K.A. founding X-Man Beast, and his Machiavellian group of supervillains known as 3K prepare to unleash a virus that will forcibly—and horribly—transform humanity into mutants!Well I this means Norman Osborn will became a mutant himself oh the irony the green goblin now a mutamt himself this will make osborn fans seethe for a long long time.
>>153232909Oh look, it's the pedophile trying to once again larp as an X-FagSomeone get the tripfag to humiliate him again
>>153229946>That's every events now.I'm not sure Blood Hunt was meant to be anything but an event, but it's not a complete negative since sometimes it can work, like with Judgement Day
>>153232909>>153232949No fuck off, you, him the other freaks obsessed with him just all of you fucking die already. Kill yourselves, go pick a fight with some criminals I don't give a shit just fuck off already Christ. I don't understand why the mods let you freaks to wipe your shit everywhere. I sincerely wish for you to all just fucking die. I'm 100% serious just die.
>>153232949Learn to read dumbass the description says the virus will turns humans into mutamts. And since norman is a human well he may become a mutant himself. Who knows they may even turn MJ into a mutant just think of the irony symbiote-mutant MJ they could also turn Spider-Man into a mutant also since modern writers hate character. Still I am not suprised by this event at all something like this was bound to happen soon or later it was inevitable really mutantd win in the end.
>>153233401I suggest ignoring them or simply report for spam let the jannies/mods deal with them.Also not related to this topic but captcha seems to be taking a long time to load please fix it thanks.
>>153233756Cloudflare is shitting itself worldwide again and everything was rerouted to osaka.Modern internet sucks
>>153233756I would, hell I used to but they keep spreading around the board like fucking roaches and the Jannies LOVE them because any thread they infest hit's bump limit. All I can do is spit my hatred at them
>>153219941> DNX kicks off when the Chairman, the misguided original Hank McCoy, A.K.A. founding X-Man Beast, and his Machiavellian group of supervillains known as 3K prepare to unleash a virus that will forcibly—and horribly—transform humanity into mutants!I think i am going to enjoy seeing all of humanity become mutants it's for the best really
>>153219941don't the mutants WANT everyone else to become mutants too? why would they try to stop it?
>>153235318Because the virus also kills a bunch of people in the AoR future.
>>153224743>"maybe/maybe not"No, he's still not a mutant, the page that reveal he still got his powers have him put Omega Mutant alongside other things he was in the past and no longer is. Franklin is still not a mutant but a guy with the power cosmic.
>>153230515>When they showed up to talk to them she acted like a hyperventilating drama queen and started attacking them yeah. Reed getting a little bit of mind wipe was deserved, dudes lucky emma wasn't thereyeah a group of xmen show up with a girl that your son has a crush on to entice to go to a island where only mutants can exist on? she might have spazzed out, but she wasnt wrong in gauging their intentions, they wanted franklin as a chip. the xmen can eat a dick for that. as for what happened to reed, neither max nor charles have any right to say shit with all the dirt in their closet. once again it should be on sight, and they are lucky orchis happenedas for emma. that ditzy bicth was mind altering people one day, then saying thats not how the xmen move the next, and for her to be so concerned about how krakoa was seen, she decided to flip the board because charles and max had a secret. shes a dumbass
>>153219941>a virus that will forcibly—and horribly—transform humanity into mutants!What's the point of creating more mutants and also making them "horrible"? Which I assume means that all the forcibly mutated people are gonna have the shitty x-gene powers that turn them into lumps of useless flesh or horrendously disfigured ghouls with all their organs on the outside... but even if that's not the case, what can be gained from pissing off a ton of people and giving them super powers that at least some of them will use against these 3K idiots?
>>153219941Chudclops
>>153235211As if Krakoa wasn't shit enough, lets double that more and have people hate mutants even more and justify what Trask and everyrone, even DC metas said about mutants being power hungry victim complex monsters.
>>153237250>STAY OUT OF MUTANT PROBLEMS! >WHY AREN'T YOU HELPING US!I hate the X-men so much these days I think it's starting to retroactively make me dislike the stuff I used to.
>>153237315a new wave of hip and diverse heroes that will conveniently survive everyone becoming human againthink like a marketer, anon. None of this shit is trying to make sense in-universe anymore
>>153237674There were multiple issues of Avengers fighting ORCHIS, I’m pretty sure that page was helping set it up.
>>153237806It's not just Orchis. It's the X-men's entire bag. They constantly want to isolate themselves be it the mansion or utopia or whatever.
>>153237830At one point but they’re clearly trying to not be that way now. Storm on Avengers, McKay was writing both books and had that mini crossover, the FF in this event.
>>153237674because theyve made them so unlikeable. the moment they got one iota of power(outside of the obvious) and they abused the living shit out of it. krakoa had a lot of them smelling themselves calling themselves new gods, being degenerates and having babies with no will or want to take care of them, taking mutants from their families and the crazy death cult shit.i think what really kinda sealed the deal for me was betsy trying to shit on brian like hes lesser than because hes human. and then you have a fucking gala to flaunt all that shit in peoples faces. if you were to tell me that there was a parasite on krakoa that was making them act mad, i would have to believe it because the alternative doesnt make sense i mean what sane person gives nathaniel essex the keys to the fucking kingdom?
>>153227315but that involves denying kitty's pussy, which is anathema to any red blooded testosterone pumpin' trucker hat wearing trump voting american.
>>153237844>At one point but they’re clearly trying to not be that way nowBoo hoo. Now they get to live with their consequences. They've yet to earn it. Like REALLY EARN IT.
>>153237855>and the crazy death cult shit.I still don't get how this was allowed. Even putting aside how stupid it was it was just in extremely bad taste. Like I've seen characters I like do some really stupid shit but a death cult where characters egg young mutants into committing suicide is just so far beyond the pale I not only don't understand how it was allowed but how the fuck anyone even thought to bring it up in the first place. This is psychotic.
>>153219957Is Cyclops screaming a bad sign?
>>153237889and had people(inside and outside the comics) cheering it. i still cant believe some of the things people are willing to accept when it seems like youre winning. the irony is that these are the same people that will tell you theres nothing wrong with you if you have a fucked up mutation, but will allow you to kill yourself to fix it. if the greater world were aware of the shit going on at sex party island i bet there would be sweep teams to go there and deal with it
>>153230268RUN AWAY PENNMAGIK IS GOING TO WRING YOU DRY UNTIL YOU CAN PLAY TELLER>>153237315Future genebomb also turned them evil and made them want to infect others, like a wonky zombie virus. Not too much of a stretch to fiddle a bit and make them fanatically loyal to OGO5 Beast, or just as a general fuck you to humanity
>>153219941>DNX>these are the adventures of the Dink Squad
>>153238018i love that after shake said that, thats exactly the thing carl tried to do
>>153237855>if you were to tell me that there was a parasite on krakoa that was making them act madI still can't believe some shit like this WASN'T Hickman's plan for Krakoa. Part if thevreadon I thought Krakoa was cool early on was how blatantly OoC and fucked up creepy cultist the mutants were, and how it obviously had to be something/someone fucking with their minds. I really thought that was going to be a building plot point as they got more and more cultist and weird.
>>153237948>i still cant believe some of the things people are willing to accept when it seems like youre winning.If Hickman had been a better writer, that whole thing could've been some prescient commentary that people evildoers be praising in 2025/2026.
>>153220203>This is just IDW TMNT's Mutant Town plot, isn't it?>IDW ruins TMNT by turning itself into 2000s X-Men>Modern X-Men ruins itself even further by turning itself into IDW TMNTIt's like poetry, it rhymes.
>>153228875>so this is how franklin becomes a mutant again i seeWhy the hell do you people even want that? Why would you want a character to be a mutant? No amount of 'muh history' or 'but he used to be' is worth the cost of what it would mean for a character today. Isn't Kamala enough of an example to make you retards stop asking for characters to be mutants?
>>153237917>Is Cyclops screaming a bad sign?Or just his default state? Even the 90s cartoon had him screaming in the intro.
>>153224677>>153222461I thought original Beast who become evil died?
>>153219941>Mr. Breevort, this being a really important crossover for the X-Men brand, to generate hype for a line that's not doing so well and doesn't garner much attention, should we...hire a really good well liked artist to do a kick-ass cover?>What? No.
>>153241594He had a back-up clone body, which he downloaded himself into and escaped.
>>153241642Why is marvel intentionally being retarded
>>153241845Because they hate us. Really, thats the only explanation for their decisions. They hate you. They hate me. They hate anyone who likes comics that isn't them.
>>153230268they are never gonna address this, isnt it?
>>153219941Wow, another shitty event, that's amazing. Keep 'em coming Marvel.
>>153244096Consequences will never be the same. Til next month.
>>153244096And they'll honest act confused why DC is beating them.
