Release: April 2026 | Writer: Eve Ewing | Artist: Tiago Palma | Colorists: Brian Reber | Letterer: Joe Sabino
After Graymatter Lane was SET ABLAZE, the X-Men have a very unique guest visiting them requesting their services.
*SPOILER WARNING AHEAD!*
THE ROOF, THE ROOF IS ON FIRE!
Graymatter Lane is burning, but the other side of campus seems peaceful and calm.
Ben is running through the flames as he bumps into Cyclops, who is inside with him. Cyclops asks him if everyone’s been evacuated, but through the flames walks Emma Frost.
She speaks to Cyclops in a contradictory manner. He screams that she needs to evacuate the school now. She basically asks Scott if he thinks she’s an idiot. This is all a facade, because Quentin is the reason for this fire. This fire is just a projection to try to scare Emma out of having this school open.
Emma basically tells Scott that if he doesn’t trust her, then to just say it to her face and not use these child-like retaliations to try to scare her.
In a room during a meeting between Iceman, Kitty and Prodigy, Emma comes in, ranting about Cyclops. But there is someone that is outside their door that needs some help from the X-Men.
As Cyclops describes the horrible government actions following his super soldier serum success that were detailed back in Truth: Red, White & Black, he tells them that he wants to find these men who were experimented on. He believes it's his responsibility that this happened, and he wants to reconcile with the ones who are still alive.
Emma agrees to help him without consulting anybody here, which causes Kitty to ask Cap to give them a minute. Kitty doesn't want to become a work-for-hire group. To which Emma retorts that this can be good for the team, especially the younger kids—really give them a mission, and with one as simple as finding some old men, then why not?
Kitty consults with a person she feels like she can talk to in a situation like this: Magneto. He tells her that this seems like a fool’s errand. The men they’ll be looking for hate the government and the super soldier serum tests. So why would they even want to see the man who was the catalyst for all of their tests being done on them in the first place?
A group vote is taken: Prodigy and Emma vote yes, while Iceman votes no on this mission. Kitty takes it upon herself to abstain from choosing a side, causing the team to be made for this mission: Laura Kinney, Melee, Jitter, and Captain America. A true mix of people for this mission, which is refreshing to see.
They are transported to the location of a man in Philly by Rift that would end up being their first contact. But when meeting him, things start getting weird.
They enter a room that he’s in, but it seems like every person on this team has been sent to a different point in time of this apartment. That’s because this mission is run on memories, so with memories changing from 1945, another person could remember this location differently from the year 1960.
Beast explains this in a scientific way that makes no sense when I try to, so here is his explanation.
Because of this, the heroes are now separated from each other, and Captain America seems to be in DANGER!
CONCLUSION
This book still struggles from feeling separated from the other X-titles. While characters like Jitter, Scott, and Magneto show up from the other X-Men titles, none of this feels connected to those issues. When X-Men and Uncanny X-Men crossover or mention each other, it feels like they are moving in unison together. But this book feels just… outside of that.
While it’s not a super strong title, I think that it has potential. The Cyclops trying to sabotage them story needs to go, and they need to connect this world together more. Until they do this, this book is very skippable, which is unfortunate because it includes a creative team and characters that I like to see. But if it doesn’t try to stay connected to everything else, then what’s the point? The art, of course, is a highlight, and the writing—while not bad at all—just feels like it’s being put into a story that deserves a little more input on the editorial side.
Huge points for Captain America. I love seeing him appear in X-Men media every so often.