Unbreakable X-Men (2025) #1

Unbreakable X-Men (2025)

by Gail Simone, Lucas Werneck (Cover Art)

CRY MUTANT, CRY BLOOD! X YEARS LATER and the Uncanny X-Men have been shattered by loss and tragedy and scattered to different locations around the world. At Haven House, only three remain - wounded, grieving and guarding the portal to the terrifying PENUMBRA. Can they stop the thundering darkness that has lurked below the surface for centuries, screaming to break free? Or will they fail and watch a vengeful god bring an army of tormented souls to the surface, crying for mutant blood?

Genres: Marvel, Comics, X Men, Comic Book

Kindle Edition

Published October 15, 2025

About the author

Gail Simone is a comic book writer well-known for her work on Birds of Prey (DC), Wonder Woman (DC), and Deadpool (Marvel), among others, and has also written humorous and critical commentary on comics and the comics industry such as the original "Women in Refrigerators" website and a regular column called "You'll All Be Sorry".

Reviews

[Anna Quilter · Rating 3 out of 5]

GUARDING THE GATE
AGE OF REVELATION
October 2025

Seems like this may be a key title in the AOR world..but despite what happens here...it's all just build up....
difficult to see how it all fits together as Rogue is an important figure in ROGUE STORM....and already AOR seems to be bouncing from year to year.

[Scratch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eh... I love Gail Simone. And her original run of Birds of Prey is absolutely iconic. But, this wasn't really four stars. More like 3.5.

Much of this issue is spent after Rogue has made a dramatic sacrifice. But, it doesn't make sense, and the text boxes don't even explain precisely what happened. We know that Rogue can absorb powers. Traditionally, she takes the powers from another person and then wields them herself. But, there have been exceptions where it seems more like her body actually just copies the powers. Unclear, depending on the writer and the era. Regardless, I don't understand how Rogue absorbing Galactus' power resulted in her turning into a giant statue, even if she copied some of Galactus' physical aesthetics. It appears he is truly drained, which is great. But, why is Rogue a statue at all? Why isn't she just flying through the cosmos as a replacement Galactus?

[readershushu · Rating 4 out of 5]

we did all that crying at your funeral for you to be split in half 🤦‍♀️😭

this was actually pretty good, i think the gambit writing is pretty shallow though making rogue his main characteristic but pretty enjoyable overall… not sure if i’ll keep picking it up though

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh! ok! killing myself!!!!

[Mel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gail, sweetie, I love you and the little family you’ve created but Marvel keeps fucking you over and making you deal with shitty events that you shouldn’t have to deal with with 😭😭

[Gretchen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Graphic books don’t really translate to kindle or they aren’t my thing

[vk chompooming · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was disappointed in this issue. The artwork was great and cemented 2 stars, but the storyline was almost unreadable and weak.

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75

[Andja · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Frédéric · Rating 3 out of 5]

A spin-off linked to events from the main series that might be worth a look, but... Galactus? Really?

[luciddreamer99 · Rating 4 out of 5]

In every company-wise crossover in comics, there are chapters of monthly books that are handled deftly, making good stories despite the ill-conceived nature of the overarching saga. Peter David is really good at them. Simone writes a good story here, set in the future, but seemingly having little to do with the Age of Revelation story, and having more to do with a continuation of Simone's X-Men stories, and perhaps that is why it succeeds where the other stories don't.