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X-Men: Age of Revelation
X-Men: Age Of Revelation - World Of Revelation
Revelation's nightmarish reign concludes! Revelation, the heir of Apocalypse, has transformed the future - and only mutants are fit to survive! The once-Uncanny X-Men are scattered. Only a handful of mutants remain at Haven House, guarding the portal to the Penumbra. To stop the thundering darkness that has lurked below the surface, they must remain unbreakable! Thanks to the virus ravaging the Revelation Territories, Wade Wilson's healing factor is out of control, and he has become the horrific Undeadpool! Earth still needs the Avengers - but what happens when those who are left have transformed into mutants?! Can these "X-Vengers" protect all of Earth, including the Revelation Territories?! Mister Sinister assembles an elite strike force to take his rightful place…on the throne of Revelation! What has he offered these six misfits to convince them to take on impossible odds? Quentin Quire protects the dream of mutant supremacy and independence as head of the Revelation Territories' spy network, but does he have what it takes to carry the dream forward? Or will the next generation replace the former revolutionary? Discover the far-reaching impact of AGE OF REVELATION across the Marvel Universe!
Collecting World Of Revelation (2025) #1, Unbreakable X-Men (2025) #1-3, Undeadpool (2025) #1-3, Omega Kids (2025) #1-3, X-Vengers (2025) #1-3, Sinister's Six (2025) #1-3 And Age Of Revelation Finale (2025) #1.
Collecting World Of Revelation (2025) #1, Unbreakable X-Men (2025) #1-3, Undeadpool (2025) #1-3, Omega Kids (2025) #1-3, X-Vengers (2025) #1-3, Sinister's Six (2025) #1-3 And Age Of Revelation Finale (2025) #1.
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Published May 6, 2026
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May 24, 2026
The third and final Age of Revelation book brings the story to a close, and has a much stronger stable of stories than the second, so the landing works!
We start with a one-shot, the titular World of Revelation, which features three stories. The first is Al Ewing returning to Apocalypse and Arakko after X-Men Red to great success, the second is a Wiccan & Hulking story from Steve Foxe that made me want to cry (in both good and bad ways), and the last is a Ryan North story about Franklin Richards which also does that. None of these were really long enough to warrant more space, so I can see why they were all collected here together. The Ewing story is quite important given the characters involved, but overall it's nothing essential.
Unbreakable X-Men, from Gail Simone and a variety of artists (it was only 3 issues, could no one do that?) is basically the Uncanny X-Men tie-in of the bunch. It focuses on Gambit and the Haven kids, and the Dark Artery story that just finished in the original book. If you're enjoying that book, then you'll like this stuff, but it's not massively relevant to any of the other books aside from Rogue Storm, and even that's tangential at best.
Undeadpool, from Tim Seeley and Carlos Magno, is a very good Deadpool story. It packs a lot into three issues, including lots of references to Wade's past, some Cable stuff, and a betrayal that even I didn't see coming. This one is partially linked to the previous Expatriate X-Men story, and despite the downer ending, makes me want to read a Tim Seeley Deadpool series on the reg.
Omega Kids, from Tony Fleecs and Andres Genolet, puts Quentin Quire in the spotlight. This story's scary, in all honesty. Some of the titular kids are terrifying, and just when you think you know where things are going, they zigzag the opposite way. Fanatics are scary, honestly, so if that was the intention here, Fleecs did a good job making me feel it.
Jason Loo and Sergio Davila bring us X-Vengers, showcasing what's happening outside of the Revelation territories with a new team of mutated Avengers. The best parts of this book were when the previous New Mutants were all together with Revelation, but there just wasn't really enough page space for this one to cram in everything it wanted to do, I don't think. I'd definitely like to see the team again in some form though.
Sinister's Six brings up the rear, with David Marquez on story and Rafael Loureiro on art. I'd never read a story by Marquez, but he can spin a yarn just as well as he draws one. This gave me distinct Thunderbolts vibes, with Havok leading a group of hand-me-down mutated characters on a quest to try and cure the X-Virus. Sinister's on top form, the group of characters has some fun pulls (Hey Cluster!), and the ending's kinda hopeful, even with Sinister involved.
And then everything comes to a head in the Age Of Revelation Finale one-shot, by Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman, closing as they opened. This brings all the stories together for a devastating ending, and reveals the true reason behind all of this insanity in the first place with a truly chilling final page reveal.
Did we need all of these extra mini-series? Probably not. I'd say 80% of them were worth reading though, with only a couple feeling kinda pointless (lookin' at you, Longshots). And I'm definitely excited to see what's coming next, so that's also a point in its favour.
We start with a one-shot, the titular World of Revelation, which features three stories. The first is Al Ewing returning to Apocalypse and Arakko after X-Men Red to great success, the second is a Wiccan & Hulking story from Steve Foxe that made me want to cry (in both good and bad ways), and the last is a Ryan North story about Franklin Richards which also does that. None of these were really long enough to warrant more space, so I can see why they were all collected here together. The Ewing story is quite important given the characters involved, but overall it's nothing essential.
Unbreakable X-Men, from Gail Simone and a variety of artists (it was only 3 issues, could no one do that?) is basically the Uncanny X-Men tie-in of the bunch. It focuses on Gambit and the Haven kids, and the Dark Artery story that just finished in the original book. If you're enjoying that book, then you'll like this stuff, but it's not massively relevant to any of the other books aside from Rogue Storm, and even that's tangential at best.
Undeadpool, from Tim Seeley and Carlos Magno, is a very good Deadpool story. It packs a lot into three issues, including lots of references to Wade's past, some Cable stuff, and a betrayal that even I didn't see coming. This one is partially linked to the previous Expatriate X-Men story, and despite the downer ending, makes me want to read a Tim Seeley Deadpool series on the reg.
Omega Kids, from Tony Fleecs and Andres Genolet, puts Quentin Quire in the spotlight. This story's scary, in all honesty. Some of the titular kids are terrifying, and just when you think you know where things are going, they zigzag the opposite way. Fanatics are scary, honestly, so if that was the intention here, Fleecs did a good job making me feel it.
Jason Loo and Sergio Davila bring us X-Vengers, showcasing what's happening outside of the Revelation territories with a new team of mutated Avengers. The best parts of this book were when the previous New Mutants were all together with Revelation, but there just wasn't really enough page space for this one to cram in everything it wanted to do, I don't think. I'd definitely like to see the team again in some form though.
Sinister's Six brings up the rear, with David Marquez on story and Rafael Loureiro on art. I'd never read a story by Marquez, but he can spin a yarn just as well as he draws one. This gave me distinct Thunderbolts vibes, with Havok leading a group of hand-me-down mutated characters on a quest to try and cure the X-Virus. Sinister's on top form, the group of characters has some fun pulls (Hey Cluster!), and the ending's kinda hopeful, even with Sinister involved.
And then everything comes to a head in the Age Of Revelation Finale one-shot, by Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman, closing as they opened. This brings all the stories together for a devastating ending, and reveals the true reason behind all of this insanity in the first place with a truly chilling final page reveal.
Did we need all of these extra mini-series? Probably not. I'd say 80% of them were worth reading though, with only a couple feeling kinda pointless (lookin' at you, Longshots). And I'm definitely excited to see what's coming next, so that's also a point in its favour.
May 7, 2026
For the 30th anniversary of Age of Apocalypse (an innovative and well executed comic book event if ever there was one) Marvel followed the same formula by pausing all of their ongoing mutant featured series and launching sixteen new, three issue miniseries this time focusing on a future dystopia ruled by former new mutant Doug Ramsey who has weaponized his language powers to conquer the Eastern United States and kill untold millions of people. The concept is cool. I like the concept of weaponized language as a metaphor for our world now as well as elevating a character who was initially killed in the New Mutants because writers couldn’t figure out how to have a character without “fighting powers” incorporated into a team book. The results of the event are mixed. Also, instead of publishing the whole thing as an omnibus the event is divided into three 400ish page trade paperbacks. The end of the event doesn’t feel as rushed as the individual series do as they are forced to race through world building plot and resolution in about 60 pages of comic book and the whole thing is actually a more successful nod to Days of Future Past than Age of Apocalypse for the way it ties back into Jed MacKay’s ongoing X-Men series. Big hunks of this are a real slog and no one really got the message that what was cool about AoA was seeing know characters in new circumstances with different team dynamics. Most of Age of Revelation tears down or kills off character in this potential future rather than build anything new which is why it likely won’t have the legacy of AoA, Morrison’s X-Men run or, god forbid, Krakoa which Marvel seems determined to pretend never happened.
Here’s a quick star breakdown on the one shots and series
World of Revelation **1/2 A real bummer of a one shot
Unbreakable X-Men *** Gail Simone writes a really good Gambit but I was still left a little cold by this series.
Undeadpool ** Tonally all over the place even for a Deadpool series.
Omega Kids ***** Quinten Quire is my least favorite mutant so I kinda dreaded this series but Tony Fleecs was one of the few writers who read AoA and recognized how to incorporate what made it great into Age of Revelation. I’m going to look out for his stuff going forward.
X-Vengers Danni Moonstar holding Cap’s Shield 5 stars the rest of it **1/2 Seriously Marvel, Make Dani Moonstar Captian America tomorrow. We are ready for it!
Sinister’s Six ***1/2 Did anyone think for a second Alex Summers would get a happy ending in a dystopian future? Me neither. Okay plot twist in the end.
Age of Revolation Finale **** Stuck the landing and I didn’t even mind all the “This was my plan all along!” hand waving. Also, fun to think about Ego the Living Planet as an influencer.
Here’s a quick star breakdown on the one shots and series
World of Revelation **1/2 A real bummer of a one shot
Unbreakable X-Men *** Gail Simone writes a really good Gambit but I was still left a little cold by this series.
Undeadpool ** Tonally all over the place even for a Deadpool series.
Omega Kids ***** Quinten Quire is my least favorite mutant so I kinda dreaded this series but Tony Fleecs was one of the few writers who read AoA and recognized how to incorporate what made it great into Age of Revelation. I’m going to look out for his stuff going forward.
X-Vengers Danni Moonstar holding Cap’s Shield 5 stars the rest of it **1/2 Seriously Marvel, Make Dani Moonstar Captian America tomorrow. We are ready for it!
Sinister’s Six ***1/2 Did anyone think for a second Alex Summers would get a happy ending in a dystopian future? Me neither. Okay plot twist in the end.
Age of Revolation Finale **** Stuck the landing and I didn’t even mind all the “This was my plan all along!” hand waving. Also, fun to think about Ego the Living Planet as an influencer.
Review of advance copy
This functions as the final trade of the event.
World of Revelation - This looks at other pockets of the Marvel universe in the Age of Revelation and sets up one character (who now that I think about it really fizzles in the end)
Unbreakable X-Men - This works as an alt ending to Simone's Uncanny book. Unfortunately it revealed to me that I am not caring as much for the things Simone is doing as I would hope. Dang.
Undeadpool - I wanted to justify skipping this book. But it actually has a solid turn at the end which surprised me. Not my favorite getting there, but that may have made the payoff greater because I expected rubbish.
Omega Kids - This one. Morbidly intriguing. Unsettling. I wish I could say I loved the reading of it, but now seeing the book in its entirety... it has chutzpah.
X-Vengers - My favorite character leading the Avengers. That's what I came for. Perhaps one of the more forgettable series for the event, but seeing Dani shine was worth it.
Sinister's Six - It wanted to be Hellions. Instead it was... predictable.
Finale - The ending in one sense made so much of this event feel unnecessary. But the twist furthered my belief that it should have just been a story within McKay's adjectiveless. Where he goes from here is a draw but the rest of it will fall by the wayside.
In two years, how much will people remember this event? I suspect very little. But it also wasn't the worst thing in graphic serial.
World of Revelation - This looks at other pockets of the Marvel universe in the Age of Revelation and sets up one character (who now that I think about it really fizzles in the end)
Unbreakable X-Men - This works as an alt ending to Simone's Uncanny book. Unfortunately it revealed to me that I am not caring as much for the things Simone is doing as I would hope. Dang.
Undeadpool - I wanted to justify skipping this book. But it actually has a solid turn at the end which surprised me. Not my favorite getting there, but that may have made the payoff greater because I expected rubbish.
Omega Kids - This one. Morbidly intriguing. Unsettling. I wish I could say I loved the reading of it, but now seeing the book in its entirety... it has chutzpah.
X-Vengers - My favorite character leading the Avengers. That's what I came for. Perhaps one of the more forgettable series for the event, but seeing Dani shine was worth it.
Sinister's Six - It wanted to be Hellions. Instead it was... predictable.
Finale - The ending in one sense made so much of this event feel unnecessary. But the twist furthered my belief that it should have just been a story within McKay's adjectiveless. Where he goes from here is a draw but the rest of it will fall by the wayside.
In two years, how much will people remember this event? I suspect very little. But it also wasn't the worst thing in graphic serial.
May 15, 2026
Well, this was stupid. Revelation's plan was so. fucking. dumb. Oh yeah, and none of it matters except that 2 people came back with potential knowledge of the future. The whole thing can be skipped, just read the last 5 pages of the finale. That's the only part that will carry over into the actual comics. God, I remember when the X-Men used to be good and that's the only thing that keeps me going with them.
June 12, 2026
As much as I love this event, I can absolutely see this fall flat for anyone who was not reading enough of the core storyline as its mythology spilled out across multiple tittles. The finale especially relies on this information for the emotional climax. What is fine for a trade paperback trilogy like this results in a fairly undermined experience in single issue form. Even reading issues in an unintended order can interfere with the intended effect.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
2.9 stars
May 25, 2026
I thought this event was great fun and highly imaginative
July 18, 2026
More mutant vs. mutant story but the lines are blurred. Many betrayals and an epic twist of fate that reveal Revelation's true goal. Sinister being himself is never good.
Review of advance copy
2.75
Just like the whole X-Men line right now, this event stunk. Restart the whole line ASAP. Get top of the line talent for your top books. Not mediocre talent who toe the line.
Just like the whole X-Men line right now, this event stunk. Restart the whole line ASAP. Get top of the line talent for your top books. Not mediocre talent who toe the line.
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