Marvel is celebrating 50 years of the release of Giant-Size X-Men #1 with an all-new five-part event spanning the greatest eras of mutantkind, and is kicking things off with Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga.
From the emergence of Krakoa in Giant-Size X-Men #1 to Age of Apocalypse, House of M and The Dark Phoenix Saga, history has shaped – and shattered – the X-Men time and again. But what if those moments held deeper secrets? What if the past wasn’t set in stone? Acclaimed X-Scribes Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing join forces with legendary X-Men artist Adam Kubert, superstar artist Rod Reis and more on this epic journey across the X-Men’s most pivotal stories.
The event sees Ms. Marvel pulled into the distant past by an unstable and unleashed Legion! Locked in a battle through time against the Omega-Level mutant, Kamala is only one standing in the way of X-Men history being warped forever! Following GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 where Kamala joins the legendary All-New, All-Different X-Men on their critical rescue mission to Krakoa, Kamala goes from the frying pan into the Phoenix fire in GIANT-SIZE DARK PHOENIX SAGA #1. As the story we know unfolds before her eyes, the new mutant must team up with Jean Grey in her darkest hour and master her dangerous new mutant power in this cosmic, emotional saga.
“The Dark Phoenix Saga is one of the enduring high water marks not just for X-Men comics, but super hero stories as a whole,” Lanzing and Kelly shared in a press release from Marvel Comics. “Claremont and Byrne changed the game with this story – and 45 years later, it’s still the kind of story you can return to again and again for renewed depth and brilliance. But what’s most exciting is digging into Jean Grey’s mindset during one of her strangest, darkest hours – as she finds a new friend in Kamala Khan. Jean Grey’s place among her fellow X-Men will get a whole new level of character and meaning from the wild, cosmic events of GIANT-SIZE DARK PHOENIX SAGA #1.”
Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga arrives on June 11, 2025.
