Marvel Comics & October 2021 Solicitations Spoilers: Reign Of X Continues With Inferno, Trial Of Magneto, Phoenix Song & More Across 14 X-Men Titles!

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Marvel Comics and October 2021 Solicitations Spoilers follows.

Reign Of X Continues With Inferno, Trial Of Magneto, Phoenix Song and More Across 14 X-Men Titles!

Solicitations and covers below.

INFERNO #2 (OF 4)
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A) • Cover by Jerome Opeña
VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
VARIANT COVER BY JEFF DEKAL
VARIANT COVER BY OSCAR VEGA
VARIANT COVER BY DAVID AJA
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO

FEEL THE FIRE!

Secrets. Lies. They have a way of coming out and biting you when you least expect them. The secrets and lies of Krakoa will shake it to its foundation. Head of X Jonathan Hickman, continues a tale of consequences with one of his first Marvel collaborators, artist Stefano Caselli!

56 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99

X-MEN: THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO #3 (OF 5)
Leah Williams (W) • Lucas Werneck (A) • Cover by Valerio Schiti
Variant Cover by BRYAN HITCH • Variant Cover by OSCAR VEGA
Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO

JUDGE, JURY AND HEXECUTIONER!

The truth won’t stay buried.

Nor will other things…

Who lurks in the shadows, and what do they know?

48 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

BLACK PANTHER #3
JOHN RIDLEY (W) • JUANN CABAL (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSS
Variant Cover by TAURIN CLARKE • MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO

T’CHALLA VS. THE X-MEN OF MARS!

With assassins closing in and Wakanda’s faith in him shaken, T’Challa goes to visit Storm on the newly terraformed Mars. But this will not be a happy reunion, as T’Challa has ulterior motives for his visit. And back home, Shuri discovers who is behind the attacks on Wakanda’s secret agents, a revelation that will change everything…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DEADPOOL: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD #3 (OF 4)
Jay Baruchel, Frank Tieri & Stan Sakai (W)
Paco Medina, Takashi Okazaki & Stan Sakai (A)
Cover by KEV WALKER
Variant Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
VARIANT COVER BY STAN SAKAI

YOUR CUP RUNNETH OVER! WITH BLOOD!

Jay Baruchel & Paco Medina are bringing you a story so insane we refuse to even talk about it!

Frank Tieri & Takashi Okazaki are gonna give you some sweet Deadpool VS. Bullseye!

Stan Sakai tells the age-old parable “How the Deadpool Got His Swords!”

40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99

PHOENIX SONG: ECHO #1 (OF 5)
REBECCA ROANHORSE (W) • LUCA MARESCA (A) • Cover by CORY SMITH
Variant cover by OSCAR VEGA
Variant cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
STORMBREAKERS VENOMIZED VARIANT COVER BY CARMEN CARNERO
HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK

STRAIGHT OUT OF HER TRANSFORMATION IN AVENGERS, ECHO GETS AN EXHILARATING SOLO SERIES FROM BESTSELLER REBECCA ROANHORSE!

Against all odds, one of the most powerful entities in the Marvel Universe chose Maya Lopez, a deaf street fighter, as its new avatar. And the burning question on everyone’s minds is: WHY?! But Echo is the last person to answer. Still learning her new cosmic abilities — and struggling with the Phoenix’s overwhelming personality — Echo strikes out to return to her roots. But the reservation has even fewer answers. And where power goes, evil follows. Someone wants Echo to fail — and unleash a power only the greatest heroes in history have been able to control. Avengers artist Luca Maresca joins superstar writer Rebecca Roanhorse for a story that will light the universe on fire!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

WOLVERINE #17
BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • LAN MEDINA (A) • Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Variant Cover by TONY DANIEL
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO
STORMBREAKERS VENOMIZED VARIANT COVER BY PATRICK GLEASON

WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

MAVERICK returns to team up with WOLVERINE! Meanwhile, C.I.A. Agent Jeff Bannister has just uncovered a secret surveillance device aimed at Krakoa. Now someone wants their bug back and Bannister out of the picture. Nowhere on or off Krakoa is safe.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

EXCALIBUR #24
TINI HOWARD (W) • MARCUS TO (A)
Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
VARIANT COVER BY RIAN GONZALES
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER
BY JOE JUSKO

KINGDOMS OF BLOOD!

The ten kingdoms of Otherworld must decide: Are Excalibur heroes of the realm, or witchbreed to be put to the stake? The peace brought to Otherworld by their X OF SWORDS victory comes to an end.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

HELLIONS #16
ZEB WELLS (W) • STEPHEN SEGOVIA (A/C)
Variant Cover by TODD NAUCK
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO

FALLOUT!

The wheels have come off the Hellions bandwagon. They might all hate one another, but Nanny LOVES her latest addition! Who would be so cruel as to stomp on her happiness? It’s not who you think!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

MARAUDERS #25
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • PHIL NOTO (A)
Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
VARIANT COVER BY MIRKA ANDOLFO
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT
COVER A BY JOE JUSKO
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT
COVER B BY JOE JUSKO

QUEEN OF DIAMOND!

You don’t cross Emma Frost…even if she was the one who crossed you first. The Marauders’ trip into space gets bloody – and in space, no one can hear you bleed.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

NEW MUTANTS #22
VITA AYALA (W) • ROD REIS (A)
Cover by MARTIN SIMMONDS
VARIANT COVER BY DAVID LOPEZ

SHADOW KING SHOWDOWN!

He’s been skirting the line…skulking around the Wild Hunt…and now he’s simply gone too far. On Krakoa, where the dead walk among the living and the unforgiveable has been forgiven, the NEW MUTANTS now battle an old foe…the psychic entity known as the Shadow King!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

S.W.O.R.D. #9
Al Ewing (W) • JACOPO CAMAGNI (A)
Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
VARIANT COVER BY DAVI GO
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO

THE SHI’AR IMPERIAL GUARD VS… THE LEGION?!

With Abigail Brand’s attention divided between two S.W.O.R.D. stations, all ORCHIS needs is to pick their moment to strike. Meanwhile, the Shi’ar Empress Xandra is making her first formal visit to the Lake Hellas Diplomatic Ring…and stepping into the gunsights of the all-new LETHAL LEGION!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-FORCE #24
BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • MARTIN COCCOLO (A)
COVER BY JOSHUA CASSARA
Variant Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO

BIG BROTHER!

MIKHAIL RASPUTIN’s nesting doll agents have infiltrated Krakoa before, but never like this. If BLACK TOM can’t root out their invasion of BEAST, the consequences go beyond mere death. Time for PIOTR RASPUTIN, A.K.A. COLOSSUS, to step in.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

X-MEN #4
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • JAVIER PINA (A) • Cover by PEPE LARRAZ
VARIANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY
VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO

HEADS UP!

It’s Halloween and the X-Men have to face a horror born of a neighboring town in Westchester… the Headless HORSEMAN?! And that’s not the only terror targeting them…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-MEN LEGENDS #8
LARRY HAMA (W) • BILLY TAN (A/C)
Variant Cover by SCOTT WILLIAMS • VARIANT COVER BY Sebastian Cheng

ENTER: OMEGA RED!

WOLVERINE’s hunt for the missing mutants goes from bad to worse!
Following LADY DEATHSTRIKE and the mysterious JIE JIE to Shanghai, where HINO-CHAN and JUBILEE have been taken, Logan will have to keep YUREI safe while dealing with the Hand. But who invited OMEGA RED to the battle?

It’s Omega Red vs. Wolverine in an all-new tale, making this one of their earliest bouts in continuity (betcha weren’t counting on that)!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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