X-Men: May 2023 Marvel Comic Solicitations

Check out these Marvel Comics titles and so much more. If you’re interested in most of the MARVEL COMIC titles coming out in May, click HERE for the article. If you’re interested in SPIDER-MAN specific titles coming out in May, click HERE for the article. Moreover, to snag any of these comics, trades, or volumes through Amazon, simply click on the name of the highlighted/underlined series below. Enjoy and God Bless!

STORM #1 (OF 5)

ANN NOCENTI (W) • SID KOTIAN (A) • Cover by ALAN DAVIS

VARIANT COVER BY STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU

VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU

STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY NIC KLEIN • VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE

MARVEL ICON VARIANT COVER BY STEFANO CASELLI

STORM FACES THE BLOWBACK OF HER POWERS!

ORORO MUNROE, A.K.A. STORM, has been a thief, a goddess and a leader of the X-MEN – and she’s just getting started!  With her mutant ability to control the weather bolstered by her top-notch fighting skills, she’s a formidable opponent like no other (as CALLISTO of the MORLOCKS can attest)! But when an elemental power emerges near the XAVIER MANSION, it’ll take Storm to the limit of her powers and beyond!

Get ready for an electrifying all-new series showcasing Storm’s days of rocking her mohawk and leading the X-Men, as she faces an ALL-NEW VILLAIN that will threaten to tear her apart from her team…and what she thought she knew about herself!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

X-MEN: BEFORE THE FALL – SONS OF X #1

SI SPURRIER (W) • PHIL NOTO (A/C) • VARIANT COVER BY YANICK PAQUETTE

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

A BATTLE OF THE TITANS OF THE X-UNIVERSE!

A man of innumerable personalities and powers vs. the most powerful artificial intelligence in this universe: Legion vs. Nimrod! With Nightcrawler in Orchis’ clutches, David Haller and his allies will have to confront the mastermind who destroyed Warlock and nearly took Krakoa with him. But Nightcrawler is not himself… and Legion’s allies aren’t all they seem to be either. Mutant monsters roam the Earth… Banshee, broken once again, dreams of lost vengeance… Mother Righteous, her role in SINS OF SINISTER unrevealed, takes another stab at universal control… Si Spurrier and Phil Noto usher in new status quos for some of your favorite X-Men in this can’t-miss one-shot!

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

X-MEN RED #11

Al Ewing (W) • Jacopo Camagni (A) • Cover by Russell Dauterman

SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO • VARIANT COVER BY EDGE

MARVEL ICON VARIANT COVER BY STEFANO CASELLI

THE CALM BEFORE…

After Brand’s machinations and the Sins of Sinister, the mutants of Arakko are catching their breath…but even as Storm begins a new romance, she has no time to rest. Charles Xavier has questions about Magneto’s death. He’s not asking nicely.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

IMMORTAL X-MEN #11

Kieron Gillen (W) • Lucas Werneck (A) • Cover by Mark Brooks

SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE

VARIANT COVER BY MIGUEL MERCADO • VARIANT COVER BY Stephanie Hans

STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY C.F. VILLA • QUIET COUNCIL VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO

STORM OF TWO WORLDS!

Sins of Sinister is over…but the sins fallout remains. Storm can’t believe what everyone has done. But when the fate of two worlds rests in her hands, what can she do about it?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …3.99

WOLVERINE #33

BENJAMIN PERCY & GENE LUEN YANG (W)

JUAN JOSÉ RYP & PETER NGUYEN (A)

Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU

SISTER DAGGER AAPI HERITAGE

MONTH VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE

VARIANT COVER BY PHIL JIMENEZ

SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER

BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU

VARIANT COVER BY GERARDO SANDOVAL

WEAPONS OF X! The landmark Weapons of X storyline continues as BEAST makes a critical move against WOLVERINE. But…who is moving against Beast? Not who you think! And how does MAVERICK play into this conflict?

PLUS: An all-new backup adventure featuring WOLVERINE and SISTER DAGGER, by Gene Luen Yang and Peter Nguyen!

40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99

X-FORCE #40

BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • ROBERT GILL (A)

Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA

SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER

BY BJÖRN BARENDS

VARIANT COVER BY PHILIP TAN

BACK FROM THE FUTURE!

The new team of COLOSSUS, WOLVERINE, DEADPOOL, OMEGA RED, SAGE and DOMINO must contend with BEAST’S plans…and the future! A blast from their past will have readers talking, and sets the stage for the next era of X-FORCE!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

X-MEN #22

GERRY DUGGAN (W) • Joshua Cassara (A/C)

CORNER BOX VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS

TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY GERALD PAREL • VARIANT COVER BY NICK BRADSHAW

VARIANT COVER BY TBA • MARVEL ICON VARIANT COVER BY STEFANO CASELLI

MAGIK VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW • MAGIK VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW

ORCHIS RISING! Mutantkind may be stronger than ever, but that just makes their enemies more determined than ever to tear them down. Orchis’ plans are in motion, preparing for the fall…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BISHOP: WAR COLLEGE #4 (OF 5)

J. Holtham (W) Sean Damien Hill & Alberto Foche (A) Cover by Ken Lashley

VARIANT COVER BY CORY SMITH

NEW FUTURE…SAME PROBLEMS!

When the two Bishops arrive at the Tucker Institute to search for Tempo, they find the facility under attack by the Human Liberation Front – an anti-mutant extremist group made up of this alternate future Earth’s versions of MOIRA MacTAGGERT, FEILONG, TONY STARK and SIMON TRASK. When the fight hits a critical point, a familiar face comes to the Bishop’s aid. Meanwhile, back on Earth-616, Armor, Surge, Cam Long, Aura Charles and Amass are embroiled in battle against Orchis and the Struckers. Blood will be shed and truths will be revealed in this penultimate issue of BISHOP: WAR COLLEGE!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BETSY BRADDOCK: CAPTAIN BRITAIN #4

Tini Howard (W) • Vasco Georgiev (A) Cover by Erica D’Urso

Variant Cover by Davi Go

THE FURY OF DOCTOR DOOM! Betsy Braddock thought she had enough fury to deal with as Morgan Le Fay brings the Forgemaster Federal and his armies to the UK. But when Britain remains unbowed, Morgan reaches for the big gun – in the form of Doom! Will Morgan’s ally of the past help her build the Avalon of her demented dreams? Or does Doctor Doom have a plan of his own up his iron sleeves?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-23: DEADLY REGENESIS #3 (OF 5)

ERICA SCHULTZ (W) • EDGAR SALAZAR (A)

Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY

Variant Cover by GERALD PAREL

KIMURA’S MASTER PLAN!

KIMURA once commanded X-23 for the Facility, and she’s back to pull the strings once again. But what is her master plan, and how far will X-23 go to save the innocent people caught in her nemesis’ scheme? Plus, a face-off with X-23’s new adversary, and a shocking twist!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

NEW MUTANTS LETHAL LEGION #3 (OF 5)

Charlie Jane Anders (W) • Enid Balám (A) Cover by JAVI FERNÁNDEZ

VARIANT COVER BY DAVID LOPEZ

LIFE, DEATH AND CLOWNING AROUND? Dani Moonstar, Karma and Galura end up tracking the young New Mutants down at Count Nefaria’s mansion, just to enter a scene of pure mayhem. A throwdown between a depowered Gabby and a murderous Count Nefaria, Cerebella trapped inside the Count’s secret vault of treasures and horrors and a drunk Escapade (she’ll never touch grappa again!) going blow for blow against Skullbuster – looks like the supposed “covert” heist has turned into a circus. Meanwhile, Wolfsbane and Morgan’s beastly encounter turns into a moment of discovery.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ROGUE & GAMBIT #3 (OF 5)

Stephanie Phillips (W)

Carlos GÓMEZ (A)

Cover by Steve Morris

Variant Cover by Jeff Dekal

WOMEN OF MARVEL VARIANT COVER

BY ELENA CASAGRANDE

SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER

BY EMA LUPACCHINO

BROKEN PROMISES

AND BROKEN BONES! As Manifold’s trail goes cold, tensions between Rogue and Gambit heat up! For months now, they’ve been pulling apart – Rogue busy with her X-Men duties, Gambit risking eternal death in Otherworld… Now, when Gambit discovers Rogue’s been keeping secrets, the couple must face their issues head-on. Orrrr they could split up and tackle the fight solo – that sounds smart, right? But WHO is gathering super-powered humans? And why is Manifold so important anyway? The mystery continues in Stephanie Philips and Carlos Gómez’s explosive romp through the Marvel U!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE X-CELLENT #3 (OF 5)

PETER MILLIGAN (W) • MICHAEL ALLRED (A/C)

VARIANT COVER BY NATACHA BUSTOS

The public is going gaga for the X-Statix! But do their methods for reaching stardom justify the ends? And can Zeitgeist make his way back into the mainstream – or is he totally washed up?

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

SCARLET WITCH #5

STEVE ORLANDO (W) • RUSSELL DAUTERMAN (A/C)

STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY MARTIN COCCOLO

SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY MARC ASPINALL • VARIANT COVER BY Dustin Nguyen

VARIANT COVER BY JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY

Just when the Scarlet Witch thinks she’s shielded Darcy Lewis from their new enemy’s vendetta, Scythia returns – covered in armor made from the same antimagic rock Wanda’s been studying. Can Wanda defend Darcy – and herself – against a warrior who’s immune to magic?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DEADPOOL #7

ALYSSA WONG (W) • LUIGI ZAGARIA (A) • COVER BY MARTIN COCCOLO

SPIDER-VERSE VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO • VARIANT COVER BY BENJAMIN Su

TO KILL THE KILLER OR BE KILLED!

What does a trained killer do when trained killers try to kill them? Naturally, they try to kill those trained killers first. That’s right – the hunter becomes the hunted and then becomes the hunter again because, duh, he’s Deadpool, killing is his answer to most problems.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

 

 

Dig into our other Comic Book Dispatch Reviews HERE. And, if you’re curious as to what’s arriving in comic shops each week, check out our Previews HERE. Furthermore, click HERE for all MARVEL COMIC SOLICITS hitting stores this March as well as right HERE for all MARVEL COMIC SOLICITS for April!

If you’re interested in the current SPIDER-MAN ongoing, click HERE to take a dive. Maybe the X-MEN are your jam? In that case, click HERE to get your hands on the latest Trials of X trades and comics. And finally, if you’re looking for something else to read, check out my Amazon Online Comic Shop by clicking HERE. Thank you all for checking out the X-Men: May 2023 Marvel Comic Solicitations as well as your continued support. Stay safe and stay healthy.

 

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