# X-Men Red

X-Men Red is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring characters from X-Men stories.
The first series was an eleven-issue comic book series published by Marvel Comics in monthly installments between February and December 2018. It was written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Mahmud A. Asrar. The book followed a new team of X-Men led by Jean Grey following her return in Phoenix Resurrection.
The second series featured the conflicting mutant factions on the terraformed Mars, renamed as Planet Arakko.

## Publication history
### Volume 1

X-Men Red is part of the X-Men franchise and a sister book to X-Men Gold and X-Men Blue, which began ten months earlier. It follows events from the December 2017 miniseries Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey written by Matthew Rosenberg and illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu. The series was promoted as part of Marvel's Fresh Start, a full company relaunch of publications. The first issue, released February 7, 2018, was written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Mahmud Asrar. It was available in ten different variant covers. Taylor's initial plans for the series did not involve any crossovers with other comic series.
Jean Grey, a character recently resurrected after being dead for over a decade, assembles a new team with the intent to create a mutant nation. Her initial allies are Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Honey Badger, Gentle, Trinary, and Namor. They use Atlantis as their headquarters. After she attempts to convince the UN to recognize the mutant race as a nation with full human rights, Jean is framed for murder of an English congresswoman who is psychically murdered by a resurfaced Cassandra Nova, who uses this to alienate Jean in the public eye and label her a fugitive. Jean's team is thereby forced to act in secret as she continues in her goal to "heal the world".
An annual was published in May 2018 to detail the events between Phoenix Resurrection and X-Men Red #1.

### Volume 2

As part of the X-Men relaunch post-House of X, a second volume of the title written by Al Ewing was published under the banner Destiny of X and is a successor to Ewing's S.W.O.R.D. series.

## Main characters

These characters are credited as main cast in the respective comics.
| Series and first credition | Characters |
| Volume 1 ||
| #1 | Honey BadgerNamorNightcrawlerMarvel GirlWolverine |
| #3 | Trinary |
| #5 | GambitGentleStorm |
| Volume 2 ||
| #1 | Abigail BrandCableMagnetoStormSunspotThunderbirdVulcan |
| #3 | Fisher KingManifoldTarn the Uncaring |
| #4 | ElixirHope SummersIsca the UnbeatenMarvel GirlOra SerrataWrongslideXilo |
| #5 | IdyllNightcrawlerLactuca of the StarsLodus LogosSobunar of the Depths |
| #6 | Khora of the Burning Heart |
| #8 | Weaponless ZsenWiz-Kid |
| #10 | Orbis Stellaris |
| #11 | Kobak Never-HeldNovaProfessor X |
| #12 | GenesisJon IronfireWhite Sword |
| #13 | Lycaon Two Wolves |
| X-Men: Before the Fall - The Heralds of Apocalypse #1 | ApocalypseFaminePestilenceWar |
| #15 | Syzya of the Smoke |
| #16 | Death |
| #17 | Sunfire |

## Team rosters
### X-Men

| Character codename | Real name | Notes |
| Honey Badger | Gabrielle "Gabby" Kinney | Joined in X-Men Red #1. |
| Marvel Girl | Jean Elaine Grey | Joined in X-Men Red #1. |
| Namor | Namor Mackenzie | Joined in X-Men Red #1. |
| Nightcrawler | Kurt Wagner | Joined in X-Men Red #1. |
| Wolverine | Laura Kinney | Joined in X-Men Red #1. |
| Trinary | Shilpa Khatri | Joined in X-Men Red #1 (flashback X-Men Red #2). |
| Gentle | Nezhno Abidemi | Joined in X-Men Red #1 (flashback X-Men Red #4). |
| Storm | Ororo Munroe | Joined in X-Men Red #1 (flashback X-Men Red #4). |
| Gambit | Remy Etienne LeBeau | Joined in X-Men Red #5. |

### X-Men Red

X-Men Red was formed by Abigail Brand for control and to police planet Arakko.
| Character codename | Real name | Notes |
| Abigail Brand | Abigail Brand | Leader. Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #2. |
| Cable | Nathan Summers | Field leader. Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #2. |
| Frenzy | Joanna Cargill | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #2. |
| Manifold | Eden Fesi | Joined and left in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #2 |
| Mentallo | Marvin Flumm | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #2. |
| Random | Marshall Stone III | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #2. |
| Vulcan | Gabriel Summers | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #2. |

### Brotherhood of Arakko

Brotherhood of Arakko was formed by Storm as an opposition to X-Men Red and fought against Genesis' army during the Genesis War.
| Character codename | Real name | Notes |
| Storm | Ororo Munroe | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #1. |
| Magneto | Max Eisenhardt | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #1. Died in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #7. |
| Sunspot | Roberto "Bobby" da Costa | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #1. |
| Fisher King | Fisher King | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #1. Merged with fellow teammate Xilo in X-Men: Red vol. 2 #14. Died in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #18. |
| Khora of the Burning Heart | Khora of the Burning Heart | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #5. |
| Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #5. ||
| Lodus Logos | Lodus Logos | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #10. |
| Sobunar of the Depths | Sobunar of the Depths | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #10. Left in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #13. |
| Nova | Richard Rider | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #12. |
| Jon Ironfire | Jon Ironfire | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #14. |
| Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #14. ||
| Xilora | Xilora | Joined and merged with fellow teammate Fisher King in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #14. |
| Syzya of the Smoke | Syzya of the Smoke | Joined in X-Men: Red, vol. 2 #15. |

#### Great Ring of Arakko

Great Ring of Arakko is the governing body of Arakko.

## Reception

Prior to publication, the series generated interest for starring Grey, a character who was killed nearly 15 years earlier in New X-Men #150.
According to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the debut issue received an average score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 33 critical reviews.
In a review for Newsarama, David Pepose praised the plot of the book for its focus on the coexistence of humans and mutants, which he said was the main premise of the X-Men franchise. IGN reviewer Jesse Shedeen agreed, saying the "franchise has a bad habit of ... losing sight of the mutant metaphor and its allegorical power", but was glad X-Men Red makes it a primary focus.
Although they found Asrar's art to be flawed but adequate, both of them liked Taylor's portrayal of Grey and her supporting cast. Pepose specifically liked that Grey was a leader instead of a symbol, love interest, or target.

## Prints

| Issue | Publication date | Writer | Artist | Colorist | Comic Book Roundup rating | Estimated sales to North American retailers (first month) |
| #1 | February 7, 2018 | Tom Taylor | Mahmud Asrar | Ive Svorcina | 8.1 by 34 professional critics | 98,468 |
| #2 | March 7, 2018 | Tom Taylor | Mahmud Asrar | Ive Svorcina | 8.0 by 15 professional critics | 49,084 |
| #3 | April 11, 2018 | Tom Taylor | Mahmud Asrar | Ive Svorcina | 8.1 by 10 professional critics | 56,531 |
| #4 | May 16, 2018 | Tom Taylor | Mahmud Asrar | Rain Beredo | 8.2 by 13 professional critics | 44,607 |
| Annual #1 | May 30, 2018 | Tom Taylor | Pascal Alixe | Chris Sotomayor | 7.5 by 16 professional critics | 38,444 |

## Collected editions
### Volume 1

| # | Title | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| 1 | The Hate Machine | X-Men Red #1–5, Annual #1 | 144 | September 18, 2018 | 978-1302911676 |
| 2 | Waging Peace | X-Men Red #6–11 | 136 | March 19, 2019 | 978-1302911683 |

### Volume 2

| # | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| X-Men Red by Al Ewing – Volume 1 | X-Men Red #1–5 | 152 | November 2, 2022 | 978-1302932831 |
| X-Men Red by Al Ewing – Volume 2 | X-Men Red #6–10 | 136 | March 7, 2023 | 978-1302947521 |
| X-Men Red by Al Ewing - Volume 3 | X-Men Red #11–13, X-Men: Before the Fall - The Heralds of Apocalypse #1 | 120 | November 17, 2023 | 978-1302952280 |
| X-Men Red by Al Ewing - Volume 4 | X-Men Red #14–18 | 136 | March 12, 2024 | 978-1302953430 |