X-Men ’92 is finally making a return, but with a really unusual story angle. While X-Men ’97 will continue the journey of X-Men: The Animated Series on Disney+, X-Men ’92 will carry the spirit of the series in the Marvel comics. The upcoming installment is X-Men: ’92: House of XCII, which happens to be the X-Men: ’92 spin on Pepe Larraz and Jonathan Hickman’s 2019 hit House of X miniseries. Writer Steve Foxe (Spider-Ham) and artist Salva Espin (from Deadpool: Secret Agent Deadpool) are set to reimagine the event for the X-Men: The Animated Series era in the five-issue series titled, X-Men: ’92: House of XCII.

Here’s the summary from Marvel Comics:

Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics

“Mutantkind is taking a huge leap forward by founding their own nation on the island of Krakoa, guided by Professor X, Magneto, and a mysterious long-lived woman who knows more than she should… But this won’t be the story you know. Expect the unexpected as the action, secrets, and high stakes drama that made HOUSE OF X such a masterpiece are shaken up in a totally new way!”

In a press release, Forex says, “One of my earliest memories is of buying a Garrison Kane action figure, complete with ‘snap-back living hand,’ so to say that the ’90s X-Men comics had a big impact on my development is an understatement. Getting the opportunity to pay tribute to such an important era in mutant history 30 years later—and to remix the franchise-redefining work currently being done by creators like Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, and Gerry Duggan—is the definition of a ‘dream gig,’ especially with some of the WILD deviations we’re taking from the source material. If I died tomorrow, I’d be happy…but please resurrect me ASAP on Krakoa.”

X-Men '92
X-Men ’92

Espin went on to add, “I started collecting comics with the X-Men in the nineties. The character designs of this era have always been the most attractive and powerful to me. Those comics and the animated series made my imagination fly and very soon I began to make illustrations and mini-comics as a fan that I shared with my schoolmates. These were the first drawings that encouraged me to pursue the dream of becoming a comic artist. With this book, we intend to pay tribute to that powerful era that was the 90s. The moment when superheroes looked better than ever with colorful tight-fitting spandex.”

  •  X-MEN ’92: HOUSE OF XCII #1 (OF 5)
  • Art by SALVA ESPIN
  • Written by STEVE FOXE
  • Cover by DAVID BALDEÓN

 

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