In the late ’80s, Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri packed up the X-Men and dropped them straight into the Australian desert. The result was the legendary Outback Era, a wild stretch of Uncanny X-Men where Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Psylocke, and Longshot operated in secret while the world believed they were dead. It was intense. It was dramatic. It was sun-scorched mutant mayhem.
Fans have loved that era for decades. Now it finally gets a new chapter.
This June, writer Steve Orlando and artist Stephen Segovia return to the Outback in X-Men: Outback, a five-issue limited series featuring covers by Russell Dauterman. The creative team is diving back into the dusty headquarters where the X-Men protected humanity from the shadows and barely kept themselves from imploding along the way.
The series explores why the team chose the Outback as their base, how simmering tensions nearly shattered the group, and which familiar foe threatens to expose their greatest secret. Expect big personalities, high-stakes action, and the kind of interpersonal fireworks that made this era unforgettable.
For Orlando, the project is personal. The Outback was his entry point into the X-Men, discovered through flea markets and spinner racks. The bold costumes, raw emotion, and sense of reinvention left a mark that never faded. Now he gets to tell stories in the very era that made him a lifelong fan.
Segovia brings the grit and energy, while Dauterman sets the tone with striking covers that channel the spirit of late ’80s mutant chaos. Readers can look forward to classic faces, new dangers, unexpected connections, and a few romantic complications that feel right at home in this period.
If you ever wanted more stories from the days when the X-Men were presumed dead but more alive than ever, your ticket back to the desert arrives this June.
X-MEN: OUTBACK #1 (OF 5)
Written by STEVE ORLANDO
Art by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
On Sale 6/24
Wondering if we’ll see “more” between Elizabeth and Alex? That is, after Madelyn’s death. I’m assuming that Madelyn will also star as she also sacrificed herself to save all of reality and was resurrected by Roma. She was also a pivotal character during this run.
ReplyDeleteAnd Jubilation Lee will be around lurking too?
And if there is enough revenue from this, maybe Office X might consider reuniting this roster again for a time. That would be lit. Under the right author, that is.
DeleteMy one fear is that this book will be something I hate as I’ve yet to enjoy any X-family book written by Steve. And not just apathy, but I actually disliked his previous books. I love this lineup so I hope he writes them well.
Delete@Rahsaan was he the one who wrote Betsy as CB after Howard?
DeleteThe online one?
If so, I thought he wrote Betsy much better and more in character.
Wow… it hasn’t even been 48 hours and you are already starting with the negativity 💀
ReplyDeleteNo negativity, dear… I just said that I hope the book isn’t something I dislike as I haven’t enjoyed that writer’s work. I said nothing insulting or incendiary Stating that I disliked his previous work is not negative. But if you find it to be such, oh well.
DeleteAre you trying to control our though? Lol.
DeleteBut it is Steve Orlando... He is a disaster
DeleteTo each their own.
ReplyDeleteThere really wasn't any negativity imo.
He stated his fear based on past experiences with the writer and literally ends the last sentence that despite all that...
That he is still hopeful he writes them well.
I'm also hopeful this book is good and I'm definitely happy to see Betsy finally popping up more :)
And in books with her being both Classic and Ninja Psylocke to boot :)
Maybe this is testing the waters for both her and Kwannon to eventually use that codename.
Orlando wrote Betsy in the Fall of X Infinity arc, and it was great.
ReplyDeleteBut the arc was rubbish
Delete@X-Man and @Nate, I am not contesting this depiction of Elizabeth. To reaffirm, I said I didn’t like his previous books. He captured Betsy’s personality well in that story, but I didn’t particularly enjoy the story itself. I keep trying to get back into reading Marvel books, but I am having a hard time with the writing across most these days. There are some writers who I enjoy, but overall I’m not sure if I’ve finally outgrown superhero books or if its how different the writing style is from the 80s when I fell in love with the stories as a child. I can still read issue from that period and enjoy them. I realize that no medium is static and that today’s audiences might appreciate something different from what I enjoyed. I’m ambivalent, because this book takes place during the decade that I enjoyed the most (aside from House of X and Powers of Ten), but I am unsure if I will enjoy with the style of writing. I’ll pick it up to see. I hope that I do enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteHello there, to me it's really a Steve Orlando problem. Did you enjoy Remender uncanny x force? Or gillen immortal x-men ? I think there's some pretty good modern writers out there. Steve Orlando just isn't one of them...
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