Midnight X-Men #1 debuts: Cyclops is last X-Man in Marvel's horror reboot
Marvel's Midnight X-Men #1, written by Jonathan Hickman, went on sale 7 October as part of the "Midnight Universe" horror line. It casts Cyclops as the last X-Man and Storm as leader of mutant vampires.
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Centre · 1Marvel's Midnight X-Men #1 went on sale on 7 October, written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Matteo Della Fonte and colors by Arthur Hesli. ColliderN “Written by Jonathan Hickman, with art by Matteo Della Fonte and colors by Arthur Hesli”“Midnight X-Men #1 is on sale today.” Read at Collider ↗ Centre · 2The series is part of Marvel's new "Midnight Universe" initiative, a horror-genre take on the X-Men in which familiar mutant heroes have become predators. Screen RantN “as part of Marvel’s new “Midnight Universe” initiative” Read at Screen Rant ↗ ColliderN “familiar mutant faces now belong to bloodthirsty predators” Read at Collider ↗ Centre · 1Collider reports that Scott Summers, Cyclops, is the last X-Man. He enters by saving a young mutant from Gambit and his vampire companions, blasting open their underground hunting area to expose them to sunlight. ColliderN “Scott Summers is the last X-Man, and he makes his entrance by saving a young mutant from some very familiar monsters.”“Cyclops blasts open the chamber to expose them to sunlight” Read at Collider ↗
Centre · 1The rescued girl offers to help and introduces herself as Hope, but Scott tells her there is no place for her with him. ColliderN “only for Scott to tell her that there is no place for her with him” Read at Collider ↗ Centre · 1In main Marvel continuity, Hope Summers was the first mutant born after M-Day and was raised by Cable. Collider notes the issue gives no surname or powers for this Hope, so any link to Hope Summers is unconfirmed. ColliderN “The debut does not establish her surname or reveal her powers, so her connection to Hope Summers remains unconfirmed”“Hope Summers was the first mutant born after M-Day” Read at Collider ↗ Centre · 1Screen Rant focuses on a different scene. Vampirism is a plague among mutants, and Storm (Ororo Munroe) leads the vampires. She tells a captive Nightcrawler, "I think we've suffered enough from foolish men and their foolish dreams." Screen RantN “The leader of the vampires is Ororo Munroe, the mutant best known as Storm.”““I think we’ve suffered enough from foolish men and their foolish dreams,” Storm says to a captive Nightcrawler” Read at Screen Rant ↗
Centre · 1Screen Rant says "the dream" now means a cure for mutant vampirism, not Charles Xavier's hope of harmony between humans and mutants that has guided the X-Men since 1963. It calls this a fundamental change and argues it is essential to the series' success. Screen RantN “The dream, as they’re talking about it, is a dream of a cure.”“has been the guiding light of the X-Men since their debut in 1963” Read at Screen Rant ↗
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- Framing
- Both outlets treat the issue as a bold reinvention of the X-Men and read its first-issue reveals as lore-changing. Collider focuses on Cyclops and Hope; Screen Rant focuses on Storm and the redefined "dream".
- Emphasis
- Collider: Cyclops as last X-Man and the possible link between Hope and Hope Summers. Screen Rant: the vampire plague and the change to the X-Men's founding ideal.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Neither discusses sales, creator interviews or reaction from fans or Marvel. Collider does not cover the Storm and Nightcrawler scene, and Screen Rant does not mention Cyclops or Hope.
- Charged language
- “Marvel Officially Reinvents the X-Men”“Rewrites Its Most Fundamental Lore”“wholesale reinvention”“Big Bad”
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“Midnight X-Men #1 reveals Cyclops as the last X-Man and introduces a young mutant named Hope who wants to join his fight.” — Collider
“it rewrites X-Men lore down to its very DNA” — Screen Rant
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What every side reports
- Midnight X-Men #1 is on sale from 7 October.
- The series is a horror-genre reinvention in which familiar X-Men have become monsters or villains.
- Both outlets describe it as a significant break from established X-Men lore.
Marvel Comics organisation
Marvel is launching the "Midnight Universe" initiative, a horror-themed continuity that reimagines the X-Men.
“as part of Marvel’s new “Midnight Universe” initiative” — Screen Rant
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ColliderN · · Opinion
Marvel Officially Reinvents the X-Men
Sympathetic Opinion-style review that presents Cyclops as the last standing hero and speculates about Hope's significance, noting the connection is unconfirmed.
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After 63 Years, X-Men Rewrites Its Most Fundamental Lore
Celebratory Argues the reboot's redefinition of "the dream" is a necessary and good change to X-Men lore.
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- 7 Oct 14:15 First ColliderN Marvel Officially Reinvents the X-Men Opinion
- 7 Oct 17:48 +3h 33m Screen RantN After 63 Years, X-Men Rewrites Its Most Fundamental Lore
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