Marvel to once again let readers vote on who they want to see join the X-Men team in 2023.
Marvel recently took to Twitter to announce that their popular X-Men Fan Vote campaign will return in 2023. This marks the third-year in a row that Marvel has run the program, which features a list of ten character candidates, with readers voting online for the member they most want to see on the X-Men roster.
In the innagural fan vote in 2021, Polaris (aka Lorna Dane) scooped up the most votes, while last year Firestar (aka Angelica Jones) won the honors and joined the team. With 2023 now upon us, it remains to be seen just who will be the newest X-Men member, with Marvel likely going to release the list of 10 candidates in the coming days.
What’s coming up for the X-Men in 2023?
One of the first big events of the coming year will be find the X-Men once again entering into a dark timeline with the new event Sins of Sinister, which finds Mister Sinister captured for his recent crimes (including the death of a number of powerful mutants) and thrown into the Pit of Exile on the island of Krakoa where he uncovers a hidden power that allows him to shape reality to his own twisted whims.
The series hits shelves on January 25th, 2023 and will be written by Kieron Gillen with art by Lucas Werneck (an illustrator who has created some of the best X-Men covers of all time). The synopsis for Sins of Sinister #1 reads as follows:
“It’s the end of the world as we know it, and at least Sinister feels fine. For now. Can that last? Especially when we discover that he really is his own worst enemy… The universe-melting X-event begins here, in a horror timeline that makes Age of Apocalypse look like the X-Men Swimsuit Special.”
You can also check out the trailer below.
Following Sins of Sinister, Marvel will be unleashing another event known as Fall of X sometime in 2023. Much about this event remains unknown but Marvel has said it will be a major shakeup of the entire lineup of X-Men books. We’ll be keeping a close eye on this event in the days ahead.