Marvel Comics has announced X-Men: Blood Hunt — a collection of mutant-centric one-shots tying into the larger Blood Hunt event.
Per Marvel, a total of four X-Men: Blood Hunt one-shots will ship from mid-June through mid-July. Things kick off on Wednesday, June 12 with X-Men: Blood Hunt – Jubilee #1 by Preeti Chhibber and Enid Balám. X-Men: Blood Hunt – Magik #1 by Ashley Allen and Jesús Hervás arrives on June 26, followed by X-Men: Blood Hunt – Psylocke #1 by Steve Foxe and Lynne Yoshii on July 3. Finally, X-Men: Blood Hunt – Laura Kinney the Wolverine #1 goes on sale Wednesday, July 17.
Check out the cover art and synopses for the four X-Men: Blood Hunt one-shots below:
X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT – JUBILEE #1
- Written by PREETI CHHIBBER
- Art by ENID BALÁM
- Cover by ERICA D’URSO
- On Sale 6/12
- Fangs and fireworks! Running from the past is one race you’ll never win—and as darkness suffuses the world, Jubilee’s past as a vampire is back to take a big bite out of her! It’s gonna take more than a couple plasma bursts to get out of this one, Jubilation…
X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT – MAGIK #1
- Written by ASHLEY ALLEN
- Art by JESÚS HERVÁS
- Cover by ROD REIS
- On Sale 6/26
- Magik raises hell! Illyana Rasputina has returned to her homeland to search her soul and steel it for what comes next. But how will she protect her first home when a vampire army descends on Russia, seeking to turn it into a living hell? She may have been forged in the fires of Limbo, but has it prepared her for the Blood Hunt?
X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT – PSYLOCKE #1
- Written by STEVE FOXE
- Art by LYNNE YOSHII
- Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
- On Sale 7/3
- Ninja vs. vampires! After serving on the frontlines in the war against Orchis, Kwannon is enjoying some much-deserved downtime with her new lover Greycrow. But when darkness falls across Japan, Psylocke will wield her psionic blade against blood-sucking creatures of legend and faces a foe unlike any she’s ever seen. An all-new villain emerges in the mayhem of BLOOD HUNT!
X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT – LAURA KINNEY THE WOLVERINE #1
- Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
- Art by ROBERT GILL
- Cover by BJÖRN BARENDS
- On Sale 7/17
- Laura’s bloodiest rescue mission yet! The vampires will stop at nothing in their bid for supremacy, including capturing mutants for hellacious experiments to boost their own power. But not on Laura Kinney’s watch! The Wolverine slices a swath through the vamps, but when she encounters the truth behind their machinations, will an unlikely ally prove to be more than she bargained for?
Marvel’s lineup of Blood Hunt tie-ins is nearly complete
The main story of Marvel‘s vampire-centric Blood Hunt event will play out in the eponymous five-issue limited series by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz — which launches Wednesday, May 1. However, the saga will also unfold in a number of tie-in comics.
Marvel has already announced a total of eight Blood Hunt tie-in limited series: Black Panther: Blood Hunt, Union Jack the Ripper: Blood Hunt, Blood Hunters, Dracula: Blood Hunt, Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt, Strange Academy: Blood Hunt, Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt, and Wolverine: Blood Hunt.
Additionally, the publisher has announced several Blood Hunt tie-in issues of existing series. These include Amazing Spider-Man #49, Avengers #14-16, Doctor Strange #15-17, Fantastic Four #21-22, Miles Morales: Spider-Man #21-22, Vengeance of the Moon Knight #5-7, and Venom #34-34.
To cap things off, The House of Ideas will put out a total of six Blood Hunt tie-in one-shots. The X-Men: Blood Hunt collection accounts for four of these. Marvel will announce the final two one-shots tomorrow, February 21. In the meantime, check out the current event checklist below:
