Marvel Reveals New Iron Man, X-Men Books at NYCC 2025

Another major comics convention means another series of announcements from big comics publishers. For New York Comic Con, Marvel spread out big news for major franchises like X-Men and Spider-Man over the past few days and kept affirming that no, really, the Ultimate Universe will end next year. Let’s take those one at a time, shall we?

First, the larger Marvel universe. During Saturday’s “Next Big Thing” panel, the publisher disclosed what’s coming after Doctor Doom’s reign of the planet ends in November. We already know some characters will fight for the title of Sorcerer Supreme, and the new miniseries Dungeons of Doom from Philip Kennedy Johnson, Ben Percy, Carlos Magno, Robert Gill, Justin Mason, and Georges Jeanty will explore what happens when various factions try to ransack the now unoccuppied Castle Doom for its power and technology. That doesn’t go as planned, and they all wind up in a dungeon labyrinth they now have to survive in. Expect it in January.

At that same panel, a new Iron Man solo book was revealed. The title comes from DC writer Joshua Willamson and artist Carmen Carnero, and sees Tony Stark take on a team of geniuses forced by Madame Masque into recreating his initial success at making an armored suit.

For Spider-Man heads, the big thing to know is that Peter Parker’s heading back to Earth soon, after which he’ll be in the Death Spiral event from Joe Kelly (Amazing Spider-Man), Al Ewing (Venom), Charles Soule (Eddie Brock: Carnage) and Jesús Saiz (Eddie). The tale sees Spider-Man team up with his two gooey frenemies to deal with a serial killer coming for superheroes and with a specific axe to grind against the webhead in particular. It’s launching in February, and that summer, there’ll be the Queen in Black event building on the recent return of Knull over in Venom’s neck of the woods and the villain’s own upcoming comic.

Next, the X-Men are currently going through the Age of Revelation event set in the near future where Doug Ramsey (formerly Cypher, now Revelation) has created a mutant utopia that’s doomed the rest of the world. Once that concludes at the end of 2025, the regular X-books like X-Men, Uncanny and Exceptional X-Men, and Wolverine will continue again under the new Shadows of Tomorrow banner, which is also bringing in some new books.

Solo-wise, Cyclops and Rogue will get limited miniseries from Alex Paknadel and Roge Antonio and Erica Schultz and Luigi Zagaria, respectively. Plot details for Cyke’s book are under wraps, but Rogue’s will see her confront her past as a villain when it comes to “slam [her] right in the face,” and Destiny and Mystique will play a part in the story. Rogue #1 will launch in January, and Cyclops #1 in February. For Magik fans, writer Ashley Allen and artist German Peralta are returning for new story starring Illyana Rasputin and her brother Colossus in the five-issue Magik & Colossus miniseries also launching in February. The big new team book is January’s Inglorious X-Force from Tim Seeley and Michael Sta. Maria, which stars Cable, Hellverine, Boom-Boom, and Archangel.

Deadpool, Storm, and Laura “Wolverine” Kinney’s books will continue, just with some slightly new creative teams and titles. Wade Wilson: Deadpool from Ben Percy and Geoff Shaw has Wade take on new clients and a “troubling path”; Storm: Earth’s Mightiest Mutant from returning writer Murewa Ayodele and new artist Federica Mancin sees Storm continue to protect the planet, unaware the “most dangerous war in existence” is looming on the horizon. Finally, Jody Houser and Jacopo Camagni’s Generation X-23 reunites Laura and Gabby as they meet their “long-lost friend” and “a new generation of X-subjects” that’ve taken after Laura’s deadly self. All three will arrive in February.

Finally, Marvel unveiled new covers for the Ultimate books as they wind down while Ultimate Endgame plays out. The event comic and the titles it’s spinning out from—Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men, etc.—will all end by April 2026. Marvel EiC C.B. Cebulski has recently stated this is a definitive end for the universe, though some of its elements will live on in Earth-616, but it’s unknown what exactly that means. We’ll find just how that spirit will endure, and how much of an ending this really is, in the coming months.

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