As Stark Unlimited gets into the business of exterminating mutants, Tony Stark himself will become one of the mutant community’s staunchest allies in the pages of the newly relaunched Invincible Iron Man and the upcoming Fall of X event X-Men in the summer of 2023.
“New mutant-hunting sentinels upgraded with Stark technology will emerge and take their first steps against mutantkind” in the pages of Gerry Duggan and Juan Frigeri’s new Iron Man series, Marvel said.
The series relaunched on December 14 with Tony Stark losing control of his company to Feilong (AKA Kelvin Heng), a mutant-hating industrialist from Duggan’s X-Men run who now shares a single name with his own Feilong Industries.
Feilong works with Orchis, a new organization made up of desperate factions of Hydra, AIM, SHIELD, Alpha Flight, SWORD, STRIKE, ARMOR, HAMMER, and Damage Control who believe they must prevent mutants from rising to control the Earth in the future. several generations, which they consider a “doomsday” scenario for non-mutant humanity.
Stark Sentinel Design by Juan Frigeri (Image credit: Marvel Comics)
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Feilong will use Stark tech in Orchis’ war against mutants which according to the publisher “will radically change the trajectory of Iron Man’s superhero career and in the process, he will evolve into one of the strongest allies of mutantkind.”
The X-Men will need his genius brain to help protect Krakoa during The Fall of X, which will take place at the next event at the Hellfire Gala – the annual party to which Krakoa’s mutants invite guests from all over the world to their island nation.
Readers can check out the Stark Sentinels more in May’s Avengers/X-Men #1 Free Comic Book Day title, but until then they can check out artist Juan Frigeri’s design sheet above.
Fall of X is just one of several Marvel event storylines the publisher has planned between now and the summer of 2023.
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