X-Men #22

Name: X-Men #22
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Jul 2023 · Marvel · 3.99 USD

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“Bring on the Bad Guys”

★ 1st appearance — Woofer

About this Issue

X-Men #22 (vol. 6, May 2023) functions as the definitive 'Orchis spotlight' issue in Gerry Duggan's Krakoan-era run, laying out in crystalline detail the full organizational structure and weaponized plans of the anti-mutant organization that would trigger the 'Fall of X.' The issue delivers the first appearance of 'Sentinel Zero' — a nightmarish new breed of Orchis Sentinel built on the chassis of one of Wolverine's own adamantium skeletons — making it a meaningful chapter in the long history of Sentinel evolution in Marvel lore. For Firestar fans, the issue represents a turning point: Angelica Jones, the 2022 reader-vote X-Men election winner who had long been sidelined in the title, finally receives a substantive field spotlight that sets the stage for her secret-agent role at the heart of 'Fall of X.' The issue also contains an in-story data page — the Orchis Protocol — that charts the villain faction's entire chain of command, a rare piece of worldbuilding that rewards careful reading and anchors the catastrophic events of the subsequent Hellfire Gala.

writer Gerry Duggan · artist, inker Joshua Cassara · colorist Marte Gracia · letterer VC's Clayton Cowles · cover Joshua Cassara

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History

The 2021 X-Men series (vol. 6) was launched as part of the Krakoan era overseen by editor Jordan White, with Gerry Duggan as the sole writer throughout its run. Joshua Cassara, who shared art duties across the series, pencilled and inked this issue while Marte Gracia provided colors. Firestar's prominence in this arc was a direct consequence of Marvel's second annual X-Men fan vote held in January 2022, in which Angelica Jones defeated a field that included Armor, Surge, Siryn, and others; writer Duggan publicly stated that her story was 'exactly what the X-Men will need' for that year. The issue sits at a pivotal structural position in the reading order — immediately before the 'Before the Fall' one-shots and the 2023 Hellfire Gala that kicked off 'Fall of X' — making it one of the last issues in which the Krakoan status quo appears intact before Orchis executes its plan.

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Written by Gerry Duggan; art, inks, and cover by Joshua Cassara; colors by Marte Gracia; letters by VC Clayton Cowles; edited by Jordan White. Published May 17, 2023.
First appearance of 'Sentinel Zero' — an Orchis-built Sentinel whose chassis is constructed around one of Wolverine's adamantium skeletons, giving it retractable adamantium claws.
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton) appears as a senior Orchis operative and personally demonstrates Orchis's weaponization of Krakoan medicines, showing that infected drugs can be used to remotely kill human consumers.
The issue contains an in-universe 'Orchis Protocol' data page that fully maps Orchis's chain of command: M.O.D.O.K. heads operations/offense, Dr. Alia Gregor heads R&D, Feilong heads infrastructure/influence, with Judas Traveller, Dr. Moira MacTaggert, and Dr. Stasis listed under oblique strategies — all reporting to Dr. Killian Devo.
Firestar (Angelica Jones) — the winner of Marvel's 2022 fan-voted X-Men election — receives her most significant action spotlight of Duggan's run, fighting alongside Cyclops and Forge against Sentinel Zero at an Orchis gene-suppression clinic.
Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar) appears in the issue's opening scene, receiving the keys to the Krakoan mutant gates from Opal Vetiver of Hordeculture, and is revealed to have allowed the Krakoan flowers to be corrupted.
A data-page memo from Forge to Emma Frost comments favorably on Firestar's performance with the X-Men and hints at Forge's ambitions to use his technology to help the wider world — foreshadowing tensions that will escalate at the Hellfire Gala.
The issue functions as a direct prelude to 'Fall of X,' revealing that Orchis already has approximately ten Wolverine-skeleton X-Sentinels coming online, with the next issue teasing 'Stark Sentinels' built with Iron Man technology.