Jeph Loeb Returns To Marvel For ‘Giant-Size Age Of Apocalypse’

Jeph Loeb has been on a bit of a greatest hits tour lately for DC, bringing back Batman: The Long Halloween, and upcoming delivering the sequel to Batman: Hush with Jim Lee. And now he’s bringing that same “play Stairway!” energy to Marvel by returning for a backup story in Giant Size Age of Apocalypse.

Alongside artist Simone Di Meo, Loeb will fill in that issue’s “Revelations Backup Story,” with the main story provided by writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, and artist C.F. Villa.

“In 1995, I was extremely lucky to be part of one of the biggest stories to hit the X-Men with Age of Apocalypse, writing both Astonishing X-Men and X-Man,” Loeb said via press release provided to Comic Book Club. “Now, thirty years later, join me and the superstar artist of tomorrow—Simone Di Meo—as we return to this doomed timeline with some of the greatest X-Men characters ever!”

In the series, Ms. Marvel is pulled to important moments in the X-Men’s past by Legion. And in this third one-shot, per Marvel, it’s only hours away from the end of the Age of Apocalypse. “If Kamala can’t find what’s left of the X-Men, she’ll burn in nuclear hellfire. Former enemies must learn to rely on one another as they journey through a land of charred bones and broken promises…but can Legion truly be trusted? And how far will Rogue go to teach Kamala the true meaning of mutant identity? Welcome back to the Age of Apocalypse – where no one survives the experience!”

While Marvel didn’t provide info about what Loeb will be tackling for the Revelations backup, based on a variant cover it looks likely it’s Sabretooth versus Wolverine. But maybe not! Maybe it’s Sugar Man. We can only hope.

Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse #1 will hit stores on June 25, with a main cover by Adam Kubert and variant cover by Di Meo. Check them both out, below. Meanwhile Giant-Size X-Men #1 hits stores on May 28, Giant-Size Dark Phoenix #1 on June 11. Details on Giant-Size House of M #1 and Giant-Size X-Men #2 will be released at a later date.

GIANT-SIZE AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1

Written by COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZING

Art by C.F. VILLA

Cover by ADAM KUBERT

Variant Cover by SIMONE DI MEO

Revelations Story by JEPH LOEB & SIMONE DI MEO

On Sale 6/25

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