Walk The Road To DNX With Marvel’s First Look At ‘X-Men’ #35 And #36

Whether it’s the road to Armageddon or the road to DNX, comic book fans love walking roads. And now Marvel Comics has announced that you can rev your motor for the latter event with two prelude issues in X-Men #35 and X-Men #36, as the evil version of Hank McCoy makes his move on the world of mutants.

If you’re not up to speed, there’s a good Beast (the blue one) and a bad Beast (the white one). The latter — thanks to the events of the Age of Revelation crossover — has discovered something called the X-Virus, which will turn some people into mutants and kill pretty much everyone else. The crossover series will find the X-Men and Fantastic Four teaming up to stop Bad Beast and his evil mutants of 3K, but before that you’ve got these two issues of X-Men where 3K targets an ailing Magneto.

“X-MEN #35-36 paves the road to DNX, with 3K’s Chairman taking the last of his first steps towards a new world,” MacKay said via press release. “It’s been exciting to write this version of Hank McCoy, fully freed from morality and ethics, and putting him on a collision course with the X-Men for DNX will change both the X-Men and 3K moving forward!”

Here’s what Marvel had to say about the issues:

In X-Men #35, Hank McCoy, the bouncing blue Beast, is haunted by a ghost—not of his past, but of his future…and his present. The Chairman of 3K, an older, amoral version of himself, represents one of the greatest threats the X-Men have faced since the fall of Krakoa, and Beast must struggle with his own terrible potential.

In X-MEN #36, 3K works toward a viable build of the X-Virus, brought back from the Age of Revelation. Until now they have been frustrated—but when the Chairman realizes that the missing piece of the puzzle lies within Magneto, 3K moves on the X-Men’s home base in Alaska.

X-Men #35 hits stores on August 12, followed by X-Men #36 on August 26. You can check out covers by Tony S. Daniel and Netho Diaz, as well as Rod Reis, below:

X-MEN #35

Written by JED MACKAY

Art and Cover by TONY S. DANIEL

On Sale 8/12

X-MEN #36

Written by JED MACKAY

Art and Cover by NETHO DIAZ

Variant Cover by ROD REIS

On Sale 8/26

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