
X-men Epic Collection: Lifedeath
Marvel · Print & ebook · January 13, 2026
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- Who it’s for
- Mutant-rights conflict, strained relationships, and battles shape this X-Men collection.
- Themes
- Anti-mutant discrimination, Relationship turmoil, Superhero action
- Pacing
- Mixed
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Chris Claremont's decades-spanning run on the X-Men continues, now joined by artistic legend John Roimita Jr.! John Romita Jr. joins Chris Claremont as the X-Men’s chart-topping adventures continue! Drama abounds as Cyclops heads off on his honeymoon with Madelyne Pryor, Wolverine’s relationship with Mariko takes a turn for the worse and Kitty Pryde is kidnapped and forced to marry the Morlock Caliban.
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Meanwhile, Rogue is public enemy number one and anti-mutant sentiment threatens the passage of a law that will strip every mutant in the United States of their rights. There’s no shortage of action either: Colossus battles Juggernaut, Mystique and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants return and Rachel Summers arrives on the scene. And in a miniseries with major implications for both characters, Wolverine and Kitty Pryde head to Japan and go to war with the yakuza. This volume is topped off by Claremont and Barry Windsor-Smith’s stunning “Lifedeath.” COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #176-188, KITTY PRYDE AND WOLVERINE (1984) #1-6 and material from MARVEL FANFARE (1982) #40
Mutant Rights
Mutant-rights conflict, strained relationships, and battles shape this X-Men collection.
Come here for
- Anti-mutant sentiment threatening a law stripping mutants of their rights
- Wolverine and Kitty Pryde’s conflict with the yakuza in Japan
Expect
- Cyclops’s honeymoon with Madelyne Pryor
- Claremont and Barry Windsor-Smith’s “Lifedeath”
Where it sits
| Superhero Comics | 99% |
|---|---|
| Action & Adventure Comics | 59% |
| Supervillain Comics | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fantasy Comics
- Science Fiction Comics
- Superhero Comics
- Authors
- Chris Claremont, Barry Windsor-Smith
- Publisher
- Marvel
- Published
- January 13, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Anti-mutant discrimination · Relationship turmoil · Superhero action
- Reading lane
- Fantasy Comics