X-Men Pits Cyclops Against Beast in Fight to the Death, Will Launch New Marvel Era

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Marvel Comics has teased the dramatic finale of its upcoming DNX crossover event, which pits X-Men leader Cyclops against a terrifying version of Beast. Written by Jed MacKay, the five-issue X-Men storyline officially kicks off in September with DNX #1, and its ending will pave the way for a new Marvel era.

The premise of DNX follows the X-Men teaming up with the Fantastic Four to face the threat of the X-Virus, which holds the power to mutate all of humanity.

In the storyline, the X-Men will face off against the clandestine group 3K, which wants to forcibly transform all humans into mutants. Starting in X-Men #35 as a prologue, the crossover will require readers to follow multiple issues of X-Men, DNX, and Fantastic Four comic books.

What do we know about the new era of Marvel and X-Men after the Cyclops and Beast fight?

The storyline will come to its conclusion in DNX #5, going on sale on November 18, 2026. The final issue, as the cover suggests, will pit the leader of the X-Men, Scott Summers, against Henry McCoy. Cyclops isn’t going up against the regular Beast, but an older, “amoral” version of the mutant from the future, who is the chairman of 3K, a White Beast.

Marvel hasn’t revealed much about what it plans to do in its comic-book continuity following DNX. “When the dust settles, fans can expect an exciting shakeup for MacKay and Netho Diaz’s X-Men,” reads a statement from the company. Given that Marvel is building up the fight between the X-Men members, it appears that one of their deaths will shift the status quo of Marvel comics.

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Here is the entire lineup of comic books fans will need to read to follow the DNX crossover:

X-Men #35 (DNX Prologue) – Releases August 12, 2026 X-Men #36 (DNX Prologue) – Releases August 26, 2026 DNX #1 – Releases September 2, 2026 X-Men #37 – Releases September 9, 2026 DNX #2 – Releases September 16, 2026 X-Men #38 – Releases September 23, 2026 Fantastic Four #17 – Releases September 30, 2026 DNX #3 – Releases October 14, 2026 X-Men #39 – Releases October 14, 2026 X-Men #40 – Releases October 28, 2026 Fantastic Four #18 – Releases October 28, 2026 DNX #4 – Releases November 4, 2026 X-Men #41 – Releases November 11, 2026 DNX #5 – Releases November 18, 2026

DNX is being written by MacKay with art from Federico Vicentini. The cover art depicting Cyclops’ battle with White Beast was made by Kaare Andrews.

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This article was originally reported by Rahul Majumdar on SuperHeroHype.

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