It’s the 50th anniversary for Marvel’s X-Men, and Marvel has some big plans for everyone’s favorite mutants. Announced at C2E2 in Chicago, this fall will see the release of X-Men: Battle of the Atom, a ten issue event launching in September with Battle of the Atom #1. The story will then crossover between the regular issues of All-New X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine and the X-Men, and X-Men for two months before wrapping up in Battle of the Atom #2.

Continue reading for more info and to check out the first cover image.

The story is all about a group of X-Men from the future coming back in time to convince the currently time-displaced original X-Men to go back to their home era. The team from the future include a new version of Wolverine, another version of The Beast, and a few more families faces.

All of the main X-Men writers will be working on the series, with Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Wood, and Jason Aaron joining forces to bring the story to life. Designs for the new characters is being handled by Art Adams. The first Battle of the Atom issue will feature art by Frank Cho, with a supposed “surprise artist” handling the second issue.

X-Men editor Nick Lowe said:

Like Lowe says, there hasn’t been a classic X-Men crossover that tied the main series together since 2010’s “Second Coming.” This also looks to be the next step in the whole big story that launched in All-New X-Men #1. I’m sure we’ll get more information about this series as we get closer to the fall.

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[Source: Marvel]