X-Men By Gerry Duggan Vol 3 Tpb (2023)

(W) Gerry Duggan (A) C.F. Villa, Joshua Cassara (CA) Martin Coccolo.

Mutants are the next stage of evolution.

Evolution depends on mutation - the genes of the offspring deviating from their progenitors. Some would call the X-gene 'excess deviation' - namely, the Eternals.

Those people are gonna need to be taken down a few pegs. As the seismic events of A.X.E. rock the Marvel Universe, Judgment Day is here, for good or ill.

And the newest team of X-Men must face the truth about themselves - and what they've done! Plus: Fear the Children of the Vault!

They are hyper-evolved humans from a society whose time moves much faster than our own. Each time the X-Men defeat them, they retreat to their home, evolving further to a more advanced generation.

This time, they will not be stopped so easily. And elsewhere, what secret mission has Forge taken on?

Collecting X-MEN (2021) #13-18.