The team for the first year will include Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Rogue, Wolverine, Synch, Sunfire and Polaris. Polaris, created by Arnold Drake and Jim Steranko in 1968’s X-Men #49, was the character selected by fan vote. The daughter of Magneto who inherited her father’s magnetic abilities, Polaris is currently appearing in X-Factor.
The look of the new team is revealed in the cover to the first issue by Pepe Larraz, and in a series of variant covers by Marvel’s young artist team Stormbreakers (see "Marvel Unveils 2020’Stormbreakers’"), each of whom depicted a different character in a series of four connecting covers:
- Juann Cabal - Professor X
- Carmen Carnero - Marvel Girl
- Peach Momoko – Sunfire
- Iban Coello – Synch
- R.B. Silva – Cyclops
- Natacha Bustos – Wolverine
- Patrick Gleason – Rogue
- Joshua Cassara – Polaris
X-Men #1 will street on July 7.
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