A jailbreak launches an X-Manhunt for Charles Xavier in the first major crossover of the current X-Men era

The relaunched X-Men line will embark on its first major crossover in March 2025 – and it seems like Professor X is at the center of it all.

X-Manhunt is an eight-issue saga that will run across all of the current ongoing X-comics, including the likes of Uncanny X-Men and NYX, as Charles Xavier breaks out of Graymalkin Prison where he has been held for his crimes against humanity since the fall of mutant nation Krakoa.

“Driven by mysterious new purpose, Professor X frees himself from captivity to undertake a mission of personal significance,” reads Marvel’s synopsis for the upcoming arc. “He has no time to lose as a telepathic virus wreaks havoc on his mind – and those around him! The hunt for the most dangerous mutant in the world begins, and Professor X desperately calls on his X-Men. Some are ready to forgive. Others are not. And while his once loyal followers clash to decide his fate, the X-Men’s founder will be forced to reckon with his tarnished legacy once and for all!”

“We’ve mostly been keeping the various groups of X-characters separated from one another as we set up the post-Krakoa landscape,” said executive editor Tom Brevoort in a statement about the crossover. “But it feels like now is the right time to send them crashing into one another. And who better to instigate this situation than the disgraced Professor X, who has intimate connections with almost all of our key players?”