Marvel’s Mystique Series Gets Deadpool and Wolverine Variant Covers

The X-Men‘s Krakoan Age was one of change for the shape-shifting mutant terrorist known as Mystique. The blue-skinned metamorph died helping the X-Men battle the anti-mutant organization Orchis, only to be resurrected by The Five before joining the Quiet Council on the mutant nation-state of Krakoa. She renewed her wedding vows with her wife, the resurrected Destiny, revealed the truth about her son Nightcrawler’s birth, and forged a new relationship with her adopted daughter, Rogue, leader of the Uncanny X-Men. But the Krakoan Age of mutantkind is over.

July’s X-Men #1 launched the X-line’s all-new From the Ashes era, which continues in October with Mystique’s first solo series since 2003. 

“Now that the mutant nation has fallen, Mystique’s vicious methods are required once more to protect mutants everywhere,” reads the synopsis for the five-issue series from writer and artist Declan Shalvey (Moon Knight, Dead Man Logan). “With a hit list as long as her rap sheet, Mystique’s actions catch the attention of Nick Fury, erupting in a deadly game of cat and mouse as the elusive shapeshifter infiltrates her way across the Marvel Universe. Complete with a new costume, Mystique’s new saga harkens back to her beloved early ’00s spy series as she takes on a new and pivotal role in the current mutant landscape.”

The synopsis continues: “How do you track a subject with a history that contradicts itself? How do you stop a force whose motives change like quicksilver? How do you stop a target that can be anyone? That’s the question that confronts Nick Fury as he stumbles upon a web of lies and espionage leading back to Mystique. From the ashes of Krakoa, the shape-shifting mutant terrorist returns to remind the world exactly why it hates and fears her.”

Featuring interior artwork and a cover by Shalvey, October’s Mystique #1 will also feature variant covers from artists David Baldeón (Dead X-Men), Yasmine Putri (Phoenix), Rose Besch (Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver), and Rickie Yagawa (Marvel’s Voices: Identity), including a pair featuring Deadpool and Wolverine (who adorn issues of Marvel’s comics with their own line of variant covers through August). The covers, below, hit stands October 16th.