What if… Cyclops had stayed with Madelyne Pryor? We know Chris Claremont has an answer to that question — but he’s busy writing the Gambit: Wanted limited series, so you’re going to get an all-new, all-different answer via the upcoming What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1. Written by Gerry Duggan and illustrated by Jan Bazaldua (with yet another breathtaking Lucas Werneck cover), the one-shot is part of Marvel’s celebration of the What If…? series’ 50th anniversary.
The issue isn’t on sale until June 3, 2026, but AIPT can exclusively reveal four unlettered pages that give a glimpse of what life is like for Scott, Madelyne, and Nathan Summers in this alternate world — along with Jean Grey and Mister Sinister!
What If…? Uncanny X-Men #1
WHAT IF…CYCLOPS HAD STAYED WITH MADELYNE PRYOR? Imagine a world where Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen, had survived the Inferno. What would have happened if Cyclops had saved her soul? What would have happened if he and Maddie had raised their son, Nathan Summers? What would that world look like? And why would that be the most terrible thing to happen to mutantdom and Earth itself?
Writer: Gerry Duggan
Penciller: Jan Bazaldua
Colorist: Arthur Hesli
Cover Artist: Lucas Werneck
Courtesy of Marvel Comics
Courtesy of Marvel Comics
Courtesy of Marvel Comics
Courtesy of Marvel Comics
Courtesy of Marvel Comics
For more X-Men news, remember to visit AIPT at the start of each week for new editions of X-Men Monday, our X-creator interview column, featuring exclusive art. In the next edition, on May 4, 2026, writer Saladin Ahmed discusses his upcoming Bishop limited series!
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