In the late ’80s, Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri packed up the X-Men and dropped them straight into the Australian desert. The result was the legendary Outback Era, a wild stretch of Uncanny X-Men where Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Psylocke, and Longshot operated in secret while the world believed they were dead. It was intense. It was dramatic. It was sun-scorched mutant mayhem.
Fans have loved that era for decades. Now it finally gets a new chapter.
This June, writer Steve Orlando and artist Stephen Segovia return to the Outback in X-Men: Outback, a five-issue limited series featuring covers by Russell Dauterman. The creative team is diving back into the dusty headquarters where the X-Men protected humanity from the shadows and barely kept themselves from imploding along the way.
The series explores why the team chose the Outback as their base, how simmering tensions nearly shattered the group, and which familiar foe threatens to expose their greatest secret. Expect big personalities, high-stakes action, and the kind of interpersonal fireworks that made this era unforgettable.
For Orlando, the project is personal. The Outback was his entry point into the X-Men, discovered through flea markets and spinner racks. The bold costumes, raw emotion, and sense of reinvention left a mark that never faded. Now he gets to tell stories in the very era that made him a lifelong fan.
Segovia brings the grit and energy, while Dauterman sets the tone with striking covers that channel the spirit of late ’80s mutant chaos. Readers can look forward to classic faces, new dangers, unexpected connections, and a few romantic complications that feel right at home in this period.
If you ever wanted more stories from the days when the X-Men were presumed dead but more alive than ever, your ticket back to the desert arrives this June.
Grab your copy of X-Men: Outback at your local comic shop and prepare for heat, secrets, and plenty of claws.
X-MEN: OUTBACK #1 (OF 5)
Written by STEVE ORLANDO
Art by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
On Sale 6/24
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