Last week, it was announced that we’ll be celebrating 60 years of the X-Men with Marvel Unlimited.Presented by the digital comics super-service, X-Men: 60 Uncanny Years Live Virtual Event will spotlight the history and creative legacy of Marvel’s mutants, from their beginnings as the Original Five to their present era in the Krakoan Age.
The event gets even better today as GRANT MORRISON, writer of the New X-Men comics of the early 2000s will be joining the panel of iconic creators to talk about their work on Marvel’s Merry Mutants, the X-Men! Morrison scribed over 40 issues in New X-Men #114 to #154 that changed the X-Men forever, introducing secondary mutations along with leather jackets and ushered the mutants into the 21st Century.
You can see Grant Morrison, along with comics industry legends Chris Claremont, Rob Liefeld, Walt and Louise Simonson, Marc Silvestri, Gerry Duggan, Jonathan Hickman, and more! Plus, special guests from X-Men: The Animated Series Eric Lewald, Julia Lewald and Marvel Studios’ X-Men ’97 writer and executive producer Beau DeMayo if you’re a Marvel Unlimited member, details here. If you’re on board with Marvel Unlimited, sign up for a Marvel Unlimited Annual or Annual Plus subscription to be eligible to attend the event for free!
The event is Thursday, March 16 at 7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT and you’ll be able to go behind the scenes with some of the icons of X-Men lore on a journey through the history of mutantkind with live interviews, fan Q&As, giveaways, exclusive announcements, and more!
Marvel Unlimited Annual and Annual Plus members are eligible to register and attend this exclusive event for free. Current Marvel Unlimited Annual or Annual Plus members will receive an email with details on how to register for the event. To sign up or upgrade to Marvel Unlimited Annual or Annual Plus tier, go to marvel.com/xmen60event.
