Dark Avengers Target the X-Men

The X-Men and the Avengers don't meet very often, but when they do team up it tends to have major consequences. Last time the two teams worked together, the House of M was created and nearly all the world's mutants were de-powered in an instant.

So we tend to sit up and take notice whenever Marvel tease at another X-Men/Avengers crossover. Such an event will be taking place this summer. Beginning in July, Uncanny X-Men and Dark Avengers will begin a six-part crossover storyline. The crossover begins in a one-shot special called X-Men/Dark Avengers Alpha. The story continues in the pages of Uncanny X-Men #513-514 and Dark Avengers #6-7, before finishing off in another one-shot called X-Men/Dark Avengers Omega.

One of the more surprising aspects of this project is that each of the six issues will be written by Matt Fraction. Though Brian Michael Bendis helped plan the event, he'll be turning over the reins of Dark Avenger to Fraction for two months.