Marvel Reveals Which X-Men Will Replace the Avengers

Published Jul 28, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT Sam Fang primarily covers news for CBR, with over a decade of experience writing about entertainment and pop culture and degrees in both journalism and art. Just in time for Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel is preparing to see a new team of X-Men rising up and taking over for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The publisher officially confirmed the new X-Men team at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. At the Marvel Comics: Avengers: Armageddon panel at SDCC, writer Chip Zdarsky shed some new light on what will be happening after the events of Marvel's ongoing Armageddon event. Zdarsky will lead the new ongoing Avengers series, which has been teased as 'Earth's Mightiest Survivors', due to the fact it sees an unlikely group of heroes taking on the mantle of the Avengers after the destruction of Armageddon shakes the Marvel Universe. With the real Avengers seemingly gone, a new team of X-Men is ready to take over — and they look absolutely incredible. Marvel Reveals Which X-Men Will Surpass the Avengers Image via Marvel Comics While it seems that Marvel is ready to give its iconic Avengers team some time to breathe and regroup, a new iconic team dubbed Maximum X-Men...