X-Men Red #1 gives a fan-favorite X-Man a surprising new look and revives a classic X-team
The X-Men have never been shy about their expansive wardrobes with numerous mutants switching up their bespoke costumes on a whim, and April 6's X-Men Red #1 (opens in new tab) from writer Al Ewing, artist Stefano Caselli, colorist Federico Blee, and letterer Ariana Maher carries on the tradition by putting one of the X-Men's biggest fashion-plates in a new spin on a classic look - with much bigger ramifications than a wardrobe change might imply.
Wolverine goes through more suits than a Men's Warehouse model, Emma Frost has turned her 'white outfit' into a genre. Even Charles Xavier, whose design remained largely the same since his introduction, had a drastic design update when he began sporting a black spandex suit and wearing Cerebro on his head for the current post-House of X/Powers of X era. And that's not even bringing up the many times the X-Men and their spin-off teams have donned matching uniforms.
But rarely does a simple costume change carry the plot significance implied by one of X-Men Red's lead character's surprise costume updates, which signal changes not just to the character's personal status quo, but potentially all of Planet Arakko - and beyond.
X-Men Red #1 kicks right in with a battle over the rulership of the planet formerly known as Mars - now called Planet Arakko by the mutants who terraformed it - between a shapeshifting alien queen and fan-favorite X-character, Storm, who has been serving as Regent of Arakko since the planet was founded.
The shapeshifter has taken Ororo's form, and since we're talking about visual designs, looks almost identical to Storm's first appearance all the way back in 1975’s Giant-Sized X-Men #1 (opens in new tab). Though the nameless shapeshifter has Storm's powers and
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