Marvel Officially Debuts X-Men's New Matching Costumes For First Time

Published Nov 9, 2026, 6:30 PM EST

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Marvel just debuted new multicolored, matching costumes for its latest X-Men team, creating a unified visual identity for one of the most tragic teams in franchise history. See the new looks for the first time below.

In most cases, Marvel's superteams assemble from pre-existing heroes with their own iconography and costumes. While groups like the Avengers might wear matching jackets for a while, they're essentially defined as individuals. The X-Men are the exception - a team defined by their familial bonds and shared struggle.

For that reason, there's a long history of the X-Men sporting matching costumes, but what happens when that concept is flipped on its head into something truly dark?

X-Men's Scavenged Debut Matching Costumes

The recent Uncanny X-Men #38 - from Gail Simone, Luciano Vecchio, Matt Wilson and Clayton Cowles - reveals the new matching uniforms of the Scavenged. The new team are villainous young mutants targeted for corruption by Sarah Gaunt, who is attempting to shape them into a dark reflection of the X-Men.

After revealing their codenames and powers last issue, Uncanny X-Men #38 debuts their costumes. Each outfit has a unique central block color and outer accent, with stripes that evoke early Wolverine costumes - a reference to these characters being brainwashed and experimented on to create "new Wolverines."

While each costume uses the same basic template, they're accessorized to each character, especially when it comes to their masks. It's noteworthy that each character has their eyes obscured, showing how their own judgment is being subverted by Gaunt's control.

Fans Learn A Lot More About X-Men's New Team

Not only does Uncanny X-Men #38 introduce the team's costumes, it fills in a lot of details about their backgrounds. Until now, all fans knew was that these were young, traumatized mutants captured by 'Weapon X-Finity' and freed by Gaunt, albeit only so she could corrupt them in a mockery of Professor X's legacy.

A former lover of Xavier, Gaunt blames him for several tragic events in her life. While previously she attacked Rogue's Louisiana X-Men as a way to destroy Charles' legacy, recent comics have revealed her new mission is to become his opposite, mentoring a new generation of mutant antiheroes and turning them into trained killers.

The Scavenged
Name	Powers	Created by
The Hag (aka Sarah Gaunt)	Ultra-strong physiology, claws forged of mystic 'Somber Steel.'	Gail Simone and David Marquez
Fawn (Rosa Ibarra)	Animalistic physique including hooves and antlers.	Gail Simone and Juan Frigeri
Polyphemus (Dario Ruiz)	Fiery heat vision.
Curare (Tessmina Cameron)	Releases nerve gas from palms.
Pilot (Jibril)	Biological 'jet' wings and rocket-like projectiles.

Uncanny X-Men #38 continues the association between the Scavenged and early X-Men teams. Polyphemus and Jibril both have names that reference founding X-Men, while the characters coming from all around the world echoes Giant-Size X-Men, which introduced Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler and more to the franchise.

Maximum X-Men Will See Classic Heroes Don Matching Costumes

While the Scavenged's matching costumes are intended to present them as a warped reflection of the X-Men, the real deal will soon return to the idea themselves. The upcoming Maximum X-Men - from Christopher Yost, Tony S. Daniel, Mark Morales, Leonardo Paciarotti and Clayton Cowles - sees the team take the Avengers' place after Earth's Mightiest Heroes disband.

Storm's team includes some returning icons such as Colossus, Iceman and Wolverine who will be keeping their solo costumes, however others such as Firestar, Justice and Betsy Braddock's Butterfly will sport new versions of the classic yellow and blue team costumes from X-Men past.

In-canon, the move seems calculated to frame Storm's X-Men as an Avengers-tier team with a professional, tried-and-tested outlook, though the decision has been criticized by some fans for seeming to characterize some characters as 'junior members' while others retain their more individualistic designs.

As Marvel introduces multiple new teams to X-Men lore, matching costumes are back in fashion, though the different contexts in which they're presented have given these designs different meanings - some of which don't seem to have been 100% intended by Marvel.

Uncanny X-Men #38 is avaiable now from Marvel Comics.

The X-Men franchise, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, centers on mutants with extraordinary abilities. Led by the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier, they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threatening humanity. The series explores themes of diversity and acceptance through a blend of action, drama, and complex characters, spanning comics, animated series, and blockbuster films.