Professor Xavier launches his big attack on the Shadow King in CBR's exclusive preview for Astonishing X-Men #6 by Charles Soule and Mike Del Mundo.

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The thought-dead Charles Xavier has been locked in combat with his arch-nemesis for month, battling back and forth on the Astral Plane while the X-Men have been reduced to little more than pawns in the powerful psychics' war. While it seemed as though the Shadow King would end up with the upper hand against Professor X, the founder and original leader of the X-Men has a few cards up his sleeve, if you'll pardon the pun.

Check out CBR's preview, along with the issues' solicitation text and cover art, below. Astonishing X-Men #6 arrives in stores and on digital comics platforms Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017.

ASTONISHING X-MEN #6

  • CHARLES SOULE (W) • MIKE DEL MUNDO (A/C)
  • Phoenix Variant Cover by KRIS ANKA
  • LIFE OF X CONCLUSION!
  • We are trapped in the SHADOW KING’s web. All strands have led here. We have seen sacrifice, battle, manipulation, lies and the darkest truths. Now, at last, CHARLES XAVIER and his X-Men will save one world and lose another.
  • 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99