What’s one more X-Men book on your list…especially if it means the return of the beloved Fuzzy Elf?
In the final pages of Battle of the Atom – the mutants one of their dearly departed members may be alive and not so well. Logan assembles an elite team to search for the man many call the heart and soul of the X-Men.
Amazing X-Men by Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness will star Wolverine, Northstar, Iceman, Storm, Beast and wait for it…Firestar?
The team goes on a quest for Nightcrawler who made the ultimate sacrifice in Messiah Complex to save Hope Summers. If you’ve been reading Aaron’s Wolverine and the X-Men book you know the clues and hints (Bamfs, Azazel) have been there but how will it lead to the return of the real Kurt Wagner?
“This is the story my X-Men run has been building to since Wolverine and the X-Men #1,” Aaron tells Marvel.com. “This story will explain what those little blue Bamfs are, why they’re at the school, and what they’re up to.”
And the mutant comeback no one saw coming…why Firestar?
“I’m the perfect age to be a big ‘Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends’ fan,” he says. “So I’ve always had a fondness for Firestar. I like the idea of giving her her first big shot at being an X-Man. She’s never been an X-Man, never been a part of a big X-Men cast or main book, so this is an opportunity for her to step up and be Amazing.”
I just reread Messiah Complex and Kurt’s death was noble but I’ve missed him and the X-Men’s 50th Anniversary just didn’t feel right without him.
“This isn’t just bringing him back to his friends on the X-Men, but bringing him back to his fans.”
The search for Nightcrawler begins Wednesday in Amazing X-Men #1 but who will run the Jean Grey School? Stay tuned!
By Editor