It’s the big finale of a week of X-Men ResurrXion announcements.
Marvel revealed X-Men Blue and X-Men Gold will be the two new flagship X-books launching in Spirng 2017.
After the ResurrXion teaser came news of ongoing titles Iceman, Jean Grey, Weapon, Cable and Generation X.
The Spring rebirth will follow dark times for the mutants. The Terrigen Cloud that creates new Inhumans is killing mutants. The fate of Cyclops and start of a genetic war is happening now in Death of X and will erupt in full-blown Inhumans vs. X-Men.
It looks like the mutant race will survive and thrive. The X-Editors revealed a little and teased a lot about the new beginning.
“X-Men are heroes. Of the Marvel Universe. These mutants have saved the world enough times they deserve to be called what they are.” Group Editor Mark Paniccia said of the mission of ResurrXion on Marvel.com.
“Without spoiling too much about the ending of Inhumans vs X-Men, the X-Men have been living with a cloud hanging over their heads—literally. The current roster of X-Men titles has been defined by this pervading sense of doom, the fact that mutantkind is on the brink. Well, one way or another, the impending threat of extinction subsides, and this is the story of what happens next. The X-Men have a future. Now what are they going to do with it?” said Editor Daniel Ketchum.
“Extinction is no longer staring them in the face, so the X-Men can exhale and turn their attention back to doing what’s defined them since the beginning: Protecting a world that hates and fears them. These new titles won’t cast the X-Men as members of a species fighting for their survival but rather as big, bright, colorful super heroes who want to demonstrate to the world that they want to walk with them hand-in-hand into the future. They’ll have costumes with capes, a school, and softball games. Oh, there will be softball games. The goal is to tell exciting new X-Men stories while keeping an eye on the tropes and touchstones that longtime X-Men fans cherish.” Ketchum continued.
Still no official word on rosters or creative teams on the books.
Old school fans may remember back in the ’90’s when Chris Claremont and Jim Lee launch the first “second” X-Men ongoing title.
The “blue” team (Cyclops, Psylocke, Beast, Wolverine, Gambit) starred in the new X-Men #1 and the “gold” team (Storm, Jean Grey, Iceman, Colossus, Archangel) starred in Uncanny X-Men still with its original numbering.
Here are all the teaser images below:
The X-Men line evolves in Spring 2017.
By Editor