Two of my favorite X-Men creators unite for a brand new tale of the Children of the Atom. Writer Mike Carey teams up with artist Salvador Larroca for X-Men: No More Humans, an original graphic novel in 2014 as revealed by USA Today.
Carey join the X-Men writing team after the Decimation, when Scarlet Witch utter the words, “No More Mutants” sending children of the atom on the fast road to extinction. The X-Men prevailed but now face a moral dilemma in this original story following the events of Battle of the Atom. After pulling themselves from the brink how will the X-Men react when the human race vanishes – including allies like the Avengers.
“The stakes, for mutants and humans alike, couldn’t be higher,” Carey says. “This is a story about who gets to inherit the world and what the cost of that victory might be.”
“There are times in this story when it seems as though there isn’t any right thing to do — and when the different ideals and personalities of the X-Men threaten to split them apart,” Carey explains.
“We really throw them some monstrous, agonizing curveballs. And we see them, finally, finding the core of themselves and responding as the heroes they are.”
The cast will include past and present Cyclops, Jean Grey from the original X-Men, Beast, Wolverine, Magneto, Storm, Emma Frost and teases the return of a canonical character “who comes late to the scene but changes everything in a single panel” — in the story that forces the X-Men to choose sides.
Raze was a breakout character from the recent Battle of the Atom event. Thechild of Wolverine and Mystique is the catalyst for the story.
“As far as he’s concerned, everything that happens in our time is established and well-documented history. That gives him a terrific edge, and we see him putting it to harrowing use,” the writer say.
“We also get to see him interacting with his mother and father. It’s not a warm and cuddly family dynamic, sadly.”
The hardcover arrives May 7, 2014. This will be the first X-Men original graphic novel since the classic God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson, which was the basis for X2: X-Men United.
Carey’s X-Men run was phenomenal and his take on Rogue was the best written since Claremont. I highly recommend Supernovas – the first arc of his run.
For the entire interview here’s the USA Today link.
By Editor