The Inhumans take center stage of the Marvel Universe in a brand new series this week.
Isolated and outnumbered – the Inhumans have played supporting roles in Avengers and Fantastic Four storyines.
Inhumanity spread across Earth when Black Bolt detonated a Terrigen Bomb in the fight to save his race and stop Thanos during the Infinity event.
Now the Inhumans are multiplying across the globe and the once hidden race is exposed.
The bomb ignited long dormant genes inside the human race transforming some people into Inhumans. How are Marvel’s heroes, villains and what’s left of the Royal Family reacting to the sudden emergence of (thousands, millions) of new Inhumans?
Writer Charles Soule, artist Joe Madureira explore the classic and brand new characters in Inhuman #1.
“The Inhumans are almost a mythological creation. Just the idea of being an ordinary person until you’re exposed to this catalyst is neat. You can be a random person walking along the street when a cloud comes along and changes your life forever,” Soule said in an earlier Marvel liveblog.
“I’ll be playing with the Royal Family, but also taking a street level approach, which we don’t often see with the Inhumans.”
“Ever few years, we like to put the focus on characters who haven’t gotten as much. You saw it years ago with New Avengers, you saw it last year with Guardians of the Galaxy, and you’re going to see it again now with the Inhumans.” said Editor Nick Lowe.
Black Bolt, Medusa and what’s left of the Royal Family but Soule is introducing several new Inhumans to the conflict:
“Lash is a hidden Inhuman who did not live in Attilan and is emerging now. He lived in the town where Thane was found in Infinity. That society is one of the things I’ve been developing. That city could not do the Terrigenesis ritual, they could only grant it to some people who they thought would have useful powers. It was almost religious. Lash finds Inhumanity to be heretical. He’s a tough dude. His power allows him to change energy from one form to another, like fire to light. He’s dedicated and believes he is right.” says Soule.
“Inferno was a regular dude who everything changes for. That can be a good thing or a bad thing. Inferno has powers like the Human Torch, but no control over them. He could burn himself to a cinder and die unless he figures this out.” reveals Soule.
“Reader’s Inhuman ability is that anything he reads he can make real. If he reads the word ‘fire’ everything lights on fire. The society he grew up in realized he was dangerous and blinded him. He has strips of paper with braille on them around his waist that he’ll pull out and use as a weapon. He wander the Earth looking for new Inhumans like Inferno.”
“I think Reader is super cool and has potential to be the breakout character. Lash is amazing. There’s a young Chinese girl who we haven’t talked about who is really cool. All of them are Rocket Raccoon.” says Soule.
“Since a lot of these characters are new, you don’t know what’s going to happen. If you see Iron Man, you know he’s probably going to survive the story. You don’t know that with these guys.”
“I’m bringing back a character named Lineage who I introduced in Thunderbolts #17. His line of ancestry is all present in him and manifest all over his body as little faces. He has knowledge to all of Inhuman history and becomes a power broker. He’s a one man faction.”
“It’s constantly evolving. Since this project was announced, the ‘Game of Thrones’ analogy has been out there and it’s not inaccurate. Medusa will be central as will a core group of heroic new Inhumans. The antagonists will vary. Lash is one. There’s a great character called the Unspoken who was king of the Inhumans before Black Bolt. Medusa is the axle around which the story turns, but the spokes around her are all very interesting.”
Inhuman #1 arrives Wednesday.
By Editor