One of the most surprising comic book comebacks continues with a new volume of Wolverine and the X-Men in 2014. Writer Jason Latour and artist Mahmud Asrar are the creative team on the second volume launching in March as revealed by IGN.
Love him, hate him or love to hate him – Quentin Quire will become “one of the biggest players of the book.”
Grant Morrison created Quire aka Kid Omega during his New X-Men run and the arrogant omega level mutant was banished until Jason Aaron made him a student of the new Jean Grey School. I even grew to like the brat who once started a Riot at Xavier’s.
Quentin Quire has a huge role in the future of the X-Men (as seen in Battle of the Atom) and Latour tells IGN how Quire is a big focus of the new book
“It will be pretty clear from the jump that Quire’s experiences with the future X-Men during Battle of the Atom have shaken him up a little bit. The knowledge that he becomes The Phoenix and a full fledged member of the X-Men is slowly but surely forming cracks in his self image. He’ll be doing his best to deny it, but it’s really difficult for him to admit that his future seems to see him end up as one of the flock, and to do so with such power at his fingertips.
But even worse the opinion of the people around him seems to have changed. Where they once hoped for better of him, they now expect it, and a driving force of the book moving forward will be those expectations and just how Quentin lives up or down to them.”
It’s Quire’s omega level power and connection to the Phoenix Force that will make him a target.
“The Phoenix has a powerful legacy, and there are a lot of folks who would do anything to grab hold of a piece of it. Quire’s association with it has put him right into the line of fire of a villain who has a connection to the Phoenix Force and it’s legacy unlike any we’ve seen before. One he’s not afraid to exploit or, in the eyes of Logan and the X-Men, tarnish. Beyond that the plan is to deal with largely new faces, some new twists on the familiar. We’re working hard to pump some new blood and life into things. As much love as I have for the old rogues galleries, I think the new class of X-Men should have their own threats and challenges to overcome.”
Jason Aaron is now writing Amazing X-Men. Issue Two is out today. Wolverine and the X-Men #1 (the All-New Marvel Now volume two) arrives in March after Aaron’s finale in February.
By Editor