The Women of the Atom unite in an all-new X-Men #1 by Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel! Jubilee comes home and she’s not alone. The mutant turned vampire comes back to the school with an orphan baby that could be a destroyer or a messiah! Storm rallies Rogue, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey, Psylocke and Jubilee to protect the child!
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Plus, an old enemy comes to the X-Men asking them for protection against an ancient evil! What’s so powerful it would make Sublime turn to the mutants for help?
The new Star Wars comic book series from Dark Horse Comics is thrilling fans with new stories set after events in Star Wars: A New Hope. Leia is flying X-wings and uncovering Imperial spies. Luke is flirting with another pilot. Han and Chewbacca are on a secret mission. Writer Brian Wood reveals Han Solo is the most fun to write in an interview with Comic Book Resources.
“It’s kind of fun writing him being a dick and with his sarcasm and banter back and forth with Chewbacca,” Wood said and it’s easy to hear Harrison Ford’s voice in his head.
X-Men: Battle of the Atom will kick off in September with a special issue by Brian Michael Bendis and Frank Cho then run through the core titles (All-New X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine and the X-Men and Brian Wood’s X-Men) then wrap in a final bookend by Jason Aaron and a “mystery artist.”
X-Men from the future including Kate Bishop, Deadpool, Lady Xorn, Ice Beast and more all designed by the legendary Arthur Adams arrive in the present. This Future Team’s mission is a direct response to the Beast bringing the original X-Men from the past in the present. These future X-Men will target the teens (now at the Jean Grey and Charles Xavier Schools) and the objective is to send them back by any means necessary.
“The story itself hinges on the All-New X-Men and whether or not they need to be sent back to their home time,” X-Men Senior Editor Nick Lowe tells Marvel.com. “This causes the X-Men of the past, present and future to pick sides.”
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“Jason Aaron came to us with this [idea],” said Brian Michael Bendis, “Jason pitched big and he scored. Jason came to everyone with the bare essentials of this idea and everybody got really excited about it because it was all the things we liked about the X-Men. It spoke to the legacy of the entire franchise while at the same time focusing on the future.”
Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel launch a brand new X-Men #1 next month with an all female team.
In the last volume of X-Men Jubilee was transformed into a vampire in Curse of the Mutants and joined a cabal of fellow undead trying to control their blood lust. The fireworks generating mutant turned vampire will back with the Children of the Atom. Brian Wood told a fan on Comic Book Resources X-Position how he will approach the mutated Jubilee.
“I’ll be the first to admit I struggled with the fact that I would be writing a vampire Jubilee — I was hoping to be able to write the “classic” one but it was not in the cards. But we, my editor Jeanine [Schaefer] and I, figured the way to go is Continue reading Brian Wood on the X-MEN Vampire
Harbinger #11 Is Bloodshot gunning for Peter Stanchek and his Renegades? How will the kids react to Project Rising Spirit’s new mission? Harbinger Wars continues this week.
Sex #2 How does a former crime fighter get his thrills when his super hero fantasies are over? Joe Casey’s shocking story of a repressed ex-hero’s submersion into a city’s twisted underbelly.
Star Wars #4Princess Leia sets a trap for an Imperial spy in the rebel fleet. Luke Skywalker is grounded. Will the future Jedi’s flirtation with a fellow pilot become a dangerous romance? Han Solo’s escape from the Empire leads to an adventure in the dark underworld of Coruscant. Brian Wood’s new adventures set during the original trilogy continue to thrill and amaze.
Ultron #1AUWhat if your father took over the world and killed a lot of superheroes. Life was already tough for Victor Mancha. Now Age of Ultron brings more daddy issues for the android son of Ultron. Kathryn Immonen focuses on the former Runaway and future star of Avengers AI. Can this tortured teen escaped his evil father’s shadow to forge his own heroic future?
The Massive may be my favorite non-superhero comic book. Brian Wood tells action packed, thought provoking stories and perhaps offering a dire prediction of what our world could become if we don’t take better care of it.
This week Dark Horse is offering The Massive #1 for $1. Get it.
Oh it’s a nerd-tastic milestone when your hometown comic book con unveils the programming lineup! Emerald City Comicon unveiled their 3 days of programming featuring celebrity guests, comic book legends and panels on everything from cosplay to starting your own webcomics.
ECCC announced more comic book creators today are coming to the big show March 1-3 including:
Brian Wood (Star Wars, X-Men, The Massive, Mara, Northlanders)
Garry Brown (The Massive, Creepy, Mass Effect: Homeworlds)
The WOMEN of the Children of the Atom take the spotlight in the latest Marvel Now X-book! Brian Wood left the (adjectiveless) X-Men book a few months back after a thrilling arc with Storm leading Psylocke, Domino, Colossus and Pixie in a modern story that still reminded me of the Chris Claremont/Paul Smith era. David Lopez was the artist on this Proto-Mutants arc.
Wood is back with a brand new X-Men #1 with Olivier Coipel on art this April. The new book will have an all-female cast: Jubilee, Storm, Rogue, Psylocke, Kitty Pryde and Rachel Grey. Wood tells Comics Newsarama why the new book features an all X-Women cast.
“It’s impossible to say what’s going to happen way down the road, but there has been zero talk of changing the lineup to include a male character, not from my editor on up the chain of command to [Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso]. But while the core cast of the book is these six women, this is not a title designed to be devoid of all men. I’m sure they’ll be some appearing as guests in arcs as needed… it would be sort of boring without it, and sort of a waste of chances for good character moments.
