X-Men from past, present and future collide in the Marvel Now as part of the 50th Anniversary of the X-Men. Jason Aaron, Brian Wood and Brian Michael Bendis team up for the 10-part storyline. Logan and the students of the Jean Grey School are recovering from war with the Hellfire Club as the Battle of the Atom begins next month.
Marvel showed new covers and preview art from the Wolverine and the X-Men issues of the crossover and writer Jason Aaron talked about tackling massive fight scenes:
“It certainly is a challenge when you’re dealing with that many characters. Usually I just feel bad for the artist when I’m writing a page and it’s got so many characters on it all interacting and talking and fighting. It can be a lot to manage. For me, the important thing is that story-wise and fight-wise, to make sure that it’s not just a mess. I want to find a firm position for whoever is fighting and that you understand where these different sides stand and what they’re fighting about. The stuff I get to do at the end of the first month of Battle of the Atom, it’s kind of the first big fight, the precursor to the final colossal melee. It’s fun. It’s fun to bounce those characters off each other. We haven’t seen Wolverine’s side and Cyclops’ side come face to face too much in recent years since Schism. We get to bring them back together in a big way with these crazy future X-Men thrown into the mix. When there are so many cool characters to play with and so many cool moving parts, so many strong personalities, it’s just a blast to throw that stuff together. Usually the only problem is that I feel I could write forty pages of this instead of just twenty.
The action begins in X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 and goes through issues of X-Men, Wolverine and the X-Men, All-New X-Men, Uncanny X-Men.
The kids will not take a backseat to the adult X-Men. Aaron says to watch for big moments for Quentin Quire as the story progresses. The Hellfire Saga finale hits comic book shops this week.
Keep scrolling for more preview art from Wolverine and the X-Men #38:
By Editor