 | The Age of X is coming! |
The alternate universe adventure spanning the pages of X-Men: Legacy and New Mutants kicks off in 2011 with a special issue acting as the first of an overarching pair of bookmarks (Alpha and Omega).
The storyline that is already being compared to Age of Apocalypse has a high water mark to reach, but the writing team of Simon Spurrier, Mike Carey and Zeb Wells could very well pull it off. Legacy and New Mutants have been two of the better mutant titles on the shelves (my personal favorite being New Mutants), making this cross-over event a must read.
Official release below:
Next year's most talked about X-Men event gets bigger this March with AGE OF X: UNIVERSE #1 (of 2), from writer Simon Spurrier (SILVER SURFER: IN THY NAME) and artist Khoi Pham (CHAOS WAR). In the Age Of X, the mutants of the world never banded together to form the X-Men. But what of the Earth's other heroes? In a world without X-Men, a world without hope, what side do the Earth's Mightiest stand on? See the story of Marvel's greatest heroes through new eyes as the future of mankind is decided in AGE OF X: UNIVERSE #1!
AGE OF X UNIVERSE #1 (of 2)
Written by SIMON SPURRIER
Penciled by KHOI PHAM
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
Rated T+…$3.99
ON SALE IN MARCH
Additional details and a team shot via Inside Pulse:
…[Writer Mike] Carey confirmed that "X" stands for "X-Men," but that the story takes place "in a world that has never known the X-Men, in which the X-Men never came together as a team." But "there's also a character, kind of, that's called X. By the time it's over, it will have stood for several things"…
…[editor Daniel] Ketchum said the series will explore the original idea of "X-Men being something 'extra,'" and that the characters "will be doing new cool things with their powers" and being configured into new relationships…
….At the start of the story, "There is a fortress–the whole world has become hostile territory for mutants, but there is this fortress where all the surviving mutants are invited to come," Carey said, but unlike Utopia, "it's surrounded by enemies." The area around the fortress "has been squashed flat by years of conflict." Ketchum added that the fortress emphasizes that "the battle is right at their door."
Carey said there is "a very good reason" why "Age of X" is structured in ongoing X-books, and it's set up as "a mystery thriller" that will explain why it relates to the 616 world. "We're revealing it backwards," Carey said, adding that the end would reveal why it was done this way….
…"Rogue is very much the protagonist and point of view character in the first of the three acts," Carey said, but other characters would take center stage as the situation escalates. "But she is our entry character'"…
…There will be a tie-in book likely titled "Age of X: Avengers," Ketchum revealed….
…Ketchum said the Phoenix character "is definitely not Hope," and Carey added that Basilisk is Cyclops, wrapping up the call….
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