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MARVEL: MMXI - 2011 L'ANNO DEGLI X-MEN -- UPDATE!!

X-Men First to Last
the X-Men torn apart by internal strife? Illustration by Paco Medina

last few days chasing with increasing insistence rumors of a mega-event mutant that should stir up the base of the x-titles, revolutionizing and at the same time, catapulted into the new millennium (there seems to be the usual old story? Be 'perhaps no mistake ...).

After all, already on December 30 I posted a teaser (which will propose again at the beginning of this post) which does not bode well for the future of the mutant heroes. The image, created by Paco Medina , represented two generations of x-men opposing one against the other (and especially, showed, once again Professor Xavier in a wheelchair. ..). No other explanation, if not a date: May 2011 .

Subsequently Marvel Comics announced the publication of a mini-series of four books that will lead the plots mutants until the next crisis, which would upset the x men from July to October this year. Each issue of this miniseries, written by a Paul Jenkins return after a long absence (his last miniseries was World War Hulk Frontline 2008), a project of some importance to the house of ideas, will focus on a different character from those residing on the island of Utopia and will be entrusted to the care of art in different designs (see numbers in the early work Roberto De La Torre and Laurence Campbell .

According to rumors this miniseries will lay the foundation for a new division in the ranks of the X-Men, with an increasingly harsh contrast between Cyclops, leader degli X-Men e Wolverine capo di X-Force.

Le ripercussioni di questa miniserie si dovrebbero avvertire per tutto il 2012 e, naturalmente, dovrebbero portare ad una ulteriore rivoluzione del parco testate mutanti.

 

illustrazione di Giuseppe Camuncoli
per la copertina di  X-Men Prelude

A proposito di X-Men Prelude, Tom Brevoort in una intervista recentemente rilasciata alla webzine Comic Book Resources ha dichiarato:

"The story is not focused on trying to answer the question" Who will lead the X-Men? ", But groped to understand" where you live or what direction it needs to be addressed in This time the mutant race?. In the last couple of years, the X-Men have moved away from the philosophy of Xavier and have embarked on a new path, a path that Cyclops has had to undertake because of the circumstances. The story of Paul [ Jenkins] focus their attention on just four characters who are at the forefront of those who can (and want) to answer the question of the leadership race of mutant: Xavier, Cyclops, Wolverine e Magneto. Ogni numero della serie --  Paul ha deciso di scrivere quattro storie singole di 22 pagine, ognuna di esse, pur essendo parte di un disegno più ampio, si incentrerà su un solo di questi quattro personaggi -- tratteggerà un ritratto di questi personaggi e ci farà intuire quale sarà il loro ruolo nel prossimo evento."

I semi di questi cambiamenti in arrivo si inizieranno a vedere via via su tutte le serie dell'universo mutante. Orfana di Warren Ellis , Astonishing X-Men , ad esempio, sarà affidata a due team creativi, composti rispettivamente da Christos Gage e Juan Bobillo and Daniel Way and Jason Pearson , each of which will, in alternate months, a different team of X-Men. The narrative motivation behind the two teams in the division would be just that should be in the ranks of the mutant line.

an embarrassing cover of Sal Larrocha
for Astonishing X-Men

cover Jason Pearson

Mike Kaluta Variant Edition

Meanwhile, the creative offices of the House of Ideas has prepared a new campaign teaser (which is now the practice really is no escape) to tickle the curiosity of readers and fans. It begins with New Mutants, the series dedicated to the second (third? Fourth?) Generation of X-Men will be close to the events of the crisis with a new mutant - even mysterious - the creative team and a new direction narrative. More when we do not know ...

"get anything"
MMXI Year of the X-Men: New Mutants

The second teaser

concerns the team of X-Men whose deeds are recounted on the head X-Men Legacy, written by Mike Carey and designed by Rafa Sandoval .

"will not allow our past affects our future"
MMXI Year of the X-Men: X-Men Legacy

Update! Third Teaser for the advertising campaign that promotes the revitalization of the X-Men. This time it's the longest among the tested mutants provide a peek into the future, the protagonist of a phenomenon. The texts are Kieron Gillen pencils (the unwatchable - I do not want) Greg Land .

"I'll do what bisogna fare"
MMXI Year of the X-Men: Uncanny X-Men

Una cosa è certa (a mio parere) da almeno un lustro la Marvel fatica a imprimere una direzione narrativa decente alle serie mutanti. Tra morti, resurrezioni, viaggi  nel tempo, personaggi sanguinari e digrignanti gli x-men di oggi sembrano solo la parodia riuscita male di quelli classici che hanno reso leggendario questo brand. Speriamo che questa sia la volta buona...