Ultimate Comics: X-Men

Publication History

It has recently announced that will be relaunched under the "" tagline by and Paco Medina, with the title now called : X-Men. The currently announced members of the X-Men are Jimmy Hudson, Kitty Pryde (returning from her departure to appear in Ultimate Spider-Man), Iceman, Rogue, and Johnny Storm (formerly of the Fantastic Four). The story will also apparently expand upon Ultimate Origins’ revelation of the mutant race actually being the result of a government bio-experiment. The first issue of is expected to be released in September along with the new relaunch of : Spider-Man.

Preview

"As a result of Magneto's attack that we saw in Ultimatum, the government has taken a much more aggressive stance," Spencer said during the call. "We're really in a Days of Future Past-type scenario."

The nature of mutation in the Ultimate Universe, as revealed in Ultimate Origins, will play a major role in Spencer's plans for the book.

"As we all learned in Ultimate Origins, mutants in the Ultimate Universe are not the next step in evolution, they are actually the product of lab experiments in the United States government," the writer said. "That information is going to go public, and the entire world is going to learn that the government created mutants."

Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso was also on the line during the call, and suggested a possible future crossover between Ultimate Comics: Ultimates (revealed on Monday to be starting in August with Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic on board), Ultimate Comics: X-Men and whatever form the Ultimate Spider-Man series takes after "Death of Spider-Man."Spencer told Newsarama that it's a liberating feeling to be writing an X-Men comic in a world where Cyclops, Wolverine, Professor X and Magneto are all dead.

"I think it's what makes it more exciting," Spencer said. "These kids are living in a world where the legends are dead. This is more than just 'the dream is dead,' this is, 'both sides of the argument are dead.' That is just so much more fascinating. To me, what was really intriguing to me about where they were now is just in that. These kids have heard both sides, and seen both sides fail miserably. A lot of X-books have been built around that idea, that we're just one step away from everything going to Hell, and in the Ultimate Universe, that's happened. We're there. It's too late to put the genie back in the bottle. This relationship between humans and mutants is not going to repair itself."

Characters

• Jimmy Hudson: After discovering his mutant powers for the first time and meeting Kitty Pryde, Jimmy Hudson the son of Wolverine, and adopted son of the Hudsons, has a healing factor and retractable claws, which he is able to cover with organic metal, much like Colossus.
• Kitty Pryde: After the events of the Ultimatum, Kitty Pryde moved back home with her mother in Queens. Kitty was there for Spider-Mans death at the hands of Norman Osborn and later went off to find Wolerine's son Jimmy and help him discover his mutant gifts. It was later announced by Nick Spencer Kitty would be another of the main focus' of the team along with Rouge.
• Johnny Storm/The Human Torch: After the events of the Ultimatum and the disbandment of the Fantastic Four Johnny Storm went to live with Peter Parker as passing off as one of his cousins along with Bobby Iceman. He was also participated in the climatic battle against Norman Osborn, but was quickly defeated. He was announced to be on the team.
• Rouge: The only person on the team not to be seen after the Ultimatum and will be the other main focus of the team along with Kitty Pryde. Announced to be on the team by Nick Spencer
• Bobby Drake/Iceman: After being kicked out of his house because of his parents rejection he was able to sneak and stay at Kitty Pryde's house until Kitty's mother found and was able to get May Parker to let Bobby stay there passing off as another one of Peters cousin. He was there for the final battle against the against Norman Osborn which in turn resulted in Spider-Mans death. Announced to be on the team by Nick Spencer

Supporting Characters/ Ex X-Men

• Colossus was announced to be one of the other X-Men to have a part in the story along with Storm.
• Storm was announced to be one of the other X-Men to have a part in the story along with Colossus.
• Jean Grey/Karen Grant will also be part of the story
• Nightcrawler who was thought to have been killed when the Ultimatum Wave hit New York but according to Nick Spencer "there's a lot of really amazing world-building that Johnathan Hickman is doing that's going to be reflected in Ultimate Comics X-Men.

Enemies

According to Nick Spencer "The threats? Well, the government for one. It's hunting season. The means of hunting has become significantly more affective (Sentinels?). Pretenders to Magneto's throne will be legion. A major adversary will rise up on the other side of the globe as the series' major Big Bad.

References

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/ultimate-comics-universe-reborn-110503.html http://www.ifanboy.com/content/articles/Ultimate_Comics_Universe_Reborn__Day_Two_with_Nick_Spencer_of_Ultimate_Comics_X-Men