X-Men: Messiah Complex
| "Messiah CompleX" | |||
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| File:Messiahcomplex.PNG Variant cover for X-Men: Messiah Complex featuring Mystique, Cyclops, Mister Sinister, Professor X, and Wolverine. Art by Marc Silvestri. | |||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||
| Publication date | December 2007 - March 2008 | ||
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| Main character(s) | X-Men X-Factor X-Force New X-Men Marauders Acolytes Purifiers Predator X Reavers Cable | ||
| Creative team | |||
| Writer(s) | Ed Brubaker, Mike Carey, Peter David, Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost | ||
| Penciller(s) | Marc Silvestri, Billy Tan, Scot Eaton, Humberto Ramos and Chris Bachalo | ||
| Inker(s) | Joe Weems w/Marco Galli, Danny Miki w/Allan Martinez, John Dell, Carlos Cuevas, Tim Townsend w/Victor Olazaba, Jon Sibal, Andrew Hennessy, Dave Meikis and Al Vey | ||
| Colorist(s) | Frank D'Armata, Edgar Delgado and Brian Reber | ||
| Hardcover | ISBN 0-7851-2899-9 | ||
| Softcover | ISBN 0-7851-2320-2 | ||
X-Men: Messiah Complex (also written Messiah CompleX) is a comic book crossover about the X-Men which ran from October 2007 to January 2008, published by Marvel Comics.
The story is the climax of events that began with House of M, which led to the decimation of mutants in the Marvel Universe and the middle chapter of a three-part saga, which will continue in Messiah War set to be released in 2009.
Overview
The Messiah Complex storyline is the climax of events set into motion in House of M and defined the direction of the X-Men franchise for the next several years. The storyline's main plot involves the birth of the first child with the X-gene since Decimation, sparking a race between the X-Men, the Marauders, the Acolytes, the Reavers, the Purifiers, and Predator X to see who will find the child first.[1]
Publication
The checklist for the storyline is as follows:
October 2007
- Chapter 1: X-Men: Messiah Complex one-shot.
November 2007
- Chapter 2: Uncanny X-Men #492
- Chapter 3: X-Factor #25
- Chapter 4: New X-Men #44
- Chapter 5: X-Men #205
December 2007
- Chapter 6: Uncanny X-Men #493
- Chapter 7: X-Factor #26
- Chapter 8: New X-Men #45
- Chapter 9: X-Men #206
January 2008
- Chapter 10: Uncanny X-Men #494
- Chapter 11: X-Factor #27
- Chapter 12: New X-Men #46
- Chapter 13: X-Men #207
Additional books
- X-Men: Messiah Complex - Mutant Files #1
Collected editions
The storyline has been collected into a single volume:
- X-Men: Messiah Complex (collects "X-Men: Messiah CompleX", Uncanny X-Men #492-494, X-Men #205-207, New X-Men #44-46, X-Factor #25-27, and "X-Men: Messiah CompleX - Mutant Files", 352 pages, Marvel Comics, hardcover, April 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2899-9, softcover, November 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2320-2)
Aftermath and consequences
Divided We Stand: The Divided We Stand event followed on from the end of Messiah Complex and encompassed the Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, X-Force, Young X-Men, X-Men: Legacy, Wolverine, and Cable ongoing series.[2]
Uncanny X-Men: A separate Divided We Stand storyline ran in Uncanny X-Men from #495 to 500 and ended with the X-Men reforming in San Francisco and pursuing "Cyclops’ vision of what the X-Men should do".[2][3]
Cable: At the Baltimore Comic-Con on September 10, 2007, Marvel Comics announced that a new Cable ongoing series (which will replace the Cable & Deadpool series), with Duane Swierczynski as the writer[4] and Ariel Olivetti as the artist, will be launched after the conclusion of Messiah Complex in March 2008.[5] This series follows the attempts of Cable to protect the Messiah child from those who would do her harm.
X-Men (vol. 2): X-Men (vol. 2) was renamed X-Men: Legacy as of issue #208 in February 2008. Mike Carey remained as writer with various artists contributing to the art, including Billy Tan and Scot Eaton, among others, with David Finch as the cover artist.[6] The book will focus on Professor Xavier, Rogue and Gambit, and will also feature important plans regarding Magneto, as well as a female character from the New X-Men title. Iceman will make a cameo appearance as well.[3]
X-Force: A new X-Force series will be launched in February 2008 with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost as the writers and Clayton Crain as the artist. The team will consist of Wolverine, X-23, Warpath, and Wolfsbane.[2]
New X-Men (formerly New X-Men: Academy X): A new series, titled Young X-Men, debuted in April 2008 with Marc Guggenheim as the writer and Yanick Paquette as the artist and will replace the New X-Men series, which was cancelled with issue #46 in January 2008. The team will consist of Dust, Rockslide,Blindfold, and Wolf Cub, (from the cancelled New X-Men series), as well as new members Ink and Greymalkin.[7]
Messiah War, is a seven-issue crossover between Cable (vol. 3) and X-Force which writer Craig Kyle describes as being the follow up to Messiah Complex and "the middle chapter of what I think will be a major three-part saga, which will continue to define and redefine the X-Universe moving forward".[8]
Notes
- ^ HeroesCon: Marvel Writers Round Table, Comic Book Resources, June 16, 2007
- ^ a b c Marvel Comics Solicitations for April, 2008 - UPDATED!, Comic Book Resources, January 23, 2008
- ^ a b State of the Art: The X-Men Post-Messiah CompleX, The Independent Comics Site, December 31, 2007
- ^ Wizard Entertainment: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI’S ‘CABLE’ VISION
- ^ "X-Force" and "Cable" Special Edition, Comic Book Resources, September 10, 2007
- ^ X-Position: Week Thirty Two, Comic Book Resources, January 2, 2008
- ^ Youth Served: Guggenheim Talks "Young X-Men", Comic Book Resources, January 25, 2008
- ^ Kyle/Yost/Choi Talk "Messiah War", Comic Book Resources, December 12, 2008
References
- Messiah Complex at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
- X-Writers talk “Messiah CompleX”, Comic Book Resources, September 26, 2007
- X-POSITION Week 19: Mike Carey, Comic Book Resources, October 4, 2007
- On Messiah Complex 1: Ed Brubaker kicks it off, Newsarama, October, 12, 2007
