By Marc Strom
Go west, young mutant!
With the
X-Men setting up shop in sunny San Francisco, Marvel's merry band of mutants plan to make their own future in "Manifest Destiny" this fall.
While UNCANNY X-MEN editor Nick Lowe remained tight-lipped on just what the story would entail, he did promise it would shock X-fans like nothing before.
"I would describe ["Manifest Destiny"] as the biggest status quo shift in X-Men history," he declares.
"We aren't joking about the seismic shift in the X-Men," Lowe continues. "It is real. Not only is it the first time that the X-Men have set up shop somewhere other than Westchester—we aren't counting the short time in Austraila—but it is a philosophical change as well."
Also this fall, fans can expect a four-issue X-MEN: MANIFEST DESTINY anthology catching readers up to date with some of their favorite mutants.
According to Lowe, who will also edit the limited series, fans can expect to see "
Iceman,
Karma,
Mercury [and] a lot of the characters who may not get a ton of face time in the main X-Books."
And when those character return, they'll have some of Marvel's top talent guiding them.
"Mike Carey is writing [the] four-part Iceman story [running throughout the limited series]," Lowe dishes. "Humberto Ramos is doing the covers. Chris Yost is involved. C.B. Cebulski is involved. Skottie Young is involved."
So strap in, True Believer, and get ready for the X-Men's biggest mutation yet!
