Marvel Comics have announced a new five-issue miniseries starring the Unstoppable Juggernaut, written by Fabian Nicieza with art by Ron Garney. The comic, simply titled “Juggernaut,” reveals that Cain Marko is not allowed in his half-brother Charles Xavier’s new utopia on Krakoa because he is not technically a mutant, and will explore how he is coping with that.
In an interview with IGN, Nicieza said Marko’s rejection “basically instigates the entire story. Having been X and lost, what does Cain become now? After years of back and forth and madness and sadness, he had become a member in good standing of the X-Men, and then while he’s away dancing in Limbo, mutantkind gets everything they could have ever hoped for… and Cain can’t be a part of that. How he reacts to that rejection becomes the exploration of who he is going to become without the one thing that — for good and bad — has defined him for most of his life.”
The series debuts a new costume for the Juggernaut that glows with the power of the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak. “I wanted a redesign that combined the Kirby power and the skewed oddity that Ditko brought to magical concepts, since Juggernaut is an offspring of both,” Nicieza explained. “I wanted some crimson to peek through the armor plating to connote the inner power that is now very much a part of Cain. I also wanted a ‘segmented’ look to the armor, so there is a bit of a visual ‘armoring up process’ that looks great and makes better toys!”
“Juggernaut” #1 releases in May. For more from Nicieza until then – including how the series will take inspiration from Arya and the Hound’s relationship on Game of Thrones – head on over to IGN.
