We’ll do our best to refrain from making the obvious statements about the title of the book.
Coming in April from Marvel Comics, USA Today has revealed that Brian Wood is back on the adjectiveless X-Men title with a relaunch of the series, starring Psylocke, Storm, Rogue, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Summers Grey and Psylocke, with Olivier Coipel on art and Laura Martin on colors. This once again returns Wood’s status quo of controlling versions of the X-Men in two universes, because Brian Wood is a powerful sorcerer like that.
The book will also feature the return of the villainous Sublime, originally seen in Grant Morrison’s run and more recently seen when Kieron Gillen first joined Matt Fraction for “Uncanny X-Men” a few years ago. Sublime will now be going to these ladies for help of some kind, so prepare for a drama bomb.
It’s also teased that the book will feature “Sentinels, a potential alien invasion and an ancient war between sibling,” if you’re into that sort of thing.
It also also looks like some of these ladies are going to be pulling double duty on their regular commitments, so watch out continuity hounds! Things are going to get messy! You know who you are.
Wood also also also promises that relationships will play a big part in the book, with a very interesting quote to go with it:
He wants to challenge the double standards that have been in superhero books for years, were Wolverine can sleep with anybody but if a female character does it twice, she’s promiscuous, which Wood sees constantly online.
“To everybody’s credit, these people are often shot down immediately for being sexist and unfair, but that is a very common thing,” Wood says.
“We’re just going to do it. We’re not going to worry about that. If Kitty or Rogue has basic human bodily urges, tough luck (to those opposed). To me, that’s as much of the X-Men as anything else.”
Look for the book in April of this year.
