SDCC: Marvel Comics Announces New X-Men Series

Marvel Comics is at SDCC, and they have announced a new X-Men series.

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Writer Christopher Yost & Artist Tony S. Daniel are teaming up for Maximum X-Men. The book’s team will include: 

• Storm 
• Wolverine 
• Colossus 
• Bishop 
• Iceman 
• Psylocke 
• Firestar 
• Justice

The book’s full description reads: 

“In the wake of the events of Avengers: Armageddon, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are no more! So who will stand in defense of the Earth? The X-Men will! Storm gathers an elite team for just that task, including Wolverine, Colossus, Bishop, Iceman, Psylocke, Firestar and Justice! Mutants by birth, heroes by choice! And their first challenge is a full-on invasion from the Negative Zone! Is this Annihilus again—or something far, far worse?” 

Writer Christopher Yost had this to say about the new series: 

“I’ve worked on my fair share of X-Books over the years, but MAXIMUM X-MEN is everything I love about comics rolled into one— it’s underdog heroes saving the world from the biggest Avengers-level threats imaginable, it’s mind-breaking action and drama and everything people expect from X-Men, all with a classic Claremont vibe. Rolling MAXIMUM X-MEN out as part of the new world post-Armageddon only lets us spotlight the need for a story like this… and to top it all off, I get to work with legendary artist Tony Daniel. As a life-long X-Men fan, it doesn’t get any better!” 

Meanwhile, Artist Tony S. Daniel added: 

“The X-Men have long been my favorite characters since discovering Giant Size X-Men #1 in the fourth grade. I’ve always dreamed of working on my favorite characters so it’s an incredible honor to launch Maxmium X-Men with Chris. I’ve been a fan of Chris’s writing for a long time, but this is our first time joining forces. I’m already in love with the story in the first issue. Its vibe and energy reminds me so much of the kind of X-Men stories I loved as a child and I can’t wait for the audience to see what we have in store.” 

Maximum X-Men #1 releases December 12th.