X-Men: Messiah Complex
| Messiah Complex | |
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| File:XMMESSIAH001cvrinks.jpg Cover art to X-Men: Messiah Complex one-shot. Art by David Finch. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Publication date | October 2007 - January 2008 |
| Main character(s) | X-Men X-Factor New X-Men Marauders Acolytes Purifiers Predator X Reavers |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Ed Brubaker, Mike Carey, Peter David, Craig Kyle, and Christopher Yost |
| Artist(s) | Marc Silvestri, Billy Tan, Scot Eaton, Chris Bachalo, and Humberto Ramos |
| Penciller(s) | Covers by David Finch, Marc Silvestri, J. Scott Campbell, Jim Cheung, and Simone Bianchi |
| Inker(s) | Joe Weems w/Marco Galli, Danny Miki w/Allan Martinez, John Dell |
| Colorist(s) | Frank D'Armata |
X-Men: Messiah Complex is an ongoing comic book crossover about the X-Men which will run from October 2007 to January 2008, published by Marvel Comics. It is the climax of events that started with House of M, which lead to the decimation of mutants in the Marvel Universe.
Production
The Messiah Complex storyline will be the climax of the events that started with House of M and will set the direction of the X-Men franchise and characters for the next several years. The storyline's main plot involves the birth of a child with the X-gene, leading the X-Men, the Marauders, the Purifiers, the Acolytes and Predator X on a race to see who will find the child first.[1]
According to editor Nick Lowe, several characters, such as Rictor, Multiple Man, Hellion, Bishop, Gambit, Wolfsbane, Warpath, Angel, X-23, Mister Sinister, Surge, and Mystique, will play major roles in the story. Cyclops will also unify the X-Men in a way they haven’t been for years.[2][3]
Plot
Cerebra detects the birth of a new mutant in Cooperstown, Alaska. Professor Xavier sends a team of X-Men consisting of Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Angel and Emma Frost to Alaska to find the child. However, the Marauders and the Purifiers get to Alaska first and both groups fight each other over the child. The X-Men arrive on the scene to find that Prism and Blockbuster of the Marauders and some of the Purifiers have been killed and that the child is missing. Predator X is also shown to be hunting for the child and stops to feast upon Blockbuster's body.[4]
Cyclops calls in Rictor, Multiple Man, and Layla Miller. Cyclops then asks Rictor to infiltrate the Purifiers, as he is still depowered. Everyone else is going to go see Forge. Professor X and Beast attempt to fix Cerebra, while Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Archangel, and Colossus hunt down former Acolytes Projector, Neophyte, Vindaloo and Gargouille to get information about the current whereabouts of Exodus. Predator X is still on the hunt for the new mutant.
Rictor saves the Purifiers from Wolfsbane, in a ploy to gain their trust and infiltrate them. Cyclops officially tells the New X-Men that they are held back from action when they confront him. Storm and Nightcrawler go to Amelia Voght to ask her for information on the Marauders and the Acolytes. Multiple Man and Layla are sent to Forge by Cyclops. Multiple Man creates 2 dupes to investigate two alternate timelines that spiked when the mutant baby was born. As Forge sent the two dupes, Layla runs to one of them so as to accompany him. Forge reveals that it was supposed to be a one way trip with dupes being implanted with the knowledge that they had to kill themelves once they finish their missions so that their knolwedge is quickly transferred back to Madrox prime. Once Forge tells Madrox prime this, he is furious at Forge for the loss of Layla and passes out. Rictor also makes a startling discovery: the Purifiers' base extends beyond New York, including Washington D.C.
The story is ongoing.
Event aftermath
At the Baltimore Comic-Con on September 10 2007, Marvel Comics announced that a new X-Force ongoing series (featuring Wolverine, X-23, Warpath, and Wolfsbane), with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost as the writers[5] and Clayton Crain as the artist, and a new Cable ongoing series (which will take the place of the Cable & Deadpool series), with Duane Swierczynski as the writer[6] and Ariel Olivetti as the artist, will be launched after the conclusion of Messiah Complex in February and March 2008 respectively.[7][8]
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
References
- ^ HeroesCon: Marvel Writers Round Table, Comic Book Resources, June 16, 2007
- ^ HEROES CON/WW PHILLY '07: NICK LOWE ON X-MEN: MESSIAH COMPLEX, Newsarama, June 16, 2007
- ^ Wizard World Philadelphia 2007: X-Men Messiah CompleX, Marvel.com, June 16, 2007
- ^ X-Men: Messiah Complex one-shot (October 2007)
- ^ Wizard Entertainment: THE ‘FORCE’ IS STRONG IN KYLE AND YOST
- ^ Wizard Entertainment: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI’S ‘CABLE’ VISION
- ^ "X-Force" and "Cable" Special Edition, Comic Book Resources, September 10, 2007
- ^ Newsarama: BALTIMORE '07 - MARVEL REVEALS X-WHO??? AFTER DISASSEMBLED, Newsarama, September 10, 2007
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
