New X-Men Series Is a Summers Affair: WATCH
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The new X-Men #1 that drops today features the entire Summers family (that would be Scott Summers aka Cyclops), Jean Grey (in her Marvel Girl garb), Rachel Summers (aka Phoenix), Alex Summers (Havok), his father Corsair (Christopher Summers), Vulcan (Gabriel Summers), Cable (Nathan Summers), and Wolverine (Logan) natch.
The announcement was made at Marvel’s “Next Big Thing” panel at San Diego Comic-Con, in which writer Jonathan Hickman and X-Men editor Jordan White revealed the six new ongoing books that will spin out of the coming House of X and Powers of X relaunch. A relaunch said to change the way fans think of the X-Men forever, if it lives up to the hype. But as colorful as the many new teams may be, it’s the core X-MEN series that seems the most intriguing—recruiting every member of the Summers family, past and present.
It will always be a thrill for fans to see that Wolverine has returned to the spotlight in any X-Men book, but it’s the Summers family members both living and dead that may suggest the most about the story of the new series. A story that, like everything else surrounding this change in the X-Men Universe, is being kept a secret for now. But unlike the other announced books, which include rosters of heroes (and villains) handpicked for specific missions, the main X-Men story seems to involve the Summers family specifically. And barring some outlandish cosmic coincidence, that would imply that the Summers family legacy IS the issue at hand. But considering how far they’ve been scattered across the Marvel Universe in the past, it would take something special to bring them all back together. And it will help to have the unkillable Wolverine among them when they do.
Fans have known for some time that Cyclops and Jean Grey would play important roles in whatever relaunch or change of status quo Hickman has in mind. As the two most undisputed leaders of the X-Men, their prominent placement in countless cover art (in new costumes) has never raised an eyebrow. And with some cryptic teases of Charles Xavier’s death in the event, their leadership will only become more valuable if Professor X truly sacrifices himself for the future of mutantkind. But it would be an understatement to say that trouble-making, stubbornness, and unpredictability are a defining trait of the Summers family.
Writer Jonathan Hickman joins Ryan Penagos, A.K.A. Agent M in the hot seat to answer some rapid-fire questions about all things X-Men. Watch below.
