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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:50 am Post subject: X-Men Legacy |
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So this is what Carey will be working on post Messiah Complex.
Initially the cover scared me off, since I really don't want to be reading a Xavier book (and I'm not sure that even Mike Carey could convince me) but I've been doing some digging, and I might have found some interesting information about it.
Interview from LiveWire - http://www.livewireworld.com/review/interviews.htm
You have a new book in the works …
Yes, I’m going to … spinning out of Messiah CompleX I’m going to be doing a very different kind of book, a solo book or sorts, a solo book with a very large supporting cast.
This is the X-Men Legacy book?
X-Men Legacy, yes. We’re taking a character who’s been in the X-Men universe pretty much since day one and has a really, really fundamental place in X-Men lore.
Can I take a guess at who it is?
You can, but [laughter] I’m not going to tell you if you’re right or not
Professor X
Could be. [both laugh]
It’s a lovely idea for a book and we’re going to do some very cool things with it. One of the things that I’m happiest about is that it allows me to take forward some of the beats that I was setting up in Adjectiveless X-Men. So that’s in the pipeline.
What can you tell us about the cast for X-Men Legacy?
That's a hard question to answer, because arguably if I'm doing it right pretty much everyone in X-Men continuity is going to come in at one point or another. But I'm planning to bring two female characters - one old, one new - in for some pretty profound and revelatory beats. And there's a triumvirate of X-Men villains who play a crucial part at different times: the grand old men, in some ways.
The new female character - is that a brand new character of your own creation or someone who's just fairly new in comics terms, and fairly new to the X-Men?
The latter. Someone recently introduced who I find very compelling, and whose backstory has never really been more than hinted at.
Will any of the the villainous triumverate appear as allies of the lead character?
At certain points in the story they're part of a shared project, as you might say - not allies, but travellers on the same road.
Given the specifics of the cast and your options for weaving in additional characters - is it fair to say that this is the X-book you've always wanted to write? How much latitude do you have in the direction and cast of this book?
This is... a unique proposition, in a lot of ways. Very exciting, and very unlike the other books in the line. I'm having a lot of fun with it, and I'm being given a lot of creative freedom. The constraints come in a different way, from the actual core concept of the book. This is material that has to be handled very carefully. But if I can pull it off it will be tremendous.
I've also seen quoted somewhere that 2 of the Marauders return to the fold (which could mean Gambit) and that Carey is intending to do a follow up scene to what happened with Quiet Bill and the Guild mention in #200.
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