What!? Wolverine founded the X-Men? Marvel announces 'The First X-Men' by Adams/Gage.

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This week, Marvel Comics teased "The First X-Men," a new project premiering in August. In a special press conference call, the publisher pulled out all the stops to explain what "The First X-Men" is, whom it involves and how it will affect the X-books and greater Marvel Universe. On hand for the call (moderated by Sales and Communications Coordinator James Viscardi) were legendary comic creator Neal Adams, writer Christos Gage and X-book editor Nick Lowe, who were set to tease the broad aspects of "The First X-Men."

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"I had these wonderful warm memories of Jack Kirby's 'X-Men,'" said Neal Adams, who mentioned he had been on the book two issues before it had been cancelled. "At the beginning, Stan and Jack were just experimenting with things. Right at the very first issue, you have Professor X who is bald and in a wheelchair and these kids standing around them in costume and they are going to become the X-Men." Adams noted it seemed like readers were starting in the middle of the story rather than the beginning.

"Something must have happened before Professor X became Professor X," Adams said. "He could pass. He didn't look like a strange X-Man. He didn't look like a mutant."

Adams posited the concept was that Professor X wasn't the person who started protecting young mutants. "Maybe this was going on when Professor X was a teenager and mutants were being abused by the government … and somebody stepped out to protect these kids. … Who would he be and why would he go to Charles Xavier? … That became my premise."

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"Basically it takes place before the original X-Men and it's a time when mutants are coming [out in the country]," said Gage. "In this context, Wolverine is noticing this going on and says, 'Someone needs to protect these people.'" Wolverine allies with Sabertooth and approach a young Professor X, who is engaged to be married and "wants no part of it." The writer also characterized the book as "The Magnificent Seven," but with X-Men. There will also be some of Magneto killing Nazis.

"One of the things that attracted me to jump at this project is that in those early X-Men, everyone hates and fears mutants, but nobody really knows why," said Lowe. "That's one of the coolest things this series does. It gives a palpable reason that is core to some of the biggest X-characters there are: why mutants are hated and feared and why it's so different from other superheroes when they [start to appear]."

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The creative team also spoke about the non-similarity to the film "X-Men: First Class." "I would say it doesn't," said Adams That would be the natural instinct, but it's nothing like it."

"The one common thread is Nazi hunter Magneto," said Gage.

"And that's from the comics," said Adams, going on to mention the initial encounter between Wolverine and Professor X. "Wolverine certainly has ample evidence in his arms as to why they need Charles Xavier."

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Lowe mentioned "The First X-Men" is canon and "key to Wolverine's history" and would "answer questions that have been begging for answers for decades."

The team will encounter hobo Sub-Mariner and FBI Agent Fred Duncan from "X-Men" #2. The series will stand on its own two feet, but will have throw-outs and flavor relevant to other Marvel books.

Lowe spoke about the possibility of a crossover between Howard Chaykin's "Avengers 1959," which is not currently in the works. "Definitely at some point, there could be something that ties it all in at the future," said Gage. "I would love the idea of the crossover."

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Lowe spoke about the connection between a fledgling Wolverine training mutants compared to the Wolverine today who is headmaster of the Jean Grey School. "This is a soldier looking at a problem and looking at how to solve it," said Lowe. "All of us have beliefs, we try to live our dreams and serve our beliefs … this is one of Wolverine's first steps in working with mutants and trying to find out what their place is in the world. … It's the same character and it's all connected. You're going to see a lot of juxtapositions and compare and contrast notes with 'Wolverine & the X-Men.'"

Adams hinted that Wolverine may have even more secrets in his past, mentioning that "mercenaries make a lot of money" and Wolverine may have invested in something mysterious.

"There's implications here that you will draw as readers that we won't even touch," said Adams. "When I said Charles Xavier could pass, … at some point in his life -- and imagine the exploration of this in other stories -- he has to make that choice not only as Charles Xavier as the X-Men but admit he was a mutant."

Gage teased that the woman in the Adams cover art is a new character. "What's interesting is, she's not necessarily what you would think from the image there. It's part and parcel of who she is as a character."

The call wrapped up with a discussion about Hobo Namor. "At some point after World War II and before the Human Torch got his memory back, Namor was wandering around the streets of Manhattan," said Gage. "You'll see how, but somehow word gets out there's this super-strong guy in New York … and they end up punching the hell out of each other."

"It's a wonderful incident in the middle of it," said Adams, "and I have to credit Nick and Christos for it."

With that, the call wrapped. The five issue mini-series "The First X-Men" #1 hits stores in August.
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Ker-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy... @_@
 
I know that Wolverine is probably the most popular Marvel character next to Spidie, but honestly, the fact that you can't put out a commercially profitable X-book without Wolverine makes the entire X-franchise look poor. It's like Marvel is just saying "we only care about the X-men if Wolverine is there".


Teh Hamburglar said:
I still don't understand. What the freak is going on?
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People haven't got enough Wolverine in the last 35 years apparently.
 
bengraven said:
I know that Wolverine is probably the most popular Marvel character next to Spidie, but honestly, the fact that you can't put out a commercially profitable X-book without Wolverine makes the entire X-franchise look poor. It's like Marvel is just saying "we only care about the X-men if Wolverine is there".




People haven't got enough Wolverine in the last 35 years apparently.
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There's no such thing as enough Wolverine.
 
This seems like an incredibly stupid idea. How is this not just a massive retcon?
 
Slayven said:
They should have Apocaplyse forming the first X-men back in BC days.
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You are the best poster with a Doom avatar.

Edit: as someone completely enthralled with the x-men in the 80's and 90's, this is just a cash in. Continuity in comics no longer exists as the try to capture a fresher market. Wolverine is Marvel's whore of Babylon.
 
Okay, I know alot of people will bitch simply because it's Wolverine, but honestly this doesn't seem that out of line.

Given Wolverine's age and how they connect him to things like Cap in World War 2, having him meet up with/help convince X he should make the X Men in some way doesn't seem to far out of reach, making him the first X Man however is pushing it a little far.

The cartoon from the 90's actually played with this idea a tad, granted it was a future Wolverine who was in love with Storm and they just protect X but still.

OH and yeah Wolverine is overused, but so is Spidey so I don't see anything wrong with it really.
 
Slayven said:
Sounds like this

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Or more recently:

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Slayven said:
They did this before remember?

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They weren't the first X-Men. They were the second group, hastily assembled cannon fodder and one of Xavier's worst mistakes.

Ninja Scooter said:
Wolverine also invented Spiderman, rescued Captain America and he's the Incredible Hulk.
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He did fight alongside Cap back in WW2 I think.
 
Switters said:
You are the best poster with a Doom avatar.

Edit: as someone completely enthralled with the x-men in the 80's and 90's, this is just a cash in. Continuity in comics no longer exists as the try to capture a fresher market. Wolverine is Marvel's whore of Babylon.
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Since a friend loaned me a bunch of X-Force, I've felt really sorry for Wolverine as he just uses his healing factor to survive fights all the time. It got to a stage where every fight had Wolverine getting really messed up and made me think that the writers just like to mess him up because they can. Hopefully with this retcon, they'll not just focus on what appears to be his poor-to-average fighting skills.

(I'm a Batman/DC fan so I'm not an expert on Wolverine or anything, just going on the impressions I've got from X-Force)
 
Why is the art so bad, damn. These days I don't really care about continuity in superhero comics as long as there's a good story to be told, but this doesn't sound compelling for now.
 
Qasiel said:
Since a friend loaned me a bunch of X-Force, I've felt really sorry for Wolverine as he just uses his healing factor to survive fights all the time. It got to a stage where every fight had Wolverine getting really messed up and made me think that the writers just like to mess him up because they can. Hopefully with this retcon, they'll not just focus on what appears to be his poor-to-average fighting skills.

(I'm a Batman/DC fan so I'm not an expert on Wolverine or anything, just going on the impressions I've got from X-Force)
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Don't ever read any Daredevil comics.
 
Qasiel said:
Since a friend loaned me a bunch of X-Force, I've felt really sorry for Wolverine as he just uses his healing factor to survive fights all the time. It got to a stage where every fight had Wolverine getting really messed up and made me think that the writers just like to mess him up because they can. Hopefully with this retcon, they'll not just focus on what appears to be his poor-to-average fighting skills.

(I'm a Batman/DC fan so I'm not an expert on Wolverine or anything, just going on the impressions I've got from X-Force)
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Weirdly if you go by Marvel's idea, Wolverine is one the single most talented fighters when it come to pure skill with only a few other people really being on his level.

Sadly this is rarely used and most writers decide to throw him into a grindor and actually be the Colossus or Juggs of the team, even when they fucking have a Juggs or Colossus.
 
I trying to guess the powers, the woman has some form of superstrenght, and the other two seems to be blasters. But tall dude has after images.
 
Slayven said:
I trying to guess the powers, the woman has some form of superstrenght, and the other two seems to be blasters. But tall dude has after images.
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I think that tall dude is Magneto. They both wear purple. I guess Erik had terrible taste in haircuts back then.

Am I the only one really annoyed by the fact that Wolverine's claws are coming out of the wrong place? He wouldn't be able to use his hands if they came out from between his fingers like that.
 
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