Pour son dernier arc « World War X » sur la série Ultimate Comics X-Men, le scénariste Brian Wood confronte deux camps Mutants, le peuple Tian dirigé par Jean Grey et l’Utopie de Kitty Pride, dans un combat qui fait écho à celui qui opposait Charles Xavier et Magneto.
Après quoi, la série sera remplacée par un numéro spécial lié à l’évènement Cataclysm scénarisé par Joshua Hale Fialkov.
[quote=« Brian Wood »]At its core, it’s a story about conflicting ideologies and unchecked egos. Jean’s major malfunction is that she sees Tian, with her as its leader, as the one and truly proper mutant homeland. She sees upstart Kitty over there in Utopia, getting headlines and stirring up trouble and, basically, stealing her thunder. She thinks she can fold Utopia into Tian, and create a single mutant nation that will be stronger. And she believes in this so much that she thinks violence used to bring about this unification is totally justified. The protection of the mutant population as a whole is more important than whatever individuals she has to knock around to get it done.
Kitty, along with the rest of the Utopians, have literally built their homeland with their own two hands and spilled blood to defend it, so while they have no beef with Tian, there’s no way they’re going to be « folded in » to anything. Utopia is their home, period, even if it’s not perfect and amazing like Tian. Mutants should be free to live wherever and however they want.[/quote]
[quote=« Brian Wood »] I mean, it was my choice and it was the right time and I felt that my run was good, it was also unconventional and it was probably time for the title to reorient itself into something a bit more classically « X-Men. » That said, I have no idea what Josh [Fialkov] and the others have planned for the title, but the way I leave the book it could be taken in any number of new ways. I’m curious to see what happens next. I love the Ultimate office, the editors, all the fantastic artists and colorists I worked with – really great experience.
Including the Point One, I think I wrote 21 issues, which is a decent run and I hope we all get an omnibus out of it.[/quote]
[quote]Ultimate Comics X-Men #31
Story by Brian Wood
Art by Alvaro Martinez, John Lucas
Colors by Chris Sotomayor
Letters by VC - Joe Sabino
Cover by Gabriel Hardman, Elizabeth Breitweiser
Publisher Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Wed, September 18th, 2013
“WORLD WAR X” CONTINUES!!!
• KITTY PRYDE: revolutionary redux?
• MACH TWO’s startling new power set!
• JAMES HUDSON: more than just his father’s son![/quote]
[quote]Ultimate Comics X-Men #32
Story by Brian Wood
Art by Alvaro Martinez, John Lucas
Colors by Chris Sotomayor
Cover by Gabriel Hardman
Publisher Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Wed, October 9th, 2013
“WORLD WAR X” CONTINUES!
• UTOPIA’s insane plan to end the war
• WORLD WAR X claims its first casualties
• Will the war finally unite, or divide forever?[/quote]
[quote]Ultimate Comics X-Men #33
Story by Brian Wood
Art by Alvaro Martinez, John Lucas
Colors by Chris Sotomayor
Cover by Gabriel Hardman
Publisher Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Wed, October 30th, 2013
“WORLD WAR X” CONCLUDES!
• WORLD WAR X’s unbelievable conclusion!
• KITTY PRYDE takes extraordinary steps, shocks the planet!
• In the aftermath, who remains to pick up the pieces?[/quote]