X-Men: Manifest Destiny Mini-Series!!

[Beast]

There was a brief mention of a mini-series detailing the X-Men's move from New York to San Francisco on CBR's WW Philly Panel Coverage. But IGN has some more information on the upcoming project. From the sound of it, it will be handled much like the Divided We Stand pair of One Shots. And include work from Carey, Yost, Cebulski, and Young. And extra great news for Iceman fans who's character was set to go into limbo starting with X-Men #500, he's the star of the main storyline that will carry through all four issues. And even better, Mike Carey is the one handling that portion of the story! :biggrin:

IGN Comics: Looking at the mini-series, where does that fit into this scheme? How many issues are readers looking at and who is going to be helming the writing and art?

Lowe: We're looking at a four-issue miniseries that's going to delve into the X-Men's move from the POV of particular mutants. Its format won't be too different from X-Men: Divided We Stand, and we'll be looking at characters who may not get a lot of face-time in the main books. There's one story that's going to run through all the issues (an Iceman story written by Mike Carey) but the rest will be short stories. So there'll be various writers (Mike Carey, Chris Yost, C.B. Cebulski, Skottie Young...) and various artists. The covers are all being done by Humberto Ramos, so you're in for a real treat.

IGN Comics: How will this mini-series tie into the core continuity? Should readers expect any sort of reading order to step into this next phase of the franchise?

Lowe: It ties very tightly with the core continuity, but there's no specific order of the books. But don't be surprised if things happen here that end up being very important to the main books.
http://comics.ign.com/articles/877/877904p1.html

There was also these interesting teases dropped:

Lowe: Magneto is coming. Many things Hellfire related. Someone with blue skin is coming back. Young X-Men will feature one of the earth's first mutants. Rogue is coming back.
Someone with blue skin is coming back? Maggott!? And YXM will face off against Selene?

[jarrod]

blue skin = Archangel

[creaky]

blue skin = Archangel

Or Mystique?

[Beast]

blue skin = Archangel
That issue already came out. And Mystique never really went away. It's Maggott. :wink:

[Steven F.]

And one of Earth's first mutants is most likely refering to the earlier mention of Greymalkin being and "old" mutant. Lots assumed it meant we had seen him before, but it could have meant he is old in age.

[jarrod]

Or Mystique?
I wish.... I get the feeling Raven's out of commission for the time being.


That issue already came out. And Mystique never really went away. It's Maggott. :wink:
Don't editorial hate Maggot?

I want Lockheed... purple's the new blue y'know.

[Beast]

Editorial's changed since then. Remember, everyone's favorite Elephant fan went to work for DC. :wink:

And with more Sinister stuff coming up in X-Men: Legacy, I could see the dangling plotline of Maggott's remaining slug being dug back up. Now if only someone would want to use CeCe Reyes.

[Steven F.]

Editorial's changed since then. Remember, everyone's favorite Elephant fan went to work for DC. :wink:

And with more Sinister stuff coming up in X-Men: Legacy, I could see the dangling plotline of Maggott's remaining slug being dug back up. Now if only someone would want to use CeCe Reyes.

Tell me about it...I love Dr. Reyes. She needs to come back. However, knowing the behind the scenes reasons...it will probably be a while yet.

[jarrod]

Editorial's changed since then. Remember, everyone's favorite Elephant fan went to work for DC. :wink:

And with more Sinister stuff coming up in X-Men: Legacy, I could see the dangling plotline of Maggott's remaining slug being dug back up. Now if only someone would want to use CeCe Reyes.
Okay, I'm sold.

[Grazzt]

I'd vote for Selene as being the "one of Earth's first mutants". Not only is she even older than Poccy, but she's associated with the Hellfire Club, who the Young X-Men are tangling with now.

[Beast]

Tell me about it...I love Dr. Reyes. She needs to come back. However, knowing the behind the scenes reasons...it will probably be a while yet.
Well, the latest reason is because nobody wants to use her. Or Carey would have brought her back in ES.

[We R. Venom]

Quite possibly the best news I could hear right now. This is incredible! When does this come out? I want it now...now! I knew Mike wouldn't give up on Bobby. Guess that's what he was talking about down in my sig.

[Beast]

Quite possibly the best news I could hear right now. This is incredible! When does this come out? I want it now...now! I knew Mike wouldn't give up on Bobby. Guess that's what he was talking about down in my sig.
Starts in September. 4 Issue Mini-Series.

[rwsmith]

By the way, Beast, I sent you a PM but the site was kind of freezing up at the time. If you didn't get it I'll try to resend. Not sure if you'd know the answer to my question anyway, but figured it was worth a shot.

[darknessatnoon]

Beast,

do you really believe Maggot is coming back or are you just being "funny"?

[fitditz]

So does this mean that Bobby is going to star this series AND be back as a regular on Uncanny?

[We R. Venom]

Starts in September. 4 Issue Mini-Series.

The 4th of September. Already on my Frosty Calander.:cool:

[We R. Venom]

So does this mean that Bobby is going to star this series AND be back as a regular on Uncanny?

Many faith has never done me wrong. So I wouldn't doubt it.

[fitditz]

Many faith has never done me wrong. So I wouldn't doubt it.
This is the greatest day ever...

[Beast]

Beast,

do you really believe Maggot is coming back or are you just being "funny"?
His name came up a short while ago. So I could certainly see the character coming back.

[Beast]

Mike Carey even teased Maggott over on his website.

XProfessor: "I don't know what Legacy will turn into, and I'll be happy even if it doesn't have any of the characters I love, but wow, if you used everyone I mentioned on a team with Xavier, and Karima too, I'd be ecstatic. And could you throw in Maggott and Forge please, for good measure?"

Carey: "I'm hoping to expand the core cast in 2009, bringing in some characters very close to my - and I think your - heart."

Forge is pretty much already rumored to be heading to Cable. :wink:

[darknessatnoon]

Mike Carey even teased Maggott over on his website.

XProfessor: "I don't know what Legacy will turn into, and I'll be happy even if it doesn't have any of the characters I love, but wow, if you used everyone I mentioned on a team with Xavier, and Karima too, I'd be ecstatic. And could you throw in Maggott and Forge please, for good measure?"

Carey: "I'm hoping to expand the core cast in 2009, bringing in some characters very close to my - and I think your - heart."

Forge is pretty much already rumored to be heading to Cable. :wink:

LOL!

Fine, if Mike Carey wants Maggot for his highly acclaimed run on Legacy, all power to him. Watching Maggot eat piles of trash will definitely pump up the excitement level in that book.

[Old No.7]

Love it. I kinda like these little character pieces we're getting. Gives us a chance inside the minds of some of these characters.

[Beast]

Love it. I kinda like these little character pieces we're getting. Gives us a chance inside the minds of some of these characters.
Agreed. It's what I used to like about X-Men Unlimted. Well, the first one which actually mattered.

[Juggernaut_lover]

Lovin this. Cannot wait. Carey writes an excellent Bobby Drake. And the fact that it will most likely be Maggot returning. Are they trying to recreate the 90s, only with decent writers and plots???!!! God i could die.

[jester1436]

Maggott has been busy having wild sex with Cecilia Reyes all along.

[Affinity]

NAMOR vs YOUNG X-MEN I hope!

This is cool. But I feel as if Divided We Stand was not a success; was it, financially? It certainly wasn't to my tastes, so I don't want to see cute, three page stories anymore.

[claimtosubclaim]

Carey writing Bobby again? This news just made my day. I hope that the Iceman plot doesn't get the Endangered Species treatment where he just gets a few pages per issue. What I'm hoping is that his story is somehow connected and woven through all of the other characters making the move to SF.

[ToxicTeen]

Someone with blue skin is coming back? Maggott!?
I hope it's Maggott.:redface:

And YXM will face off against Selene?
I'm not sure since the Selene is suppose to make an appearance in X-Force, though it would be nice to see her(and Wither) appear in MD.

[fitditz]

Carey writing Bobby again? This news just made my day. I hope that the Iceman plot doesn't get the Endangered Species treatment where he just gets a few pages per issue. What I'm hoping is that his story is somehow connected and woven through all of the other characters making the move to SF.
Bobby and San Fran? Of course he'd be instrumental in the move...LOL

[Beyond The Beyonder]

Aw, man.

I love Mike Carey. I adore the guy, and all of his stories, and all of his rich, characterizations. But twice now, I've handed over my cash for eight-page stories by Mike Carey -- which were good -- but were just about overshadowed by the poorly-written, irrelevant and just completely insubstantial shorts turned in by the other writers.

(And yes, Matt Fraction's Nightcrawler story was a humongous exception. That was one of the best stories I read this year).

I don't want to buy poorly strung together anthologies with 30 pages of filler, to read the 8 pages (or even 16) that are good.

Ok. Rant over.

Carey did say he'd like to bring back Maggott, and he seems to be crafting out his own portion of the X-Universe to work with, so I'd say there's a good chance he'll get what he want.

[We R. Venom]

Carey writing Bobby again? This news just made my day. I hope that the Iceman plot doesn't get the Endangered Species treatment where he just gets a few pages per issue. What I'm hoping is that his story is somehow connected and woven through all of the other characters making the move to SF.

Bobby did have some important roles in MC. Helping to retrieve the students was one. I wasn't dissapointed with his role there, what with all he had done the previous runs.

[ExodusCloak]

NAMOR vs YOUNG X-MEN I hope!

God I hope so. I expect much, much more from the Selene story. I want to see a Selene/Dr. Strange story.(Well another one)

[Beast]

It's either Selene or Apocalypse. And Marvel doesn't seem eager to bring back Poccy anytime soon.

Thank god.

[La Fea]

I would love to see Maggott. NOT a joke.

[worstblogever]

I would love to see Maggott. NOT a joke.

If he's back... he was cloned from cells from Eany or Meany by Sinister, right? It could be a wholly different, clone version of Japheth. Which, think about him as a villain, rather as a jovial South African.

Kind of scary, being devoured by some dude's stomach worms.

I'm with Fea. I want to see it.

[Steven F.]

Well, the latest reason is because nobody wants to use her. Or Carey would have brought her back in ES.

Not exactly true, that is just what has been stated. There is a deeper reason. There is at least one writer that has been asking to use her for years. But anyway...

[La Fea]

If he's back... he was cloned from cells from Eany or Meany by Sinister, right? It could be a wholly different, clone version of Japheth. Which, think about him as a villain, rather as a jovial South African.

Kind of scary, being devoured by some dude's stomach worms.

I'm with Fea. I want to see it.

Awww...I actually didn't think of that. All things from Weapon X have been wiped from my brain.

But I would love it either way!!! Maggott needs to return as either the somewhat charming hero or some sinister villain.

But IGN needs to quit playin'.
No actual Mister Sinister appearances required.

Speaking of Maggott, that Turner cover is clearly missing him and his friends Merry Marrow and Doc C. Reyes. Including Bishop's damn hankie and not the 90's "All New, All Different" X-Men is criminal. A felony, even.

[La Fea]

Not exactly true, that is just what has been stated. There is a deeper reason. There is at least one writer that has been asking to use her for years. But anyway...

OH! Are you talking about Claremont and the race issues????

[Pach!]

That Turner cover is a sausage fest.

[We R. Venom]

That Turner cover is a sausage fest.

I wasn't gonna use those words but yes it is all guys for once. Makes me wonder if there will be one with all the girls. Not like we have enough of those.

[La Fea]

That Turner cover is a sausage fest.

I did not notice this! I knew people were missing.

I almost forgive it now.

[JKMD]

Okay, I'll say it again -- the 90's are now!

I thought I couldn't be happier with the way things are headed in the X-titles, but now you're going to tease Maggot? MAGGOT? You know what this means, don't you? You know who's not far behind?

X-Man.

Holla!

(By the way, that Turner cover? Awesome.)

[frog]

I see dead X-people. :eek:

[SYBERNYMPH]

Bring Back Copycat
And Catseye

And Bring Red Lotus And Lifeguard To The X-men

[La Fea]

NO.
Bring Back Wind Dancer
And Lady Mastermind
And Marrow
And Fade

AND(!!!!)...Destiny's Child.

[Omega Alpha]

Bring back dead means dead!

[timbox]

Bring back Wolverine!

[La Fea]

I will accept dead means dead if it means Sinister is capoot.

But Fade must be the exception. I never got to know thee before he was taken from us.

[Beast]

Bring back dead means dead!
Considering it was never really in existance as a firm iron-clad rule, there's nothing to bring back.

[Omega Alpha]

Considering it was never really in existance as a firm iron-clad rule, there's nothing to bring back.

Who cares??

[timbox]

But Fade must be the exception. I never got to know thee before he was taken from us.

I am scanning the Fade scene from Target X for you.

[Brett P]

Yeah, maybe if they'd made Legacy into a maxi series as originally planned but kept Adjectiveless around then we wouldn't HAVE main characters "Not getting much face time" in the main books and we wouldn't have to keep having these one shots and minis to feature them.

[Beyond The Beyonder]

Well Maggott was obviously created as a villain because Scott Lobdell thought those flesh-eating creatures would be creepy... but I'd hate to see Maggott coming back as a villain.

He's one of my favorite characters, but he only became interesting when Joe Kelly remade him as the purehearted South African charmer. And Mike seems does very well with voices from different cultures, so it'd be fantastic to see that Maggott again, wouldn't it?

[Beast]

Yeah, maybe if they'd made Legacy into a maxi series as originally planned but kept Adjectiveless around then we wouldn't HAVE main characters "Not getting much face time" in the main books and we wouldn't have to keep having these one shots and minis to feature them.
Not really. Cause these One-Shots and Mini-Series are great to see downtime stuff. Stuff that the comics don't really focus time on anymore. It's not like the old days where you had downtime issues every so often. The two Divided We Stand One-Shots were great. It was a shame they didn't do a mini-series there also.

[Brett P]

I thought they were less than great. 8 pages is not enough for a decent story.

The student stuff could have been done in New X-Men until #50/Uncanny #500 instead of cancelling and replacing with drivel. Iceman, Cannonball and co could have carried on in Adjectiveless. Still would have been the same theme but with a monthly schedule to flesh the stories out more.

They've given us 5 months of filler in Uncanny...but that's ok 'cos it's Cyclops, Emma and Wolverine centric whilst most everyone else has their book taken away and gets shoved into little stories here and there. Good stuff.

[La Fea]

I thought they were less than great. 8 pages is not enough for a decent story.

The student stuff could have been done in New X-Men until #50/Uncanny #500 instead of cancelling and replacing with drivel. Iceman, Cannonball and co could have carried on in Adjectiveless. Still would have been the same theme but with a monthly schedule to flesh the stories out more.

They've given us 5 months of filler in Uncanny...but that's ok 'cos it's Cyclops, Emma and Wolverine centric whilst most everyone else has their book taken away and gets shoved into little stories here and there. Good stuff.

My only issue is that "X-Men: Divided We Stand" wasn't very good.

You can get away with a lot of good stuff in 8 pages.

They just didn't.

I really, really (like, really!!!) love nearly all of the creators involved, but it fell apart in execution IMO.

[streator]

There was a brief mention of a mini-series detailing the X-Men's move from New York to San Francisco on CBR's WW Philly Panel Coverage. But IGN has some more information on the upcoming project. From the sound of it, it will be handled much like the Divided We Stand pair of One Shots. And include work from Carey, Yost, Cebulski, and Young. And extra great news for Iceman fans who's character was set to go into limbo starting with X-Men #500, he's the star of the main storyline that will carry through all four issues. And even better, Mike Carey is the one handling that portion of the story! :biggrin:


http://comics.ign.com/articles/877/877904p1.html

There was also these interesting teases dropped:

Someone with blue skin is coming back? Maggott!? And YXM will face off against Selene?

another limited series? eh. i don't know if i'll pick this up.

the teases seem obvious. archangel, selene.

[Hakael]

How bout we don't bring back anyone unless they were killed without merit... Maggot doesn't DESERVE to be brought back. Marrow is still alive, so is Cece Reyes until we're told otherwise.

Banshee is still dead... and he was awesome. Let the d-listers slide for now until we can bring back some good characters.

[La Fea]

How bout we don't bring back anyone unless they were killed without merit... Maggot doesn't DESERVE to be brought back. Marrow is still alive, so is Cece Reyes until we're told otherwise.

Banshee is still dead... and he was awesome. Let the d-listers slide for now until we can bring back some good characters.

HOW RUDE.

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/stephanie.jpg

[Dagger]

Bring Back Copycat
And Catseye

And Bring Red Lotus And Lifeguard To The X-men
Had you not added these to your wish list, I would not be puking excrement right now.

[Dagger]

How bout we don't bring back anyone unless they were killed without merit... Maggot doesn't DESERVE to be brought back. Marrow is still alive, so is Cece Reyes until we're told otherwise.

Banshee is still dead... and he was awesome. Let the d-listers slide for now until we can bring back some good characters.
What the eff? Some of US like the missing D-LISTERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCHO DE NERO!!!

[Hakael]

What the eff? Some of US like the missing D-LISTERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCHO DE NERO!!!

Missing D-Listers suck, and dead D-Listers are dead because they suck. I wouldn't mind seeing Marrow or CeCe back in a book because they're not dead... but chucking in dead D-listers is a serious waste of resurrection.

[DeniseXfrost]

And YXM will face off against Selene?
I hope so!

[steve2275]

That Turner cover is a sausage fest.

whats that mean?

[Seikun21]

whats that mean?

It basically just means that there are only guys in that picture. It's all about the guys, not enough focus on the X-Women.

[Seikun21]

Newsarama (http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=158744) has an interview with Alex Alonso and Nick Lowe regarding X-men: Manifest Destiny. Here's a tidbit I found interesting.

NRAMA: Fair enough. Nick, who will be some of the key players featured in the X-Men: Manifest Destiny mini-series?

Nick Lowe: X-Men: Manifest Destiny will be structured somewhat like X-Men: Divided We Stand with one key difference—There will be one story that has chapters in each issue. That story centers around one of the first X-Men, Iceman. Other characters are Karma, Colossus, Mercury…

[Old No.7]

Not another Mercury story, why God why? She's pathetic, whiny and worthless. Let her become a pizza delivery girl and call it a day.

[chickrockguitar]

Blue? Blue Skin? He couldn't have said Green? As in ANOLE (:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:). Haha.

Ugh, when we do get more Anole he'll appear in (the crap that is - sorry MHO) YXM. *sighs*
He and Pixie (in Uncanny) would make for great scenes! :tongue:

[Beast]

Not another Mercury story, why God why? She's pathetic, whiny and worthless. Let her become a pizza delivery girl and call it a day.
Agreed. Dani Moonstar should have dealt with her the same way she tried to deal with Ink and Blindfold. :wink:

[Pach!]

Agreed. Dani Moonstar should have dealt with her the same way she tried to deal with Ink and Blindfold. :wink:

Are you talking about Surge?

[Beast]

Are you talking about Surge?
Sorry, all those whiny female characters sorta blend together after a while.

[Toboe]

I heart that Carey's doing an Iceman story instead of him just going into limbo. Now if only he could get Cannonball back...

Glad to see they're finally acknowledging Mercury. And getting Karma out of the laundry room, although it's probably only because it got destroyed.

[Flameworthy]

Ugh, Maggott? If we're going the 90's route then where's the Revanche and Cecilia Reyes love?

[greenshoes713]

HOW RUDE.

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/stephanie.jpg

oh shit lol i <3 you La Fea i <3 you (giggles)

[greenshoes713]

Not another Mercury story, why God why? She's pathetic, whiny and worthless. Let her become a pizza delivery girl and call it a day.

'nother, when has she had a solo story ?

when i heard there was gonna be a Mercury story i threw my hands in the air and started talking nonsense like a retard then i became aware and got :redface:

[Hakael]

agreed, mercury hasn't had much focus since the Facility arc on NXM... getting a quickie here is a good thing...

[sneggz]

Okay, I'll say it again -- the 90's are now!

I thought I couldn't be happier with the way things are headed in the X-titles, but now you're going to tease Maggot? MAGGOT? You know what this means, don't you? You know who's not far behind?

X-Man.

Holla!

(By the way, that Turner cover? Awesome.)

don't be teasing me by throwing out nate greys name :mad:

[pryde15]

HOW RUDE.

http://www.ededition.com/blogpics/stephanie.jpg

La Fea... YOU STOLE MY DAMN CATCHPHRASE!!!!!! :frown:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k303/cpsm1092/untitled-3.jpg

Your dead to me bitch!

[pryde15]

oh and yay Karma! :biggrin:

[pryde15]

La Fea... YOU STOLE MY DAMN CATCHPHRASE!!!!!! :frown:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k303/cpsm1092/untitled-3.jpg

Your dead to me bitch!

actually this would make a great avatar, it sums up my feelings for Janice perfectly.

and yes I do realize I am holding a conversation with myself, I am paying homage to Hi-Fi. :biggrin:

[broodjeork]

yeah, more mercury, at last! :D
this makes me happy ( thought they where starting to forget here)

[greenshoes713]

agreed, mercury hasn't had much focus since the Facility arc on NXM... getting a quickie here is a good thing...

yeah, more mercury, at last! :D
this makes me happy ( thought they where starting to forget here)

wow what a weird coincidence that the same posters who want a Mercury story have Deadpool avatars :cool:

pryde 15 who's your avatar?

[fitditz]

wow what a weird coincidence that the same posters who want a Mercury story have Deadpool avatars :cool:

pryde 15 who's your avatar?
pryde is dat Nightside?

[broodjeork]

wow what a weird coincidence that the same posters who want a Mercury story have Deadpool avatars :cool:

pryde 15 who's your avatar?

....... ( he/she knows to much)........ (that can be fixed):evilsmile:

[pryde15]

wow what a weird coincidence that the same posters who want a Mercury story have Deadpool avatars :cool:

pryde 15 who's your avatar?

pryde is dat Nightside?

Yes it is.