X-Men: Endangered Species

Robin The Boy Wonder · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject: X-Men: Endangered Species

A one-shot, entitled X-Men: Endangered Species will be released in June. Written by X-Men scribe Mike Carey with art from Scot Eaton and a Marc Silvestri cover, this one-shot intends to plot the future road map for the X-Universe.

Remember that moment in House of M? Well, there was only one and that was when Wanda uttered three little words. No, not 'Kill Hawkeye Again'; it was that other little-known phrase, 'No More Mutants'. Those three words begat a truly god-awful X-Men theme entitled Decimation with only the mini-series, Son of M, truly capitalisng on the devastation such an event should bring.

Now, though, it appears that Marvel are getting their act together with their mutants.

Following the revelation that no new mutants can be born (see X-Men Annual 1 - looks like it's going to be more crucial than we first thought), the mutant community finds itself on the edge of extinction. The week after Endangered Species ships, a 17 part run of short stories commences in four X-titles (Uncanny X-Men, New X-Men, X-Factor & X-Men) that will run through to October.

And in November...? Why, the next X-event of course...

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Reaper · Uber Geek! Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3624

The next X-Event that will restart the mutant gene in the world? What are the chances
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Longshot · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:55 pm Post subject:

It would be nice if they actually did something with it.

The whole idea behind X-factor was to find and expose the reason for decimation, then they did and did nothing about it, no real effect of it, but with X-men Annual #1 i thought, okay its not just a stunt in their growth, when they start killing pople off [which they will] they cant just add more, and claremont cant make millions and millions of no point, no hope mutants, cause the name sounds cool.

One thing that i have seen that i thought was cool, X-men #200 cover, just looks really cool. nuff said.
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Robin The Boy Wonder · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject:

I think they will go somewhere with this one.

I don't feel that they're about to restart the mutant gene as per Reaper's suggestion (too lame) although I can certainly see the birth of a mutant baby in the future. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Emma Frost were to find herself pregnant come the end of Endangered Species with perhaps the revelation the child is a mutant (albeit this part revealed at a much later stage). Then the stage could be set for a return for Jean Grey. How would she approach Scott knowing her husband is bringing up his child from a relationship with another woman?

As for Decimation, it was piss poor. I really don't think the X-Men Editorial knew where they were going with this. They had a really cool title to follow up House of M and then just had a fat, steaming dump all over the monthly books with it. I trust Axel Alonso more as an editor than the previous X-Editor (can't remember his name) and, because of that and also due to the creative teams involved (BRU!), I trust this one will have consequences of the important and far-reaching kind.

Course, they could just take another dump over the X-books again.
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The only decimation title i read was Son of M. So what was wrong with the rest of it?

You've made a point that I hope they really don't go with. The return of Jean Grey, maybe one day in the far future that could be cool but at the moment shes needs to be left alone. You can only bring one character back so many times before people start getting annoyed with it. Mutant babies a la Emma Frost, could be interesting.
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Robin The Boy Wonder · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:07 am Post subject:

Decimation had some neat ideas but poor execution. The story began with a middling Decimation one-shot that led to a story-arc in X-Men. After that, the Sentinels arrived, parked themselves on the Institute's lawn... and that was about it.

I never really felt that mutants, as a society, were ever truly ostracised during this story. I never felt that the mutants had suddenly become a minority again. The status quo didn't really change that much. As for Uncanny X-Men and X-Men, I had the distinct impression that the creative teams merely carried on with their plans irregardless and just found ways to make the changes from House of M fit rather than have the change be the story.

Son of M was excellently written and I do plan on buying Silent War in TPB as it's a direct continuation. I also forget to mention Ed Brubaker's Deadly Genesis - although, again, House of M didn't have to happen for this story to be told.

The only two stories that could only be told because of House of M were Son of M and an arc in New Avengers.
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Deadly Genesis and the continuation in Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar has been great Very Happy

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Robin The Boy Wonder · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:16 pm Post subject:

I agree; Deadly Genesis was brilliant but the story could have been told independently of the fall-out from House of M and still been just as good.

There could have been any number of reasons for Vulcan's survival beyond the big blob of mutant energy in outer space and Xavier could quite easily have still been wheelchair-bound for the story to work. To me, they seemed to be the only incidentals from House of M.

Now... is Darwin the coolest 'new' mutant from the last 10 years or what? Cool

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Longshot · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:28 pm Post subject:

The X-editor i believe was the now DCefief Mike Marts, the man can do very littly right it would seem. Although i imagine htat being editor of all the x-books would be damn hard, especially after during house of m when there were like a million, then post M there were a bunch more new ones.
The one thing that i never get with X-editors is that surely their job is to keep continuity as well as quality and with the exception of Cable and Deadpool which at times seems to have blown it but actually keeps it just right, other people dont seem to bother with it. For example:
X-men annual #1 was set on the shield Helicarier.
No mention of the Civil war was made at all, althought it was clearly during it.
This is true as the director was that woman, and its now Tony Stark right.
But surely during the civil war the x-men were meant to be keeping under the radar and in their compound otherwise they would get their asses kicked.
Is it just me, am i just being pedantic.
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Reaper · Uber Geek! Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3624

No you're just pointing out the obvious plot/time holes that the Marvel staff seem to have missed. Tbh I thought the X-Men staying out of the Civil War was stupid anyway, aren't they meant to be against any kind of registration act?

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