Marvel’s New X – Men Character Major X
Nearly 30 years after turning Cable on the page of The New Mutants, artist Rob Liefeld returned to Marvel Comics to debut a new character who will take over the X-Men franchise quickly.
Marvel has just announced a new series of Major X, which features mysterious new characters that will collide with Wolverine, Deadpool, Storm, Cable, and other X-Men in a conflict that makes X-franchise foundation stones. Liefeld is writing a bi-monthly series and also provides artwork for the first edition while Image Comics’s co-founder Whilce Portacio and former Teen Titans artist Brent Peeples join Marvel to lead issue
They will also join legend X Whilce Portacio, who will help this new series.
Liefeld spoke with ComicBook.com about his latest creation, revealing some key details about story plots such as the fact that Major X will come from an unexplored area in the Marvel Universe.
“Major X comes from the world, another plane, called ‘The X-collection.’ “It’s only inhabited by mutants,” explained Liefeld. “That is their special place. They are happy. They live in harmony. The events that cause this portal are open, and so that ‘The X-collection‘ exists, at all is the subject we handle, and we answer. Absolute formation of The X- Major X comes from there, and his house, the reason he is here to meet the modern Marvel mutant landscape today, is because The X-collection has been destroyed, and he is on his way to return his home. “
The idea for Major X actually originated from a project that was canceled Liefeld was admittedly reluctant to throw back in 1992.
This is the storyline in the list of things I had to do in 1992 before the landscape changed, “said Liefeld.” It’s too late ’91, early in ’92, in New York and they have X-Men … They bring everyone to plan for the future of X-Men. Major X is in my notebook, I’m just not talking at that moment because there are other voices that, I think, really want to be heard. And I think people like me and Jim Lee at that time were silent because we were out, we were tired, guys. We are tired. We left mach with office X for about three years at that time. And I think we are just looking for maybe some new challenges at that time, but you always want to go back and revisit the old thread, especially those who haven’t … I feel this is a new territory. That’s the interesting part. The other is instinct. Just like instinct to bring Cable and Deadpool and Domino. It feels like the right time and the right place, and you know, all you get is your instinct when you make artwork. And I bet that this is the right time and the right place for Major X to play the game. “
But when it comes to Major X’s identity, fans have to wait because, as Liefeld said, “if you’re going to play in an X-Men sandbox, you better bring some mysteries and some intrigue because that’s what they built.”
“And I’m still being asked all the time, ‘Who is your favorite character?’ This is Wolverine, “Liefeld continued. “It’s always been Wolverine. He made me love comics and made me love X-Men. And the thing about Wolverine is also the mystery. The mystery they made with him for several years. So with Cable, Deadpool, Domino, X-Forced, I feel like I have subscribe to mystery ideas and review different layers. “
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Source: comicbook.com