{"id":22047,"date":"2022-02-20T17:06:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T23:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=22047"},"modified":"2022-02-20T17:06:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T23:06:50","slug":"marvel-visionary-roy-thomas-kicks-off-a-new-era-of-x-men-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2022\/02\/20\/marvel-visionary-roy-thomas-kicks-off-a-new-era-of-x-men-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"MARVEL VISIONARY ROY THOMAS KICKS OFF A NEW ERA OF X-MEN LEGENDS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roy Thomas teams up with artist Dave Wachter for a new tale set during his historic run on X-MEN in May\u2019s X-MEN LEGENDS #1<\/em><\/p>\n

X-MEN LEGENDS, the series where X-Men\u2019s most celebrated creators return with new, in-continuity stories set during their classic runs, is back this May with an all-new #1! Coming on board to launch this extraordinary new era of the series will be industry pioneer Roy Thomas. The writer behind some of the X-Men\u2019s most memorable Silver Age adventures will pen a new story set after his final issue and before GIANT-SIZE X-MEN. Teaming up with artist Dave Wachter, Thomas will revisit the early publication days of one his greatest co-creations\u2013WOLVERINE!<\/p>\n

Having redefined the merry mutants in two seminal runs on the book, Roy Thomas, at long last, returns to the saga of the X-Men! For the first time, readers will get new insight into Wolverine’s government missions before his recruitment by Professor X (including unrevealed details on his battle with the green goliath in the iconic HULK #181-#182). This untold episode will also star Beast and a host of missing mutants, and reveal the secret behind Wolverine’s costume!<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could’ve knocked me over with one of the Angel’s wing-feathers when editor Mark Basso invited me to scribe a two-part X-MEN LEGENDS story set back in the general period of the X-MEN book during the period when I was originally writing it (as Stan’s successor) in the latter 1960s,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cAfter some thought, it occurred to me that what would really be fun would be to write a story that took place right after the crashing of Wolverine into the Marvel Universe in \u20181974\u2019–since, after conceiving the character in broad outline (and some specifics), I turned him over to the considerable writing skills of Len Wein, but have long kinda wished that I had scripted that story myself. This is the closest I’m gonna get–so I’m having a ball with it! (Artwork’s pretty great, too!)\u201d<\/p>\n

Face front, True Believers! Get ready for an all-new volume of X-MEN LEGENDS with legendary creators and stories covering the length and breadth of X-Men history from the early eras to fan-favorite latter day sagas! For more information, visit\u00a0Marvel.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n