I am the first one to admit that I am not well versed in the
world of X-Men, but when I heard about the upcoming X-Men series which
focuses solely on the X-Women, my ears immediately perked up and the excitement level set
in. Most of the reason I became so intrigued by the new series is because it is being penned by Brian Wood. If there’s one thing I love about Wood, it’s his incredible ability to write captivatingly and accurately about female characters. His most recent example of this is in the new Star Wars monthly comic that launched a few weeks ago, which is highly Leia-centric. I also have adored his New York Four and New York Five series that Wood had written for Vertigo. With the exception of Whedon’s run
on Astonishing X-Men, X-Men Season One, and several other
collected trades, I haven’t ever delved too far into the world of Mutants. My initial inclinations were affirmed when
I read an interview that USA Today did with Wood in which he was quoted as saying “I feel like as far as the X-Men go,
the women are the X-Men. Cyclops and Wolverine are big names, but
taken as a whole, the women kind of rule the franchise. If you look at the
entire world as a whole, it’s the females that really dominate and are the most
interesting and cool to look at.” He
also stated that he’s drawing inspiration for his series from Chris Claremont’s
70’s and 80’s Uncanny X-Men (which I’ve heard nothing but
brilliant things about), and Grant Morrison’s 2001 New X-Men.
