The 12 months was 1991, and the X-Men have been on the forefront of their unbelievable 90s heyday. Enter Lucas Bishop! Created by Whilce Portacio and John Byrne together with Portacio’s longtime buddy, artist Karl Altstaetter, Bishop burst onto the scene from the far future and infused the mutant mythos together with his explosive no-nonsense angle and the riveting thriller that drove him. The energy-absorbing mutant soldier has been a central determine in X-Men storytelling ever since, and this January, followers will journey again in time to his groundbreaking comics debut in X-MEN LEGENDS #5-6. The saga can be written and drawn by Portacio himself together with prolific comics author Brian Haberlin.
The story will lastly reveal the genesis of Bishop’s fateful time journey mission that pulled him from the long run and into the X-Men’s current! Presaging Bishop’s first look within the traditional Uncanny X-Men #282, the arc will shed new gentle on Bishop’s authentic motivations and the extraordinary guilt he feels over his fallen teammates in addition to present stunning depth to the dystopian world he left behind. This unbelievable and shifting two-parter is simply the newest X-Men epic in X-MEN LEGENDS, the collection that sees X-Men’s best creators return with all-new, in-continuity tales set throughout their authentic iconic runs!
Bishop, Malcolm, and Randall, the elite Omega Squad, have found a darkish reality concerning the X.S.E. After a mission goes sideways, how far will they be prepared to go to make this proper? To the previous — and past! Bishop will take advantage of surprising choice in X-MEN LEGENDS historical past that can redefine what you thought you knew about mutantkind’s future and the rationale behind Bishop’s collision with the X-Men!
“At heart, I love the genre of science fiction. Specifically, the world building aspect of science. So, when Karl and I created Lucas Bishop, we built in our heads, a world for Omega Squad to exist in,” Portacio defined. “In the original incarnation, we didn’t have much time to show any of that. Here in these two issues, Brian and I are able to give the audience a beginning glimpse of some of the detail of the world that Bishop left behind.”
“We give flavor to the micro ecosystem that is The Pool, its inmates, their families, the X.S.E., and most importantly, Bishop and his character and personality,” Portacio continued. “I’ve always seen Bishop as much, much more than X-Men muscle. He has always been, to me, a man perfectly born to conquer a harsh world. Yet he hides within himself a heart more suited for a kinder existence…which gives him purpose in that harsh world.”
“Whilce and I have been longtime collaborators, and both worked for Marvel individually, but never together! It’s an honor he thought of me to work with him on defining more of Bishop’s history; a legendary comic artist and a legendary X-Men? How could I say no??” Haberlin added.
Witness legendary Whilce Portacio’s never-before-told imaginative and prescient for Bishop when X-MEN LEGENDS #5 hits stands in January! For extra data, go to Marvel.com.
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