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CuriousOyster » Fri May 09, 2014 11:14 am wrote:Does unlimited have full runs of stuff or just the odd issue? Interested in reading the lines you mentioned. How much does it charge you in pounds? I know its $9.99 a month or $69 for the year, would be very good if it was a direct conversion of rates.

Memento Mori » Fri May 09, 2014 1:45 pm wrote:ANXM #27 preview.

Because why not?

Marc Guggenheim has devoted much of his time in recent years to DC Comics-based TV series "Arrow," but he's back at Marvel in August for a stint on "X-Men," as first revealed by IGN.

Guggenheim's run starts with issue #18, following the departure of initial series writer Brian Wood. An interior artist has not been announced for Guggenheim's story; Matteo Buffagni is solicited to draw Wood's final arc.

Guggenheim told IGN that the book will retain its all-female cast, with the "same concept, same conceit" as Wood's run. "My goal is to pick up where Brian left off," Guggenheim said. "It's not going to be this radical change. It should be a very nice, even, easy transition from his last issue to my first issue."

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The four-part story will take place in space, with S.W.O.R.D. enlisting the X-Men's help after Shi'ar warrior Deathbird arrives at the Jean Grey School "at the brink of death." Guggenheim said the story was partly motivated by his own nostalgia.

"The Brood Saga grabbed me as an early reader," Guggenheim is quoted. "I didn't want to do another Brood story, because Chris Gage had done 'Children of the Brood,' which was fantastic. But I liked the idea of taking this all-female team of X-Men and putting them in outer space. In doing something that was a little different than 'The X-Men meet Star Wars,' this was more along the lines of "The X-Men meets Aliens.' It's darker, it's a little more mysterious, and it's scarier."

Guggenheim has an extensive background in both comics and television. Prior to his current role as executive producer of "Arrow," he wrote multiple comics for both Marvel and DC, including the "Civil War" tie-in issues of "Wolverine," "Young X-Men" and "Justice Society of America."

Wood took to Twitter to curtail potential speculation surrounding his departure: "I left the title on my own accord, no drama, no pressure, just moving on."

Keep reading CBR for more from Guggenheim on "X-Men."

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Pedz » Mon May 12, 2014 1:35 pm wrote:Why? Link or picture or whatever isn't showing for me on tapatalk.

Pedz » Mon May 12, 2014 12:35 pm wrote:Why? Link or picture or whatever isn't showing for me on tapatalk.

Irene Demova » Mon May 12, 2014 2:05 pm wrote:I honestly thought that Millar wrote Ultimatum until just now Loeb's name always just makes me think "Hey it's the guy who did Long Halloween. Why's he working for Marvel not DC?" something which admittedly comes more from my own ignorance of anything else Loeb has done than the actual path of his career.