Ive been lamenting for awhile whether I should report or even mention this since the x-men has been the most contrived and token place for black characters in the marvel universe in recent years. Despite strong characters like Storm, Cecelia Reyes and Gentle all have gone decidedly under the radar and when used……just plain terribly. Even new Black character Idie Okonkwo…a girl from Africa is every old cliche of Stupid back water Africa you could imagine! Considering she didn’t know who storm was when she saw her its pretty clear she never saw a television, she has also never eaten Ice cream and is just a wide eyed stupid black chick in every sense of the word! The only black character with any form of development has been Frenzy who thankfully has been in the hands of Mike Carey after a brief hookup with team leader Cycolops. Nevertheless the new making the rounds has Wolverine and Cyclops clashing over ideals and splitting the mutant nation on Utopia in two. The result has the x-men split in two one set following Cyclops and another Wolverine….don’t even get me started on how useless, spineless and underused Storm is! People complained about how Hudlin used her in Black Panther? HA! Clearly they have not been reading X-men! Anyway with the team split below find the two teams in their entirety and where you can go to find your Black superhero fix in the x-men world, hopefully they will be relevant in the new status quo!
UNCANNY X-MEN #1 (SEP110591)
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Art & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO
Variant Cover by DALE KEOWN
NOVEMBER 2011
(Team members: Cyclops, Emma Frost, Danger, Magneto, Colossus, Magik and Storm)
GENERATION HOPE #13 (SEP110610)
Written by JAMES ASMUS
Art & Cover by IBRAIM ROBERSON
Variant Cover by DALE KEOWN
NOVEMBER 2011
(Team members: Sebastian Shaw, Hope and her brood)
X-MEN #20 (SEP110600)
Written by VICTOR GISCHLER
Art by WILL CONRAD
Cover by ADI GRANOV
Variant Cover by DALE KEOWN
NOVEMBER 2011
(Psylocke, Domino, Thunderbird/Warpath, Jubilee and Storm? what the hell is she doing on what will turn out to be Cyclops new Stealth Kill squad?)
NEW MUTANTS #33 (SEP110607)
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Art by DAVID LOPEZ
Variant Cover by DALE KEOWN
NOVEMBER 2011
(Team members: X-man, Cypher, Magma, Moonstar, Sunspot and warlock)
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #1 (AUG110653)
Written by JASON AARON
Art & Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
FOC – 10/3/11, ON SALE – 10/26/11
(Team members: Wolverine, Kid Omega, Shadowcat, Toad, Iceman, Idie Okonkwo, Iceman, AOA Beast? or 616 Beast? not sure?)
X-MEN LEGACY #259 (SEP110604)
Written by MIKE CAREY
Art by KHOI PHAM
Cover by CLAY MANN
Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
NOVEMBER 2011
(Team Members: Rogue, Gambit, Rachel Summers and Frenzy. Expecting big things from this chick!)
UNCANNY X-FORCE #19
Written by RICK REMENDER
Art by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
DECEMBER 2011
(Team members: Psylocke, Fantomex, AOA Nightcrawler, Deadpool)
X-FACTOR #230
Written by PETER DAVID
Art by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
JANUARY 2012
(Team members: Multiple Man, Havok, Polaris, Wolfsbane, Strong Guy, Layla, Longshot and Monet. Hopefully Monet’s ethnicity and color can remain consistent and she will finally be portrayed as the most powerful person on her team)
Couldnt you say the same about all comics and just cause there are few blacks there are a whole lot of minorities reoresented in the xmen