Earlier this year, comic book fans were overjoyed by the long-awaited return of Peter Milligan, Michael Allred, and Laura Allred's iconic X-Statix saga in the pages of X-Cellent.
Now, Marvel Comics has announced that there's more to come next March as the trio of comic superstars reunite for even more mutant celebrity exploits in the pages of a five-issue sequel series, The X-Cellent (we're guessing that title was so punny, they couldn't resist using it a second time).
The follow-up promises to continue the offbeat, thrilling adventures of X-Statix and further explore their newly-introduced supervillain counterparts known as the X-Cellent. If the reception to this year's revival was any indication, we're no doubt in for another fun ride here.
A breakout hit of the 2000s, X-Statix stunned fans with its dark wit and unique take on Marvel superheroics. More timely and relevant than ever, it's said that fans can once again expect to visit this fascinating and strange corner of the Marvel Universe and all its fan-favourite characters including U-Go Girl, Zeitgeist, Doop, and more, across the course of the limited series.
In The X-Cellent, our favourite celebrity supervillains are back! Zeitgeist is still on a mission to achieve social media godhood, no matter who he has to kill! But the spotlight won’t be big enough when the next generation of the X-Statix drop in.
"There are few finer feelings in comics than teaming up again with Mike Allred and creating The X-Cellent, the latest chapter of the strange mutant journey that began with X-Statix!" Milligan says.
Allred adds, "Playing with Peter Milligan and our beloved Marvel Mutant creations is always pure comic book bliss! And this next arc of The X-Cellent really kicks everything up to eleven!"
More details should be with us in the weeks to come, but you can check out Michael and Laura's cover for issue #1 (which goes on sale on March 15) below.