Ultimate X – Men He surprises us on his new journey with significant changes.

In 2001, as part of the line Finalwhich aimed to start the superhero adventures from scratch, with the intent of attracting new readers, the collection was published Ultimate X – Menby the work of Mark Millar And Adam Kubertalthough its authors varied as the collection progressed. The heading counted a total of 133 deliveries among its trigger and his second volume, until it was finally cancelled in 2013.

As expected, the protagonists of Ultimate X – Men They were the superheroes that all veteran readers knew very well, as in the case of Cyclops the Gluttonbut with a restyling to make them more attractive to the new generations. After all, was there a foolproof strategy for the newspaper to function well, other than using characters so well known to readers as bait?

Against all odds, the new header Ultimate X – Men (whose journey began this year, as we anticipated would happen) has broken with all conventions, not only by showing us a surprising cast as protagonists of these new mutant adventures, but also in many other aspects that you can discover if you continue reading this article until the end.

To begin with, we must focus our attention on the screenwriter and artist of Ultimate X – Menwho responds with the name of Momoko with peachwhose name may not be too familiar to you, since not much has been lavished on it Wonderbeyond his work Days of the Demon (2021 – 2022) and the sequel Demon Wars (2022 – 2023), both with Zack Davisson as a co-writer, as well as a large number of variant covers, but she was not a great expert on mutants, although she was drawn to the theme of characters feared and hated by those they are sworn to protect.

That’s why he accepted as editorial director C.B. Cebulskiseconded by Dr. Jonathan Hickmanhe offered him to take care of the relaunch of the newspaper Ultimate X – Menas she herself explains to us:

I like to believe it C.B. Cebulski And Dr. Jonathan Hickman They chose me because they wanted something completely new and different, so I think sometimes it’s nice to have no influences.

Evidently, just take a look at the cover design of the first issue of The Last X-Menthat we reproduce below this paragraph, we are aware that we are faced with something truly new compared to what we are used to as readers of this specific title, especially considering that the new version is set in Japan, rather than the United States. This feeling increases as we turn the pages and delve deeper into the story.

In the case of the characters, instead of meeting famous mutants, we have, at least for now, Hisako Ichikiwhose superhero name is Armor. He is a little-known mutant, who Joss Whedon And John Cassaday created for adventure “Gifted” (Part 4)published in Astonishing X – Men nº 4 (2004)whose cover we reproduce below. His powers allow him to generate impenetrable psionic armor, as well as having great agility and being able to perform energy projection explosions.

As the second protagonist of Ultimate X – Men we have Mei Igarashiwhose secret identity is that of Storm of Maya totally new character, whose origins were to be found in an initiative of alternative covers in which various artists showed new characters who, in the future, could have become superheroes of Wonder. Momoko with peach was inspired by Storm for her creation, since, like her, she too seems to have control over the elements.

In this way the author justifies the choice of characters, both for this version of Ultimate X – Men as for the rest of his works:

I never write the story first and then decide who the main character will be. I always choose the character first and let him tell me the story. I am writing many of these stories recalling my experiences and what I saw as a student in elementary and high school. But I also take into account the similarities and differences with children and young people today.

While, in the United States, this new version of Ultimate X – Men It’s already in its ninth episode, in Spain we only received the first copy (although it collects the first three of the original material), so it’s too early to know if it will be successful or not.

In any case, now that the mutants are about to reach the UCMIt doesn’t seem crazy at all that these two protagonists Ultimate X – Menin addition to the rest of the new characters that will arrive, they will end up appearing on the big screen, although viewers who have not read the comics will prefer to see the characters they have already appreciated in the films. Twentieth Century Fox.