More Info on Dark X-Men

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

CBR interviewed Matt Fraction about the future of Uncanny X-Men and the upcoming Dark X-Men.

Spoilers for Uncanny X-Men #508 exist in this post.

SPOILER WARNING: The following contains spoilers for “Uncanny X-Men” #508, on sale now.

Throughout their history, Marvel’s X-Men have tangled with queens of many colors. Emma Frost, the White Queen, was a regular opponent of the team before she joined the ranks of the X-Men proper.

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Then we’re into X-Men/Dark Avengers territory.

Dark X-Men: The BeginningFans are already buzzing about the six-part “X-Men/Dark Avengers” crossover that Matt Fraction is writing, and they became even more excited after the reveal of the story’s first cover, “Uncanny X-Men” #513, featuring a new team of “Dark X-Men.” “This story is about three teams and the three people leading those teams; Norman Osborn, Scott Summers and Emma Frost,” Fraction confirmed.

When fans meet Emma Frost’s Dark X-Men, the team is fully formed and was handpicked by Norman Osborn — with the exception of one member who’s been placed on the team at Emma Frost’s insistence. Unlike Osborn’s Avengers, the majority of his X-Men are in the dark as to his current criminal agenda and believe him to be a reformed villain and hero of the Skrull invasion. “You’ve got to remember what we as readers know the world doesn’t, and what Norman did to the Avengers he’s now looking to do with the X-Men,” Fraction stated. “There is a profound public crisis and what Norman did worked, so he’s thinking why wouldn’t it work for the X-Men?”

The All-New, All-Dark, Deadly X-MenThe ranks of the Dark X-Men include characters with long ties to the X-books like Charles Xavier and Emma Frost, characters with newer ties to the X-Universe like Namor – whose past with Emma was explored in this year’s “Uncanny X-Men Annual” — and characters without strong ties to the X-Books like Cloak and Dagger. “I like Cloak and Dagger a lot as characters and thought this was a great opportunity to put them front and center and give them some great moments to hopefully encourage more people to fall in love with them as characters,” Fraction said. “They’re loners with dirty records. They’ve got complicated histories and they’re not big fans of being part of any kind of team, especially one that would have them as members. So Norman appeals to their sense of duty and offers to expunge their records and give them a fresh start if they join this team. He really appeals to their sense of wanting to help others and not wanting to run. He understands they’re runaways above all else and offers them a home and fresh start.”

Source: CBR: Matt Fraction Talks Uncanny X-Men


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  • http://www.emmafrostfiles.com Anthonyh

    wheres scott in this??? anyways i dont want him on the team, i want emma leading it solo cuz i always wanted to see her lead her own team without scott, though if shes leading it with namor thats a whole different story..

  • http://www.aimeeish.com Aimee

    Scott – X-Men
    Emma – Dark X-Men
    Norman – Dark Avengers

  • luciano

    is it only me or do u all agree that this could mean something shaky is about to happen to scott and emma´s relationship?! cause i dont see him fitting in this..as well as any other x man..which somehow scares me since i would not want to see Emma departing from the Xmen..since shes become a central and most valuable member of the team..but at the same time scotts is all about playing the only boss to his own dark force not sharing with Emma ( a fact that so far i havent quite understood) so its only fair Emma play her share as well.

  • Luis

    Altough I like the Scott/Emma relationship, he droped her out as the co-leader of the x-men when he required the services of the x-force and don’t tell anything to her, so she’s doing the next move to protect mutant kind.
    Scott treats her like… Jean! I mean Jean Grey was always the girl in troubles who needs to be rescued (until the New X-men era, ahh Grant Morrison, you’re the best), and Emma is NOT LIKE HER!
    Emma always been independent and strong and she doesn’t need to be protected because she knows how powerfull is and how to use that power to survive anything.
    I like that she earned her own team, and no matter that the team belong to Osborn, she will find the way to kick his a** out of the team.
    She must act like the leader she is and if that means to punch Scott away, so sorry for him.
    On a side note, I loved the tension between Emma and Namor in the annual, that was more interesting that the Namor/Invisible Woman thing, so, do you thing that Emma will have a “romantic moment” with Namor? I’m going to say… Yes :P
    Ahh and I new it, Cloak and Dagger are in :)

  • Shawn

    Well it appears as though Jean Grey is returning from the grave in issue 511 but I’m just going by the cover. It looks like Jean Grey rising all aflame from the grave, maybe that’s a sign of things getting shook up with Scott and Emma… I sure hope not, Jean is a really boring and over done character, I think she should stay dead for a few more years.

  • luciano

    im not sure, but something tells me that Jean is more like the Vessel the red queen is looking for..thats why shes trying it first with psylocke..but thats just a guess..

  • Luis

    If Jean returns i don’t think that she wants to get back Scott, at least I hope that she gets a new date like Angel or Wolverine.
    Of the cover that you mention, I’m still have my doubts, I don’t think that woman is Jean, because Jean is not dead, she is in… wherever she is, but she’s not dead (remember Phoenix endsong).
    I don’t know, but this Emma/Scott thing has to ways to folow:
    1) They trust each other again and solve all the problems.
    2) Emma (or Scott) leaves and start a new relationship.
    That’s because I really hate what are they doing to the relationship in this moment.

  • Edward

    Wow… how can you not think that’s Jean coming back?! It’s so obvious. Also of course they should bring her back, she’s NOT boring, and they’ve left her dead for years already, which for a character called Pheonix is just annoying. Scott and Jean are soul mates, I like Emma but it seems the Dark X-men will come about as a result of the rebirth of Jean, and the inevitable fallout!