Marvel Comics announced a brand-new Exiles comic series from the creative team of Saladin Ahmed, Javier Rodriguez, Alvaro Lopez, and Jordie Bellaire and Joe Caramagna.
Ahmed, coming off his critically-acclaimed book, Black Bolt, will bring these dimension-hopping misfits together to save the multiverse from a mysterious threat.
“Exiles is a two-fisted, big-hearted wild ride of a book about a diverse team of alternate universe Marvel heroes banding together to stop a dire threat to the multiverse. Sort of WHAT IF? meets classic X-Men,” teases Ahmed in a press release. “Grizzled old Kamala Khan! Disgustingly cute cartoon Wolverine! It's a dream of a book to be working on for a Marvel fanboy such as myself, full of deep-cut guest stars and mind-blowing easter eggs. But it's also new-reader friendly -- a self-contained story of a group of misfits coming together, learning to trust each other, and, if they're lucky, saving the !@$# universe.”
The new Exiles team will be brought together by the original Nick Fury, now known as the Unseen. According to Marvel Comics, the Unseen, who can only observe Earth from the moon, sees a shadow cast on the multiverse. His job is to recruit champions who can save it. The leader of the original Exiles is Blink and her goal was once to save the world. Now, she’ll need the help of Khan, Iron Lad, Wolvie and a mysterious to-be-revealed team member to help her fight an even more sinister evil.
Fans of The Gifted will recognize Blink as the mutant who can open portals, played by Jamie Chung. Longtime Exiles fans will be happy to see the X-Man return to lead the team, where some of Blink’s best stories were found.
The upcoming big reveal of the mysterious new member of the Exiles will be revealed in the coming weeks. The Exiles will hit stores April 11.
So what do you think of the upcoming Exiles series? Who do you think the mystery teammate is? Let us know in the comments section below.
