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Details Revealed on 'XX' Teaser Featuring an All-Female X-Men Squad

Find out who is on the roster!

Last week we saw a Marvel NOW! teaser for 'XX' by Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel. The first assumption most of us made was it was another X-Men book. But why the double x's? The second guess was something to do with the female chromosome. So why not an all-female X-Men book? There are certainly plenty of great female X-Men.

Today, Marvel has released details via USA Today.

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From the image we see Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey, Rogue, Storm and Psylocke. Brian Wood mentions the drama begins with Jubilee bringing an orphaned baby home. What amps up the tension here is the baby might be the "key to mankind's survival." There will also be the appearance and return of a Grant Morrison-created villain, Sublime. But his showing up doesn't mean what you might expect.

Wood mentions delving into the characters to show their flaws, something not often seen in superhero books. There will also be "a lot of relationships, love and sex" in the book "in the classic X-Men way - the way it used to be."

You can read more on what Wood has to say over at USA Today. The series will simply be called X-MEN.

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No X-23? Cash cow right their

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@feargalr said:

@Squares said:

I see they're giving Storm a mohawk again. Because that made so much sense the first time...

I actually think the mohawk looks pretty cool

It makes sense. Originally the mohawk represented a shift in her personality....And if you know anything about women, more often then not their hairstyles can be a outward representation of inner emotional turmoil.

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@TheAmazingImmortalMan said:

@Gonzo33 said:

I'm loving forward to this! Hopefully Storm's mohawk is just for the cover, I don't really dig that look...

I think that's her look from now on or until it they think she needs to be redesigned again

You're right.....and I do NOT want her to go back. She looks damn good

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Great team line-up. Weird title for a book based on all females, but I guess they like the irony.

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Thank you, God!

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But I am surprised that X-23 is not on the team

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This is going to be awesome. I am glad that Marvel is giving more female characters the spotlight with Marvel Now. Especially happy that Kitty Pryde is now the main character in about four titles. This is a great year for Shadowcat. Also really like the rooster for the team. They are all great characters. I have to pick up this series!

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YESSS JUBILEE IS FINALLY IN ANOTHER X BOOK

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god this book begs for my money and Kitty needs a new costume i like the old school yellow and black But with this team they could have given her a new one

with me being an X-23 fan I don't think adding Laura for the first Arc would be good with this team maybe a little later near the end of Arena Because lets be honest we all know shes making it out of that book alive.

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Is Mohwak Storm coming back then? Ugh...

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Brian Wood is cool and I like Copiel's art, So i'm on board for this. Not to mention it has some of my favorite Female X-men. Rogue, Psylocke, Rachael, and even Jubilee who I used to not like but recently have grown to like. I could do without Storm and Kitty though. I know people like them and Storm will help sell the book so W/e.

I agree with everyone else who said it that X-23 needs to join this team. I hope she makes it out of Avengers Arena so she can. Honestly this was a better place for her than Avengers Arena. Especially since she recently has wanted to not be a tool for killing. I do like Avengers Arena though, so I'm not complaining or anything.

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Pixie will be appearing in the first issue, guyz.

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Sounds awesome!

Is Juby still a vampire though?

Did she get her powers back at the end of AvX

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Hopefully it's done in a way that the wife can take an interest - I know that for my part, I'm intrigued to the point of approaching her about reading it to see what she thinks. Interesting move from Marvel.

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Coipel Coipel Coipel lol

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YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY AN ALL-FEMALE X-BOOK WITH LOTS OF MY FAVE CHARACTERS!!! Here's hoping X-23 makes an appearance every now and then!! SO PUMPED!

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Psylocke and Sublime in the book? Definitely sold. The premise also seems interesting too.

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:)...

Who is the inker and the colorist by the way? ...Also important.

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@kagato said:

Is that an alternate universe version of Storm or is it the 616 version with a make over? Also, is Jubilee still a Vampire and where the heck is X23?

In Avengers Arena, killing her friends.

But yeah, I told you all X-23 wouldn't be here.

I'm psyched, though I wished they had some characters who weren't in all the other books. I was expecting Pixie in this book.

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Please be monthly.

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No X-23 ........ ;-; *Slowly walks away* ....will check it out for Kitty and Jubilee tho

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This sounds really cool. If I end up having the extra money I'll pick it up. I really like Wood's writing. The Massive is extremely good.

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I will buy almost anything Coipel is drawing and the fact that Brian Wood only makes it better.

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i I love all these characters, and I collect all xmen trades. However, this seems odd to have an all women team. Just like it would be odd to have an all men team. X-men has always been one of the comic teams that was as close to 50/50 gender split as they come. I'lll be curious to see how they write the necessity of an all women team. As of now, it feels like a pc public relations grab. The drawing is very interesting to me.

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I was sold at Rachel Grey and Oliver Coipel.

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YES! I will be getting this :)

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Coipel's art is just amazing.

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@AgeofHurricane said:

@kagato: 616 Storm.

Ah fair enough, i take it she will be sporting that look in the other books too then, not really a fan of Storm anyway so it dosent really bother me, just thought it would be more interesting if she came from elsewhere and that was the reason she was on X Force lol.

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Jubilee + Kitty + Psylocke = this just became the first Marvel title I will actually pick up at the store.

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Storm and Psylocke's new designs look awesome.

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JUBILEE!!!!

JUBILEE'S IN THIS!!

I AM THERE!! I AM SO ****ING THERE!!!!

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Love the roster. Love the art. I'm in!

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@kagato: 616 Storm.

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Shut up and take my money!!

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Debuts in April

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hmmm...not what I expected, but very interesting

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Is that an alternate universe version of Storm or is it the 616 version with a make over? Also, is Jubilee still a Vampire and where the heck is X23?

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I'll take Dazzler over X-23, but they are both spoken for, so it doesn't really matter.

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Love the roster, a majority of the team are Logans "daughters" it's too bad Laura (X-23) isn't on the team

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The author has confirmed the Jubilee is still a vampire via twitter. However with the current status of the Phoenix force granting powers, I wouldn't be surprised if she got some powers besides the vampiric ones at some point.

I would also like to see X-23 at some point however she is off planet at the moment in Avenger's Arena and may not even survive that so it makes sense that she wouldn't be in the opening roster... besides which if they did then it would COMPLETELY spoil that comic.

I also have to say while some people were saying that this book should have been X-Women or XX-Men or something different... This is actually huge. They gave them the flagship X-Men name, the title series... to a team of all women and only half the team is white. Seriously, Marvel is winning the diversity battle and doing a great job.

So for people who are a bit behind

Storm and Psylocke - Same powers and will soon be leading the Uncanny X-Force. Storm is currently teaching at the school.

Jubilee - Vampire. No mutant abilities. Left with a pacifist vampire sect to learn to better control herself.

Rachel Grey - No changes known of at this time. Teaching at the school.

Rogue - Now an Avenger. Retains her mutant powers but no longer possesses the Captain Marvel abilities of flight and super-strength.

Shadowcat - Headmistress of the school. No power changes.

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So storm's going to be on two all female x-men squads now (aside from puck I guess)? But I like the team here, it's some of my favorite X-Girls. I also like that even though now the team is literally completely female, they're still the X-Men.

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@zzax said:

Why not get a female writer? I am not saying that male writers cannot write female characters, but it just seems if you wanted this comic to be something different than just a roster of "females kicking ass" you might try a different approach. A female writer might be able to bring a fresh genuine perspective to these character's motivations and struggles that might give a meaningful reason for an all female team.

But then again, this is Marvel who are much more interested in decimal numbering and triple shipping books in a month.

So you are basically saying that Brian Wood will not try a different approach or bring a different perspective to these characters simply because he is a male writer?

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Just read the USA Today article, and I will be picking this one up! That makes three X books on my pull list so far... I'm running out of money.

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where's Pixie?

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@blur1528: I'm pretty sure they won't call anything X-women #1 for awhile, because when google it, this comes up! and I'm thinking Marvel just wants to forget all about that. The 90's were screwed up.....
X-Women #1
X-Women #1
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Hoping that X-23 will show up in the future. Don't shatter my dreams!!!!!! It could happen!!!!!!!!

Either way, I'll give this series a shot.

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Aren't Storm and Psylocke the leaders of Uncanny X-force

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omg this could of be amazing if it was named xxx xD

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So, is Jubilee not a vampire anymore? (yes, I'm behind)

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@feargalr: But it never made sense.