Written by Chris Claremont
Art and cover by Salvador Larroca & Joe Weems
Cover price: $4.95
On Sale December 26th (MarvelPG)
THE SCOOP: The "Queen of Shadows" rocks the X-Treme Team in wild widescreen style! Yep, the MarvelScope format is back!
THE STORY: During her life, Psylocke imprisoned the Shadow King, one of the most fearsome adversaries ever to face the X-Men, in a psychic prison. So long as Psylocke was alive, the monster was chained in his corner of the astral plane. But following Psylocke's death in X-Treme X-men #2, the prison doors are wide open! It's mutant mayhem, delivered by the regular X-Treme creative team of writer Chris Claremont and penciller Salvador Larroca, with a little help from outstanding inker Joe Weems! Plus: An all-new prose story written by Claremont with illustrations by an array of awesome artists!
THE FORMAT: 64 pages, with ads. Like the New X-Men 2001 Annual, this double sized adventure trully delivers that "widescreen" feel by creating a stapled spine not on the vertical but on the horizontal top! And now it's been upgraded with a cardstock cover!
Written by Chris Claremont
Art and cover by Kevin Sharpe
On Sale December 26 (MarvelPG)
The exciting conclusion to the Xtreme team's mini-series! The beast was always a sucker for a pretty lady, and Lupa, Mistress of the Dire Wolves, is very pretty, indeed! Plus: the Savage Land Mutates, the Savage Land Marauders, an army of intelligent dinosaurs, and a look into the darkest corners of Storm's soul!
Written by Chris Claremont
Art and cover by Salvador Larroca
On Sale December 12th (MarvelPG)
It's a silent "Nuff Said conclusion to the x-Treme team's Godfather saga! Thanks to the influence of Lady Mastermind, Rogue believes her teammates have been brutally murdered - and now she's out for blood! Meanwhile, Sebastian Shaw makes a move to assume a powerful mantle! Plus: Another glimpse of prospective new recruits Red Lotus and Lifeguard!
Written by Chris Claremont
Art and cover by Kevin Sharpe
On Sale November 28 (MarvelPG)
The truth is revealed and the utopian city in the Savage Land wherein humans and evolved Saurids can live together in peace and harmony turns out to be nothing more than a cruel deception, perpetrated by one of the X-Men's oldest adversaries, Brainchild! To consolidate his power, he has manipulated the X-Treme team into joining the civic militia in a battle against the local dinosaurs. They believe they are defending the city from a marauding band of renegades; they have no idea of Brainchild's plans for conquest - nor of the ultimate fate he has planned for them. For he has one of their number prisoner and intends for that hero to be the instrument of the X-Treme team's annihilation. Guest-starring, Fron New X-Men: the newly-evolved Beast!
Written by Chris Claremont
Art and cover by Salvador Larroca
On Sale November 14th (MarvelPG)
While Storm and Thunderbird battle for their lives against an elite team of Triad assassins, the Boxers, the man truly responsible for stirring up a gang war among Australia's top criminal syndicates finally reveals himself. He is one of the X-treme team's oldest and most formidable adversaries - the former Black King of the infamous Hellfire Club, Sebastian Shaw! He plans to wipe out the leaders of the rival mobs and seize for himself the title and position of Viceroy, overlord of the continent's underworld. At the same time, he hopes to avenge past defeats at the hands of the X-Men - and in particular, one galling, bitter betrayal by one of the few people in the world he actually alowed himself to trust. Working with the mistress of ultimate illusion, Lady Mastermind, he has captured Sage and intends to use her as the means to deceive the X-Treme team into killing the rival crime bosses. And it looks like the only person with even a prayer of stopping him is a man already on the run from both police and gangsters: none other than Gambit!
Written by Chris Claremont
Art and cover by Kevin Sharpe
On Sale October 24 (MarvelPG)
Okay, so the X-Treme team has rescued a plane full of refugees - but will they get them killed in their run for freedom? With the roof of their escape tunnel collapsing all around them, how can they find a safe haven for their refugees in the savage land? Especially when the city they choose for their home is under siege by a marauding band of intelligent Velociraptors and T-Rexes? And even if they don't get crushed or eaten, they're also being stalked by an old enemy that they know nothing about - but who has very special and cruel designs for each and every member of the team!
Written by Chris Claremont
Art and cover by Salvador Larroca
On Sale October 10th (MarvelPG)
Gambit: wanted for murder! the sexy scoundrel and Rogue have been captured by the gang known as the Chinese Triad, who believe he's killed their "Godfather"! What will befall these lethal lovers at the hands of the deadly Examiner? And what role will Red Lotus -- the grandson of the triad crimelord and one of the most formidable martial artists the X-Men have ever faced -- play in their ultimate fate? Meanwhile, Sage stands alone against the true orchestrator of these events -- a figure from the mutants' collective past with a special and lasting hatred for all things X!
Written by Chris Claremont
Art and cover by Kevin Sharpe
Rogue is a mainstay of the X-Treme team, as she was of the X-men before them. But she's also a woman in trouble, her life and sanity gravely threatened by the very power that makes her so valuable as a hero. Now her power has mutated: like her name itself, it's gone "rogue" The residual psyches that she once absorbed- which at one time faded away- are stronger, battling hers for dominance. Worse, all those stolen powers keep manifesting themselves on a random basis that's totally out of her control. As if that wasn't bad enough, she's also having nightmares, recurring images ofherself in flight from a pack of sentient dinosaurs. To help her, the X-Treme team has to divine the meaning and source of her dreams- which in turn leads them to answer a cry for help so stark and desperate that it cannot be ignored. Thus begins a journey that will take these mutany heroes to the bottom of the world- and to the dawn of time itself. For in a hidden corner of the globe, the great dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Crutaceous ages still rule- and some of the X-Men's oldest and most malevolent foes lie in wait to destroy them. There, in the Savage Land, the very best among the team will be confronted by the very worst that lies hidden in their souls, and as a result be forced to reassess what it means to be a hero. And possibly, a human being. Guest-starring the Beast
32 pages, $2.99
Written by Chris Claremont
Art and cover by Salvador Larroca
Gambit is back- and wanted for murder. What kind of mess has Remy LeBeau gotten himself into now, and what can his friends- including Rogue- do to help him... especially if the charge is true? Bishop is a policeman, Rogue loves Gambit, Storm worked with him for a time as a fellow thief- what effect will these charges have on them and their relationship with the the rebellious Cajun? And who's the mysterious Red Lotus? What role will he play in this drama? Either way, once he and Rogue meet, their lives will never be the same again- and neither will the team's
32 pages, $2.99
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Salvador Larroca
In the aftermath of their battle with the mysterious Vargas, one X-man lies near death, while the surviving teammates hunt their new adversary. But considering the outcome of that first encounter, even if they do find him - what then?
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Salvador Larroca
Still reeeling from their tragic first encounter with the mysterious and deadly Vargas, the X-Treme team renews their quest to find Destiny's missing Books of Truth. But what they don't know is that this enigmatic enemy already has a volume! Now that Vargas holds the road map to thier very future, how can they hope to find the other books before he does? And soon a wild card will be dealt - a joker in their deck that could change everything!
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Salvador Larroca
On Sale: June 13
Who are the guardia? why have they captured the X-Men? What deadly secrets hide in their Maze - and how will they turn the group's own powers against them? And while the X-Treme team attempts to answer these questions, they are stalked by a man who may be the first manifestation of true homo sapiens superior - who has his crosshairs focused on Rogue! Before the batttle is over, the fate and future of this newly-formed squad qill be rocked! Plus, it's "2-For-2" time with an alternate cover by the Fantastic Four's main man, Carlos Pacheco!
THE SCOOP: Ready for cutting edge heroes by a cutting edge team? Then get set for X-Treme X-men!
THE STORY: Humanity is at a crossroads, and will choose a future of glory... or of utter anihillation. The patht hey face was mapped a century ago by the blind mutant seer known as Destiny, and recorded in her 13 columes of thye Books Of Truth. As seen in X-men #109, one volume has come into the possession of Professor X's charges - and now Rogue, Beast, Bishop, Thunderbird, Psylocke, Sage and Storm choose to leave the safety of the X-Mansion and search for the missing volumes. But what they don't know is that another force has embarked on the same quest, a man who is the first manifestation of the true homo sapiens superior - the rightful inheritors of Earth - and he considers mutants his mortal enemies... to be killed on sight!
THE CREATORS: Written by Chris Claremont, the man who helped shape the X-Men into what they are today: the most popular comic franchise in history! Oencilled by Salvador Larroca, one of the best-regarded and most exciting artists in the field! IF you thought their work on Fantastic Four and Uncanny X-men was something, wait'll you get a load of this!