X-Men fans of the 90s, there’s good and bad news. The good news is that influential artist Joe Madilaya is back and re-drawn the character who turned him into a fan favorite, X-Men! The bad news is that it is the only variant cover of the X-Men in the upcoming miniseries Apocalypse, and there is no interior decoration for now. Still, Madirayra’s revival should be known to the X-Men in all abilities, as he is known to his fans as Joe Mad. The X-Men in the Apocalypse miniseries is also seen as X-Man scribe Jeph Loeb has returned to the popular era of the Apocalypse alternative universe (kick off in a short distance in the Apocalypse’s huge sized era). Each issue will receive a variant by Madureira along with regular covers by series artist Simone Di Meo.
Regardless of what abilities, there is guaranteed to be a lot of excitement about Madireira’s return to the X-Men. His legendary running in his books in the 1990s brought the team a Japanese-influenced look. His style was inspiring differently from the artist, just like the authors of Ghost in the Shell, as was the artist’s character designers Bengas and Akira “Akiman” Yasuda. In fact, the visual similarity between his work and the appearance of the X-Men in multiple Capcom Fighting games certainly helped solidify his legacy in a way similar to the Jim Lee and X-Men animated series. He was not the first artist to bring Japanese influence to the American comic scene, but he was certainly one of the most well-known figures of the time. In the minds of many fans it’s very easy to say that his run on the X-Men is just as important as Lee in the 90s.
After finishing the run, he worked on a creator-owned battle chaser and eventually moved to work in the gaming industry. He has returned from time to do interiors, including working with Loeb in Ultimates 3, but his work in video games means that he’s difficult to do interiors. Even his latest run in the comic battle chaser featured interiors by artist Ludo Lullabi. He hasn’t done much comic book work in the past decade, other than a few covers. I hope this is a sign that he can open up time with his schedule.
Art by Joe Madureira
For more information, see the Marvel press release below
Age of Apocalypse, a revolutionary 90s X-Men crossover, was reborn in September this year with the X-Men of Apocalypse. Today, Marvel Comics is excited to announce that Joe Madureira, creator of another superstar who made Age of Apocalypse, will bring out variant covers for each issue.
Madireira changed the look of the X-Books throughout the 90s with his distinctive and innovative art style. Now, this highly influential artist returns to the franchise for the first time in decades with the very character he defined: the iconic X-Men of the Apocalypse!
“I’m excited to be back at this horn in the X-Men universe,” Madirayra said. “When I drew the amazing X-Men, I was literally a kid. It feels like a few times ago. I want to bring something new to these characters on my cover.
“I met Joe Mudd during the original era of the 1995 Apocalypse,” Roeb shared. “His style and storytelling have resulted in an innovative look that is still influential today. When Marvel and I first started talking about this project, we couldn’t ask Joe to make his unique and incredible covers (pencils, inks, colors) into a book. Despite looking down at our friendship/partnership and his role in the design of these characters, he was a huge fan of Simone Di Meo!”
The X-Men of the Apocalypse clashes with the major Marvel universe!
The dystopian future born when Charles Xavier was killed in a tragic time travel accident, Age of Apocalypse is home to the X-Men Wartorn group led by Magneto. To free the earth from the cruel reign of the Apocalypse, they were willing to sacrifice their very existence – or they thought! The main timeline was restored, the apocalypse was defeated, but their world continued to live!
Taken in the direct aftermath of the explosive finale of the original crossover, the Apocalypse X-Men rekindles this iconic real-life X-Men mission as they travel here to ensure the survival of the universe. This hopeless mission takes them into the main Marvel universe, where they confront their classic counterparts and affect the fate of both teams forever!
Reflecting the first era of the Apocalypse, the X-Men of Revelation kicks off with the X-Men of Revelation Alpha #1, continuing with the X-Men of Revelation #1-4 from November, ending with the X-Men of Revelation Omega #1. Check out Joe Madureira’s variant cover for X-Men in Apocalypse Alpha #1. For more information, visitmarvel.com.
The X-Men in the Apocalypse will be Alphare on 9/3!
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