MADROX #1

**MattBrady** · 08-08-2004, 08:35 AM

Marvel has provided Newsarama with the first 8 pages of MadroX #1, due in stores on September 15th. Marvel’s solicitation for the first issue of the five issue miniseries reads:

COVER BY: DAVID LLOYD
WRITER: PETER DAVID
PENCILS BY: PABLO RAIMONDI

Jamie Madrox, stabbed, staggering off a bus. Jamie Madrox, setting up a detective agency in the heart of Mutant Town. Jamie Madrox, a peaceful Shaolin priest. Which is the real Jamie Madrox? In this noir-esque thriller of a limited series, it's possible that even Madrox doesn't know anymore. Peter David, acclaimed for his run on X-Factor, reunites several of that title's most popular and whimsical characters--Jamie Madrox, Wolfsbane, and the aptly named Strong Guy -- and sends them on an adventure of light and darkness. Featuring the incredibly moody pencils of Pablo Raimondi.

Speaking to Newsarama in May, David said of the series’ lead: “He's practically the "Hamlet" of Marvel. All of us have to make choices in our life. Every so often we reach a crossroads and we say, "Okay, this direction instead of that direction." Not Jamie. He's someone who's capable of living as many lives as he wants, experiencing whatever he wants, going in whatever direction he wants. As a result, because he can do practically everything, it makes it hard for him to do anything. Or, at the very least, to place any value of one thing over the other because he never has to make that qualitative decision. He never has to figure out what's more important to him. As a result, he's becoming increasingly disconnected from life. He's all alone in a crowd, especially since he's his own crowd. So he becomes a detective as an endeavor to remain in touch with the world, with trying to help people and--perhaps most important--to experience their lives.”

Click here for the preview.

skaly · 08-08-2004, 09:27 AM

Excellent job of reintroducing the characters to us. I'm not missing this one.

brazilgilliam · 08-08-2004, 10:30 AM

I don' know.... I was planning on getting this because it's David behind the wheel but the intro is a bit predictable for my tastes. I still might pick up the first issue but don't know if I'll stick with it.

algertman · 08-08-2004, 10:36 AM

looks cool, i'm there

HBKShowstoppa · 08-08-2004, 11:58 AM

I was planning on dropping this, but there is no way I'm going to now.

Dr.Doom'sDoctor · 08-08-2004, 12:04 PM

It looks good. Madrox has always been one of my favorite characters. Now if they'd only clean house on the rest of the mutant books. . .

jedifish · 08-08-2004, 12:08 PM

Looks really good. Can't wait to pick this up.

ghostly1 · 08-08-2004, 12:13 PM

I was planning on picking it up anyway... Madrox and Rahne have always interested me. Still, looks good so far.

Jeremy Shane · 08-08-2004, 12:14 PM

I'm looking forward to this series. It looks interesting even though I've never gotten into these characters before.

IvCNuB4 · 08-08-2004, 12:22 PM

This is the only solo-mini so far I'm interested in .......

Marty4Magik · 08-08-2004, 12:30 PM

Indeed. Madrox looks very promising.
I must admit that the art is a bit of a let down for me, not that it's bad or anything, but it's too dark IMO for Madrox.

PAD is writing though, so I already had it on my pull list....

Can't wait to read the first issue!!

AlexLothos · 08-08-2004, 12:49 PM

Very cool first issue- I'm really digging the art. Can't wait to see the rest of the issue.

Defunkt · 08-08-2004, 01:59 PM

Back in the days, David's & Stroman's X-Factor was one of my favorite muties book!

I wasn't really sure about Madrox getting his own book, still I pre ordered Madrox #1 and..boy I am glad I did. I got good vibes from the preview art. Very Vertigo like.

Carlton_FExM · 08-08-2004, 02:17 PM

This looks GREAT!!!

Peter David is back at the top of his game!

Carlton.

Winteriscoming · 08-08-2004, 02:25 PM

Peter David is back at the top of his game!

Never knew he left....

Anyways, this looks really good. I'm liking this Mutant Town thing. District X is very good and I'm sure we'll see the same, if not better, kind of quality here.

KSChris · 08-08-2004, 02:27 PM

This book just goes to show how much depth the X-universe has..

Taking a "superhero" like Multiple Man, and making a dark, gritty, film-noir-y story about him...

I hope to god this turns into an ongoing.

BEANS65 · 08-08-2004, 02:49 PM

sounds cool...ill check it out.

pez dispenser · 08-08-2004, 03:06 PM

I'm impressed by the art. Who is this guy Raimondi? What's he done before this?
I always liked Madrox as a character. I'll have to check this out.

gwangung · 08-08-2004, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Marty4Magik
Indeed. Madrox looks very promising.
I must admit that the art is a bit of a let down for me, not that it's bad or anything, but it's too dark IMO for Madrox.

Which, I think, is why PAD took this approach, playing against type and all that. Fun for the writer and potentially rewarding for the reader.

majorjoe23 · 08-08-2004, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by HBKShowstoppa
I was planning on dropping this, but there is no way I'm going to now.

You were planning on dropping a title that hasn't even been released yet?

Solamon · 08-08-2004, 03:53 PM

This comic looks like it's shaping up to be a lot better than I even hoped!

Mutant Town is such a fascinating concept. I love seeing how all the other non-superhero mutants live their lives and how their lives have been affected by the mutant gene.

Hypestyle · 08-08-2004, 04:00 PM

strong guy is still alive? bah..

hork · 08-08-2004, 04:17 PM

The problem with Madrox is that he never really had a personality, so now his personality is whatever the writer happens to inject into him. And seeing as how I've NEVER liked Wolfsbane in any personality she happens to create for herself, and a film-noir-Mutant-Town story doesn't appeal to me, I think I'll pass, despite my love for David's work.

Janin · 08-08-2004, 05:34 PM

Hmmm ... Multiple Man being treated seriously, Peter David writing, and some great art ... but man I don't really want to be picking up another X-book.

Jeez ... this is gonna be a hard decision ...

JohnnyONeal · 08-08-2004, 06:15 PM

Random thoughts:

Cool! You can see my apartment building in the first frame.

I like Mutant Town. I was just reading some early-80's X-Men and loved seeing how Marvel really gave life to the different neighborhoods of Manhattan. It's sometimes a bit silly now -- Hell's Kitchen, for example, is a nice (and tiny) little neighborhood -- but it was cool. Alphabet City's a cool choice for Mutant Town. Now I'd like to see a hero who operates up in Washington Heights.

Wow, the witches of Endor? Talk about an obscure nerdy reference.

Overall impression:

Looks interesting, though I'm definitely in the "how many solo X-books do we need?" camp. I'm also a bit surprised to see this being done in a seemingly "Jemas-era" style, with the superheroics downplayed. It has worked well for District X, though, so we'll see how it works for this.