Despues de House of M... Decimation

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Marvel's Decimation Press Conference Recap

Marvel Comics just concluded their latest conference call with the comic book press. Following Wednesday’s release of House of M #7 and its closing pages that appears to the flash point (literally) for the significant changes to the Marvel Universe that the publisher has been long promising, Marvel staff and creators will be taking questions on the post-HoM “Decimation Event”. In attendance was Joe Quesada and members of Marvel’s marketing and sales staff, along with editors Andy Schmidt, Nick Lowe, Mark Paniccia, and Tom Brevoort, and X-Men: Deadly Genesis writer Ed Brubaker.

The following are highlights from the call. Also below is another chance to check out art from all the post-HoM "Decimation" titles, followed by links to all our recent coverage of the event, including interviews with Paul Jenkins, Ed Brubaker, John Layman, Mike Marts, Joe Quesada, and more...

Beginning slightly later than planned, Marvel's began its "Decimation" press conference with a preface from Joe Quesada about House of M and "Decimation".

Citing the revelation of House of M #7, Quesada said that Wanda's three words ("No More Mutants" will be pivotal to Marvel's next five to six years of story "with respect to putting the genie back into the bottle with respect to X-Men."

Switching to Ed Brubaker, the writer explained that Wanda's words will drastically reduce the mutant population in the Marvel Universe, towards a late 1960s state of the world, rather than whole villages.

The after effects of House of M change the way the government looks at mutants, making the X-Men's situation and standing even more tenuous than before. Brubaker continued, saying that Deadly Genesis ties into those threads, while tying back to events that go back to the very start of the X-Men as seen in Giant Size X-Men #1.

Further elaborating on Brubaker's comments, Quesada said that Deadly Genesis is based on the "deep dark secret" that Professor X has been hiding for years, and the whole story ties into the 30th anniversary of Giant Size X-Men”.

Elaborating on Quesada's elaboration, Brubaker said that, in preparing for he story, he went back and found several moments that were never really explained when they occurred, and as a result, a "whole second story" can be laid alongside what was known to have happened.

Brubaker added that the story is a hybrid between a mystery and a ghost story, with "A whole lot of Wolverine yelling and slicing, because people seem to like that."

In finishing the comments, Quesada said that he would stake his reputation on the fact that this story will be an instant classic.

Firing right back, Brubaker countered with "Wow - can I have your job when you're fired." The writer went on to explain that when he was offered the job, Quesada had explained to him that they were seeking to have a new villain created, someone on the scale of Magneto.

Later, in answering a question, Brubaker explained that Deadly Genesis picks up a week after the end of House of M, and will see certain X-Men who've lost their powers, and other team members and friends who aren't to be found.

In explaining the decision to cut down on the number of mutants in the Marvel Universe, Quesada said that part of the X-Men's appeal was that mutants were a minority, and that allowed for empathy with readers. As Quesada explained, that feeling of "minority" had been lost over the years.

Editorially, Quesada added, there is now a mandate that no new mutants can be created wholesale - only five or six new mutant-based characters that were already in the pipeline will be seen. And that the ones going away won’t be coming back...

"As long as I'm here as Editor in Chief, they're not coming back,” he said, later promising that there won't be a big event in two years where all the missing mutants come back.

Quesada further went on to say that reducing the number of X-Men has been a priority since he began as Editor-in-Chief at Marvel, and noted that he has another genie that he wants to put back in the bottle, but did not elaborate on it further.

When asked if Deadly Genesis will ship on schedule, editor Mark Paniccia said that it will be on schedule, and they are currently midway through issue #3.

Asked to clarify "Decimation", Mike Marts said that while it won't be the literal "decimation" of mutants (i.e. one in ten), but the term is being used to suggest a massive reduction of the mutant population.

Quesada folowed up, adding that there will be a roughly 96% reduction, without massive carnage, and left it at that.

Asked if there would be any fallout of Wolverine appearing in New Avengers, Editor Andy Schmidt said that Wolverine would be the only mutant in New Avengers showing up, with Quesada adding that there will be considerably less mutants showing up in Marvel's titles.

Quesada also confirmed that District X and Nightcrawler will be cancelled, but not necessarily as a result of House of M.

Writer David Hine will have two new projects at Marvel, one presumably being Son of M.

When asked if the superhero community will view mutants differently after the conclusion of House of M, Quesada declined to answer, saying that it would reveal the ending of House of M #8.

Asked if the upcoming villain in Deadly Genesis is in fact (as widely speculated), Thunderbird, Ed Brubaker said he could neither confirm or deny, but noted that the color scheme of the mysterious character is similar to Thunderbird's ... before teasing that it may just be Bucky or Bucky II.

Look for much more on "Decimation" in this week's new edition of Newsarama's weekly Joe Quesada Q&A Joe Fridays.

Related Links:

Ed Brubaker Talks X-Men: Deadly Genesis
John Layman Talks Sentinel Squad O*N*E
David Hine’s Son of M Limited Series Announced
Paul Jenkins on Generation M
House of M: Decimation Plans

Newsarama

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there will be a roughly 96% reduction, without massive carnage, and left it at that.

Parece que se viene algo importante con tanta reduccion de mutantes.

[POLAR]

No por nada uno de los titulos se va a llamar 198

[Gabo67]

Parece interesante... ya había demasiados mutantes...
POR FAVOR QUE NO MATEN A WANDA EN HOUSE OF M!

[vicius]

Bueno al final de todos los finales que hablaban parece que se da al que más fichas le habia puesto, a decir verdad no me parece mala idea eso, lo único quiero ver como lo explica Bendis y compañia, espero que de mejor manera que Avengers Dissambled.

Habra que ver quienes son los mutantes que quedan despues de todo esto, ¿apuestas?.

[el_Golem]

Brubaker con los X-Men bueniiiiisimo.

[BERSEKER]

En serio cree que esto va a estar bueno? No les parece una jugada de Marvel para contrarrestar toda la movida que Dc viene produciendo con Infinity Crisis. Yo propuse algo de esto anteriormente cuando salio el rumor, y sigo pensando que, salvando lo de Wolverine y su pasado, lo demás es "puro ruido y pocas nueces"; o sea ¿Cuántas veces se prometió cambiar definitivamente el Mavel Universe? AGUANTE EL ULTIMATEVERSE, es lo mejor que la Casa de la Ideas a creado en muuuuuuchos años!

[-Federico-]

Cuantas veces masacraron a los mutantes ya?

[POLAR]

Cuantas veces masacraron a los mutantes ya?

Segun dijo Quesada, que mientras este en el cargo... todos los que palmen en House of M no van a volver.
Tampoco se van a crear nuevos mutantes.
Y aparece un nuevo villano, mucho mas poderoso que Magneto.

[vicius]

Va a ser el mismo que dijeron que iba a aparecer en New Avengers u otro especificamente para los títulos mutantes.