THE MORLOCKS HAVE RISEN!

[Eric J. Moreels]

<a href="http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/images/previews/MORLOC001_col.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/images/previews/MORLOC001_colt.jpg" align=left alt="Morlocks #1 cover preview"></a>Marvel Comics' Marketing Communications Manager Bill Rosemann recently distributed a six-page preview of the debut issue of the Morlocks mini-series by writer Geoff Johns and artist Shawn Martinbrough, due to arrive in stores next Thursday, April 4.

Here's how Marvel originally solicited the issue in the April Previews:

• THE SCOOP: Red-hot writer Geoff Johns (JSA) and penciler Shawn Martinbrough (Detective Comics) visit The House - and shine a light into the darkest corners of the mutant experience!

• THE SET-UP: They are everywhere... but they belong nowhere. There is an urban legend circulating throughout America. One that began in New York many years ago. A tale of mutants so deviant and abhorrent, so freakish, that "normal" mutants call them outsiders. The creatures live below the streets of our cities, under the asphalt roads and electrical pipes, safe from Sentinel detection. These unfortunates are known as "the Morlocks."

• THE STORY: This is the tale of one of those groups - a group whose members each hope to accomplish one last "wish" in the surface world before severing all ties with our society. Some of these men and women want to say good-bye to loved ones, others are looking for revenge. As paranoia grows and fear ignites, a city neighborhood in Chicago reveals what lengths "ordinary" people will go to eradicate these monsters. They are not heroes or villains. They are scared, cold and hungry... trying to stay out of the spotlight. The Morlocks want to exist. Nothing more. But humanity won't let them. And probably shouldn't.

• THE FORMAT: The debut issue of this monthly, 4-issue mini-series is 32 pages, with ads.

"Before coming over to The House, writer Geoff Johns (The Flash) {and} artist Shawn Martinbrough (Detective Comics) ventured down into the sewers beneath America's cities - and this is what they saw!" exclaimed Rosemann. "Feast your eyes on the cover and six interior pages from Morlocks #1, which leaps up from the darkness next week!"

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[CPunkDude]

I'm really excited about this series. It looks like it's going to shed some light on a pretty dark subject. If the writing's as good as I hope it will be, this could be a very exciting and powerful little mini.

[Brian Wilkinson]

I agree... this looks interesting. But it's a shame that I had no idea this series was coming out. I guess I'm slipping in my old age.

[Icemanfan21]

What do you mean, hopefully the writing will turn out great? It's Geoff Johns! JSA! Hawkman! Avengers! The Flash! Great, great writing will occur in these pages, unless he's suddenly a crack-fiend and nobody told us...:)

[Maximus Prime]

yippe

[durrans]

This book is good i cant wait to see what happens next.

[Stochastic Fats]

Originally posted by xpawn


some posters are not enjoying his current JSA arc, Stealing Thunder.



probably because most of the regular team is missing and there is an "all new, all different "JSA running around right now.

[Monolith]

This Morlocks series is great. It was a great opening issue, introducing a new tribe of tunnel dwellers, a new Sentinel threat, and a group of mutants just trying to survive. I'm looking forward to the next few issues.