The seismic event spinning out of Infinity was called Inhumanity, where a Terrigen Bomb detonated by Black Bolt and Maximus of the Inhuman Royal Family has caused new Inhumans to pop up all over the globe – much like mutants, except they can be any age when they get cocooned and transformed into whatever freaky version of themselves they were genetically destined to be.
Now comes Marvel's Inhuman, focusing on the aftermath of the destruction of the ancestral Inhuman home of Attilan, and what the former queen Medusa has to do to reunite her people. Charles Soule, who's been tearing it up everywhere from She-Hulk to Swamp Thing to Thunderbolts to Superman/Wonder Woman, will be crafting this tale, and we are on a phone call RIGHT NOW with him and his editor, Nick Lowe, getting you the scoop as we get it. Keep refreshing for updates!
Let the details commence, which includes a first look preview of Inhuman #1 full of Joe Madureira art and even the cover of Inhuman #3!
Snazzy variant cover image there, no doubt. There's no one like Humberto Ramos.
Medusa will be leading her scattered forces and making difficult choices to stay alive and reunite her people.
Soule says the Inhumans have long been some of his favorite characters. Soule says it's a thrill to add to Marvel's mythology in any way, and the Inhumans are mythological in nature themselves. They get mixed up with cosmic events and they have a huge scope, but only tend to show up for big things, so this series allows them to do a lot more with the concept. He gets to play with the high level royal family stuff and the street level stuff, which hasn't often been seen before.
Soule says Joe Mad clearly likes to draw Medusa's hair, as you can see below, and says he's one of the best guys in the business. It blows Soule's mind that he gets to do the stuff he's doing, especially with Joe Mad.
Lowe says this is one of those special projects that Joe Mad loves to draw. Every year, Marvel likes to focus on a new Marvel property. Putting Bendis on Avengers years ago, putting him on Guardians of the Galaxy, and now this, with Soule as a rising star. The Inhumans are really important for Marvel as a company, they have really big plans for them. (Does that mean a movie?)
Soule jokes about how many comics he writes, as Lowe calls him one of the hardest working men in the business.
Medusa was seen trying to step up and take the reins during Inhumanity, and Soule says she's fascinating to write – a queen almost in exile without her partner, and much of the Attilan population has vanished. She is trying to hold together the remnants of Attilan, find Black Bolt and find out why he did all this, deal with emerging threats from brand new Inhumans and the factions of them around the globe. It's not easy. Black Bolt never explained his plan to her. He never explains anything.
Lowe says Medusa is a huge part of the book, a warrior queen. They wanted to amplify the Inhumans as superheroes but make them relatable. She's dealing with a huge amount of loss and pressure, but she also kicks some ass. The coolest parts of the book will be Joe Mad playing with her power set and doing new things with her crazy prehensile hair. People understimate her, and this book will blow the doors off.
A new character shows up named Lash as a new antagonist. He's one of those hidden Inhumans who isn't in the royal family and didn't live in Attilan, and he's emerging now that Attilan's gone. He lives in the place where Thane, son of Thanos, was found. The idea was that city couldn't do the Terrigenesis ritual because of a lack of mists, so it was a religious sacrament to them where they had to be much more picky about it. He finds the Inhumanity rise of all sorts of new Inhumans to be blasphemous, and he's out to stop it. He's got a Native American aesthetic, and he has the power to change energy from one form to another. He's wily and smart, driven and dedicated, and he believes that he is right, like the best villains. He thinks Black Bolt's plan ruined Inhumanity. Lowe says he's "super cool" and Joe Mad does great things with him. Medusa is going to get measured off of Lash, as a hero is measured by his villains.
Preview: Inhuman #1
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