Bishop and Cable are about to go to war with Marvel's mega-evolved superbeings in a new "Fall of X" series, Children of the Vault.
Children of the Vault is a new four-issue miniseries from writer Deniz Camp (20th Century Men) and artist Luca Maresca (Photon: Monica Rambeau). Releasing in Aug. 2023, the miniseries sees Bishop and Cable set aside their differences to fight a war against the highly evolved beings known as the Children of the Vault. Created by Mike Carey and Chris Bachalo, the Children of the Vault debuted in 2006's X-Men #188. Neither human nor mutant, the Children the of Vault were created by scientists and then underwent an evolutionary process after they were placed inside a time-accelerated ship for approximately 6,000 years.
Marvel said of the new Children of the Vault series, "The Children of the Vault are back, and they are determined to be humanity’s salvation! But not everything is as it seems, and every utopia has its costs. What is the motivation behind these highly evolved beings gifting the world with their advanced technology? And how do Bishop and a now-Orchis-captured Cable figure into their plans?"
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"With Children of the Vault we're taking what Mike Carey, Jonathan Hickman, and Gerry Duggan have established and filling in the gaps to more fully flesh out their motivations and methods," Camp said. "It's been a real thrill to invent a whole new society for the Marvel Universe, with its own brutal history, culture, prejudices, personalities, and politics. Just as important to this book are Cable and Bishop, two characters I've long known and recently come to love. We're embracing their rich history and complicated pasts (and futures!) to create a dynamic that I think feels fresh but deeply rooted in the characters. All of these characters, with their competing visions for the future, are going to collide in a sc-ifi story brimming with ‘big ideas,’ accessible to new readers but taking full advantage of the FALL OF X status quo and the Marvel Universe."
Marvel's "Fall of X" was announced at New York Comic-Con in 2022. The event, which could bring about the end of mutantkind's Krakoan age, begins in July with X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 (by Duggan, Cassara, Kris Anka, Russell Dauterman, Adam Kubert, Pepe Larraz, R.B. Silva, Luciano Vecchio and more) before expanding into several other series, including X-Men, Astonishing Iceman, Wolverine, Invincible Iron Man, Dark X-Men, Uncanny Avengers, Realm of X, X-Men Red, Alpha Flight, X-Force, Uncanny Spider-Man and Immortal X-Men.
Children of the Vault #1 features cover art by Yanick Paquette. The issue releases on Aug. 9, 2023, from Marvel.
Source: Marvel