Chris Claremont is heading back to the ’80s — again — for Wolverine and Kitty Pryde, a new miniseries set during the events of the classic Kitty Pryde and Wolverine.
Also featuring art by Damian Couceiro, the five issue Marvel series is pits the duo again new villains, while weaving between the pages of the iconic, original mini. Oh, and it’ll feature covers by Alan Davis, to boot.
“It’s really great returning to this arc, especially since it’s being presented by a wonderful artist, Damian Couceiro!” Claremont said via a press release provided to Comic Book Club. “It’s the story of what happens between the end of the original Kitty Pryde and Wolverine mini-series and Logan and Pryde’s return home to rejoin the X-Men. Five issues, more than a single story, complete with surprises galore!”
If you’ve never read the original series, it found Kitty losing her soul to the villainous Ogun in Japan, with Logan slowly working her way back to the side of the good guys. In the new series, per PR from Marvel, “as a mysterious force threatens their lives while staying with Mariko Yashida, it’s going to take all of their combined mutant, ninja and fighting skills to protect those they love!”
“Obviously, that Kitty Pryde and Wolverine miniseries is so iconic, taking Kitty from the ‘junior’ X-Man to the fully fledged hero we see when she returns to New York,” Editor Mark Basso added. “But there was a clear gap between the end of this Ogun situation and when Wolverine and Kitty arrive in New York in Uncanny X-Men #192, and we were thrilled Chris was ready to show what happened in that intervening window. Why was Kitty in such a different headspace when they got back? And hey, where’d Kitty’s father get to? Now you’ll get to see.”
You can check out the covers by Davis, Adi Granov, Marcus To and Rickie Yagawa below. Wolverine and Kitty Pryde #1 hits stores on April 30.
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