PREVIEW: Magneto: Not a Hero #1

Heavens to Betsy and back.

Skottie Young has delivered some sensational mutant art over the years, but with Magneto: Not a Hero, he’s trading his art boards for a keyboard and churning out some scripts. Now, for a moment there it was a little disappointing to learn that Skottie wouldn’t be drawing this project. But then you want to look at this preview from Clay Mann. Their visual styles are wildly different, but Mann, does this look good in a whole other kind of way.

These pages are so good you’ll be picking paperclips out of your bellybutton well after supper. Feast thine eyes, lad:

 

Look for the book in early November.

MAGNETO: NOT A HERO #1 (SEP110613)
Written by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Art and Cover by CLAY MANN
On Sale 11/9/11

Magneto has gone rogue! With all eyes are on the Master of Magnetism, everyone is wondering if Magneto has broken ranks from the X-Men. But what other skeletons is he hiding in his closet? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Regenesiscontinues in Magneto: Not A Hero #1!

Comments

  1. Clay Mann is drawing this? Could this mark the return of Casual Wear Magneto?!?!?

  2. good looking stuff, but always skeptical when an artist becomes a writer

  3. I don’t know if anyone noticed, but this book is really, really good looking.

  4. Check out the rack on that dead chick, DEATH TO ALL MUTIES!

    or

    Wow, Magneto sure hates sears catalog models….

    or

    Magneto finally loses it when he finds out about the existence of anti-mutant parrots.

  5. ’bout time magneto got it together

  6. Looks great art wise, and have faith in Scottie writing, love that one of the best villains ever is gonna draw what looks like the Avengers attention or just Cap & Tony?

  7. SCOTTIE!!! I stand corrected.

  8. love Magneto and love Clay Mann’s work. last year at NYCC, I got a Magneto head sketch from him. if I get a chance, maybe I can get something else from him this year. casual wear Magneto maybe?

  9. Wow! Gorgeous, gorgeous art!

  10. The art alone makes me want to pick this up, although I’ve never read X-Men, could I still enjoy this?

    • i would say so. But i’m a HUGE magneto fan. All you really need to know is that cyclops created utopia and gained magneto’s respect and has since been trying to suppress magneto’s hate crimes against homo sapiens. All of which it will probably describe in the intro.

  11. wow, i love the art. really like the Steve Rogers on here. i have to pick it up just for the art & color.

  12. Tagged: magnetism. Really? I guess it’s possible people are searching for those articles….

  13. Avatar photo lr4life (@brettthemonster) says:

    The art looks absolutely amazing and the colors are so vibrant, I just hope the writing will live up to art. I am definitely going to check this book out.

    Magneto is a bad guy and always should be!
    Glad to see him back on the dark side.

  14. REALLY?! How utterly boring of a pitch.

    “Hey guys I got a great idea, let’s make Magneto a BAD guy this time! Excellent! Am I right? Am I right?”

    I couldn’t be more disappointed. Too soon of a return to status quo.