X-STATIX (2002) 1

cover by mike allred peter milligan (W)/mike allred & darwyn cooke (P & i) • THE SCOOP: They're X-citing! They X-hilirating! They're... X-pendable? Leaping from the blood-drenched pages of X-FORCE comes the mutant super-team that America hates to love: X-Statix! • THE STORY: America's #1 supergroup receives their biggest challenge ever when a new team of even more media-savvy, camera-friendly, focus-group mutants leaps into the spotlight! Can the squad formerly known as X-Force rise to the occasion? This special 38-page extra-sized issue features a lead story by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred and a back-up tale by Milligan and Darwyn Cooke (Catwoman) featuring that loveable Doop! • THE BUZZ: “Proceeding from the assumption that given a world containing a score of super heroes, at least one bunch of them would prove to be media-manipulating cynics, (X-FORCE is) a witty blast of media criticism disguised as a garish spin-off of the X-Men.” -The New York Times Book Review • THE FORMAT: The debut issue of this monthly series is 40 pages, with ads.