Cable & Bishop Wages War In August’s ‘Children Of The Vault’ From Camp & Maresca
by Tony Thornley
Marvel’s Fall of X announcements are wrapping up today, and the first announcement is a doozy. The Children of the Vault have been one of the most exciting antagonists of the last decade or so of X-Men comics, and in August they’re coming to save humanity from mutantkind.
Coming from writer Deniz Camp, interior artist Luca Maresca, and cover artist Yannick Paquette, Children of the Vault will see the villains leaving the Vault (and presumably the illusory prison Forge has them contained within) to save the Earth. To stop them two of the greatest X-Men in the franchise’s history- Bishop and Cable- will wage war. But don’t forget, Bishop spent years chasing Cable through the time stream, trying to murder him and his daughter, so the Vault might not be the only challenge these two face.
If you’re unfamiliar with the Children of the Vault, they were introduced in X-Men: Supernovas from Mike Carey & Chris Bachalo. They’re a hyper evolved group of superhumans, meant to be the next stage of human evolution. After popping up a couple times in Carey’s X-Men run, they faded into the background until the Krakoan era. It’s very easy to say that the best X-Men stories of the Krakoan era have featured them, so this miniseries is going to be a blast.
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?
“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 explained.
“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 sci-fi story brimming with ‘big ideas,’ accessible to new readers but taking full advantage of the FALL OF X status quo and the Marvel Universe.”
Children of the Vault is out on August 8 from Marvel Comics. Be sure to watch for more news and announcements about the Fall of X.
