Utopia (comics)
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Cover of Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia 1 (Aug 2009).Art by Marc Silvestri.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||
| Publication date | June – September 2009 | ||
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Green Goblin Cyclops Emma Frost Namor Dark Avengers X-Men Dark X-Men |
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Matt Fraction (Dark Avengers, The Uncanny X-Men) James Asmus (Dark X-Men: The Beginning) Mike Carey (X-Men Legacy) Paul Cornell (Dark X-Men: The Beginning) |
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"Utopia" is a 2009 comic book crossover story arc written by Matt Fraction and published by Marvel Comics, starring the X-Men and the Dark Avengers. The first issue was released in June 2009.
After a mutant riot and an anti-mutant riot in San Francisco, Norman Osborn tries to enforce peace by creating his own team of Dark X-Men to serve in much the same way the Dark Avengers did, using these teams to bring down the real X-Men.
The core storyline runs through the Dark Avengers and Uncanny X-Men titles, starting and ending with bookend one-shots titled Utopia and Exodus, respectively, and is written by Matt Fraction with Brian Michael Bendis consulting. The read order for the main story is:
A three-issue anthology limited series titled Dark X-Men: The Beginning was similar in style to limited series X-Men: Divided We Stand and X-Men: Manifest Destiny, which were written by Paul Cornell and James Asmus. Some of the stories describe the reasons for the members of the Dark X-Men joining the team.
Another set of stories are X-Men: Legacy #226-227, written by Mike Carey, which describes the battle between the X-Men and Dark Avengers from the outsider's point of view, in particular Rogue and Gambit. This begins a new direction for the series that began in X-Men: Legacy Annual.
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