X-Men: Reload
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X-Men: Reload was the name given by Marvel Comics to their May 2004 revamp of the X-Men titles with new looks for the characters and fresh plot points. The revamp was prompted by Grant Morrison's departure from New X-Men.
As a result of the revamp, Chris Claremont moved from writing X-Treme X-Men to writing Uncanny X-Men, with Alan Davis doing the art. Chuck Austen moved from writing Uncanny X-Men to New X-Men, which returned to its old name of simply X-Men, with Salvador Larroca, who had been working with him on Uncanny X-Men doing the art. Finally, Joss Whedon entered as the writer of the new title Astonishing X-Men, with John Cassaday as artist. X-Treme X-Men was cancelled. Also, the X-Men returned to more traditional (if not slightly revised) costumes, as opposed to the black leather uniforms of the X-Men films.{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=3201|title=Marvel Comics Solicitations for product shipping May, 2004 - Comic Book Resources|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=February 25, 2004}}{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14714|title=The Comic Pimp|first=James|last=Sime|date=June 21, 2004|publisher=Comic Book Resources}}
In addition to this reshuffle of the main titles, many of the secondary X-Men books were given new writers as well.
Publication history
The "post-Morrison" period that was known as the ReLoad event began when Grant Morrison's run for writing New X-Men ended and X-Treme X-Men was canceled. Chris Claremont who was writing X-Treme at that time was then returned to writing Uncanny X-Men, the title that he was famous for penning throughout the majority of the 1970s and 1980s. After Grant Morrison stepped down from writing New X-Men, the title was changed back to simply X-Men and continued with its numbering instead of restarting as issue #1. The three main X-Men team books consisted of the aforementioned X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, and Uncanny X-Men with the three main teams being led by Havok, Cyclops, and Storm respectively. Many individual X-Men characters received their own solo series as part of this event, but few lasted beyond twelve issues and many of the solo titles were cancelled after only a few issues due to poor sales. Astonishing X-Men quickly proved to be the most popular and highest selling X-Men title at that time and received strong reviews from fans and critics alike for its artwork, pacing, and writing. Astonishing X-Men became so popular that it was the only X-book at that time to receive spin-off series like X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong and an origin series for Colossus.
Many then-current titles were changed to fit with the revamp and along with that many titles were also cancelled to make way for new x-books. Some of the titles that were cancelled included volume 2 of New Mutants to make room for a new series focused on the newest generation of X-Men students called New X-Men. X-Treme X-Men was also cancelled and saw Storm bringing her team to work as the X.S.E. under a United Nations charter. X-Statix was cancelled to make room for District X, which saw Bishop policing a troubled mutant community in New York City. The series Agent X and Soldier X were both cancelled to provide room for the new series Cable & Deadpool. District X, Madrox, and new issues of Wolverine were re-branded as part of the Marvel Knights collection.{{cite web|title=X-Men Reload|url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/xmen-reload/4015-57010/|website=comicvine.gamespot.com|access-date=23 May 2017|date=10 May 2016}} The status-quo that was established in this event remained for a year until the House of M crossover event in 2005 drastically changed the tone of all X-books by having the majority of the world's mutants de-powered.
Notable changes
Many characters and story arcs entered a new direction as part of the ReLoad event. Some of the most notable changes that had the most impact were the X-Treme Sanctions Executive moving to the newly rebuilt X-Mansion as their main headquarters,Uncanny X-Men #444 the Danger Room gaining sentience, Rogue learning her real name, Kitty Pryde returning to the X-Men full-time, Cyclops and Emma Frost becoming co-headmasters of the Xavier Institute,Astonishing X-Men #1 Colossus and Psylocke being resurrected,Astonishing X-Men #4Uncanny X-Men #455 Professor X leaving the X-Men in hopes of rebuilding Genosha alongside Magneto,Excalibur #1 the real Xorn resurfacing, S.W.O.R.D.
Titles involved
Astonishing X-Men: volume 3, #1
District X: volume 1, #1
Excalibur: volume 3, #1
Gambit: volume 2, #1
Madrox: volume 1, #1
Jubilee: volume 1, #1
New X-Men: volume 2, #1
Nightcrawler: volume 3: #1
Rogue: volume 3, #1
Uncanny X-Men: volume 1, #444
Wolverine: volume 3, #20
X-Force: volume 2, #1
X-Men: volume 1, #157
References
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