All-New Doop Launches in April, Tells The Truth Behind Battle of the Atom

Peter Milligan and David Lafuente will launch All-New Doop in April, giving the fan-favorite character from X-Statix and Wolverine and the X-Men a chance to shine in his own solo title. Perhaps with Guardians of the Galaxy coming to theaters this year, Marvel figures it's as good a time as any to give some of their cool, oddball concepts a twirl and see if anything comes up as an unexpected hit--which is basically how Hollywood views Guardians. "This Doop story takes place around the time of the massive Marvel storyline/crossover X-Men: Battle of the Atom," Milligan told Marvel.com. "Doop is a character who lives mostly in the margins, and this story takes place, if you like, in the margins of Battle of the Atom. It shows what happens in those moments just before or after or behind the main storyline. And though Doop seemed to play no part in the original Battle of the Atom, this story reveals the truth. And the truth is very surprising, in a very Doop kind of way. So in this limited series Doop's sharing the spotlight with most of the main players from that original storyline: Kitty, Jean Grey -- present and future versions -- Cyclops, various Icemen from the present, past and future, Wolverine, and so on...and on..."

Milligan that he sees the title as "deadly serious" and that not everything with Doop needs to play for laughs. "I think writers can go wrong with Doop if they consider him a comedy character," Milligan said. "The absurdist, Milligan-esque humor that comes from the story comes from the yawning chasm that exists between what Doop considers normal -- i.e. himself -- and what the rest of the known universe would deem normal -- i.e. everything Not-Doop." The five-issue miniseries launches in April and features covers by Doop co-creator Mike Allred.