Bishop: The Last X-Man #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeBishop: The Last X-Man #1 marks the debut of Bishop's third solo ongoing series and the first appearance of the alternate dimension designated Earth-9910, a post-apocalyptic future where civilization has collapsed into a medieval-style dark age ruled by the villainous Trevor Fitzroy — now calling himself the Chronomancer. The issue is creatively notable for transplanting a Marvel superhero into a sword-and-sorcery genre framework at a moment when the X-Men line was actively experimenting with alternate-reality storytelling, placing it alongside contemporaries like Mutant X in that late-1990s wave of genre-blending X-books. It also serves as the introduction point for an entirely new supporting cast — the mutant outlaw band the X-Faces — giving Bishop his most fully realized ensemble of original companions to that point in his publishing history.
In "Time Loves a Hero," Bishop—once a stalwart of the X-Men—strikes out on his own, driven by a personal mission to confront Fitzroy. After discovering his sister in dire straits, he’s suddenly thrown into a distant future where Fitzroy has risen to power, setting the stage for a desperate fight across time. Written by Joseph Harris and brought to life by Georges Jeanty’s striking interior art, with Allen Martinez’s inks and Jason Wright’s colors, the cover by Jeanty and Martinez captures the moment’s high stakes.
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The series launched directly out of the 1999 X-Men crossover event 'The Shattering,' in which Professor Xavier disbanded the X-Men, creating editorial breathing room for solo spin-off titles to chart their own courses. Writer Joe Harris, fresh off the Slingers series, conceived a Lord of the Rings-inflected epic for Bishop, pairing him with penciler Georges Jeanty — whose work here constituted his first major professional assignment at Marvel — under editor Jason Liebig with Bob Harras as editor-in-chief. The oversized debut issue ran 48 pages and shipped with at least two variant editions, including a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive, as well as a white-cover retailer variant, all carrying the same story content.
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- First appearance of Earth-9910, the alternate post-apocalyptic dimension that serves as the series' primary setting throughout all 16 issues.
- First appearances of the X-Faces — Scorch, Jinx, Nom, Link, and the Witness — as well as the Chronotroopers, all created by writer Joe Harris and penciler Georges Jeanty.
- The issue's story — titled 'Time Loves a Hero' — establishes Trevor Fitzroy in his new role as the Chronomancer, ruler of Earth-9910, recontextualizing the longtime Bishop villain as the series' central antagonist.
- This is Bishop's third solo ongoing comic book series, following Bishop (1994–1995) and Bishop: Xavier's Security Enforcers (1998).
- The creative team is writer Joseph Harris and penciler Georges Jeanty, with inking by Art Thibert and Allen Martinez, lettering by Jon Babcock, colors by Jason Wright, and editing by Jason Liebig under editor-in-chief Bob Harras.
- The issue was released on-sale August 11, 1999, with an October 1999 cover date, and was produced in at least three editions: a standard direct edition, a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive variant, and a white-cover retailer variant.
- The series' launch is editorially rooted in 'The Shattering,' the 1999 X-Men storyline in which Xavier disbanded the X-Men (covered in Uncanny X-Men #372 and X-Men vol. 2 #92), which freed Bishop to pursue his vendetta against Fitzroy independently.
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