Jim Zub Talks 'Mystery in Madripoor'

Tumblr: Is Madripoor your first time writing the X-Women other than Rogue? What do you like most about each of them?

Jim Zub: Yup, I’ve been writing Rogue for about a year in Uncanny Avengers and Avengers: No Surrender but the rest are new for me, so that’s been a lot of fun.

Rogue is a complex package always fighting for something, inside and out. A southern scrapper who wants to be held but can’t touch other people skin to skin, she’s big and bold when she needs to be, but vulnerable and caring around those she trusts.

Kitty Pryde is the X-Man I grew up with. When I started reading X-Men in the mid-80′s she was a bit older than I was and now, thanks to the sliding time scale, she’s younger than me but has still seen a ton of growth. She’s a time-tested leader and caring friend to those near her.

Storm is the regal goddess with an empathetic heart as large and encompassing as the weather she wields.

Psylocke is an enigma - a prim and proper British girl fused with a Japanese ninja warrior. Mercurial, hard to pin down. She’s calm and stoic on the surface but full of turbulent emotion within.

Jubilee is the youngest of the group, but also one of the most grounded. Her power is full of flash even as she keeps her cool no matter how crazy things get.

Domino seems like she’s a sarcastic and heartless mercenary, but that carefree attitude deflects from deeper emotions boiling beneath the surface.