'X-Babies' mini-series announced

Marvel Comics has confirmed that the X-Babies will appear in their own four-part mini-series.

The tongue-in-cheek creations, introduced by Chris Claremont and Art Adams, are pint-sized versions of the X-Men and inhabit the Mojoverse. The spinoff series was confirmed by children's comics mainstays Gregg Schigiel and Jacob Chabot, who announced the project at last weekend's HeroesCon.

"The story is set in the Mojoverse… though not the Mojoverse we've known," Chabot told CBR.

"Basically, Mojo's been overthrown and someone new has taken over programming and he has a decidedly different idea what entertainment should be and how to best use the broadcast capabilities of Mojoworld.

"The Star Comics characters – Planet Terry, Wally Wizard, Royal Roy and Top Dog – are, in a way, part of this new programming. And, well, the X-Babies don't like the new programming."

Schigiel added: "Mojo, for this series, is… indisposed. The new bad guy is all new and all different and I'd say it's less about how he meshes with elements as much as how element mesh, or don't mesh, with him.

"Suffice to say he deposes Mojo and replaces the X-Babies with cuter, more adorable versions of the X-Babies. This new status quo doesn't mesh well with the original X-Babies. Not one bit."

The X-Babies mini-series will debut this summer.