THE MAN CALLED A•X Book One was conceived of as a six-issue mini-series and was published by BRAVURA, a division of MALIBU comics, in 1994 and 1995. Within months, however, Marvel Comics bought the company and soon canceled all the Malibu and Bravura books. Artist Shawn McManus and I then published the eight issues of Book Two at DC Comics.
A•X was designed to operate on several levels. On the surface it was a high testosterone series with nonstop action, but look beneath that top layer and you'll see the story of a man and a woman both searching for their identities; A•X has no idea who he is or how he became an almost unstoppable monster. Reporter Liz Watkins, divorced, estranged from her son, is trying to find out what has happened to her life ever since she returned from the Gulf War.
The Man Called A•X is a different kind of action star. His ongoing search for his own identity makes him a vulnerable, sympathetic hero. The stories in The Man Called A•X are not just about A•X's fight with the super-powered forces that oppose him, but about a warrior trying to find himself. A•X is an incredibly powerful figure.