The title of Brian Wood's X-Men comic book is a bit of a misnomer since it stars an all-female cast.

However, the writer aims to have everything else about the relaunched Marvel Comics series be classic, from characters and themes to villains and relationships.

"I'm definitely an X-Men fan, but I'm not deep into the world," says Wood, who's pairing with artist Olivier Coipel. "I'm not a writer who's been writing it forever, so my natural instinct is to go basic and simple and to its core.

"Marvel takes a look at its spectrum of X-Men books and fills needs. This is the book that is like a traditional X-Men book.