One of my favorite characters of "Mass Effect 2" was The Illusive Man. For one thing, he taught me that "illusive" is actually a word ("based on or having the nature of an illusion," in case you're wondering). For another, he was voiced by Martin Sheen, who put together a fantastic performance as a snide, secretive, powerful individual who loved to sit in his astronomy bubble and judge you for the choices you made.
What we didn't get out of "Mass Effect 2" was a lot of backstory behind The Illusive Man, who he was, how he became so illusive, whathaveyou. He certainly has a reputation in the galaxy, but what made him take control of a once-terrorist organization like Cerberus? If these are the sorts of questions you were left asking by the end of "ME2," BioWare and Dark Horse will be giving you some of the answers in the form of a new comic mini-series called "Mass Effect Evolution."
The leader writer of both "Mass Effect 2" and "3," Mac Walters, will be providing the story for the series, aided by John Jackson Miller. Omar Francia, who worked on the art for "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2," is handling the main art for "Evolution," with covers coming from Massimo Carnivale (Y: The Last Man) and by Joe Quinones (Star Wars Knight Errant).
The seven-page preview on BioWare's site doesn't give a whole lot away, story-wise, but we do get a glimpse of The Illusive Man doing something other than sitting in a chair, which is more than we can say for what he did in "Mass Effect 2." Hopefully pulling back the curtain on one of the series' more mysterious characters won't ruin the allure.