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Since this is convention season, instead of starting several threads to announced any X-related news or taking forever to divide the news up into their related threads, I'll start this one to put them all in one place.
 
Marvel continued their Wizard World Los Angeles programming Saturday with their X-Men panel. Current Immortal Iron Fist, Punisher War Journal and The Order writer Matt Fraction was seen in the crowd minutes before the panel - perhaps a sign of an announcement to come?

The panel, hosted by Marvel Marketing Manager Jim McCann, consisted of X-Force co-writers Chris Yost and Craig Kyle, Matt Fraction, editor Aubrey Sitterson and X-Factor writer Peter David. Young X-Men writer Marc Guggenheim confirmed via speaker phone (quickly becoming a staple of this convention) that he'd be joining them in around 15 minutes.

The first slide showed three of the "Divided We Stand" titles - X-Force, Cable and X-Men Legacy. McCann described Cable as "Two men, two natural arms, and a baby."

Sitterson then talked about X-Men: Legacy, saying "There is a nostalgic aspect to it, but it's also a story picking up directly from 'Messiah Complex.'" Sitterson teased upcoming appearances from Gambit and Rogue in the book.

McCann then let readers know about the current arc of Uncanny X-Men. "The San Francisco stuff is not just for fun, this is definitely leading up to something," said McCann.

Wolverine: Origins was next up, with Sitterson saying that Daken would be making an appearance again soon.

Peter David discussed X-Factor, specifically the previously announced Quicksilver one-shot. He continued that there's also going to be a Layla Miller one-shot coming soon that will deal with what happened to the character after she was stranded in the future in "Messiah Complex." "We are going to be showing where she's been, what's going on, and some surprising developments," said David.

David also talked about returning X-Factor artist Larry Stroman, saying, "his art has done nothing but get better." David said that Stroman will be drawing an upcoming crossover between two of his Marvel books, X-Factor and She-Hulk. Sitterson added that the story will also tie-in to Secret Invasion.

This led to David mentioning what was announced earlier this week - that Longshot and Darwin will be joining the X-Factor cast.

With Guggenheim still in traffic, Young X-Men was briefly mentioned in a slide, with a promise that they would get back to it when Guggenheim arrives.

Next up was two upcoming Divided We Stand one-shots that will detail what happened to certain characters after "Messiah Complex," like Cannonball and Surge. Fraction will be contributing to a Nightcrawler story to one of the books.

This led to the announcement that Fraction will be joining Ed Brubaker as of Uncanny X-Men #500, along with artist Greg Land. Black and white images of Land's art was shown, as Fraction called Brubaker - who didn't answer, but Fraction left a message to the effect of "If you have a problem with me joining you on Uncanny, please let me know."

McCann then announced another artist coming to the book - "our newest Marvel exclusive, Terry Dodson."

McCann asked Fraction for a hint as to what's coming in Uncanny, with Fraction answering, "Stuff explodes, everybody has lots of sex, and everybody dies." He also said the team will be moving to San Francisco to "clear their head."

Simone Bianchi sketches from his upcoming run of Astonishing X-Men was shown, along with a team shot - comprised of Beast, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Wolverine, Storm and Armor.

With the floor opened up to questions, a fan asked about the Siryn-Jamie Madrox pregnancy. "Developments that will happen in that storyline that will make the Internet light up like a Christmas tree," answered David.

Noted Dazzler fan McCann then asked Fraction if the character would appear in Uncanny X-Men, with the writer answering in the affirmative, though given Fraction's dry sense of humor, it's possible that it was just a joke.

McCann then turned to Kyle and Yost to talk about X-Force. Kyle said the team should grow to six by issue #7 or 8. "After issue 3, you're going to see how big and bad this book is going to get," said Kyle. "We're going to give you as much as we can pack into 22 pages," he continued, responding to criticism that the first two issues only took three minutes to read (his words).

Ed Brubaker called Fraction back at roughly the same time Guggenheim joined the panel (in person).

Of Young X-Men, Guggenheim said that the original title was "New Mutants," but it was decided that Young X-Men was a "truer" title. Unlike New Mutants, who were "cadets" or "X-Men in training," Guggenheim said the cast of this book will indeed be X-Men.

A fan asked if there was a possibility that Storm and Forge's paths will cross again, with McCann answered that they'll both be in books, but they may not "cross paths" - she's a married woman now, after all.

The same fan asked if there was a chance that Jean Grey might come back. McCann said "It's Jean. There's always a chance." Kyle and Yost joked that they'd like for her to come back so they can kill her.

A fan asked if the X-Factor/She-Hulk story will lead to big changes for the book. David responded that it won't, since "I don't think it's a bad idea to tell a story where a fan can just see a good story, instead of 'This will change your life forever!'"

The same person asked who Mutant Zero in Avengers: The Initiative is, with McCann saying they can't reveal that and to buy that book. The fan replied "But I don't want to buy the book, I don't like it," with David joking that it reminded him of being at a book signing where someone asked him "Have you written anything I might have ever read?"

Someone who enjoyed New X-Men (the recently ended Yost and Kyle title), asked what was going to happen to those characters. Fraction answered that Pixie will be "our Kitty Pryde, our Jubilee" in Uncanny (she appears in many images below). Yost answered that Young X-Men is a follow-up to New X-Men, and the characters will be showing up in various places soon.

Another fan chimed in to sing the praises of New X-Men. Guggenheim told him to read Young X-Men, which will have Dust, Rockslide and Blindfold.

A fan with a nigh-unintelligble British accent asked about British characters like Pete Wisdom, with McCann pointing to Captain Britain and the MI:13, which they'll talk about more in the "Secret Invasion" panel later in the day.

A female fan asked about the status of Havok, which led to Sitterson plugging the two Divided We Stand one-shots, which will feature Havok in part.

The next question concerned whether or not the rest of X-Force knows that X-23 has a past as a prostitute. "I like that side of the character," said Kyle. "Someday we may speak for that part of her life, if there's a good story, so it's not just - 'Hey, I was a ****e!'" (and yes, there was an Elliot Spitzer joke made by the panel)

"What was the idea of bringing in Longshot and Darwin," the same fan that didn't like Avengers: The Initiative asked. "I think they're both really cool," said David. "When you've got wholes you want to fill on a team, it's #1 who's available, #2, who's dead, #3, who died recently and isn't coming back anytime soon, and #4, who do you find appealing."

David explained that he thinks they'll "fit in well" on the X-Factor team; not that they'll get along well with the rest of the cast, but that they'll provide interesting conflict.

The same fan asked if Deadpool will be in X-Factor anytime soon. "There're no real plans for Deadpool, and there's really no plans for Shatterstar," said David. "I try to reach a certain tone with the book, and a guy with a mullet and a broadsword just doesn't fit."

"Is there anything you can tell us about what's going to be happening with Cable and the child?" Sitterson: "Cable is in the future, but it's not a book that's off to the side. It is a core X-Men book. We are going to be checking in with Cable and it is going to have ramifications on the regular book."

What are upcoming plans for Blindfold? Guggenheim: "Part of the problem with this book is that I have so many plot twists coming up that it's hard to talk about it. I have plans for Blindfold that will make you look at her in a completely different light."

Question from the audience: "What about Kitty Pryde? Is it basically confirmed now that she's dead, since she's 'lost'?" McCann: "All that was said was that Piotr 'lost' a love, not that she died."

What's the status of New X-Men characters Elixer and Wither? Kyle said that you'll have to wait a while, but Wither "is one story we took with us," and he'll appear in X-Force eventually.

Is New Exiles getting canceled? McCann "No, it just got relaunched." "Why?" a cranky fan asked. McCann came back with "40,000 people didn't say 'why?'"

Is the Warren Ellis/Bianchi Astonishing going to be separate from the rest of the books like the Whedon/Cassaday run? Fraction said no, and that there's a "comprehended tapestry where everything fits" and "everyone's sharing scripts." "Warren's Astonishing is quite actually astonishing," said Fraction.

"Is the PR for the X-Men ever going to get any better," asked the Avengers: The Initiative hater. "I work in PR, and I hate them," joked McCann. Fraction said that's why they're moving to San Francisco; the most tolerant place in the country.

"Plans for the Hellfire Club?" Fraction: "There's a Hellfire cult."

The anti-Avengers: The Initiative guy had yet another question - is there going to be a Secret Invasion tie-in book for X-Men? "Come at 2:30," said McCann. "But I don't have that kind of time," the bold fan answered.

Jim McCann called on former X-Men assistant editor Sean Ryan, asking if he had any questions. "I really don't," said Ryan. "This isn't working," he joked.

Plans for Bobby Drake? "Just a taste of Bobby, a hint" Fraction joked.

Plans for Firestar? McCann: "She retired in Civil War: Frontline, but I can say we haven't seen the last of the character."

Last question - plans for Northstar? McCann: "Yes, but too early to say."

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If the covers to Young X-Men, Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel weren’t big enough hints, today’s X-Men panel at WizardWorld: Los Angeles confirmed the news – Terry Dodson is back at Marvel, under an exclusive contract. Not only that, Dodson will be moving to Uncanny X-Men, where he will split the art duties with Greg Land, working from scripts by the freshly announced co-writing duo of Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction.

For Dodson, the move is a return of sorts after illustrating Wonder Woman at DC for the series' schedule-hampered relaunch. Prior to working on Wonder Woman Dodson had worked on Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do with Kevin Smith, Marvel Knights: Spider-Man with Mark Millar, and Trouble, also with Millar. The artist had also cut his teeth, artistically speaking, at Marvel, having worked here and there on various X-titles, including Generation X and Pryde and Wisdom as well as fill-ins on X-Men.

But now – it’s the real deal.

We sat down with Dodson to talk about the exclusive, the workload and why the offer of Uncanny was one he couldn’t say no to.

Newsarama: Let’s start off with the exclusive, Terry – how did this come about? Just recently at WonderCon, you were talking about how your plan was to dive in and complete the next Coraline book for Humanoids before really digging in to any further work. A little misdirection?

Terry Dodson: It’s all wrapped up together. My deal with Marvel only extends to US work, and the idea was that I would be able to work both on books here in the US and on the next Coraline as well. After a while on Wonder Woman, I was trying to find a way where I could make it work – to continue working on the books for Humanoids and to do stuff in the US. I kept having so many offers to do projects here in the US to do things, and a lot were things I just didn’t want to turn down, so I was able to work the deal out with Marvel to do both. I just wasn’t able to do that with DC. That’s what the exclusive really came down to – the opportunity to be able to work on both projects.

NRAMA: So basically, you’re equally committed?

TD: Yeah. I really enjoy being able to work on the graphic novels for Humanoids, and when I went on to Wonder Woman, I knew full well that it was going to be a year and a half to two years before I could get back to Coraline. When the time came to re-up with DC I told them that the only way I could do it is if I could take six months off to draw the graphic novel, and it just didn’t work out. That’s fine – no ill will, it was just something that we couldn’t work out.

And yeah, I’ve known about the exclusive with Marvel for quite a while, but kept it quiet. [laughs]

NRAMA: So the deal was more production related, in that it was an ideal fit for your schedule, rather than being related to any specific project?

TD: Not entirely. I have to be excited about what I’m drawing. When I started looking for something to work on after Wonder Woman, I got a call from Axel Alonso who had been my editor while I was at Marvel from 2002-2005 on all my projects there. He mentioned working on Uncanny X-Men and listed all the reasons why he felt it was a good fit for me. It’s a book that I would be interested in under the right circumstances, and all of the right circumstances seemed to be there.

As far as why sign the exclusive – I get paid more. I mean, I’m going to do the project regardless, but they’ll pay me more to do it [laughs]. Why not do it for more while at the same time I’m able to work on the European stuff? I think working on something like Coraline really benefits Marvel in the long run anyway – in doing it, I’m learning all about how to color that I can bring back to the work that I do in the US. I’m a much better artist now than when I left Marvel – I’ve got all this experience from illustrating and coloring the first Coraline book, so in the long run, it’s a good thing. In fact, I was doing the first Coraline book at Marvel when I was there the last time – it was the exact same agreement that we have now.

NRAMA: You mentioned that the conditions are right for you to work on Uncanny. What are those conditions – aside from being able to work on Coraline at the same time?

TD: Well, the same thing happened with Wonder Woman that happened when I worked with Kevin Smith on Spider-Man and when I worked with Mark Millar on Spider-Man – they were all circumstances where it was a writer that I wanted to work with, and a character I wanted to work with…

NRAMA: Though things sometimes took a hit, schedule-wise…

TD: Right. And also, the gist behind the Uncanny “launch” was something that I liked as well. I’ve had opportunities to work on all these characters that I like, but it hasn’t been the right circumstance. Wonder Woman was something that had come up in my career a couple of times, but it wasn’t until this last time where enough things clicked that made it the opportunity that I wanted to go with.

That’s what happened on this Uncanny run – the writers, Ed and Matt, are people that I really want to work with, I like the circumstances that they’re going to be building things around; editorially, it’s people I’m comfortable working with, and Uncanny is a book that I read and loved as a kid. In fact, the Jim Lee run came out when I was in college when I had kind of gotten out of comics; it really struck me in how good it was, and not two years after that, I was working in comics. So I’ve always had an interest in Uncanny, it was just a matter of when.

NRAMA: You were never offered it before this? You had been in the X-office before, after all…

TD: It was funny, I thought that after Generation X, which was, what…8 or 9 years ago now, I was going to be asked to go onto Uncanny. But then the Harley Quinn project came up at DC, and that was something that I wanted to more than anything at that time. So I went there. It was a fun book – it was in the right place at the right time for what I wanted to do, artistically.

NRAMA: And now, Uncanny has that same feel for you: it’s in the right place at the right time for what you want to do?

TD: Right. It really goes back to the fact that these are characters that I’ve really wanted to work on, and I have faith in the scripts of Ed’s that I’ve read. They read, to me, as scripts that I could draw, X-Men-wise. They felt like X-Men scripts to me. That was the crux. I wasn’t going to take the job if things didn’t feel right.

Marvel’s really done a good job over the past year to bring the book back to the top of the charts where it used to be, and all the things are leading into the 500th issue which is where things will launch from that point on. It’s a great chance to be working on something that looks like is going to be fun and be successful with fans. It’s a big mix of things that has me on the series, but it really comes down to I want to work on something that I can get excited about. I can’t just get excited because it’s a character – there are lot of other factors involved, and if the work can’t keep me excited, that boredom that comes is one of the first things that makes it on to the page. There’s just no point in working on things you don’t believe in.

NRAMA: And the scheduling – how does that work into the mix of keeping you excited?

TD: It’s a good thing. After Wonder Woman this last time, I made the decision that I was not going to be on a book full-time anymore. It’s just not something that I want to do anymore. I have no problem splitting, sharing, or filling in, but I’m done being the full-time guy, because there are too many other things that I want to do, and it’s too big of a commitment. I think I bring more to the table by being in there half the time than being in there “most” of the time. Plus, that just means what is in the series will be better work from me, and the fans will be happier.

NRAMA: And the breakdown for the schedule?

TD: Greg and I will be working on issue #500, and then Greg does the first arc, which will give me the time to finish up the second Coraline graphic novel, and then I will start with #504, I think, which is September/October. I’ll do a three-issue arc, and then a break, and then another arc. That’s the plan – to rotate us through on those arcs, and ideally, I think the plan is to do a little bit more than 12 issues in a year…maybe 14. And again, that was all part of the appeal of the project – it’s not all resting on me. I can be part of a team, which I am perfectly happy with.

NRAMA: Speaking of teams, I assume all of this is copacetic with your inker [Terry’s wife, Rachel]?

TD: [laughs] Oh yeah. Rachel’s fine with it. She’s so out of the loop in so many ways on this, and really tends not to care about the characters themselves, but more about what makes me happy and excited, which makes her job easier. She was pushing me to take this when I told her the gist of it, and how it would work between me and Greg, so it’s all good.


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^^ Is Cyclops wearin a jet pack in the last pic?!^^
 
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This July, X-Men fans should prepare themselves to be astonished in all new and all different ways as the new "Astonishing X-Men" creative team of writer Warren Ellis and artist Simone Bianchi takes over the best selling Marvel Comics title. CBR News spoke with Executive Editor Axel Alonso about what fans can expect from the series.
In the wake of the line altering mega-story "Messiah CompleX," the X-Men titles all have specific and unique purposes. "Astonishing" already played a unique role among the X-Books and will continue to play that same role when Ellis and Bianchi take over the title. "Astonishing will operate like it always has, a self-contained story that is in continuity, but doesn't show it all the time," Alonso told CBR News. "It's got its core of characters and sticks to them, whereas 'Uncanny X-Men' is the backbone of all the X-Books. That's where all the X-characters live and roost."

Some of the continuity elements "Astonishing" will show are the aftershocks of "Messiah CompleX." "'Astonishing X-Men' is firmly set in the aftermath of 'Messiah Complex' and 'Divided We Stand,'" Alonso stated. "As for what that means for the X-Men as a team, you'll have to wait and see."

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Alonso could reveal that Cyclops's post-"Messiah Complex" calculating, determined and often ruthless perspective on mutant affairs would be part of Ellis and Bianchi's run on "Astonishing X-Men." "Cyclops is the undisputed team leader -- the one who has to make the tough calls," Alonso said. "His number one priority will always be the survival of his species. He will do anything to fulfill his responsibility."

Cyclops is the only cast member of Ellis and Bianchi's run on "Astonishing" whose identity Alonso could reveal. "There is a core team -- all of whom are heavy hitters," Alonso said.

Kitty Pryde AKA Shadowcat was a key player in Whedon and Cassaday's run on "Astonishing X-Men." The duo's run on "Astonishing" comes to a conclusion in April's "Giant Size Astonishing X-Men" #1, but given their last issue left Shadowcat in dire peril and the recent "Uncanny X-Men" #496 alluded that she was "lost," some readers are assuming she won't be part of the new line-up. "Assume nothing," Alonso cautioned. "'Uncanny' #496 wasn't a mistake."

While their identities have to be kept under wraps, but Alonso could reveal that interactions between the cast members of Ellis and Bianchi's "Astonishing X-Men" won't always go smoothly. "The members assembled for this group like each other -- Well, most of them," Alonso said. "There's a bit of friction between two of them, but noting that can't be defused. Bottom line, they're a team operating under the direction of one leader."

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"Ghost Box," Ellis and Bianchi's opening arc on "Astonishing," will find the X-men looking for answers. "They will be driven to solve a mystery, a great mystery," Alonso said. "And once they start peeling back layers, things get very interesting."

Ellis's initial "Astonishing X-Men" story will have a "Widescreen Action" feel, but will have cerebral elements as well. Alonso described Ellis's tale as a "Thinking man's summer blockbuster.'"

Alonso has been blown away by the way Simone Bianchi has brought to life Ellis's "Astonishing" scripts. "He's incredible. Simone is a once-in-a-decade talent, or more," Alonso remarked. "It's his best work yet."

Ellis and Bianchi's run begins with July's "Astonishing X-Men" #25 and the duo have almost completed the first two issues of their 24 issue run on the book. "We're rolling and we're going to offer a little peek-behind-the-scenes in June as an appetizer," Alonso said. "Hold onto your shorts. This series won't stop astonishing you when Joss and John leave."

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Matt Fraction has quickly become one of Marvel Comics' most prolific writers. He currently writes "The Order" and his new ongoing series "Invincible Iron Man" kicks off in May. Fraction also co-writes "Punisher War Journal" with Rick Remender and "The Immortal Iron Fist" with Ed Brubaker. This July, he'll add another co-writer credit to his resume when he joins Ed Brubaker on "Uncanny X-Men." CBR News spoke with Fraction about "Uncanny X-men" and his new status as an exclusive Marvel creator.
Fraction has been working for Marvel for some time now, so he welcomed the chance to sign an exclusive contract. "It's nice to just put the hustle out of your head and not worry about where the next scripts are coming from," he told CBR News. "Plus it's a blast. I've been treated really well and I really love everybody I get to work with. Marvel has been tacking care of me and I think they believe in me. I don't understand why they'd let me write 'Uncanny X-Men' if they didn't. So the exclusive was a good fit and it just made sense."

Fans of Fraction's creator owned series "Casanova" from Image Comics shouldn't worry. His exclusive Marvel agreement came with certain independent exceptions. "'Casanova' is unencumbered by the exclusive and will continue to keep on keeping on," Fraction explained.

While his Exclusive Marvel deal is a recent development, Fraction's "Uncanny X-Men" assignment has been in the works for some time. A year ago last Christmas, Executive Editor Axel Alonso called and offered him the position of co-writer on the book. "I leapt at the chance," Fraction said. "We had talked about me being involved in the Post 'Messiah CompleX' landscape in some capacity, but nothing specific. It was more sort of maybe this, that, or another thing, but being asked to write 'Uncanny?' I simply couldn't believe it. It's like being called and asked to play for the Yankees or something."

One of the reasons Fraction got so excited was because he's a big fan of Marvel's Merry Mutants. He finds Cyclops to be the most compelling of the current crop of characters. "I think when they finally stop publishing 'Uncanny X-men' in like 2940 and you look back on the book, it's clearly going to be Scott Summers's story," Fraction remarked. "I find him really fascinating especially post-'Messiah Complex.'

"We've never seen Cyclops like this before. There are only around 200 mutants left," Fraction continued. "It's ticking down. So that requires a profound dedication and commitment to the dream. It has to be defended in a way it never had to be defended before. Cyclops is no longer the neurotic boy outsider constantly wondering if he's good enough. This is a grown man fighting for the survival of his species and that's fascinating to me."

In the wake of "Messiah CompleX," Cyclops dissolved the X-Men, but with the landmark "Uncanny X-men" #500 on the horizon, look for Cyclops to discover a reason to get his team back together. When the X-Men do reform, the line-up of the team won't be as rigidly structured. "The way Ed and I are designing the stories, it's no longer necessarily just a set team of eight guys," Fraction explained. "It's a big cast. We'll rotate characters in and back out again. I suspect Ed has his favorites and I have mine."

Given that Mutants are now an endangered species, the bonds between those who join the ranks of the X-Men will be stronger than ever. "I think there's friction any time you get a large group of people together, but the thing is these are people huddling together against the darkness," Fraction remarked. "The boat is sinking. The house is on fire. Personality conflicts aside, they're all that's left. All they have is each other."

Fraction hopes to turn the spotlight on some of his favorite characters in upcoming issues. "I was talking to Editor Nick Lowe the other day about doing some of those one-shot style issues, which featured stories where it was just characters hanging out," he said. "I had a couple ideas like, 'Let's do a just Colossus issue.' I have a really fun Colossus idea to get to."

It won't be all just fun and games for the cast of "Uncanny." They'll have to make some difficult choices that will leave scars and have repercussions. "These characters are only fun as long as you can build them up and tear them down," Fraction remarked. "Everything has a price. No one gets away clean."

A collection of diverse villains will also turn up to cause the "Uncanny" cast all sorts of physical, mental, and emotional anguish. "I'm going to have to be a bit vague, but there are some old favorites coming back as well as some new looks at old favorites, sort of reinventions of bad guys past," Fraction stated. "We're really mixing it up."

Fraction and Brubaker's collaboration on "Uncanny X-men" is a lot different than the way they work together on "The Immortal Iron Fist," where the two writers work together on the same issue. "We plot the big things together and than we sort of just go off on our own," Fraction explained. "Ed has his issues and then I have mine and we just kind of swap back and forth doing mini-arcs.

Fraction will directly co-write his first "Uncanny X-Men" issue, #500, with Brubaker. From there he'll write the next few issues, #501-503, on his own and then Brubaker will pick things up again. "We structured the thing so it's a fiendishly organic sort of narrative," Fraction stated. "Stories grow and recede in importance as we go. We just kind of say, 'That's your story and this is my story' and then we bounce back and forth. It's not even that rigidly patterned at this point, but it will be very organic."

The tone of Fraction and Brubaker's "Uncanny" stories will reflect the dire and precarious position the mutants of the Marvel Universe find themselves in. "The Children of the Atom are really operating on this spiritual belief that this situation will be righted; mutants will not become extinct. But here's the thing, how do you live in that space?" Fraction remarked. "On the cusp of extinction, how do you not completely lose your mind and disregard all of Man's and Society's laws?

"There's been a profound leap of faith keeping these characters from doing that," Fraction continued. "We're really going to explore what it's like when there are only 200 of you left. You can't get drunk. You might stumble out into the street and if a city bus hits you there's one less mutant in the world. You get sick? You go to the doctor. This is it. There are no more."

The X-Men plan on fighting the slide into extinction any way they can, which means many cast members will be finding comfort in each others arms. ."Everybody has lots of sex, because there's only one way that you're going to repopulate a species," Fraction said. "We're putting the sex back in X-men. Thank god the Comics Code is no longer an ongoing concern."

After "Messiah CompleX," each X-Men title has its own specific purpose and Faction sees "Uncanny X-Men" as the flagship title when it comes to mutants in the Marvel Universe. "It's the center piece of the line," he said. "It's sort of the prime mover for the mutant story. It starts here and radiates outward.

"It's an X-Men book for X-Men lovers," he continued. "Ed and I are using the same principle as we use on 'Iron Fist.' We're going to dig to the core of what made everybody love the X-Men in the first place and build upon that and celebrate it. We're going to put that front and center and we're going to scrape away the stuff that's unimportant and distracting. If there's any element that's not 100% awesome it goes."
 
i must say...i'm pretty excited. maybe even for Astonishing...but i got two different viewpoints i got 'its going to be in continuity with the other books' and then i got 'it is, but it isnt'....???
 
Terry Dodson is going to be doing UXM? Im not liking that
 
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It's New York Comic-Con time, and here's X-related tidbits that have popped up so far:




From the Mondo Marvel panel:

Original Invincible creative team Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker's Destroyer was briefly discussed, along with the return of NYX by writer Marjorie Liu and artist Kalman Andrasofszky.

Q: "Are there any chances of Squirrel Girl and Deadpool joining the Initiative?" Brevoort: "No, there's not."

Duane Swierczynski was asked about delving into the "worst case scenario" for the mutant baby that Cable is carrying around post-"Messiah CompleX". "If you love the baby, sorry," the writer answered. "If you hate the baby, keep reading."

Any plans for Apocalypse? Alonso said they're discussing new ideas for the character, but haven't nailed down how to use him at this point yet.

NYX:

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She-Hulk/X-Factor crossover:

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Wolverine:

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Cup O' Joe Panel:

The first slide shown was of Steve McNiven’s pencils from his upcoming Wolverine run with Mark Millar. Next up was a slide announcing the two newest Marvel exclusives: Mike Choi and Sonia Oback, who will be part of a rotating art team on X-Force.

Another seemingly obligatory convention question - the arrival date of more Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk was brought up. Quesada says he has all of Damon Lindelof's scripts except for the last one.

A fan that called Cable and Deadpool the "funniest comic ever written" expressed upset feelings over the title being cancelled. "It's sales," Buckley said.
 
The Saturday Mondo Marvel Panel at the Emerald City ComiCon may not have had the most panel members present - and they may not have had the biggest announcements - but I’m fairly certain that this group had more fun than any other panel who presented at the con.

Moderating for Marvel's motley crew was Associate Editor Jennifer Grunwald, who was joined by writers Ed Brubaker (“Captain America”), Robert Kirkman (“Ultimate X-Men”), Jeff Parker (“Agents of ATLAS”), and artist Skottie Young (“New X-Men”). Considering the level of energy these fellows put out, Grunwald had her work cut out for her.

Audience members lined up to ask the panel questions. The first few queries seemed to revolve around the X-Men, and Brubaker (who writes “Uncanny X-Men”) was happy to talk about the book.

In “Uncanny” #500, Brubaker will be joined by Matt Fraction (as an ongoing co-writer) and artists Greg Land and Terry Dodson. He explained, “We’re moving the X-Men to San Francisco. We were trying to figure out what to do after ‘Messiah CompleX,’ and I thought, ‘Why do they keep rebuilding that mansion where everybody hates them and knows where they are and keeps coming and blowing it up?’

“If I was a mutant, and a freak, and everybody hated me where I was, I would go to San Francisco where people would love me. Why wouldn’t the X-Men live in San Francisco? It worked for Daredevil. Like, move to San Francisco - you can walk down the street with your wings out. Let your freak flag fly.

“And then Matt Fraction was working on his first solo issue after #500, and he called me up and said, ‘Do you think three sex scenes in a row are too many?’ And I said, ‘Give me the context...’”

In response to a question about the “Uncanny” artists, Brubaker said at least two artists will be regulars on the title, although “we’re trying to be more often than monthly, but I don’t know how more often.”


And to a request for the Sentinels, the writer said they appear in “Uncanny X-Men” #500. He also mentioned that there will be more information about the baby from “Messiah CompleX” coming soon.

Another fan asked a question about “Young X-Men” (written by Marc Guggenheim). While Brubaker confessed he isn’t familiar with all the details on the book, he added, “I know there is a huge twist coming at the end of the first storyline. There is a bunch of stuff in the first few issues that look like it’s one thing, but turns out to be something else.”

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It's sad, I'm reading all the x-books but ultimate. And as long as I hold my job I will continue to.
 
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As announced at today's Mondo Marvel panel at Wizard World Philly, writer Greg Pak will be exploring the history of one of Marvel's most recognizable and revered supervillains in Magneto: Testament.

Magneto, best known as being one of the most powerful mutants in the Marvel Universe, has been a nemesis to the X-Men since his first appearance in 1963. Although seeking the same type of protection for the mutant race as his long-time friend and eventual foe, X-Men founder Professor Charles Xavier, Magneto has a more violent and drastic approach that conflicts with the mission of the X-Men.



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A five-issue mini-series that begins in September, Magneto: Testament will explore that part of Magneto's life that shaped his ideas about persecution and influenced his violent efforts to protect mutants -- the childhood he spent as a victim of the Holocaust.

The series, which falls under the Marvel Knights imprint, will be penciled by Carmine Di Giandomenico, the Italian artist whose work was recently seen in Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdock. The series will also feature Marko Djurdjevic on covers and Matt Hollingsworth as colorist.

Pak was last seen writing X-Men characters with the Phoenix: Endsong and Phoenix: Warsong mini-series, although the concentration on Magneto's childhood means this will obviously concentrate on a different era. To get the scoop on Magneto: Testament, Newsarama caught up with Pak for a quick chat to find out why this story is so important to him and to the history of the character.

Newsarama: How did this project come about? Was this something you pitched or something Marvel wanted you to do?

Greg Pak: This is a project that editor Warren Simons has wanted to do for years. When first he told me about it, I felt the hair go up on the back of my neck and knew I had to be involved. We've been researching and planning for about three years now -- it's become something of a mission for both of us.



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NRAMA: It's been awhile since we saw you playing with X-Men characters. How does it feel to get back to this universe, and why was this your choice for the next project you'd do?

GP: When I was a kid, the X-Men were the biggest and coolest characters around. So it's always been a huge thrill for me to work on any mutant related project. But Magneto in particular has always fascinated me because of his back story. And that's exactly what this new project is all about.

NRAMA: What is Magneto's status as we start this comic? Where is he and where's his head?

GP: He's a boy who wants to give a girl a silver chain. And then his entire world explodes.

NRAMA: Ah, so this goes all the way back to his time before the Holocaust? What can you tell us about the story?

GP: Magneto: Testament follows a Jewish boy and his family through Germany and Poland from 1935 to 1945 as they struggle to survive the Nazi rise to power and Hitler's Final Solution.

NRAMA: So is this all about Magneto's family? And will we see any other people with a relationship to Magneto?

GP: The book is all about our young hero and his family. His father in particular plays a huge role -- as our story begins, he's a German Jewish veteran of World War I who believes against all evidence that the nation that produced Beethoven and Mendelssohn will come to its senses.



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And a young woman named Magda makes an appearance...

NRAMA: Will you be introducing any new characters in this story? What can you tell us about them?

GP: We're definitely introducing some new characters, including our hero's uncle and a schoolteacher named Herr Kalb.

NRAMA: How has it been working with Carmine on the story?

GP: Check out Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdoch for a taste of Carmine's great feel for character, period, location, and atmosphere. We've just started getting concept art from Carmine, and it's beautiful.

NRAMA: What do you think Magneto represents in the Marvel universe and more particularly, the X-Men universe, and why is it so important to tell this part of his story?

GP: Over the years, Magneto has developed into one of the most compelling characters in comics history. In the Marvel and X-Men universe, Magneto represents the most radical voice for mutant liberation -- the Malcolm X to Xavier's MLK, if you will -- which has allowed X-Men stories to delve into their central themes with greater drama and depth.

But Magneto's become a critical character far beyond the Marvel Universe. Because Chris Claremont gave him a backstory as a Holocaust survivor, Magneto's given multiple generations of readers and writers a way to learn about and explore a history that's absolutely essential and forever relevant.

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Quesada moved right into the presentation, noting that July sees the start of "Manifest Destiny," the next major storyline for the X-Men, and is set in San Francisco, the mutants' new home.

Quesada then began to move through the slides, and showed the cover to Deadpool #1, Wolverine: Origins and the King-Size Cable Spectacular written by Swierczynski. The writer noted that the special is a 43-44 page story told from Bishop's point of view, and readers will see how he tracks his quarry - the infant that Cable has sworn to protect.

Quesada then showed art from Magneto: Testament, and asked writer Greg Pak to discuss the upcoming five-issue miniseries. Pak said that for years he's wanted to tell the story of Magneto's early days as a young Jewish boy, along with his family, who is trying to survive the onslaught of the Nazi ascendancy and the Final Solution.

Pak said that it will be pretty incredible with Carmine Di Giandomenico as its artist, adding that "nobody draws sad eyes like Carmine."
Click here for our conversation with Pak about the mini-series.

A fan then asked a question if the upcoming "Manifest Destiny" storyline was self-contained, or if it will have crossovers. Cebulski said that it'll be more to itself but crossover to Wolverine with Professor Xavier, but it will take place mostly in Uncanny X-Men starting with issue #500.


Speaking of the upcoming Ultimate Origins, Quesada said that the events in that mini ill clearly delineate the Marvel Universe from the Ultimate Universe.
Asked about the new Deadpool series, Cebulski said that it will be very faithful to the previous series the character has had, and "everyone will be very happy."


Asked if there was more X-Men by Joss Whedon forthcoming, Quesada said no, that Whedon is very busy with Dollhouse and his other Hollywood commitments.
Explaining the upcoming Ultimatum, Quesada said that once the secret of the Ultimate Universe is revealed in Ultimate Origins, Ultimatum is what happens as a result of that revelation.


 
[FONT='Arial','sans-serif']Yesterday, at the Mondo Marvel panel at Wizard World Philidelphia—Marvel announced the next story arc involving the X-Men will be titled Manifest Destiny. Details are sketchy at the moment; but, similar to the Divided We Stand arc which crossed through the X-line, Manifest Destiny will cross through the core books, touching upon various mutant characters of the Marvel Universe in different ways. Further, Marvel will be releasing X-Men: Manifest Destiny, a four issue mini-series which boasts a hefty list of creators.

Newsarama contacted X-Editor Nick Lowe as well as Executive Editor Axel Alonso to discuss particulars in regard to Manifest Destiny.

Newsarama: The term Manifest Destiny beares a significant amount of weight in the history of the U.S. and the expansion of civilization to the Western shores of North America--how does this metaphor apply to the X-Men beyond the obvious move to San Francisco?

Axel Alonso: The X-Men’s move to San Francisco is more than just a change in scenery – it’s a change in strategy. It’s a large part of Cyclops' vision for what the X-Men should be – and one thing they should not be is sitting ducks in a hostile world. The X-Men’s new HQ, which we’ll unveil in July, is a fortress that offers the type of seclusion and security that they need at this juncture; their move offers a fresh start as they march forward with the faith—but not the knowledge—that there is a future. The Avengers can have New York, the X-Men have the Bay Area.

NRAMA: Is the Manifest Destiny storyline leading to a larger premise or will the titles be dispersing into their own singularity (somewhat) in the fall? Fans were seemingly pleased by the cross-over event of Messiah Complex--is the House of Ideas being mindful of reader sensibility in regards to being overwhelmed by large events and the lurching economy?

AA: What we're mindful of is making each book count. The one thing we don't want any X-title to be is redundant. Each book has its own mission statement, and its own vibe. And each book should contribute to the larger tapestry that is the X-Men universe.

NRAMA: Fair enough. Nick, who will be some of the key players featured in the X-Men: Manifest Destiny mini-series?

Nick Lowe: X-Men: Manifest Destiny will be structured somewhat like X-Men: Divided We Stand with one key difference—There will be one story that has chapters in each issue. That story centers around one of the first X-Men, Iceman. Other characters are Karma, Colossus, Mercury…

NRAMA: What information can you release in regards to creators involved with the mini-series?

NL: Mike Carey is writing the Iceman portions. There are many artists, but Humberto Ramos is going to do the covers.

NRAMA: Is Iceman a neglected character? Bobby Drake has always been this guy on the verge of breaking out of an ancillary role--then a regime change occurs and he falls back down a rung or two on the ladder of importance. Care to discuss?

NL: A lot of it has to do with his character. He’s never been the guy to stand up and take the reins. He’s the wiseacre. A lot of the reasons for him not taking center stage is that, I don’t think he wants it. Will that change? Well, he has been going through a lot in the last year.

NRAMA: Getting back to the idea of a mutant 'Manifest Destiny'--could there be a change in the way the X-Men represent themselves to the public? Are they going deeper undercover like the later years of Claremont's run or is this another declarative, "We're here, get used to it." kind of moment for the Children of the Atom?

NL: That’s something we’ve been pushing at in a big way. Cyclops is assertive and confident and he’s not going to let mutants go quietly into the night.

NRAMA: In your opinion are there other X-characters that you, as an editor, would like to see writer's tackle? Are there characters that writers seem to shy away from? And if so, why?

NL: Of course, I have my favorites. I’m a huge Cyclops fan and have a soft spot for Nightcrawler. But the ones I want to push into the spotlight are sometimes the smaller characters like Pixie, Pete Wisdom, Neznho, Dazzler, Strong Guy, Mercury…

NRAMA: What kind of threat will present itself in X-Men: Manifest Destiny?

NL: There are a ton of threats that are coming as part of Manifest Destiny. When they go to SF and state that this is their home, they know they have to be ready for anything. Some highlights? Magneto, The Hellfire Cult, Professor X… what? Professor X? Wait and see![/FONT]

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New York City has long been the center of the Marvel Universe. For those average citizens who live in Marvel’s Big Apple, it’s superhero central. The city plays host to the Mighty Avengers, the Young Avengers, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and the X-Men…or, at least, it was home to the X-Men.

Within the next few months, fans will notice a change in setting for Marvel’s Merry Mutants as they close up the X-Mansion in Westchester County and head to the city by the bay -- San Francisco. Why the change and what does it mean? Well, according to today’s announcement at Wizard World Philadelphia, it seems the X-Men are experiencing “Manifest Destiny” -- also the name of an upcoming miniseries and banner that will be running across the X-books come this fall.

X-Men readers know the characters have been in a state of limbo since Cyclops disbanded the team following the events of “Messiah CompleX.” With “Manifest Destiny,” it seems as though the band is back together, and possibly better than ever. CBR News caught up with Executive Editor and X-Men Group Editor Axel Alonso along with editor Nick Lowe to get the details on the team’s latest X-pedition.

</SPAN>Manifest Destiny is the banner the X-books will run under post-Divided We Stand. It seems the X-books have been running under one kind of banner or another since Decimation. Why the need for one more?

AXEL ALONSO: In July, the X-Men will, for the first time in their 40-years-plus history, uproot themselves from Westchester and move to a new home -- 3,000 miles away in San Francisco. This is a little piece of history that deserves a banner.
What is the significance of the name? How does it represent the latest stage in the X-Men's mythos? And can you give us any idea of how long this stage will last?

AA: This move is not just a change of scenery, but a change in strategy -- Cyclops’ vision for their future. Scott is sick and tired of the X-Men being sitting ducks in an ever-hostile world. I mean, how many times have their enemies come to their front doorstep? No more.

Their new home is a fortress that offers the type of seclusion and security that mutants need at this juncture. And this move offers the X-Men a fresh start as they march forward with the faith -- but not the knowledge -- that there is a future. They are now an army. Cyclops’ army.

Considering that "Messiah CompleX" dealt with prophecies and the Books of Destiny, do either of these factor into "Manifest Destiny?" Or is it something else completely?

AA: Something else completely.

Is there an inciting event that will kick off "Manifest Destiny?" Or does it begin somewhat organically from events that have already occurred?

AA: It occurs organically out of events that are in place, but it opens with a bang.

Will "Manifest Destiny" delve further into issues already plaguing the X-Men -- the extinction of their race, the Messiah baby, Legacy-- or will the X-Men have to deal with all-new issues now?

AA: Yes, at the end of “Messiah Complex,” Scott made a leap of faith, and allowed Cable to jump into the timestream with the first mutant baby, and possibly the fate of mutantkind -- strapped to his chest. This was a gut-level call that Scott made, based on his trust in Cable and a connection that he felt with the child. He’s been living with that decision ever since, and doubts are bound to creep in.

I mean, what is “faith?” It’s a belief in something when you have no facts of science to support it. If God parts the clouds and lets you get a good look at Him, your “faith” is now “knowledge,” isn’t it? You know he exists. Until that moment, you have to wrestle with the doubts that He -- or she -- might not exist. That’s what Scott is wrestling with. He’s the unquestioned leader of the X-Men -- as even Logan concedes. If Scott doesn’t believe there’s a future -- if he doesn’t believe that Cable will deliver this child to them at some point and she will stem the tide of mutant extinction -- who will?

From some of the interviews given, it sounds as though "Secret Invasion" will definitely have an impact on the X-Men. For those continuity buffs that are bound to ask, will “Manifest Destiny” take place post-"Secret Invasion," or will the two meet up somewhere in the middle?

AA: We have a limited series, “X-Men: Secret Invasion” that will adequately tie-in with the event. The Skrulls will arrive in San Francisco expecting a cake walk. I mean, all the superheroes are supposed to be on the East Coast, right? Wrong.

There will be a four-issue miniseries that kicks off “Manifest Destiny.” Can you tell us anything about the creative team and when fans might expect to see book in stores?

NICK LOWE: The first issue is going to be on sale in September. The covers are by Humberto Ramos. It’s similar to the “X-Men: Divided We Stand” two-issue series, with one key difference -- there will be one story that is continued in every issue. That will be an Iceman tale written by Mike Carey. The rest of the stories in the books will be by some of the current X-scribes, like Chris Yost, and some by others like CB Cebulski and Skottie Young.

Can you say anything about which characters are featured in the miniseries? Good guys and/or bad? Magneto was always a big believer in destiny….

NL: Like I said in the previous question, Iceman will be a major focal point in this mini, but some other characters we’re planning on looking at are Mercury, Karma, Colossus, and some other fan favorites.

As "Manifest Destiny" covers the X-Men's move to San Francisco -- what can you tell us about this move? Are all the characters excited about it? Will they be re-opening the school there, publicly or privately? If publicly, how does San Francisco feel about this move?

AA: This is no small thing, this move. Thee X-Men are leaving the only home they’ve known, and each will react differently. Some will be homesick, while others might have history there that will come back to bite them in the ass.

Does Tony Stark and/or the Initiative have any concerns with the X-Men moving? And what about Sentinel Squad O*N*E - have they given up trying to watch over the X-Men? Is this all covered under "Manifest Destiny?"

AA: Wait and see.

Should fans be bracing themselves for any other changes to the X-books in light of "Manifest Destiny?" For example, changes to the membership on teams, changes to the creative teams on books, or any other jolts to the X-world?

AA: We’ve already announced the roster for “Astonishing X-Men,” and it’s the team that Warren [Ellis] feels best serves that story -- the team Cyclops needs for that mission. As far as who the X-Men are, it’s all of them. They’re an army, and their General is Cyclops. So look for all of them to turn up at some time or another in the pages of “Uncanny X-Men.”

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Marvel Comics started off their San Diego Comic-Con International programming this year with their perennially popular X-Men line, bringing along editor Nick Lowe, writers Jason Aaron, Daniel Way, Matt Fraction, Craig Kyle, NYX writer Marjorie Liu, and the newly beareded C.B. Cebulski. Marvel marketing’s Jim McCann introduced the panel, and noted that X-Men group editor Axel Alonso was still “stuck in New York.”

Turning to the panel one-by-one, Liu briefly talked about her upcoming run on NYX and filling the shoes of former NYX writer (and Marvel editor-in-chief) Joe Quesada.

Lowe talked about the upcoming "Manifest Destiny" storyline, and said that the move to San Francisco is the big thing in the X-Men world currently.

Kyle talked about X-Force, first noting the absence of his co-writer Chris Yost, and said they're going to "fatten up the team," and the next arc will focus more on Warpath, with some other characters being forced to the side for the time being.

Fraction mentioned Uncanny X-Men #500, which came out this week, and said they're starting out with the "Hellfire Cult," and that there will be a "Sisterhood of Evil Mutants."

Lowe interjected that both of the Uncanny artists, Terry Dodson and Greg Land, "draw women pretty well." Fraction added "instead of putting them in a mansion shaped like a giant 'X,' so you know where to aim the missiles, they're moving to a whole city." He said there will be a core of characters, but it'll be a large, rotating cast, with several characters popping in and out.

Way mentioned his projects, Wolverine: Origins and the upcoming new Deadpool comic, saying of the latter, "It's probably the most fun I've ever had writing a story, and I can't wait to get it out."

Aaron let the crowd know it was his first X-Men panel, and discussed Wolverine: Manifest Destiny. He said Wolverine will run in to a vengeful ex-girlfriend in Chinatown San Francisco, and that it's his "love letter to Hong Kong kung-fu movies."

McCann then asked Cebulski to announce the new big X-Men event, "X Infernus," or as McCann called it, "Inferno 2."

Cebulski said he pitched the story as an annual, but the higher-ups decided it was "too big" of a story, so it'll be a mini-series, with David Finch doing covers. Cebulski noted it was too early to announce the artist, but said it'll feature the character of Magik (actually, he didn't directly say that, but hinted extremely heavily).

Following that, the panel opened up to questions for the audience.
The first concerned the character of Iceman. Lowe answered that Iceman's going to be heavily involved in the Manifest Destiny mini-series starting in September.

Any plans for Mojo? Fraction said "How about Spiral? We'll get there."
After complimenting Aaron for his work on Scalped and Fraction on Casanova and Last of the Independents movie deals, a fan asked about the status of Apocalypse. After a little bit of non-answering, McCann said "...next," implying that they may indeed have plans for the villain in the future (or they were just messing with the fan's head).

Any chance of a Jean Grey return? Fraction said "That's a huge question. And you'll get your answer sooner than later." McCann said it's something that gets batted around the office a lot. "She's going to comeback as a teenage boy," joked Lowe. "G-e-n-e," added Fraction.

A fan lamented that the X-Men comics haven't gotten the same amount of media attention as other recent Marvel projects, despite the current strength of the books. This led to a discussion of the "Manifest Destiny" storyline, with Fraction saying that "Messiah Complex" was about who the X-Men are, while "Manifest Destiny" is about where the X-Men are going.
A female fan dressed as Gambit asked about the character, with Lowe saying that he's going to be a "big part of X-Men Legacy" (the character recently appeared in the book). Lowe added that they won't touch too much on Gambit's time with Apocalypse or Mr. Sinister, saying that a big reason that Gambit was with the Marauders was to help Rogue.

A fan asked about Dr. Cecilia Reyes, Slipstream and Lifeguard, with McCann saying that you'll see the latter two character sometime in 2009, and Lowe saying there's still a question on whether or not Reyes is alive or dead, and that there's no immediate plans.

Any chance of Deadpool joining the X-Men? Way said that Cyclops has been making some extreme decisions lately, but Deadpool is "so volatile" he doesn't necessarily see it happening, even though you will see Deadpool "rubbing elbows" with the X-Men in the immediate future.

"Any plans to address the loss of Kitty Pryde?" Fraction: Uncanny #504.

Will the X-Men interact more with the rest of the Marvel Universe? McCann: "Yes, and that's all we can say." Lowe: "We always kind of play on the outskirts of the Marvel Universe, the X-Men have their own kind of thing. You'll see one major X-Men character..." and then Fraction interjected saying, "On the venn diagram of the Marvel Universe, there's one very big overlap."

Even though they're all dead, any chance of doing anything with the X-Statix characters, especially Doop? Fraction said that's "such a Peter Milligan character," that it would seem disrespectful to use it. "I don't think anyone wants to be the guy or the girl to ruin that." "No immediate plans," said Lowe.

Cebulski then acknowledged Peter David, who is in San Diego but couldn't make the panel, and his comic X-Factor, which got good applause.

A fan asked about the apparent disparity between Warren Worthington III having feather wings in Uncanny X-Men, and returning to the metal wings in X-Force, asking if that means one of them might be a Skrull. "We are aware, and we'll resolve that," said Kyle.

A fan asked about Daken, and Way said the character will soon be appearing all over the X-Men universe.

Marvel Online's John Dokes then joined the panel.

Bringing back Sabretooth anytime soon? "Sabretooth isn't coming back, he's dead," said Lowe.

A fan who loved The Dark Knight asked why the X-Men movies in his opinion (and not a popular one, in this room) "all sucked." McCann said Marvel Studios doesn't have the rights to the X-Men movies, but they are doing 'Wolverine and the X-Men' cartoon, starting in the spring on the Nicktoons network (and screening Saturday night at Comic-Con). "It's really for you guys," said Kyle, saying it'll adapt stories by Chris Claremont and Joss Whedon, among others.

A fan that wasn't up to date on recent developments in all things Magneto asked about the character, and Fraction pointed to Uncanny #500, saying they have plans for sure with the X-Men's most famous villain.

Anything with Juggernaut? "That's in the Manifest Destiny mini-series I was talking about," said Lowe.

Before asking a question about Wolverine, an audience member reinforced the long-held male comic book fan stereotypes regarding their awkwardness around women by saying to Marjorie Liu "thank you for being so hot." He then asked about Wolverine's healing factor levels, and McCann pointed to the "Death of Wolverine" arc, which dealt with the issue.

Status of Cypher, a.k.a. Doug Ramsey? Lowe said to check out Young X-Men #5.

Plans for Chamber? Lowe pointed out that he's in New Warriors, with McCann joking that the guy that asked the question must not be that big of a Chamber fan if he didn't know.

A Cable fan asked if he's going to keep his own book through Manifest Destiny. "It is ongoing," said Lowe, "and is going to lead to a huge X-Men event down the road."

Since Warlock is alive, will he be showing up in the X-books? Lowe: "Most likely."

The last question concerned the division of labor between Ed Brubaker and Fraction on Uncanny X-Men. "He does the nouns, I do the verbs," joked Fraction. Answering the question more seriously, he said that they came up with a big road map ("plan may be overstating it," he said), and that the rotate and trade off ideas from there.

With that, the panel ended, with McCann reminded the fans about the Mondo Marvel panel later in the afternoon.

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Flashback to the summer of 1991&#8212;older readers remember that summer well&#8212;every time they look at their five copies of X-Men #1. It wasn&#8217;t long after the launch of Marvel&#8217;s second X-Men title that Chris Claremont left his tenured 16 year position as writer of the X-Men for unknown pastures...

...but What If he hadn&#8217;t?

That&#8217;s a big &#8220;What If?&#8221; - so big, in fact, that Marvel is giving Claremont a new monthly title to pick up where he left off at the end of X-Men #3. This weekend at the New York Comic Con&#8212;Marvel announced its plans for X-Men: Forever. Written by Claremont and drawn by Tom Grummett, X-Men Forever allows Claremont to pick up where he left off...18 years ago&#8212;just minutes after the Children of the Atom believed they had destroyed Magneto once and for all.

Newarama contacted Claremont and Grummett to discuss what&#8217;s in store for the X-Men of 1992 again...but like never before.

Newsarama: Have these plans for the X-Men been laying in wait for 18 years? Or are these all new?

Chris Claremont: Plans never &#8220;lie&#8221; in wait; they go out for strolls, they get into arguments, they strike up a conversation with other ideas and the next thing you know, they have grandchildren you never saw coming. Sometimes, they find themselves attracted to a different project and make a new life for themselves, while other ideas wander in from parts unknown and take up permanent residence. Sorta like Wisteria Lane. It would be a sad thing if these ideas had been sitting in limbo for 18 years. The world that they&#8212;and we&#8212;inhabit today is far different from the one that existed in 1991-92. Can you imagine what it would be like if we were all still listening to Marky Mark and watching Kevin Costner run around in green tights? Seriously, though, there are some touchstones with these characters than remain true, regardless. That&#8217;s the foundation on which we build.

NRAMA: Looking back at your body of work on the X-Men--was this concept difficult to come back to? How hard is it to ignore nearly 20 years of continuity?

CC: Coming back to the X-Men is never difficult. Quite the contrary, it&#8217;s a true pleasure, like visiting old and dear friends. [X-Men] Forever allows me not just to pick up where I left off, but to show the reader the unexpected. Forever allows me to pick up where I left off with the freedom to take the series in whole new&#8212;and unfettered&#8212;directions. The characters here are totally up for grabs. All of the presumptions that we&#8217;ve gotten used to over time no longer apply; relationships that we&#8217;ve come to take for granted are suddenly cast in question.

Think about that a moment&#8212;say we&#8217;re used to a romantic relationship between a couple of characters. But suppose that applecart gets overturned, suppose one of the characters finds themselves attracted to someone new and unexpected, what then? Suppose we go down that road, where might it lead?

Readers will discover right from the start, in the on-line preview, the events of the &#8220;Magneto&#8221; trilogy which appeared to bring that story to its conclusion, burst open a door on a whole new world. I put it to readers who think they know me and the X-Canon&#8212;to guess correctly where I&#8217;m taking you from here&#8212;you have no idea.

NRAMA: What can readers expect initially from X-Men Forever? Will various aspects of both the old-school "adjectiveless" X-Men and Uncanny X-Men be addressed in a single title?

CC: The readers should take nothing for granted. This iteration of X-Men is different, nothing is guaranteed, their lives are at risk. Actions&#8212;decisions, choices&#8212;have consequences and those consequences can&#8217;t simply be erased. This series will be defined by such an event, and that event will have immediate and profound&#8212;and lasting&#8212;ramifications on the X-Men as a whole. It&#8217;ll strike at the very foundation of their lives, both as superheroes and as human beings. The thing I want readers to be aware of from the start is that they should not expect anything approaching the &#8220;same-old, same-old.&#8221; I am blazing new trails, I mean to catch the readers by surprise.

NRAMA: Tom, is it a little strange drawing older versions of modern characters?

Tom Grummett: I never really thought of it as strange... I was too busy having fun with it! Admittedly, it's a unique concept we're playing with, but the X-Men are iconic heroes, whatever incarnation you choose. I just sit back and enjoy the experience of drawing these great characters.

NRAMA: Have you been allowed to revise or create new concepts for these characters?

TG: My first task on joining the team was to come up with new costume designs for the cast...a nice way to ease into a project like this. It gave me a chance to get over a touch of stage fright, and get a handle on each character&#8212;to acknowledge that they are the X-Men&#8212;not 'the Alternate X-Men', or 'the X-Men re-imagined'. Some of the new designs are a real departure from what fans have been used to, so reactions should be interesting.

NRAMA: Tom, how different are the comics of today in comparison to the comics of 1991?

Comics have evolved, certainly...just as every other creative medium&#8212;television, film, and books&#8212;have changed over time. What hasn't changed is our mandate: to entertain our audience.

NRAMA: Chris, the X-Men were probably at their largest number when X-Men started in 1991&#8212;will you be thinning the ranks somewhat?

CC: The preview sets the stage: this is X-Men honed down to its essence.

NRAMA: How does the continuity of this book exist in terms of the standard 616 Marvel Universe? Is there now a "Claremont-universe"?

CC: In both form and substance, the world of this series is very much like that of the standard 616 Marvel Universe. The setting is contemporary. The year is 2009. The original trilogy that frames the start of this series occurs just prior to the events of Forever. From that point on, anything goes. Everything is up for grabs.

NRAMA: What sorts of threats will these X-Men be facing initially?

CC: For years, the X-Men think they have it covered. They think, with Magneto defeated, they&#8217;ve won. Their world is secure. They are so very, very wrong. There is a threat out there that even Charles Xavier knows nothing about&#8212;and a threat within the X-Community that is barely a glimmering thought.

I may be picking up numerically where I left off but this series is very much about characters facing the challenges of the early 21st century. What hasn&#8217;t changed&#8212;will never change&#8212;is that this book is the story of a group of gifted, haunted people, trying to live their lives as best they can while facing threats both to their own future and that of the world around them. They face choices, and those choices will always have consequences. Nothing can be taken for granted. Especially survival.

NRAMA: Are there any plot points from 1991 that you are not going to be carrying out that you wanted to address before? And if so, can you tell readers some of your discarded plans from before...

CC: Why not simply read the book and then tell me?

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Marvel's X-Men panel Friday at NYCC focused on announcements about a variety of new comic series coming out this year.

Marvel Marketing and Public Relations Manager Jim McCann oversaw the panel. Also on the X-Men panel were Axel Alonso, Mike Carey, C.B. Cebulski, John Barber, Nick Lowe, Duane Swiercynski, Marjorie Liu, Jason Aaron, Matt Fraction, Jason Aaron, Daniel Way and Chris Claremont.

The announcements in the panel were:

- This summer's Old Man Logan Giant-Sized Special, which concludes the Old Man Logan story by writer Mark Miller and artist Steve McNiven. "It's an extra long conclusion," Barber said. Issue #73 and #74 will be half-written by Jason Aaron and Daniel Way.

- Young X-Men will end with Issue #12.

- New Mutants is a new ongoing series by writer Zeb Wells that begins in May and features the classic characters from New Mutants, including Cannonball, Magma, Sunspot, Illyana, Xi'an, and Dani Moonstar. The artist will be Diogenes Neves, most recently seen on X-Men Worlds Apart.

- "Dark Reign: Dark Wolverine", the story in the Wolverine ongoing series that will begin with Issue #75 in June, causing the title to be renamed to reflect its tie-in to the 'Dark Reign' story. The comic will explore how Daken took up his father's mantle, and whether Logan will stand by and let his son run rampant, using his name. The story will be written by Daniel Way and Marjorie Liu. "This is Daken with the keys to the kingdom. This is his first time out in the Marvel Universe as a character," Way said. "But the catch is that he has to wear Wolverine's costume."

"And it drives him insane," Liu said.

- X-Force: Sex & Violence, a painted three-issue mini-series starring Wolverine and Domino that comes out in late 2009 from writers Craig Kyle and Chris Yost, and artist Gabriele Dell'Otto. It is a team-up between Wolverine and Domino, after she shows up at the X-Compound, badly beaten and looking for help. She tells Wolverine that she's being hunted by the Assassin's Guild, and he vows to help her. However, she isn't telling Wolverine everything -- so look for a twist, said editor Barber.

- X-Men Forever is a bi-weekly series that brings writer Chris Claremont back to the X-Men with artist Tom Grummett. The story will pick up where X-Men #3 left off, with Magneto dead and the X-Men greatly changed. It begins in May 2009 with X-Men Forever Alpha, collecting X-Men Vol. 2 Issues #1-3, plus a new eight-page story. Then X-Men Forever will begin with a new #1 issue in June.

"We are about to embark on a world where nothing that you think you know implies any longer," Claremont said. "The X-Men's place in the world is about to be radically changed." The writer said he's taking the series in a new direction with new heroes and new adversaries. "The sky, as they say, is the limit," he said. "I dare you to guess what's going to happen next, because none of you will have a clue."

- GeNext United, which is the return to the future world of the children of the Children of the Atom. The five-issue mini-series will begin in May by writer Chris Claremont. It picks up where the last one left off, and we're going to India and introducing new heroes and villains, Claremont said, plus a new villain.

Cebulski talked a little about X-Infernus, where the X-Men have descended into the depths of hell. "Issue #3 comes out next week," he said. "And not to give too much away, but as I've been saying, Magic with a 'c" and Magik with a 'k' will both be making an appearance by the end of the series."

Mike Carey talked about X-Men Legacy, saying that upcoming issues will see "profound changes" to Professor X, to Rogue and to the book.

Barber talked about the previously announced Messiah War crossover that will take place between X-Force and Cable. It kicks off in March with a one-shot by Kyle and Yost.

"We can't really get into it because there are some big surprises," Alonso said. "If you read "Messiah Complex", this is the second chapter of that."

Alonso also said the little mutant who was born in "Messiah Complex" will be very important to the future of the X-Men Universe.

Fraction talked about the story in Uncanny X-Men where he is exploring the future of Emma and Scott. The upcoming arc will have a "resurrection," Fraction said -- "an old favorite" -- with art by Greg Land.

Jason Aaron joked that Wolverine: Weapon X will be a departure from previous Wolverine stories because it will have lots of stabbing. But he said what happens in the first story is that files from the old Weapon X program fall into the hands of a contractor who sets out to create perfect killing machines. And whenever that happens, Wolverine comes and reminds them that the perfect killing machine has already been made. He also said the comic will have a possible love interest for Wolverine.

Way talked about the upcoming crossover between Deadpool and Thunderbolts. The four-part crossover will be called "Magnum-Opus". After that, there will be a Deadpool vs. Bullseye arc, Way said. It will be three issues and will wrap up the Deadpool vs. Norman Osborn story arc. After that, the comic will transition into the next big arc.

The panel was opened up to questions:

- Will Nightcrawler get less whiney? Lowe: Big things are coming up for Nightcrawler after he quits the X-Men.

- Will Eternals show up in any other X-books? Lowe: It can't be very far off. "Something's going to happen at some point."

- Any chance of the X-Men going weekly? Fraction: "It's more than monthly on occasion." McCann: "You've got great X-Men products coming out every week that are starting to weave their story together."

- Is the Scarlet Witch going to show up in any X-Men books? McCann: Ask Dan Slott.

- What's up with the cover that features Deadpool and Cable? Swierczynski: Deadpool may be around in Cable's future somewhere.

- Where will Nocturne turn up? McCann: Exiles may feature her.

- Is Layla Miller showing up anytime soon? Barber: Peter would kill us if we answered that question. "You're not going to believe what happens in these next few issues of X-Factor," Barber said.

At this point, Peter David showed up. "Layla will, I would have to think, eventually come back," David said. "Look, Layla disappeared in connection with a really, really, really big crossover/marketing event. So when she comes back, as I'm sure she eventually will, you know that it's going to be another major marketing event. So as soon you see 'It starts here: The return of Layla Miller,' that's your clue that it's going to happen.

- Any plans on making Storm a mother? Alonso: It's not out of the realm of possibilities.

- Any plans to bring B- and C-list characters into books? McCann: There have been spotlights on some of them, for example in Manifest Destiny. Fraction: He throws them in whenever possible.

- What's up with Psylocke? Claremont: She's in Sword of the Braddocks reuniting her with Captain Britain.

- When is Kitty Pryde coming back? Claremont: She never left X-Men Forever. David: And she's in X-Men First Class.

- Will Apocalypse return soon? Lowe: We want to make sure when we bring him back, it's in the right way. We want to make sure when we do bring him back, it's big and important.

- Will there be a return to "Old Man Logan"? Barber: Mark Millar has a certain notion of what he wants to do with that. There might be something more down the road.

- What effect will it have on Madrox's powers what happened with his baby in the last issue? David: None.

- A fan said that with prices of comics going up to $3.99, he's becoming disappointed with the X-Men books because of all the changes. McCann: None of the X-Men books cost $3.99.

Lowe: The changes that Claremont made to the X-Men all the time was what made him love the X-Men. That makes it exciting.

Claremont: If you want to focus down to one title, X-Men Forever offers a specific view of the X-Men from a specific point of view. It's totally different from what the other books are doing.

A fan said: "Go blog about it!" Alonso then talked about how he hopes the fan will give the books a chance, because while it's a reader's prerogative not to like things, this is an important time for the future of the X-Men.

- How big of a year will Cyclops have? Alonso: They're on a big journey and he's making a lot of big decisions. As Matt quipped earlier, it's going to be a complicated year for Cyclops That mutant girl has green eyes and red hair. Draw your own conclusions. Messiah Complex was the first chapter of a trilogy of events, with Messiah War being the second.

- So Scott's keeping X-Force from Emma, and Emma's keeping the Dark Illuminati from him? Fraction: Yes. It's going to get very complicated.

- In the last issue of X-Force, who is that? Barber: There are people there who are important, but he can't confirm who was there.

- How does Wanda Maximoff's return affect the X-Men? McCann: Ask Dan Slott how her return will affect the entire Marvel Universe.

- Will we see any interaction between the X-Men and the Avengers in the coming year? Fraction (jokingly): Wolverine appears in the Avengers monthly.

David (again, jokingly): We're doing a major story where at the end of it Wanda whispers "No more crossovers."

McCann: Maybe, but maybe not.

- Are there plans for different publishing formats like OGNs? McCann: No. There are no real plans.

Cebulski: Claremont is doing an original X-Men graphic novel for France.

- Any more Guthries? Lowe: In time, probably, but not the next six months.

- Any Hellion? Barber: The X-Force Prelude to War.

- Is Phoenix going to return for the white hot room? McCann: If that room gets too white or too hot, possibly.

- Any more Quicksilver in X-Factor? McCann: He's in Mighty Avengers.

- Lockheed? Lowe: Yes, in an upcoming convention. We're not ready to talk about it.

- Are Warlock and Cypher in New Mutants? Lowe: Yes.

- Will we find out Hopes powers anytime soon? McCann (to laughs): She has red hair and green eyes.

- When is Iceman going to show up again? Fraction: I'm planning to play with him a little bit in Uncanny.

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Marvel's X-Men panel has just begun at the New York Comic Con, and CBR will be bringing you live updates throughout the hour. On hand are moderator Jim McCann, Chris Claremont, Mike Carey, Nick Lowe, CB Cebulski, Duane Swierczynski, Jason Aaron, Daniel Way, Marjorie Liu, John Barber, Matt Fraction, and Axel Alonso. Refresh this page for updates throughout the panel.

Cebulski introduced a Travis Charest variant cover to "X-Infernus" #3. "It looks like somebody might be coming back," he said.

Barber said that Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's "Old Man Logan" arc will end with "Old Man Logan Giant Sized Specail," and that #73-74 of the series would be co-written by Daniel Way and Jason Aaron, with art by Adam Kubert and Tommy Lee Edwards.

"Magic with a 'c' and magick with a 'k' will be returning in a big way," Cebulski said.

"Young X-Men" will end with #12, Lowe said, but a "New Mutants" series will begin in May. Written by Zeb Wells, art by Diogenes Neves. There will be an Adam Kubert variant, but this wasn't shown. "Your eyes aren't ready for it," Lowe added. Magick will play a role in reuniting this team, but "there is an adversary who wants them to come together for a very specific purpose."

The next announcement was "X-Force: Sex and Violence" by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost with painted art by Gabriele dell'Otto. "Domino's crossed the League of Assassins, and Wolverine helps her out. But she has a secret she hasn't told Wolverine.

Way and Liu will be writing "Dark Wolverine" in June, which supplants the current "Wolverine" story. Logan's son Daken will take the starring role, after being chosen by Norman Osborn to be Dark Wolverine. Wearing his dad's costume "drives him insane," Way said. Giuseppe Camuncoli is illustrating.

Barber discussed the upcoming "Messiah War" crossing over between "Cable" and "X-Force." "This is the next step in the story of the Messiah story," he said. Cyclops is worried that Cable hasn't returned to the future, so he sends a team to look in on them. "Cable may not want to be helped very much," Swierczynski said. McCann joked that "Unca Stryfe" shows up.

"This child is very very important to the mutants' future," Alonso said.

McCann said that Fraction was "just there for eye candy" since most of his upcoming projects cannot yet be discussed. The writer did say a bit about stories focused on Colossus and Emma, which the Annual set up. Lowe suggested there will be "a resurrection" in upcoming issues.

"Wolverine Weapon X" will be "a dramatic departure in that there's a lot of stabbing," Aaron joked. He said that the story would examine what happens when a private contractor tries to use Weapon X research to create the perfect killing machine. "Wolverine has to go and remind them that they've already created the perfect killing machine."

Liu said that "bad stuff happens" in the final issue of "NYX." Barber added that "somebody gets shot, somebody gets stabbed, and somebody survives."

"GeNext United" will follow up Claremont's "GeNext," and takes place in India. "An adversary whose father is a well-connected villain of the current era, but not necessarily the X-era," the writer said.

Claremont will also be writing "X-Men Forever," picking up where his and Jim Lee's "X-Men" 1-3 left off. "We are about to embark on a world where nothing that you think you know applies any longer. The world Charles Xavier imagines does not exist, and the X-Men's place in the world has radically changed," he said. Tom Grummett will provide the art on this bi-weekly series. "I dare you to guess what's going to happen next! We're going off in a totally different direction from what's been done, and what I've been doing."

McCann then opened the floor for questions.

Nightcrawler will be quitting the X-Men, Lowe said, but did not specifically address the question of whether he would be "less whiny."

"Since the Dreaming Celestial is in San Francisco, he's never far off," Lowe said of the possibility of an "Eternals" and "X-Men" crossover.

X-Men weekly? Fraction says "Die!"

"There's a lot of double-ships coming," Lowe said, referring to more-than-monthly releases.

"Deadpool's a survivor, and he may be around in Cable's future, somewhere," Swierczynski hinted.

McCann said that the new "Exiles" series written by Jeff Parker may or may not feature Nocturne.

Present/future Layla Miller? "Peter David would kill me if I answered that," Barber said, adding that the recent issue #39 sets in motion a series of issues that will "all have moments like that." As if on cue, David himself ascended the stage.

"Layla will, I would have to think, eventually come back," David said to laughter. He then sang, in Bohemian Rhapsody fashion, "Miss Millah, we will not let you go! go! go!" He joked that she will likely return "in another major marketing event."

Fan: "Any plans on making Storm a mother?"

David: "I swear to god I thought he said a Muppet!"

Alonso: "We've considered it."

Psylocke will be appearing in "Sword of the Braddocks," Claremont said, "resolving some of the storylines from Exiles and leaving readers totally frustrated." Again, David misheard the title as "Sort of the Braddocks."

"Things are about to get very difficult for Scott Summers," Fraction said of the appearance of a new redhead in the Marvel Universe, the child Hope as seen in Cable.

David joked that Kitty Pryde would return in "The Kitty Pryde/Layla Miller Special: Sort of the X-Men."

"Mark Millar has some certain notions about what he wants to do [with the Old Man Logan universe], and we don't want to dilute that," Barber said about a possible return to this universe. He suggested Millar may be interested in telling more stories set there later.

Is the Blink in the upcoming "Exiles" the same from previous "Exiles" series? McCann: "Next question."

The X-Men "are on a big journey," Alonso said, mentioning their black ops team "X-Force," and that this could create trouble for Cyclops. "Those secrets could be revealed--and don't forget that girl with green eyes and red hair! Don't draw conclusions, but DO draw conclusions!"

Two fans asked about the effect Scarlett Witch's return would have on the X-Men, but were directed to see the Dark Reign panel, since the character is appearing in Dan Slott's "Mighty Avengers."

David joked that Scarlett Witch would whisper "No more crossovers," which led to applause. "All of you bought 'Secret Invasion,'" McCann laughed.

McCann said that there are no major plans for original graphic novels, but Chris Claremont is writing an "X-Men" OGN for the French market. Art is by Milo Manara.

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