If he is replaced, who do you think would replace Milligan on X-Men? [Archive]

SUPERECWFAN1

01-20-2006, 06:10 PM

With Joe Quesada hinting a shakeup is underway on the X-Books and Claremont gettin the hook on Uncanny , Joe's pretty much hinted X-Men is gonna be next. So who will get the nod to replace Milligan ? And its not like many will shed a tear eithor....

The possible writers:

Mark Miller: He's Quesada's go to guy as well ad Bendis. He's doing the biggest Marvel cross-over in years and can demand any book odds are. He's the most likely choice.

Brian Bendis: Joe's golden boy. Can and will take any project and at times can bring the goods. Pace is an issue and House of M bombed to readers who felt Bendis couldn't write a massive cross-over

Fabian N : Will Cable/Deadpool last and if so hows Cable fit in X-Men ?

Warren Ellis : He touched on remaking the lesser known X-Titles with counter X in 2000 and the Titles were changed again in 2001. He could do a series thats about spy missions and stealth.

Peter David : Has his X-Book going which has a noir style .

Alan Hienberg : His Young Avengers rock and its about time he gets something else. The guy is good.

Robert Kirkman : Has started catching more and more on. Has Invincable and has done a solid job on Marvel Teamup.

Chuck Austen : How bad ass would this be. After 3 years away , Vhuck rides to the rescue and gets X-Men again. This time he can do more. Its unlikely though.

Jeph Leob : He's at Marvel now and could be a good pick here.

JMS : Doing Fantastic Four and JMS does have the name value and can demand his own roster to do.

Holland

01-20-2006, 06:11 PM

Robert Kirkman would be good but he's writing Ultimate.
New writer please.

Joe Zool

01-20-2006, 06:13 PM

BKV!

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BKV!!!!

X-Men Forever

01-20-2006, 06:14 PM

I think it will be Jeph Loeb. He signed an exclusive Marvel deal to take over the Ultimates, and I can't see him just writing 1 Marvel monthly since he is a Marvel exclusive writer and all.

bfrank

01-20-2006, 06:16 PM

None of the above...Bring Back Joe Kelly...Kelly not casey....

or Priest.....

Beast

01-20-2006, 06:16 PM

cable guy

01-20-2006, 06:17 PM

Fabian Nicieza deserves a shot.

Beast

01-20-2006, 06:19 PM

Brian K. Vaughan would be a good choice, but he said he didn't want to do anymore 'X-Men' recently, if I recall. It was a while ago, when he announced he was leaving Ultimate X-Men. :)

streator

01-20-2006, 06:20 PM

I'm more interested in the roster than the writer. :)

Roster: Havok, Nightcrawler, Marvel Girl, Dark Beast, Toad, Polaris, Angel.

That would be the best roster. Maybe leave out Toad if 7 are too many. :D
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this is about x-men, not uncanny.

if the roster listed today is genuine i don't know who will write the book.
i doubt it will be any of the people you listed in the poll, though.

Joe Zool

01-20-2006, 06:21 PM

He seemed to not want to do anymore 'X-Men' comics right away. :)

Still, never say never. :)

fishtaco

01-20-2006, 06:34 PM

No idea, but I hope it's PAD or Claremont.

im399unot

01-20-2006, 06:37 PM

Who really cares, as long as they get rid of the chump writing the series now its got to be better.

Mitsaso

01-20-2006, 06:38 PM

Milligan is my favourite writer...and my other favourite writer is BKV (mostly dut to his "Y:The Last Man" work), so I would only accept Milligan going if he was gonna reluach the X-Statix and BKV took his place in X-Men. :cool:

Chiasm

01-20-2006, 07:40 PM

I'll be a happy camper no matter who takes over adjectiveless. I was getting ready to drop it from my pull list and this will certainly change my decision.

Siddon

01-20-2006, 07:45 PM

It'll be Hine, he is a great writer and all he needs is Bishop as a main character.

Personally I love Milligan's X-men, and I really don't feel that Milligan has been able to prove himself as an X-writer to the masses.

Loeb or Bendis would be nice and likely but I think they need to give Milligan another 12 issues.

Neolucifer

01-20-2006, 07:47 PM

I'm voting Nicieza , but only if he include Deadpool in the mix :D . Anwyay i'm for anybody (good of course) that got a different pace and tone than Milligan .

Nick Kal

01-20-2006, 07:55 PM

Loeb, Millar or anyone who has written Ultimate X-Men (especially Vaughan).

Cayman

01-20-2006, 08:31 PM

Loeb, probably.

Cay

Beast

01-20-2006, 09:11 PM

X-Men Forever

01-20-2006, 09:33 PM

Beast

01-20-2006, 09:36 PM

I have not bought and read anything from Hine before. What do you think about his writing Beast?
It varies, the biggest problem is that most of his stuff has been things I'm not been interested in. I wasn't a big fan of District X, but mostly because I'm not a Bishop fan. The Mutopia issues during House of M were pretty good though. David Hine also recently wrote the X-Men: Colossus Bloodline mini, which while good failed to deliver a very satisfying conclusion. But X-Men: The 198 is very good so far, and I could see it spiraling off into Adjectiveless X-Men in July. :)

X-Men Forever

01-20-2006, 09:41 PM

It varies, the biggest problem is that most of his stuff has been things I'm not been interested in. I wasn't a big fan of District X, but mostly because I'm not a Bishop fan. The Mutopia issues during House of M were pretty good though. David Hine also recently wrote the X-Men: Colossus Bloodline mini, which while good failed to deliver a very satisfying conclusion. But X-Men: The 198 is very good so far, and I could see it spiraling off into Adjectiveless X-Men in July. :)

Ok thanks :) . The 198 stuff just started, so maybe I will check it out.

Jessica Drew

01-20-2006, 10:08 PM

The possible writers:

Mark Millar: With his health problems, as well as 1985 and Civil War upcoming, I doubt it.

Brian Bendis: Just finished Daredevil, which leaves him with only two books. He's prolific, so it's possible.

Fabian N: He's writing two books as well, so this is possible, too.

Warren Ellis: Mainstream books like this one just don't seem right up his alley.

Peter David: Already writing one X book, so I doubt it.

Alan Heinberg: He's got major problems producing timely writing on the one book he's got now, so I doubt it.

Robert Kirkman: Already writing one X book, so I doubt it.

Chuck Austen: Ya nevah know

Jeph Leob: Like Heinberg, he's got a problem with late books, so two might be too much for him.

JMS: considering all the wackiness and crazy stunts he pulls with Spidey and the FF, I'd think this book would fit him to a tee.

BKV: Just finishing his run on an X book, and seems not to want to do another one right now.

CC: Moving from one to the other? Don't know, but I think he'll probably be limited (by the PTB or self-limited) to New Excalibur.

David Hine: Like Beast says, his 198 series seems like it'd be the perfect set-up for X-Men, and Son of M could have some ramifications as well.

Paul Jenkins: Generation M will be wrapping soon, as will The Sentry, so he could have about as good a shot as any of these others

Beast

01-20-2006, 10:11 PM

David Hine: Like Beast says, his 198 series seems like it'd be the perfect set-up for X-Men, and Son of M could have some ramifications as well.

Paul Jenkins: Generation M will be wrapping soon, as will The Sentry, so he could have about as good a shot as any of these others
Crap, yeah... I forgot David Hine was doing Son of M also. But yeah, both of those will wrap up just around time for July. And 198 with the 'Tent City' and the Mansion seems like a perfect set-up here. :)

Paul Jenkins commented about not really interested wanting to do a standard X-Men book. And I can't really see him with the cast that was announced. It doesn't seem to fit his sensabilities. Hmmm.

X-Men Forever

01-20-2006, 10:13 PM

Paul Jenkins: Generation M will be wrapping soon, as will The Sentry, so he could have about as good a shot as any of these others

I forgot all about Jenkins. I think he is a Marvel exclusive as well.

AnthonyJ

01-20-2006, 10:46 PM

I'm going with Fabian N because Cable makes no sense on an X-team unless he's recruiting his own X-men for his insane utopia schemes. Not to say that Marvel feels any real need to make sense, but I can always hope.

Faded

01-20-2006, 10:53 PM

The majority of the ones I want are probably unlikely.

Heinberg already has trouble keeping YA on a monthly schedule (understandably) and I hear Vaughan has stated he doesn't want to do any X-Men right now.

Process of elimination brought me to my third choice: Fabian Nicieza.

Twigglet

01-21-2006, 12:15 AM

I can't see Bendis, Heinberg, Millar, JMS, CC, Austen, Ellis on this book.

Milligans run has been good, but I like how he's going when he feels the time is right.

I think Kirkman possibly.

Titan76

01-21-2006, 01:08 AM

Alan Moore!! :D :D . Though it will never happen. :( :mad:

I would love to see Peter David write this. If he were the writer on X-men, it may boost up X-Fator sales a little since some peopel might want to check out his other stuff.

Nick Kal

01-21-2006, 01:47 AM

Didn't Fabian write this book during the 90s? They should get someone who hasnt written before... but who's good like what they did for Uncanny.

steve2275

01-21-2006, 04:25 AM

i votes heinberg
but FABIEN prolly cause of cable

The Sword Is Drawn

01-21-2006, 07:43 AM

Alan Moore!! :D :D . Though it will never happen. :( :mad:

Much as though any comic book reader within his right mind would love to see it Mr Moore will almost certainly never work with Marvel, or (And not without good reason) DC for that matter, ever again, sadly. But it's always worth keeping an eye out for new Moore material in indie titles...

Right now, as long as Milligan goes, I don't really mind.

I'd love to see Millar in charge. Without a doubt his run on Ultimate X-Men highlighted just about everything the Core X-books have been missing since 2000. But sadly I don't see this likely.

I would also love to see Warren Ellis back on an X-Title, but let's be fair, he hates doing standard super hero books, and the only way I think it would happen is if a few years from now Claremont parts company with New Excalibur, I could see Ellis possibly returning to the book he revived in the late 90s. I don't see it happening any other way...

I have reservations over Hine. 198 seems promising, but his Colossus mini was stretched just as badly as any issue Milligan's ever written. I don't necessarily see that as a grand improvement. But then again at least his dialogue is better, and like i say 198 is promising.

Ryan K

01-21-2006, 11:40 AM

From that list, Loeb seems the most likely to me. But I agree that Hine's probably a good bet.

EDIT: I should add that doesn't mean I want Loeb. I really wouldn't. Or Hine. From that list, Heinberg would be my choice simply because my other picks, Kirkman and David, are alreay writing x-books.

Will.S

01-21-2006, 12:20 PM

Yeah either Jeph or Hine seem like good candidates but what about Tony Bedard?

Beast

01-21-2006, 12:23 PM

Yeah either Jeph or Hine seem like good candidates but what about Tony Bedard?
He's a bit busy with Exiles, but it's possible. Though I think he much prefers his little corner of the Marvel Universe where he has a lot more freedom. He has shown he can handle a team book featuring very different personalities, and his handling of Sabretooth (AoA version however) and Mystique in the past has been top notch. Hmm, I definatly could see TB being here. :)

Faded

01-21-2006, 12:45 PM

Oh yeah, I'd enjoy Loeb too. He'd put good use to his Marvel exclusivity.

Will.S

01-21-2006, 12:47 PM

He's a bit busy with Exiles, but it's possible. Though I think he much prefers his little corner of the Marvel Universe where he has a lot more freedom. He has shown he can handle a team book featuring very different personalities, and his handling of Sabretooth (AoA version however) and Mystique in the past has been top notch. Hmm, I definatly could see TB being here. :)
Heh yeah and don't forget the Rogue mini series either. I almost totally forgot he wrote Exiles, I recently picked up #75 because of Spidey 2099 so I guess I'll be sticking with it until he leaves and I like the roster overall.

We R. Venom

01-21-2006, 12:55 PM

I dont give a damn as long as they write good Iceman.

X-Men Forever

01-21-2006, 01:06 PM

I dont give a damn as long as they write good Iceman.

Well then you better hope that Lobdell comes back, because he is the only writer in the last 10 years to write Bobby any good.

Dr Manolis Dooplove

01-21-2006, 01:14 PM

i dont want milligan to ever leave the x-men!

:)

and i can only possibly accept scott lobdell or peter david as replacements. or joe kelly :)

larroca fan

01-21-2006, 01:53 PM

i think millgan should of read back issues and should of done some research on the x-men's history, so he could write good solid stories to make us all happy.

SUPERECWFAN1

01-21-2006, 02:07 PM

I voted Leob because I'd love to see his take on X-Men. This cast looks promising with Leob too.

Originally Posted by larroca fan

i think millgan should of read back issues and should of done some research on the x-men's history, so he could write good solid stories to make us all happy.

Milligan wouldn't even follow the guy's continuty before him. Its like he just ignored everything from that and did stories based on the 1990's. Little shock it failed on so many levels.

thik_3rd

01-21-2006, 03:19 PM

Chuck Austen - i sure hope not.

Fabian N. - he'd be cool. not my first choice, but i'd buy it.

Peter David - doubt it'll be him. he'd be ok, not my first choice. he's already writing x-factor and friendly neighborhood spider-man, plus a wonder man mini. plus i think he has something else. that's already a full plate.

Mark Miller - i hope not and i doubt it. he's done with marvel for a year after civil war and 1985 wrap up.

Warren Ellis - i hope not and i doubt it again. i think the only thing he's doing for marvel anytime soon would be nextwave.

Brian Bendis - i hope not. he can do it potentially seeing as he's down to 3 books now (new avengers, ultimate spidey and powers), and he's done upwards of 5? at once before.

Alan Hienberg - he's cool but i hope not. he can barely get one comic done on time. two would probably have his books coming out quarterly. i think that's why he backed away from wonder woman.

Robert Kirkman - he'd be cool, but already is doing a lot (marvel team-up, ultimate x-men, walking dead, invincible). plus i think doing ultimate somehow precludes him.

Jeph Leob - i voted for him. i'd like to see him on it. out of all your list he seems the most likely. even though all in all not that likely (i don't see marvel putting 3 of their biggest names all in one basket). maybe though, a few weeks ago joe q said he'd be doing something else besides ultimates 3, but it was too soon to talk about it.

JMS - probably not. fantastic four, spidey and supreme power are a full plate, plus he's got a silver surfer mini coming. not sure how'd i feel if it was him.

X-Men Forever

01-21-2006, 04:00 PM

David Hine seems likely. X-Men: The 198 is likely setting things up for him taking over Adjectiveless X-Men just like X-Men: Deadly Genesis is setting things up for Ed Brubaker to take over Uncanny X-Men. :)

The more and more I think about it Beast, I think you are correct. I went back and read the Newsarama interview with Hine www.newsarama.com/marvelnew/Decimation/davidhine.htm and David Hine said something very interesting that fits in with the new X-Men roster.

David Hine: Well, I won't list all 198, but let's see: Empath, Magma, Erg, Mammomax, Outlaw, the new Sentinels and Toad. Beast, Cyclops, Emma Froat, and Kitty Pride would I guess represent the A-listers, but for me the little guys are often more interesting. And again, the term 'villain' has a lose fit here. The motivations are often obscure and things are not always as they seem.

So after reading the interview again, I think that Beast is right about Hine's 198 leading into him taking over X-Men from Milligan.

Beast

01-21-2006, 09:12 PM

Faded

01-21-2006, 09:48 PM

That makes me sad. Not because it could mess up that series, but because it could mean that lineup wasn't a joke.

Beast

01-21-2006, 09:49 PM

That makes me sad. Not because it could mess up that series, but because it could mean that lineup wasn't a joke.
Plus it may mean that Fabian's getting X-Men.

UniqueFrequency

01-21-2006, 09:51 PM

Well then you better hope that Lobdell comes back, because he is the only writer in the last 10 years to write Bobby any good.

i really agree with that actually. Iceman's sucked since O:ZT

AnthonyJ

01-21-2006, 10:00 PM

Some crypticness from Fabian Nicieza.

Joe Q's saying Cable's going to be an X-Man again. Is this going to seriously affect (read: screw up) Cable & Deadpool?

This is just a teaser. More details will come when the time is right.

-- fabian

To clarify this a bit, since it's not clear who's saying what:
Joe Q's saying Cable's going to be an X-Man again. Is this going to seriously affect (read: screw up) Cable & Deadpool?
This is just a teaser. More details will come when the time is right.

-- fabian

This was, incidentally, from http://www.comicboards.com/tbolts/

Faded

01-21-2006, 10:03 PM

To clarify this a bit, since it's not clear who's saying what:

This was, incidentally, from http://www.comicboards.com/tbolts/

Okay, I can still hope then.

The Sword Is Drawn

01-22-2006, 04:29 AM

moebius

01-22-2006, 09:31 AM

With Rachel's comment about the Shi'ar not killing Cable, at the end of Grey's End, in Uncanny, there's at least one plot line for justify Cable'sd return to the X-Men. Shame really.

Any chance Deadpool will be joining him?

Since Wolverine won't be around and X-23 is in New X-Men, that isn't beyond the realm of possibility; they'll be short a mentally unstable team member with a healing factor.

I could see Deadpool crazy-gluing kitchen knives and screwdrivers to his hands, then running around calling them his "claws."

Personally, I want Chuck Austen scripting and Liefield on pencils. Also acceptable: Liefeld scripting and Austen on pencils.

Beast

01-22-2006, 10:35 AM

Since Wolverine won't be around and X-23 is in New X-Men, that isn't beyond the realm of possibility; they'll be short a mentally unstable team member with a healing factor.

I could see Deadpool crazy-gluing kitchen knives and screwdrivers to his hands, then running around calling them his "claws."

Personally, I want Chuck Austen scripting and Liefield on pencils. Also acceptable: Liefeld scripting and Austen on pencils.
They already have a mentally unstable team member with a healing factor, Sabretooth. ;) :D

SUPERECWFAN1

01-22-2006, 10:52 AM

They already have a mentally unstable team member with a healing factor, Sabretooth. ;) :D

But he's no Deadpool. Imagine Wade as the Gym Teacher at the school beatin up kids as he plays.

" Thats no fair! Your older than us ! "

" Life ain't fair , kiddies . Your mutants and your here at Xavier's school for gifted blah blah blah ...scorree!! Your all losers !! Go Wade....go Wade...who's the man ?!! You are!! "

Hi-Fi

01-22-2006, 11:53 AM

Brian K. Vaughan, always. Can't get enough of him.

parasite studios

01-22-2006, 12:23 PM

Fabian's a hack.

If he starts writing X-Books again I'll drop all of them.

In protest. Seriously...he f'ed things up enough in the 90's.

Let's move FORWARD.

Black Hole

01-22-2006, 01:02 PM

I wanted to vote for CBR's very own DDM, but since he (somehow) didn't make the list, I voted for Mark Miilar -I would love to see him bring some of the flavor of The Ultimates to the 616 X-Team.

Neolucifer

01-22-2006, 01:19 PM

I dont hate the 90 s only part and the end of it , mostly thanks to image , Clone Saga , and Onslaught .

I've never been a huge fan of Nicieza , but mostly he's been working upon characters i either despised or couldnt care about . You gotta also understands that i was then dead set upon following characters i like and avoiding the rest like plague . I am still prioritizing the characters over the writer .. however i can now at least try pretty much any kind of book .

A perfect example of why i skipped most of fabian's book would be New warriors . I really tried it , as i was and still am a huge fan of Bagley .. however i really dislike NightTrasher , Speedball , Rage , Justice and couldnt care about the rest of the members , except Nova in his occasional team ups with spidey .

As for X-force , i wasnt a fan neither . I'd have to thanks Liefeld's art for that , and from it, i think i only liked the characters of Caliban , Cable (to some extent) , Syrin , Sunspot ,Cannonball , and Deadpool.

However i enjoyed most of his Xmen , Gambit , Thunderbolts and Cable/Deadpool issues , and despite my dislikes of a few things from X Force and New warriors , i do think that he is a good if not great writer .

Anyway i wouldnt settle for any good writer that would be a complete departure from Milligan's style , and for that matter Nicieza appears to be a perfect one .

ps : i'd also love Millar .

parasite studios

01-23-2006, 12:00 PM

Fabian just had a bad habit of ruining my favorite characters.

Good news is it's not him. Guess we'll all see how this Carey guy does.

thik_3rd

01-23-2006, 12:14 PM

damn i woulda preferred fabian over carey. not that i dislike carey, it's just that fabian is a proven good x-writer.
assuming youre talking about mike carey that is. where'd you read that?

Flight

01-23-2006, 12:16 PM

I would love it to be Mike Carey but fat chance.

parasite studios

01-23-2006, 12:24 PM

uh...It's all over MILLARWORLD. Mike Carey is writing X-MEN with
Bachalo on art. Wizard is announcing it next issue.

X-Men Forever

01-23-2006, 12:26 PM

I would love it to be Mike Carey but fat chance.

Why would anybody think this no name writer that I have never heard of would be on the X-Men. Everybody knows that there are no other comic books being published outside of the X-Men stuff ;) .

Flight

01-23-2006, 12:30 PM

uh...It's all over MILLARWORLD. Mike Carey is writing X-MEN with
Bachalo on art. Wizard is announcing it next issue. O RLY?

OMGZ!

parasite studios

01-23-2006, 12:31 PM

Really.
Seriously.
No kidding.
I'm not joking.
For real.

Eh, you get the point.

X-Men Forever

01-23-2006, 12:40 PM

Really.
Seriously.
No kidding.
I'm not joking.
For real.

Eh, you get the point.

:eek: Where did you get this breaking news from? There is no such thing as this millarworld. Who is Millar? Has he ever written a comic book before? Is he realted to Mike Carey?

parasite studios

01-23-2006, 12:43 PM

:p You guys are killing me.

Sorry...my sarcasm detector is a little slow today.

larroca fan

01-23-2006, 02:12 PM

X-Men Forever

01-23-2006, 02:17 PM

this has been annouched but i tired the website and there is no website for this forum and i think this is a hugh rumour and i hope it is because i want larroca on x-men book or uncanny not tan he sucks.

Who cares what you want? Certainly not Marvel comics with which you have no connection whatsoever. I know it sucks when your favorite artist leaves your favorite comic book (I wanted Jim Lee to stay on Uncanny forever myself) but life goes on, and I suggest you do the same :) .