CBR: NYCC: Back to the Future with "X-Men Forever"

[CBR News]

Picking up directly from where his short-lived run on “X-Men” Volume 2 left off in 1991, Chris Claremont prepares to explore an improbable history with artist Tom Grummett in “X-Men Forever.”


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[How 'Bout This Heat]

Lets hope its better then Avengers Forever and Batman Forever.

[The Sword Is Drawn]

If this is 1991. Neither Kitty nor Kurt should be here.

[Joe Franklin]

If this is 1991. Neither Kitty nor Kurt should be here.

Did you read the interview?

Claremont said it's late 2008, or early 2009.

[The Sword Is Drawn]

Did you read the interview?

Claremont said it's late 2008, or early 2009.

Answer is 'yes' I skim read and missed it. I have since been corrected.

If it's 2008/09 all is fine.

[Grapeweasel]

Is this what we got rid of a perfectly wonderful X-Men: First Class to make room for?

[Beast]

If this is 1991. Neither Kitty nor Kurt should be here.

Kitty and Kitty may have came back for Magneto's memorial.

And decided to stick around to hunt down Fabian Cortez, which is the first mission.

[Joe Franklin]

Is this what we got rid of a perfectly wonderful X-Men: First Class to make room for?

First Class got canned due to craptacular sales figures.

[DeadXMan]

so this is basicly What if ... Marvel backed CC instead of the Jim Lee?

I'm in.

the Fury/ Xavier combo seems interesting

[david r]

The Nicolaus Fury part interests me as well. A partnership between Xavier and Fury, perhaps? Obviously, I'm on this book from the get-go. It's the long I've long waited for.

[TNT138]

Claremont hasn't done anything of any interest in the last 20 years. The fact that he's going back to fix where the x-men went wrong years ago just shows how arrogant he really is. He had chances to do something with the x-men since 1991 and all we got was uninspired crap like "the neo" and "the twisted sisters". I truly wish Claremont would never touch an x-book again. He had such an amazing run on x-men YEARS ago and has since sullied it by writing overly wordy and simply boring crap.

[marvell2100]

Lets hope its better then Avengers Forever and Batman Forever.

You mean let's hope it's as good or better than Avengers Forever which was a great story. Batman Forever shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath.

[david r]

Claremont hasn't done anything of any interest in the last 20 years. The fact that he's going back to fix where the x-men went wrong years ago just shows how arrogant he really is. He had chances to do something with the x-men since 1991 and all we got was uninspired crap like "the neo" and "the twisted sisters". I truly wish Claremont would never touch an x-book again. He had such an amazing run on x-men YEARS ago and has since sullied it by writing overly wordy and simply boring crap.

Yes, but he also produced Schism, End of Greys, Mekanix and True Friends. And many other stories which there are fans of (End of History, X-Men: The End, Invasion, etc.) He has his good stories and bad stories, just like any other writer.

[Stephane Garrelie]

I'm very happy of the presence of Nick Fury too.
I hope Logan will be in the book.
Kitty & Kurt: No reason why they could not choose to leave Excalibur & stay with the team. i'm very happy to have them here.
The New Costumes: Will give to the serie it's own identity and will diferency it from the 90s stuff.
This is 2009 & this is Claremont & Grummett.

[david r]

I think it's obvious the first arc is a direct sequel to the Jim Lee X-Men #1-3. Which is why it's getting such a push. It seems the Muir Island Saga, Warskrull epic, will be less important. (Both of those stories immediately preceded X-Men #1-3.

Magneto detonates a nuclear bomb over Soviet Russia,and the world trembles. The repercussions could be huge, and fits in with the epic stories Claremont planned to tell in the 1990s.