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0:00 Intro
1:34 X-Men Plans
11:20 X-Men: Inferno
14:46 Future Marvel Plans
X-Men Monday #123 – Jonathan Hickman Talks ‘Inferno,’ Comic Book Spoilers and What Comes Next
aiptcomics.com/2021/08/30/x-men-monday-123-jonathan-hickman/
The times, they are a-changin’. It’s an evergreen statement that could apply to the X-Men in any era, but seems especially appropriate following the news that rocked Krakoa. As revealed by Entertainment Weekly, following Inferno, Head of X Jonathan Hickman is finished writing Marvel’s mutants… for now.
Understandably, X-Fans had questions. Over 200 questions, in fact! Fortunately, Jonathan agreed to return to X-Men Monday to field a few of them ahead of Inferno #1’s release September 29. After sifting through the questions, I presented a streamlined list of about 40 to Jonathan. Read on to see which ones he chose to answer… for now.
Inferno will be Jonathan Hickman's last X-Men comic for now
ew.com/books/inferno-jonathan-hickman-last-x-men-comic/
The writer behind the franchise's celebrated House of X relaunch is taking his leave of monthly mutant stories — but not of Marvel.
X-Men comic fans have been fearing this day, but alas, it has arrived. EW can confirm that Jonathan Hickman, the writer behind the celebrated 2019 comics House of X and Powers of X (illustrated by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva) that relaunched Marvel's mutants with a radical new status quo, will be departing the X-Men line after his upcoming Inferno series wraps up.
But though this sounds like bad news, readers should take it as a sign of just how successful this new era of X-Men comics has become. Hickman tells EW that his initial plan for the X-line has been massively expanded, thanks to contributions from the other writers and artists who came in to write comics alongside him (including Vita Ayala, Gerry Duggan, Al Ewing, Tini Howard, Benjamin Percy, Si Spurrier, Zeb Wells, Leah Williams, and more).
"Oh, plans have changed entirely," Hickman says. "When I pitched the X-Men story I wanted to do, I pitched a very big, very broad, three-act, three-event narrative, the first of which was House of X. And while this loosely worked as a three-year plan, I told Marvel upfront that I honestly had no idea how long the first part would last because there were a lot of interesting ideas that I had seeded that other creators would want to play with, and so, we left this rather open-ended. I was also pretty clear with all the writers that came into the office what the initial, three-act plan was so no one would be surprised when it was time for the line to pivot."
Last week, Hickman and other high-profile comic creators announced they were beginning new projects on Substack. But though the timing matches up, these things aren't closely related. Hickman will continue working at Marvel even as he launches 3 Moons, 3 Worlds with artists Mike Del Mundo and Mike Huddleston. He just won't be writing monthly mutant comics for a while.
Speaking of Inferno, check out some teaser art above, and the cover of the first issue below (it hits stores in September, illustrated by former S.W.O.R.D. artist Valerio Schiti). But this isn't just a time for looking ahead. EW has also spoken with Hickman and many of his collaborators about the highlights of the past two years of radical new X-Men comics. Stay tuned for that story, coming shortly.
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