X-FACTOR by Mark Russell & Bob Quinn

[Havok83]

It's alot more than you think and it adds up.

Or alot less than you think. There's a whole reddit thread about that. In short, Marel aint really paying creators like that

https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/...ven_less_than/

Any writer making a bunch of new characters hoping to one day make bank will be in for a rude surprise

[DragonsChi]

Or alot less than you think. There's a whole reddit thread about that. In short, Marel aint really paying creators like that

https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/...ven_less_than/

Any writer making a bunch of new characters hoping to one day make bank will be in for a rude surprise

It's less in terms of "I made glob and he has a paragraphs worth of dialog in the last 15-20 years so I should make a million bucks".*rolls eyes*. When the fact that they are getting a "decent" check for a character no cares about who was on screen all of 5 seconds.

The characters with more screen time and merch make the most and for a creator who has 0 involvement in the extended product to be getting revenue is still enough for them to start turning out new characters that can serve as wallpaper in an X-Film. Any time the movie and/or show airs on tv/streaming/merch whatever they get free money.

Watch, in the next few years we are going to see a lot of "new" stuff come out and creators will have their fingers crossed that their character/concept is used.

[Havok83]

It's less in terms of "I made glob and he has a paragraphs worth of dialog in the last 15-20 years so I should make a million bucks". When the fact that they are getting a "decent" check for a character no cares about who was on screen all of 5 seconds.

The characters with more screen time and merch make the most and for a creator who has 0 involvement in the outside product to be getting revenue is still enough for them to start turning out new characters that can serve as wallpaper in an X-Film. Any time the movie and/or show airs on tv/streaming/merch whatever they get free money.

Watch, in the next few years we are going to see a lot of "new" stuff come out and creators will have their fingers crossed that their character/concept is used.

the thing is as others have pointed, I dont see anything different now than has always been the case, even long before the MCU was a thing. Almost everytime a new writer takes over a book they create new characters. Show me a run on a book of 10 issues or more that doesnt introduce a new character and Id be more surprised than anything. IDA that writers are now creating new characters in hopes of a royalty check. its business as usual bc this is what is always done

[DragonsChi]

the thing is as others have pointed, I dont see anything different now than has always been the case, even long before the MCU was a thing. Almost everytime a new writer takes over a book they create new characters. Show me a run on a book of 10 issues or more that doesnt introduce a new character and Id be more surprised than anything. IDA that writers are now creating new characters in hopes of a royalty check. its business as usual bc this is what is always done

Clearly I hit a nerve...

Last thing Im going to say on the subject...but after last era if anyone really believe's that all of sudden almost every new book in the line-up is going to have brand new characters (with almost Identical powers/concepts to characters that already exist) on it just for story purposes you deserve a whole hearted down south "Bless your heart". (and I'm not even southern)

[JB]

Apologies if this was posted and I missed it. Issue #1 variant by Marcus To.

[Havok83]

Apologies if this was posted and I missed it. Issue #1 variant by Marcus To.

nah thats new to me. I wish they had give him a different color scheme bc yellow is not Havok's color. I wish he had some red

[Rift]

Love Bob Quinn. Especially when he draws men. He gives them this nice, muscle-y look to them that's perfect for superheroes. He was a highlight of Knights of X for me.

He also gave us this page and Soft Serve, so you know he's based.

[Frontier]

We have Cecilia Reyes, right? And there's another one?

Cecilia! Great to see her.

Xyber is now a character that exists.

Frenzy has ditched pants.

The bottom cover...are they in a cell or are those window blinds?

I'm getting the sense Feral is going to jump ship or get made an example of Suicide Squad style.

Apologies if this was posted and I missed it. Issue #1 variant by Marcus To.

I'm kind of curious how Havok and Angels' co-lead status will function.

[Havok83]

Cecilia! Great to see her.

Xyber is now a character that exists.

Frenzy has ditched pants.

The bottom cover...are they in a cell or are those window blinds?

I'm getting the sense Feral is going to jump ship or get made an example of Suicide Squad style.

I'm kind of curious how Havok and Angels' co-lead status will function.

I bet Havok will primarily be field leader when it comes to battle and Warren will be more of the public face of the team, overseeing it and strategizing how they tackle threats

[Hakka84]

You know what? I agree that the logo as seen on Warren's chest is... meh.
But on Havok's legs (as seen in the variant) gives a good look.

[mattsarchamp]

Apologies if this was posted and I missed it. Issue #1 variant by Marcus To.

This is sooo cool! Hope we see Warren's solo next.