Good news everyone! X-Men Red Annual Announced

[MarvelMaster616]

I want "Wolverines Vol 2." with just Logan AND Laura.

I would totally read that series. Logan and Laura work so well together. They're family. They're both tortured in their own unique way. It makes for an awesome dynamic that the Logan movie showed perfectly. I'd love to see it play out in a new series.

[ThePhoenix]

In the Xplain interview, Taylor pretty much confirmed what we all knew and its that Jean's return was rushed. They didnt know how that mini series was ending when he was tasked to write Red, so thats why he jumped ahead a couple of months with issue #1 and the annual will be used to backtrack now that he's been given a chance to read the finale to PR

It also comfirms that the X-Office doesn't know what its doing anymore...

[Shadowcat99]

It also comfirms that the X-Office doesn't know what its doing anymore...

As much as I want to think they have a better idea now than they have in recent years, this pretty much says otherwise. I agree with you.

[maxhilary]

In the Xplain interview, Taylor pretty much confirmed what we all knew and its that Jean's return was rushed. They didnt know how that mini series was ending when he was tasked to write Red, so thats why he jumped ahead a couple of months with issue #1 and the annual will be used to backtrack now that he's been given a chance to read the finale to PR

A character like Jean who's been dead for 13 years deserves a story that was planned a year in advance, like No Surrender is. It's a shame they rushed things.

[Heroine Addict]

A character like Jean who's been dead for 13 years deserves a story that was planned a year in advance, like No Surrender is. It's a shame they rushed things.

Been wonderin' 'bout that, and how much of it... was 'cause of the impending FoX deal?

But yeah, things're still in a seeming state of fluX, @ the X-house. Hopefully things will stabilize as much as they can, going by today's standards, once Cebulski gets settled in & begins to enact his vision for the MU's future.

[Dementia5]

It also comfirms that the X-Office doesn't know what its doing anymore...

So completely aside from problems they have artistically with writers/artists the X-office also seems to have basic structural issues with project management. Maybe the editorial staff need training in project management techniques, or they need to hire a professional project manager for the X-line to ensure things are properly planned, plotted, sequenced, tracked and executed.

[Havok83]

Been wonderin' 'bout that, and how much of it... was 'cause of the impending FoX deal?

But yeah, things're still in a seeming state of fluX, @ the X-house. Hopefully things will stabilize as much as they can, going by today's standards, once Cebulski gets settled in & begins to enact his vision for the MU's future.

I don believe Jean’s return has anything to do with the fox deal that may or may not have happened last fall.

[Maestroneto]

So completely aside from problems they have artistically with writers/artists the X-office also seems to have basic structural issues with project management. Maybe the editorial staff need training in project management techniques, or they need to hire a professional project manager for the X-line to ensure things are properly planned, plotted, sequenced, tracked and executed.

It's because a lot of the editors in the X-Office are recently promoted interns, whereas other offices have veteran editors.

[Heroine Addict]

I don believe Jean’s return has anything to do with the fox deal that may or may not have happened last fall.

IDK, it adds up to me. Hard to see them as autonomous, quite frankly, IMO.

[Havok83]

IDK, it adds up to me. Hard to see them as autonomous, quite frankly, IMO.

How does it add up? Im not seeing why Marvel needed to have Jean back in the books in January? What are they capitalizing on? It would have made more sense to take months to plan out her return and probably have PR take place in Fall when the Dark Phoenix movie comes out. With better planning, it could have been a crossover that took place across multiple X-books, giving them all a boost. As it stands, Jeans return was very isolated and I dont see how the Fox purchase, which wasnt even finalized when this was greenlit, could have played into that

[ThePhoenix]

As much as I want to think they have a better idea now than they have in recent years, this pretty much says otherwise. I agree with you.

I also wanted to hope that they know better but...

A character like Jean who's been dead for 13 years deserves a story that was planned a year in advance, like No Surrender is. It's a shame they rushed things.

Indeed. They should have something BIG. Jean is an original X-Man after all. And she had so many years and stories with interracting with the X-Men through the White Hot Room... So much potential wasted...

So completely aside from problems they have artistically with writers/artists the X-office also seems to have basic structural issues with project management. Maybe the editorial staff need training in project management techniques, or they need to hire a professional project manager for the X-line to ensure things are properly planned, plotted, sequenced, tracked and executed.

Yeah. They should do something. They should act more professional.

[Hellinoze]

In the Xplain interview, Taylor pretty much confirmed what we all knew and its that Jean's return was rushed. They didnt know how that mini series was ending when he was tasked to write Red, so thats why he jumped ahead a couple of months with issue #1 and the annual will be used to backtrack now that he's been given a chance to read the finale to PR

The PR mini felt like a confession, that Jean's return was rushed. The mini was not a good story. Why the rush, why ? Jean deserved better than this.

Thank God at Taylor is writing XMR.

[Beetle]

What are the chances that this annual will acknowledge the Ghost Jean from the Jean solo?

[DDM]

What are the chances that this annual will acknowledge the Ghost Jean from the Jean solo?

Probably not unless there’s an Emma appearance. Taylor likes Hopeless though.

[Harpsikord]

What are the chances that this annual will acknowledge the Ghost Jean from the Jean solo?

Minimal. Teen Jean isn't showing up here.