I thought all other X books are supposed to be cancelled including Major X?
That storyline is included in the second Austen volume (Trial Of The Juggernaut) that gets released in October:
The unstoppable Juggernaut has joined the X-Men, but can they trust him to be a hero? Meanwhile, Havok and Polaris are headed for the altar - but their wedding bells just might become a funeral dirge! As Jubilee and Husk mourn a fallen friend, the interdimensional Exiles arrive - but why are they targeting Havok? And the shocking truth about Nightcrawler's parentage is revealed when Mystique returns...and the evil Azazel rises! What is Nightcrawler's part in this villain's master plan, and can he help the X-Men escape Azazel's demonic dimension before Iceman loses his head?! Elsewhere, the Juggernaut takes on Alpha Flight - and finally faces up to his violent criminal past! Luckily, he's got a gamma-powered lawyer on his side...
COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 425-436; EXILES (2001) 28-30; MATERIAL FROM X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) 40, 48
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it's really not that bad compared to most X-Men runs
Thanks. I'm frankly surprised that they're going to release those issues, given their fanboying.
Still raises the issue that Lorna's vital Genosha issues aren't reflected. But I'm willing to cool my tongue on that for now from the chance that those issues will be included in a future volume that hasn't been announced yet.
The key thing I tend to say is that while Austen's run had many problems, he's still one of the best writers Lorna's had - which is a somewhat damning statement concerning Marvel. That this writer who had several problems (including with Lorna, e.g. having Lorna blame Annie for something Havok did), and is often maligned by readers, still managed to treat her way better than most writers in the over 50 years she's existed. If other writers (and editors) are supposed to be so much better, you would think they could do a better job with Lorna than he did.
The fact he acknowledged and used Lorna's time with Genosha while nobody after him has alone makes him instantly better than anyone who wrote/edited Lorna (or major Genosha-related events like Axis) after him, with lone exceptions for Exiles and SW:HoM AU versions.
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In terms of Lorna and Nurse Annie. Sure its true she blamed her for things Havok did, but I will say people in general don't want to blame their partner completely for affairs regardless of gender... its something men are quite guilty of as well. Its easier to cast some or alot of the blame on the person you don't know and care about then the person you do. Every one of Lorna's writers from PAD to Milligan had Lorna in the middle of a love triangle. Some were mostly mature like Rahne/Lorna/Havok outside of some physical violence.
Some were very immature like the Fatale/Lorna/Havok love triangle in the mid 90s where they were all trying to kill each other. And, a select few were lol... nuts like the Nurse Annie/Havok/Lorna triangle. I generally hate love triangles as in all of them, but I will say that was one was at least highly entertaining. I feel as though editors of the titles were pushing love triangles hard back then because every writer included one Havok/Lorna/insert partner for two decades. A successful love triangle like Emma, Scott, Jean keeps people fighting and discussing it for years and years.
In terms of Austen though, his great achievement with Lorna was certainly not the love triangle. It was actually following up on the work of the writers before him with the character... in the case of her central story line it was her Genosha writers (including Davis, Lobdell, Claremont and Roy Thomas) and more importantly Morrison who put her on ground zero of its destruction. Most writers wouldn't have scrapped their plans for the character like he did and go with a far better idea from another writer, but at least in that case he was willing to bury his ego in the face of another writers better plans.
A writer needs to have an ego to be successful, but they also needs to be able to keep their ego check to know when other ideas are simply superior and also not be too wedded to any past era they can't see what is good in the here and now.
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