The Future of Mutantkind Is Revealed in 'Planet-Size X-Men' #1

[Anduinel]

I hope we get Al Ewing on more stuff.

His Hulk book is wrapping up; he might well have more room on his plate for a new project.

[Vishop]

Hickman is good with plotting but he sucks at getting character voices write, so Im fine with him being in the background steering the ship and leaving the dialogue to other writers

Eh, I wouldn't say that to replace it with Duggan. That guy was one of the reasons we had XoS "tournament" and Kid Cable. Hickman is not good with Jean but then again what he does best is rarity in comic book industry.

[useridgoeshere]

That'll clearly change down the line, or else XoS was for nothing.

Or maybe it'd take Nimrod for them to wake up to alliances.

Arakko feels like a continuation of Hickman’s Ultimate plans with CotV being the children, Krakoa and Arakko being the Celestials and Eternals of Tian. He’ll probably bring in whatever long term plan he had for that.

[Jwyatt]

This is true, when he takes his time we get Fantastic Four, Secret Warriors, and HOX.

I just hope that he gets to give us his vision and not deviate it because of other writers.

I mean Aaron, Remender, and Slott really made Hickman's Avengers run kinda crazy. One second you have the classic team and all of a sudden you have Old Man Steve, SpOck, and Unworthy Thor

Not to beat a dead horse, but you're right; he already had Slott take away whatever he had in mind for Franklin Richards (and I have low expectations for whatever Slott plans to do).

[dkrook]

I find it disconcerting that Hickman is writing less and less of the major X-stories; first Howard on X of Swords and now Duggan...

Make me think something is afoot

THIS!!! I find Duggan fanboyish, basic, and meandering in his plotting. Now he he's assuming most of the control of all the mutant groups? Something tells me this will be about lots of x-women, Scott, Magneto. And if he's not going to bait and switch, maybe iceman. Anyone else will be dressed up wallpaper. X-Men are already starting down that slide they were in all their books prior to Hickman saving them!

[loke13]

This is true, when he takes his time we get Fantastic Four, Secret Warriors, and HOX.

I just hope that he gets to give us his vision and not deviate it because of other writers.

I mean Aaron, Remender, and Slott really made Hickman's Avengers run kinda crazy. One second you have the classic team and all of a sudden you have Old Man Steve, SpOck, and Unworthy Thor

One major difference between his time on the Avengers and his time on X-Men is that with X-Men he has a much larger creative input then he did on the Avengers. So hopefully that helps mitigate less interference.

[Exodus]

Planet-size? I want the mutant nation to terraform the entire moon!!! Would be cool to have the moon fully colonized by mutants in the Marvel Universe.

[Tenebrae]

I misread this initially and thought it was "Plant-sized X-Men" and thought "well that's definitely a new direction."

[Master of Sound]

I feel stupid that I do not understand the [part where they say: Twelve titles, twelve stories, all focused on a single night that will go down in Marvel Comics history. Stay tuned for more HELLFIRE GALA cover reveals, costume designs, variants covers, and more as the buildup to this major turning point in the saga of the X-Men begins!

Maybe that is because English is not my first language. Do they mean there will be 12 stories told in this one Planed Size issue? Or will it be a crosssover, starting with this issue and then followed upon in 12 different X-books?

[Uncanny X-Man]

I feel stupid that I do not understand the [part where they say: Twelve titles, twelve stories, all focused on a single night that will go down in Marvel Comics history. Stay tuned for more HELLFIRE GALA cover reveals, costume designs, variants covers, and more as the buildup to this major turning point in the saga of the X-Men begins!

Maybe that is because English is not my first language. Do they mean there will be 12 stories told in this one Planed Size issue? Or will it be a crosssover, starting with this issue and then followed upon in 12 different X-books?

It will be the latter, the story will kick off in this one-shot and then continue in the 11 mutant titles Marvel will publish that month.

[Rakurai]

I feel stupid that I do not understand the [part where they say: Twelve titles, twelve stories, all focused on a single night that will go down in Marvel Comics history. Stay tuned for more HELLFIRE GALA cover reveals, costume designs, variants covers, and more as the buildup to this major turning point in the saga of the X-Men begins!

Maybe that is because English is not my first language. Do they mean there will be 12 stories told in this one Planed Size issue? Or will it be a crosssover, starting with this issue and then followed upon in 12 different X-books?

You're not the only one, that was my first thought as well - Planet sized = 12 stories. But I think it really means the latter.

[sunofdarkchild]

I feel stupid that I do not understand the [part where they say: Twelve titles, twelve stories, all focused on a single night that will go down in Marvel Comics history. Stay tuned for more HELLFIRE GALA cover reveals, costume designs, variants covers, and more as the buildup to this major turning point in the saga of the X-Men begins!

Maybe that is because English is not my first language. Do they mean there will be 12 stories told in this one Planed Size issue? Or will it be a crosssover, starting with this issue and then followed upon in 12 different X-books?

I also assumed that it was 12 stories in the one 'planet-sized' issue at first. It was only after seeing so many people talking about the '12 titles' that I went back and realized the wording made more sense if it was 12 different issues. They probably could have been clearer on that since quite a few of us seem to have come away with the wrong idea.

But each book having its own gala story makes it look like there's going to be someone from each book on the new X-Men team.

[9th.]

Planet Sized X-men is a great title

[Master of Sound]

I also assumed that it was 12 stories in the one 'planet-sized' issue at first. t was only after seeing so many people talking about the '12 titles' that I went back and realized the wording made more sense if it was 12 different issues. They probably could have been clearer on that since quite a few of us seem to have come away with the wrong away.

But each book having its own gala story makes it look like there's going to be someone from each book on the new X-Men team.

You're not the only one, that was my first thought as well - Planet sized = 12 stories. But I think it really means the latter.

Glad to hear I am not the only one who was confused. I was starting to doubt myself. Thanks guys!!

REALLY LOVE THE COVER!

[Devaishwarya]

This highly anticipated comics event will unfold in issues of your favorite ongoing X-Men series as well as PLANET-SIZE X-MEN, a special double-sized one-shot from two of mutantkind’s most masterful creators: writer Gerry Duggan (MARAUDERS, SAVAGE AVENGERS) and artist Pepe Larraz (HOUSE OF X). The HELLFIRE GALA rages on in one of the most pivotal chapters yet in Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men era. But even bigger things are afoot a world away…

The One-Shot is also slated for a 16th June release...I don't think it kicks off of the Gala story.

It's in the middle of the month which means there should be two weeks of books/HG stories prior to the one shot.
Also...
They specifically don't use the word "crossover" in the press release which makes me think it's not a crossover in the true sense. All the books are telling their own individual stories centred around the HG night but they may not necessarily tie-in to each other (like XoS) from one issue to the next.
(just my interpretation of the article, I could be wrong)