X-Men Monday #179 – Kieron Gillen Reflects on ‘A.X.E.: Judgment Day’

[JB]

https://aiptcomics.com/2022/11/14/x-...-gillen-a-x-e/

A cool interview especially if you enjoyed Judgment Day. A few interesting X-nuggets:

Kieron: To give an idea about the whole “write material, use it wherever” – there’s nearly two whole arcs in that Immortal pitch which I lost, and likely will never use. RIP the Sentinels of Krakoa and the AI-confederacy. I had other fish to fry.

Sentinels of Krakoa sounds fun.

AIPT: Well, speaking of — X-Fan Jordan said the Phoenix Foundation is independent from Krakoa and Cyclops said it was a win for X-Men. Does that mean the Foundation “belongs” to the X-Men?

Kieron: As it involves access to all manner of Krakoan resources — not least the Five — it’s not solely the X-Men’s purview but with Jean as the face of the project, they’re going to get a lot of credit for it. It certainly fits the X-Men’s aims in this period, and the tension they have with Krakoa and the Quiet Council.

In terms of how the Council sees the Foundation, we’ll have a little more in Immortal X-Men #9.

Juicy.

And this week's eXclusive preview images:

[JB]

[Grunty]

Ah Spiderman, Iceman and Firestar. Trying to evoke nostalgia from a 36 year old cartoon, which just makes me wonder why we couldn't get more cartoons like that over the decades?

[Kingdom X]

I’m very surprised to not only hear that Immortal was pitched with four 3-issue arcs since we dived into Judgment Day so quickly and that half of those arcs have seemingly been scrapped.

[gonnagiveittoya]

I mean it's impossible to separate Firestar from Amazing Friends since she was a character created for that show

[CoCoBandz]

Angewica pouting like she doesn't want to be there.

[Mercury]

I'm ready...

“She’s certainly a character who we have plans for going forward, so I view Judgment Day as part of that larger story.”

[Fokken]

Loving that Kate panel.

[gonnagiveittoya]

Hey they asked my question about the Eternals!

[Frontier]

Firestar and Spidey commiserating over their bad costumes while Iceman is left in pieces.

How many curly hair variants can Kitty have? All of them.

[Nicoclaws]

Loving that Kate panel.

Me too ! Perfect Judgemental Pryde. Cannot wait for her issue.

[Nicoclaws]

I honestly would have preferred his initial ideas for AXE but it would have been less flashy and sold a lot less so I understand why the editors chose that direction.

[danielsan52]

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[Alex_Of_X]

I’m very surprised to not only hear that Immortal was pitched with four 3-issue arcs since we dived into Judgment Day so quickly and that half of those arcs have seemingly been scrapped.

What are the other two, I wonder. Destiny's new diaries and Sins of Sinister, I suppose.

I'm hard-pressed to think how an AI story would function with the quiet council--none of them are tech guys. Must've been a Cypher and Warlock arc, I guess.

[ARkadelphia]

Excellent storyline
Excellent interview

Just wish that someone was takin on the reigns of The Eternals as the Omega issue leaves them in a very interesting place with many different pathways to take.