AIPT: First, X-Fan Vit wanted to thank you for the awesome Gambit mini-series by Chris Claremont and Sid Kotian. Vit really loves it and is happy to see that Gambit #1 broke the top 20 July comic sales. Vit’s question is what must Gambit fans do to see more Gambit solo stories in the present and finally see Remy starring in main events?
Jordan: I mean, it sounds like you’re already doing your part, which is buying the Gambit mini-series and making it a big seller. I think that’s obviously the biggest thing — if we see that Gambit books sell, then Marvel will want us to make more of them.
Gambit’s a great character, so we do try to keep him in the thick of things as much as we can. Obviously, he’s been in Excalibur and then Knight of X recently.
With Knights of X ending, he’ll end up somewhere else. Where? It remains to be seen, so you shall see. But I suspect that you will enjoy some more Gambit content in the future. (his answer on Gambit continues on)
AIPT: While on the topic of telepaths, X-Fan Lystra said with Betsy Braddock banned from Britain, claiming Krakoan citizenship, and possibly going on multiverse adventures, what significance do you feel the Captain Britain mantle holds for her? It feels like the name and colors don’t match with her mission statement anymore.
Jordan: I think that’s Britain’s problem. [Laughs] I mean, she was chosen for the mantle and the Captain Britain Corps are bigger than any one country. She was chosen for the mantle and sinister forces within the British government are conspiring to deny her that right. For her to just abandon it would be just giving up and letting them win. And I don’t think that she has any interest in doing that. I also don’t think she’s ready to abandon Britain. So I don’t expect that story’s over. I think you will see future developments on that.
AIPT: When might we see those future developments?
Jordan:
I can’t say but it won’t be too long.
AIPT: NeXt, let’s take a trip to the not-too-distant past. X-Fan Luckyme was curious to learn what you think about the Uncanny Avengers concept and whether you think it could make a return in the Krakoan Era.
Jordan: I do think it could come back. There are ways in which the mutants and the Avengers are as divided as ever, if not more so. But there are other ways where I think that they either are working together or need to be working together even more. I mean, in A.X.E.: Judgment Day, you’re seeing some connections between them forming and shifting and things like that.
So I would not be shocked to see that concept come back in the Krakoan era.
AIPT: Well, Reine knows magic, and X-Fan Sinister was wondering if there are plans for a magic school on Krakoa.
Jordan: That’s a fun question, because that’s been teased a little bit with the characters talking about the concept of it. Obviously, the whole idea of mutant magic started in Tini Howard’s Excalibur and the development of the idea of Apocalypse as a kind of a mage training Rictor in it as a druid. And I know at one point him and Magik had a conversation about the possibility of that. I think anything is possible.
It depends on whether or not we think people would want to buy a magic school X-Men comic.
Right now, obviously there’s already a magic school book in the Marvel Universe with Strange Academy. And people seem to be enjoying it. So you never know, especially if that book continues to thrive, I would not be totally shocked to hear, “Hey, let’s see if we could do an X-Men Magic school.”
AIPT: As we wrap up, we haven’t spoken since the S.O.S. teaser dropped. It was fun to see so many people sharing your “Sinister, Sinister, Sinister” answer from the last XMA as a possible explanation for it. So, X-Fan Tyler Zinsmeister asked if there’s anything you can tease about Sins of Sinister.
Jordan: This is a story we’ve been cooking up for a while. I think it’s going to be really neat. It’s too early for me to tell you the shape of it and exactly how it works. But some folks that you’re well familiar with in the X-Office are working on it currently, and designs are coming in for new looks and new versions of characters that are awesome.
Hopefully it won’t be too long before you guys are able to see some art of these folks.
It playfully uses a concept that Jonathan Hickman introduced in Powers of X in a fun way that gets very messed up and dark. And it obviously is driven by Sinister. This is the future that Sinister wants.
AIPT: Very nice. And finally, between now and the end of 2022, can we expect any additional X-series announcements?
Jordan: Oh yeah, definitely. Absolutely. Yes, you can definitely expect to hear about some new X-projects before the end of the year. Some of which I’ve probably evaded mentioning in this interview already. [Laughs]