Sounds awful.
When this rumor first hit the internet, some assumed it was about Jean and some assumed it was about Hope. Not sure anyone knows definitively.
The other books are named after main characters, so it seems odd that the Phoenix book would be about a secondary character like Hope instead of a main one like Jean. A Jean book would likely be more successful.
Yeah but Immortal X-Men and the Jean solo has been dealing with the Phoenix with both Jean and Hope involved... With Hope using the Phoenix by mimicing Jean, and she's lowkey Gillen's pet character. Meanwhile Rachel has been doing her own thing as Askani with Xavier and the Dead X-Men so I don't see much Phoenix foreshadowing/buildup for her.
Honestly while I hated that Rachel was sidelined for AvX, I think she's got something going on right now rather good so I"m ok with her not having the title.
Expect everything except for X-Men and Wolverine to be a 4 issue mini.
Just need the Cyclops solo comic to be true, specially if the creative team is correct.
Failing Cyclops getting a solo, a important role in a team book by Jed McKay could be enough.
But, we have to remember that Gail Simone was talking about how great Cyclops is, was one of the first signs she was going to the X-Office, so one could think she would be handling the character.
Well if the leaks are correct its going to be written by Stephanie Philips. Which I'm not entirely familiar with her catalogue, but she used her Cosmic Ghost Rider from last year to set-up and create female Cosmic Ghost Rider of all things.
So we have a writer who is willing create a spin-off character of a spin-off character.
I’m usually not the type to dislike what a creator put out so much to NEVER want try their stuff again, but her Rogue & Gambit mini was one of the worst things I’ve ever read. And literally all she had to do to make it work as series was write the title characters as a functional couple. But it was 5 issue of people thinking they were gonna get a divorce based on how poorly they were being portrayed.
Judging by May's solicits it looks like something may happen to Hope in the last issue of X-Men Forever which sounds plausible. If Hope leaves then that may very well gut the resurrection protocols. Meanwhile the cover of Rise 5 which comes out after has Jean as Phoenix. I have no idea of what's going to happen to Jean at the end of RotPox which is why I'm kinda nervous about Thursday's news.