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An X-Men Panel @ the Fan Expo

Added August 23, 2008 at 8:27 PDT

C.B. Cebulski, John Barber, Matt Fraction, and Peter David talked about the future of the X-Men. According to these x-writers, Uncanny X-Men #504 will explain how Scott keeps secrets from Emma.

Issue #504 starts the story arc “Lovelorn” which deals with Colossus’ heartbreak over losing Kitty Pryde as well as how exactly Cyclops keeps secrets from Emma including the creation of the new X-Force team. On the former point, Fraction said that bringing Kitty Pryde back in any way beyond memory for the foreseeable future dishonors Joss Whedon’s last “Astonishing X-Men” arc.

Also, the difference between Uncanny X-Men and Astonishing X-Men:

The difference between “Uncanny” and “Astonishing” since they now share the same (or at least a very similar) cast was brought up by one fan prompting a lengthy chat on the subject. Fraction explained that while “Astonishing” is a book that focuses on adventures that take place within a smaller timeframe (despite the time it takes for the issues to be released), “Uncanny” is “the hub of the soap opera” which will be much more tied in to the other books from “X-Force” to “Wolverine.”

“That’s one of the reasons we wanted to get rid of this idea of the blue team and the gold team or whatever - to kind of introduce this ensemble book where characters can just show up and go away again,” he added saying that “if ‘Astonishing’ is the X-Men movie, ‘Uncanny’ is the X-Men TV show.”

View the full article via Comicbookresources.com HERE