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I don't agree with your opinions and takes at all about Cyclops or the new era, but sometimes the best thing to do is to take a break. Take care of yourself, reset, come back to the X-Men comics later one day.

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deletedJun 10
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Tom has already confirmed (in #113) that he will address what actually happened between the 3 characters in the pages of the upcoming books, perhaps Jean in the hot tub scene (and the other few moments in the Percy run) may not actually be real Jean or whatever, so why not wait until it's revealed later then u can complain if it was to your liking or not.

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Tom pretty much confirmed on his #113 newsletter that he will address what actually could have happened between the 3 characters in the pages of the books, so don't worry too much about it, the truth will be revealed in the near future. What the previous editor says/thinks is his own opinion and doesn't mean anything in Tom's current X-men era, if it's revealed that there was no open relationship then perhaps Jean in that hot tub with Logan or the Jean that kissed Logan in the summer house wasn't actually Jean herself and will be explained, hopefully soon.

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deletedJun 9
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Madelyne Prior will appear in X-men From the ashes #7, which is the digital only comic not the core X-Men title.

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Ugh! I wondered where I’d picked that up! I’d managed to avoid it for four whole years. Covid really does suck! I know that now. Hope you feel better soon.

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sorry you got covid but glad my beaver shenanigans could entertain you

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That Wuhan story is just a cover up because EVERYONE knows the 'rona was created in a lab in Saskatchewan as a bioweapon to protect Canada's southern border.

Just because no one's saying it doesn't mean it's true.

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Where WAS Chip in 2019?

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Exactly! So much being covered up, like you wouldn’t believe.

Those Canadians…

We were up there for long enough last Summer and, well… we got their number. At least no Canuckarona virus.

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I think you're an Omega-level Editor Tom!

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The question about “destroying characters” brought up Beast’s heel turn during the Krakoa era and made me remember another heel turn that seemed rather strange to me when it happened: Phil Coulson joining Mephisto during Jason Aaron’s AVENGERS run. Do you remember why Coulson was chosen as the bad guy? As an editor, how do you know when a heel turn (or a face turn) will work for a character and when it might be better to leave them where they are?

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I also wonder if by "destroying", the original commentor didn't perhaps just mean heel turning a character or taking them down a darker path that unfortunately "poisons the well", not necessarily implying that the creater is actively trying to ruin a character. And as far as "any character can be dusted off and be redeemed", I think Hank Pym would like a word. Several attemps have been made to "dust him off", and they never stick. I've heard anecdotally that he is a character creators have tried to ruin, because domestic abuse is one of the few crimes in comics that should never be forgiven.

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Hank Pym is a good counterexample but 99% Tom is right and the characters are durable

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I know that you can't say much about it for now but there's anything that you can say more about iceman & thunderbird and why do you think that we're gonna be talking about them a lot by the end of the year

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Is Namor still considered a mutant? If so, can we expect him to interact with the core X-Men in this new era?

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Do you think comics will ever be cooler than that time The Todd did a debate with Peter David shirtless?

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That wasn't even cool.

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And wasn't comics, either!

[I was there. It all happened in one panel and there were no word balloons or anything.]

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"one panel"

If intentional, this is a hell of a pun.

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It was in the con schedule as a panel and everything.

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Tom, I'm so sorry to hear that you got the bug. Please rest up, and here's hoping your recovery is swift and smooth. It would be an act of malicious cruelty to pose a difficult question to you at a time like this, so in that spirit, allow me to pose a difficult question to you: when the X-Men play their favored team sport, is it underhand softball, or overhand baseball? Your answers will henceforth be considered canon.

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Speaking of Covid (sorry about that, by the way), was there ever any talk of showing how Covid affected the Marvel universe? Would an individual title have been allowed to introduce a Covid storyline?

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Very sorry to hear about Covid; hope you're on the mend soon.

One question that's been in my head lately: do you see any parallels between editing the Avengers titles in the aftermath of Secret Wars and editing the X-books in the aftermath of Krakoa? And if so, is there anything you learned from the former that you've applied to the latter?

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I am sorry Mr Brevoort Hope you recove y soon, the best wishes and iI am agree with your with Cyclops like leader and her marriage with Jean now I can not ask to you that I would like and not will disturb more only want that Kitty has a big role with you 💪💪💪💪💪

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Tom…hope you’re feeling better. Looking forward to your turn on X-Men. I enjoyed quite a bit of the Krakoa era and it’s not like I can’t go back and reread some of it to enjoy it again if I feel the urge. I am sorry tho to see G.O.D.S. end. Wasn’t sure about it initially but there have been a few times recently when reading it that I thought it was Marvel’s best, most unique title. Course, typing this on Sunday haven’t picked up the last issue yet but…was it always going to be a mini series?

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