moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (10/22/84)
When reading the Oct. 26th issue of the Comic Buyer's Guide, I read that
Marvel is working on a new, direct-buyer magazine called THE X-FACTOR (it is
not on the schedule yet, but... well, read on). It will re-unite all the
members of the old X-Men team, who apparently are not too thrilled with how
the Prof is handling the New (well, to some...) X-Men and the New Muties.
Now the shocker: Chris Claremont will NOT be scripting the book! Hold onto
your socks, folks: Bob Layton will be plotting and inking, over Jackson
Guice's pencils. Having seen Jackson's work, this sounds like a good idea.
Layton will be working closely with Claremont, and the book is supposed to
be very interweaved with XM and NM plots (as well coordinated as Marvel
continuity gets, anyway...).
The Buyer's guide mentions that it will probably be out no earlier than late
next summer. Apparently, other mags will soon be altering to allow this to
take place (I guess that means the Defenders get a revamp...).
PS They said that the members would include Scott's Wife... no idea if that
means if Jean is back or not :-).
Whew! Never knew the journalism game could be so hot!
"She's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead."
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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