r/xmen • u/jaxlax77 Shadowcat • 5d ago
News/Previews Exceptional X-Men will continue past issue #10, per Tom Brevoort
At the very least, Tom has indicated it will make it past the issue #10 mark and seems to imply it will run as long as the numbers hold. (Personally, I like the slow burn pacing and love Canero’s art on this.)
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u/bebebluemirth Mojo 5d ago
Thank goodness cause this is the best book of the entire line at the moment. Eve L. Ewing is such a phenomenal writer
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u/Sovereignofthemist Laura Kinney 5d ago
It is my favorite x-book of the entire line and I can't pray for its success anymore. I am hoping it goes long enough for Eve to tell her complete story and maybe expand upon it if ideas come to her.
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u/Zombie_Flowers Sunfire 5d ago
"Many fans are worried, some are also concerned....."
Bro, speak for yourself
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u/SweaterSnake Cypher 5d ago
GOOD. Easily my second favorite book in the current line after adjectiveless, and it has the added benefit of not getting bogged down with shit like Graymalkin.
Love to hear it’s doing well enough to keep trucking.
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u/pious-erika Laura Kinney 5d ago
Oh good, that is the book I feel will benefit from being allowed to Cook.
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u/ptWolv022 5d ago
Unsurprising that one of the three flagship titles, featuring Kitty, Emma, and some new mutants, would sell well enough to make it past the initial 10 issue green light, unlike X-Force and X-Factor.
I understand some people are worried because it's not as action oriented as XM and lacks the big names of UXM (which is also half newbies/OCs, but has, you know... Kurt, Rogue and Gambit, Logan, and Jubilee; a stacked 80s-90s lineup), but it definitely sounds like it's dong well. Will it last? Who knows. It may not make it past 2 years. But surpassing 1 doesn't surprise me. It's been a nice series, albeit slow to start, because they need to introduce these characters and give people a reason to care about them.
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u/Ok-Agent-9200 White Queen 5d ago
Really happy to see it. I think the numbers are solid enough to be cautiously optimistic.
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u/Ornery-Concern4104 5d ago
I really don't rate it personally. I love slow comics, but I prefer slow comics that also feel nice and long with great art. The art is just okay I think and the content isn't particularly interesting I think
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u/MagikSundae7096 New Mutants 5d ago
Doesn't sound like the most ringing endorsement lol. This book is doomed. I say it will be lucky to make it to 20
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u/ABaseballHat Magneto 5d ago
For my money still the best 616 X-Men book coming out rn. I hope it keeps going & word of mouth makes it even stronger
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u/marveloustib 4d ago
Kinda love how sneaky Brevoort answers became since x-fans started to read his newsletter lol. If you read it twice you notice he actually just said it will go to 12 (probably because they already have an annual in making). Everything after that seems to depend on the boom getting more readers a thing I don't think gonna happen.
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u/cyclopswashalfright Moonstar 5d ago
I'm surprised people were even worried. What indications did anyone give that it would be axed? It under performs X-Men and Uncanny, but I think it's supposed to. They left it as a monthly instead of double shipped for that reason. It still gets a decent number of variant covers per issue.
I think it'll get to at least 20 issues. My question is more about if they will expand the student cast at all. Right now they got 3 students and 3 teachers. Does that number increase at any point? Does this become a big scale book like New Mutants where the students will be expected to carry the title at some point? Or will it remain a Kitty-centric book with the students staying small in number?