C2E2: Marvel X-Men Panel Recap

Moderator Arune Singh introduced the panelists: Tom Brevoort, Jordan D. White, C.B. Cebulski, Paul Cornell, Brian Wood, Rick Remender, Ramon Perez, Declan Shalvey, and Jordie Bellaire.

Uncanny Avengers was the first book up to the plate, which deals with the rise of the Apocalypse Twins, who have created the new Four Horsemen of Death: Sentry, Daken, Banshee, and Grim Reaper. “All characters that I like a lot and we’re going to have a lot of fun with,” said Remender.

He added that all of the characters would bring “bad blood” to the various cast members of Uncanny Avengers. Daken and Wolverine in particular will be dealing with the events of Uncanny X-Force.

Perez revealed that he is leaving Wolverine and the X-Men, but said that he’s loved his time on the book and that Jason Aaron scripts were great fun to read. He added that he’d be sticking around on a different X-book but couldn’t say which one. White added that issue #29 will feature a character switching sides and joining the Hellfire Club.

Brian Wood’s X-Men was next, and the writer teased that there is a seventh cast member that will be revealed at the end of issue #1 in July. This lead to the reveal of X-Men: Battle of the Atom -- you can read our announcement and see some art here.

The biggest news was when Marvel teased a new story called Wolverine: Killable that will be starting in Wolverine #7. “Sabretooth and a number of the great X-Men villains decide that because of something that’s about to happen, Wolverine is going to become killable. We’re leading him into the shadow of the valley of death with Kitty Pryde by his side,” sad Cornell of his tale.

The big moment that makes Wolverine “killable” will happen at the end of Wolverine #6. “This is huge,” added Singh. “This is something you’re going to hate Paul for.” He also said that we can expect this story to have a massive media blitz behind it.

“It’s going to change the character across the board. I’m not saying you’re going to like it, but you’re going to react,” said Cornell. Singh joked that he hoped Doc Ock wasn’t involved.

Marvel also announced the end of X-Factor, which you can read more about here. Afterwards, White led the crowd in a ukulele-backed rendition of the 90s X-Men cartoon theme song before heading into fan Q&A.

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