X-Men Forever #1

X-Men Forever #1
From: Marvel
Writer: Chris Claremont
Art: Tom Grummett and Cory Hamscher
Review by Troy Brownfield; additional research by David Pepose

Let’s start then with the intent: the idea here is that Chris Claremont, who helmed the X-Men for 17 years and left after the third issue of gazillion-selling adjectiveless X-Men, gets to pick up where he originally left off. That book launched in summer of 1991, along with X-Force, which had kicked off two months prior. This was all prior to the launch of the X-Men animated series. I’ll add here that I was quite the X-fan growing up, and that I’ve always at least kept an eye on the books, even if I wasn’t actively reading them. In that era, I was.

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So is this an ongoing series?

Originally posted by Shadow_King
So is this an ongoing series?

I believe so.

This will be a, "What if?" comic.

What if, Claremont had not left the X-Men.

Because nothing in this comic will be canon.

Well it sounds interesting, so i might give it a read.

So anyone else gonna be reading this comic??

Nope, looks like crap.

I shall be

Still waiting on the local comic place to get in the X-men Forever Alpha #1.

me dont reed two godd.

I see.....you might want fix that.

Originally posted by Kazenji
I shall be

Still waiting on the local comic place to get in the X-men Forever Alpha #1.

Are you sure this is out, because i went to a couple of comic places and not one had it.

Notice the Alpha part?

Originally posted by Shadow_King
So anyone else gonna be reading this comic??

Hell no, I wouldn't go near anything with the name Claremont these days.

What's wrong with Chris Claremont??? I thought the first three issues of X-men were good.

Also i just realized its a good thing i didnt get Alpha because it is just a reprint of the first three issues, which i already have.

Originally posted by Shadow_King
What's wrong with Chris Claremont??? I thought the first three issues of X-men were good.

Also i just realized its a good thing i didnt get Alpha because it is just a reprint of the first three issues, which i already have.

I think his dialogue is very outdated even back then. I re-read those issues and the dialogue was horrendous. I believe his lez & fishnet fetishes are what ruined Uncanny X-Men, Exiles, Excalibur etc... CC is also the reason why the X-Men remained stagnant pre-2000's. It's also the reason why UXM suffers under every writer that writes it, they've been stuck in a rut for so long that there's little to no leg room. Only characters that have been allowed to evolve are usable. Granted he has done a lot for the X-line but it was a mistake to give the franchise to one writer whose plots are recycled over and over again. I don't think I can take are one of his pet characters being possessed again.

Now current Claremont is even worse, and quite forgetful of continuity things he established an issue or two back.

so anyone read the first issue?

I read the issue... decent.. I will post some scans later

as promised...

ya the x-men pretty much got there asses kicked.

Who is that guy with the red hair ?

don't worrry i found it out.

oh ok, anybody think claremont is gonna stick to his idea that if he kills a character they stay dead???