SNEAK PEEK: X-Factor Forever #1

Whan asked how the idea of bringing the title came about Simonson (writer) said: "Mark Paniccia asked me if I'd be interested in doing an "X-Factor: Forever" miniseries, picking up after the end of "X-Factor" #64. That was my last issue before I left Marvel to do "Superman: Man of Steel" over at DC.

I thought the idea was interesting, but [I felt that] that I'd better re-read my old "X-Factor" comics before I committed.

As I re-read those early "X-Factor" comics, I realized that, beginning with Paul Smith's issues, I had been setting up a major storyline. Circumstances had intervened, but the set-up was clearly present. I began to get excited. Maybe I could do that story after all - but with a slightly different twist. So I told Mark that yes, if he liked the story I proposed, I would love to write "X-Factor: Forever."

The story is being set off in the continuity where the 1991 story of X-Fctor left off: "The original X-Men are still together, though all have been transformed by events in their continuity. Those events shook them, but, now, all are beginning to get their acts together.

Jean remains troubled by memories that aren't hers and the occasional manifestation of Phoenix or Goblin Queen personas . The infant Christopher hasn't been infected by the transmode virus by Apocalypse or carried off into the future. Cable isn't Christopher, returned. The Phalanx story and the "Age of Apocalypse" don't exist. The future, beyond "X-Factor" #64, hasn't happened. It's a blank slate."

(If you want to read the complete interview follow the CBR.com link below)

X-FACTOR FOREVER #1 (of 5)
COVER: Dan Panosian
WRITER: Louise Simonson
PENCILS: Dan Panosian
THE STORY:
THEY'RE BACK! Once they were Xavier's young charges: mutant teens who bore the responsibility of protecting a world that hated them. But time has hardened these five X-Men, forcing them to reimagine their mission and purpose. And now, the original dream-team returns to fight the one threat that's haunted them since the day they took on the X-Factor name. Join legendary X-scribe Louise Simonson as she reunites with the title and characters she made famous for an epic in the FOREVER tradition!
ON SALE: March, 2010
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SoratheKey - Well I guess it's safe to say this is going to stand on it's own continuity... and if it's anything like X-Men Forever we all know it won't totally suck... Plus this means Jean is back!