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Joe Casey would like everyone to know that he came up with the title Weapon X - man , even though someone else published it a year ago .
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Joe Caseywrites on his Substack about the line of his upcomingWeapon X - Menseries , as well as another that was issue eaerlier this class that he did n’t have anything to do with .
" The most recent successes … the Logan movie … the two Deadpool films … the Deadpool & Wolverine plastic film ( at that compass point , still over a year out from release in theater ) … were fairly secure — if not painfully obvious — indicators of what was see commercial-grade . Given that , and given my lifelong love for superhero team Holy Writ , my thoughts started strike in that direction , trying to come up with something that would well take advantage of all of the available data . And then it light upon me , like one of Storm ’s lightning bolt , right through the center of my brain — " Weapon X - Men " ! "
" I wrote up a warm pitch , fired if off to Jordan , and a couple of month later , we met in somebody at the fabled San Diego Comic - Con to discuss it . gratuitous to say , Jordan was into it . I mean , of course he was . Who would n’t be ? We judder hands , both of us intent on getting the ball rolling on this series as soon as we got home from SDCC . About a week later on , I check in with Jordan , who inform me that he ’d discourse my WEAPON X - MEN pitch with Marvel EiC , C.B. Cebulski , and that he was into it . Again , no surprisal . It looked like we were full speed forwards . Then thing contract weird . "
" Literally the following Monday , I heard from Jordan again . on the face of it , things had change . He could n’t say how they ’d changed , only that plans that had been in place the week before were no longer on substantial ground … "
" I figured there was a hazard that WEAPON X - MEN could still have a life . I affirm with Jordan that my pitch had been pass on to Tom , after which I quickly got in touch to see where things were at . Tom ensure me that he did indeed have the pitching , he saw its commercial-grade virtue , and that he would get back to me once he ’d fall in and figured out how he was gon na undertake the X - franchise , in general . Cut to : about two calendar month afterward . I receive an e - chain mail out of the blue from Jordan White , still serving out his term now as a game duck X - editor . Very matter of factly , he countenance me make love that Marvel was about to foretell a steel - young series … … calledWEAPON X - MEN . Not the same seriesIhad monger , of trend . Jordan preemptively guarantee me that this was an entirelydifferentidea ( in linguistic process that , to me , sort of reek of corporate fucking - natural covering ) … So I did what any borderline sane professional comicbook author would do and perplex in spot with Tom Brevoort mighty off to find out what happen . And , to his credit , Tom did a nimble moment of enquire on his end and soon come back to me with the substantial story . I wo n’t go into too much point here , because I theorise it ’s probably Tom ’s story to tell … but the long and short of it is as keep an eye on : the miniskirt - series in inquiry had adifferenttitle in the beginning . Tom wantedthattitle as part of his forthcoming relaunch and informed the editor call for that they should just find anewtitle for their mini - series . Without Tom ’s cognition ( or Jordan White ’s , for all I know ) , the WEAPON X - MEN form of address was lifted from my pitch and haphazardly slapped onto the miniskirt - serial publication . Even thewriterof said mini - series ( an surprisingly standup guy , btw ) did n’t even fuck what had happen ( or where the title had in the beginning come from ) . "
Indeed , a yr ago , Bleeding Cool scoop out the news that Marvel would be publishing aWeapon X - Menseries , which they did back in March byChristos GageandYildiray Cinar , featuring carcajou from across the timeline , and starring the one fromAge Of Apocalypsewho also appeared inDeadpool & Wolverine . Could this have been the title originally annoucned asNew 10 - Men ? Or was thatX - Men : Heir of Apocalypse ? Either way , it fill in a few gap and confirms the fully grown change at Marvel regarding the X - Men we antecedently report on . Joe casey continues ;
" Tom was sympathetic to my frustration . We talked about still going forward with the series concept I had pitched … but maybe under another title . A dissimilar title . I told Tom specifically that , if my pitchwaseventually approved , I definitely want to keep the title I ’d call up of . If , for no other reason , so I could tellthisbehind - the - scenes story when I did press for it . I ’m like Dustin Hoffman ’s movie producer role in the film , Wag The Dog , and his exasperate shibboleth … " I want the acknowledgment ! " Three calendar month later , we perplex the greenlight . "
arm X - Men#1 byJoe CaseyandChris Crossis published by Marvel in February 2025 as part ofOne World Under Doom .
WEAPON X - MEN # 1 ( OF 5)MARVEL COMICSDEC240639(W ) Joe Casey ( A ) Chris Cross ( CA ) Alex RossWOLVERINE ! DEADPOOL ! CABLE ! CHAMBER ! THUNDERBIRD ! Together on their very own Adam - squad for the very first ex - time – all in an X - tra - sized first way out ! When a high - bet mutant rescue mission from the ultimate globular hot spot expose the true enemy – possibly from within – an all - new squad of all - activity image suddenly find themselves forge in ardour . And the official rank insurance policy is … no $ 4.99
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