Tom Brevoort Q&A "From the Ashes"

Senior Editor Tom Brevoort recently held a Q&A on his Substack, offering hints about the upcoming "From the Ashes" X-Men line.

When can we expect more information on X-Force, X-Factor, Phoenix, Storm, Wolverine, and NYX?

Brevoort: We haven’t yet said anything about those other books, in large part because all of this is still a number of months off, and I don’t think it would be square to pull attention so sharply from the end of the Krakoa era that’s playing out now. But as time goes on, you’ll begin to get more and more of the information you’re after. And the first thing that you’ll actually be able to see and read will be the story in this year’s Free Comic Book Day release, which’ll be in stores the first Saturday in May. So just over a month away now.

Does your Office have something in mind to avoid alieniating those who fell in love with the Krakoan era?

Brevoort: We’re going to do a bunch of good comics. That’s the only way to attract and enthrall any readers, new or established. We’re going to make you want to read them by making you want to read them.

You mentioned before you might ship more than 12 issues a month of some of the new X-books - is that still in the cards? And if so, are you looking to do it regularly or more on an ad-hoc basis?

Brevoort: It is, yes. Before the editorial switch-over, Jordan White had been planning to have the two main X-MEN books ship 18 issues a year, and that plan sounded wise to me, so we’ll be keeping it in place. X-MEN and UNCANNY will alternate in this regard, with two issues on sale every other month in rotation.

Prior to the SXSW 2024 "From the Ashes" reveals, "Women of Marvel" #1 unexpectedly confirmed that Rogue and Shadowcat would be leading new X-Men books each in the post-Krakoa era. Additionally, a recent Marvel.com article on variant covers confirmed a "From the Ashes" book featuring Betsy Braddock and Rachel Summers. To what extent are you involved in these pre-announcement revelations? Do you have to provide approval, or is it solely Marvel Marketing's decision?

Brevoort: I’m involved in all of those reveals, and I signed off on both of them, and provided editor Sarah Brunstad with some reference for the X-Men future images in WOMEN OF MARVEL #1. (But not Storm, we didn’t have her design finalized yet, and so I wound up telling her to just put her in some well-tailored suit. But that and her mohawk haircut seem to have wound some people up. Nothing to worry about, though, she’ll look different when you see her in the new books.) And there’s some other stuff that you might have heard about by now, except that it was all elements that I wasn’t ready to reveal yet, and so they were eliminated. While occasionally some wires will get crossed, in general we at Marvel prefer to function as a coordinated team.