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Post by D. Golightly on Jan 5, 2016 10:31:55 GMT -5
Right now the X-Men Branch of Marvel 2000 has only four active titles - WTF?! The site was basically founded on X-Men lore, and it has a HUGE archive of X-Men related titles. It's time to bring out some more stories and get this branch swinging again! Here are some suggestions to get your imaginations running:
Bishop - It's been many years since Bishop has shined at M2K. With his powers lost for a time, and then tenure built on an old X-Force squad, he's ready to take center-stage once again. Perhaps a little time-shuffle could leave Bishop powered up more than ever before and he finds himself being hunted by the XSE. Why? The reasons are up to you.
Gambit - Ryan Jent took a swing at Remy back in 2009 and we've been itching for a new writer since the series stopped. He was also appearing in Uncanny X-Men thanks to Bryan Locke, but that series is also on hiatus. We need someone to come in hard on a new Gambit tale, one that perhaps puts his back in the bayou, down on his luck, until a mysterious stranger tracks him down and offers him a job he just can't pass up: stealing Cerebro from his former teammates.
Generation X - It's been about two years since the last issue from Eric Zane, and we've waiting to see what happens with the M, Jubliee, Husk, and Chamber as they track down the Apocalypse Twins and Cassandra Nova. Yes, there is a little clean-up to do here, but I would be happy to step in and co-write so that the title could be giving a fresh start.
Sabertooth - Ben Wolfert did an excellent job of following Creed after the X-Men left him for dead. Sabertooth tried to find himself, stay under the radar, and just make a little money. He ended up bumping heads with D'Sparye instead. His peace now obliterated, Sabertooth is ready to get back out there and make his mark. This series is primed for a new write to take over!
If something here tickles your fancy, or you have other ideas, please send them over to h4hdave@yahoo.com!
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Post by fairchild on Mar 20, 2016 19:47:25 GMT -5
Can I ask you a question regarding X-ideas?
The X-Men have always been about protection of the mutant race. Xavier had his more perceived gentle ways while Magneto was more "protective/active." Either way they chose, they still maintained their mutant society in Westchester, Asteroid M, Massachusetts, Muir Isle, San Francisco, Genosha, Australia...away from the public that hated them. I always questioned how does one get acceptance from the majority of homo-sapiens when they are isolated. Where you take people like Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Northstar, Justice, and Firestar who sided with more main line groups and its almost forgotten that they are mutants by society.
My question would be, would it be considered still an X-title if a gathered group of mutants actually departed from an inclusive society and actually mingled against FF or Avengers villains? I know they couldn't control who they fought and minor hate groups would arise against them, but the main point would be to gain acceptance by mingling with homo-sapien culture.
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Post by fairchild on Mar 20, 2016 21:37:27 GMT -5
I would read that Cerebro idea.
A Gambit idea I always had in my head would be something like Crank(movie)/Suicide Squad. A bunch of thieves get gathered together or relayed the same mission. The only way for the person to get Gambit and the others to accept would be to tell Gambit and others that they are dying and only the people that would accomplish said task would get a cure to survive. The person that does not succeed gets the M2K axe. I guess it would be M2Ks version of Survivor. Of course there would be some thief on thief shenanigans in the time period, but the main character of Gambit would still be intact. I know there is a problem with character deaths so a lot of low name/character created characters would have to be used to not interfere with the character pull.
In actuality, you could actually spin the Survivor idea into a Fallen Angels idea. The team gathered have to steal stuff and other impossible missions to get an extended cure. The team can't tell their X-friends or they get their head blown off. I think that scene of someone actually contacting someone and then getting their head blown to bits or dying rather harshly would be a good foundation in issue 1.
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Post by D. Golightly on Mar 21, 2016 8:31:07 GMT -5
Can I ask you a question regarding X-ideas? The X-Men have always been about protection of the mutant race. Xavier had his more perceived gentle ways while Magneto was more "protective/active." Either way they chose, they still maintained their mutant society in Westchester, Asteroid M, Massachusetts, Muir Isle, San Francisco, Genosha, Australia...away from the public that hated them. I always questioned how does one get acceptance from the majority of homo-sapiens when they are isolated. Where you take people like Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Northstar, Justice, and Firestar who sided with more main line groups and its almost forgotten that they are mutants by society. My question would be, would it be considered still an X-title if a gathered group of mutants actually departed from an inclusive society and actually mingled against FF or Avengers villains? I know they couldn't control who they fought and minor hate groups would arise against them, but the main point would be to gain acceptance by mingling with homo-sapien culture. Excellent idea. Are the x-books defined by their environment or who they are? Are these X-Men centric titles based on the cast or their ideals? On who they oppose? Sounds like something worth exploring...in a new X-Men Branch title! Accepting pitches now.
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Post by brawl2099 on Mar 21, 2016 16:17:40 GMT -5
My question would be, would it be considered still an X-title if a gathered group of mutants actually departed from an inclusive society and actually mingled against FF or Avengers villains? I know they couldn't control who they fought and minor hate groups would arise against them, but the main point would be to gain acceptance by mingling with homo-sapien culture. Excellent idea. Are the x-books defined by their environment or who they are? Are these X-Men centric titles based on the cast or their ideals? On who they oppose? Sounds like something worth exploring...in a new X-Men Branch title! Accepting pitches now. I personally dig the hell out of a more "superhero" X-Men team, and branching out into helping fight other threats. IMO, I think settling a team somewhere like Miami or Chicago would be a fabulous setting to set up that type of title. Or LA. I would write an LA based X-Men/mutant title.
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Post by fairchild on Mar 21, 2016 17:10:24 GMT -5
Excellent idea. Are the x-books defined by their environment or who they are? Are these X-Men centric titles based on the cast or their ideals? On who they oppose? Sounds like something worth exploring...in a new X-Men Branch title! Accepting pitches now. I personally dig the hell out of a more "superhero" X-Men team, and branching out into helping fight other threats. IMO, I think settling a team somewhere like Miami or Chicago would be a fabulous setting to set up that type of title. Or LA. I would write an LA based X-Men/mutant title.
Is that a legit semi-pitch, Tony? lol.
Miami would be cool. I think the person to actually get it going would be Warren Worthington. It would fit the LA area since he was on Champions, its apart from San Francisco, and Warren has the money. In actuality, Warren could get subsidiaries from other wealthy mutants: Sunspot and M. I think Forge would also be a good candidate too. He is very wide range with magic, government ties, and his tech has been on both sides of the argument. Either way, both can take the intent of Xavier's dream and alter it, IMO.
I can write an anthology for Angel to get it started, Tony. I wanted to do an anthology anyways. Lets talk.
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Post by Stephen Crosby on Mar 21, 2016 18:11:24 GMT -5
Detroit would be nice, nothing bad happens to teams that settle in Detroit.
I'm not a fan of the X-Men as just another super-team. Their main purpose is to help emerging mutants. There needs to be a solid X-Title about finding new mutants, take things back to the core concept. A squad that travels the world to find a new mutant, not necessarily recruiting that mutant each time. Just drawing from the many, many mutants introduced over the past decade, this title could go on for dozens of stories.
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Post by fairchild on Mar 21, 2016 18:26:58 GMT -5
Detroit would be nice, nothing bad happens to teams that settle in Detroit. I'm not a fan of the X-Men as just another super-team. Their main purpose is to help emerging mutants. There needs to be a solid X-Title about finding new mutants, take things back to the core concept. A squad that travels the world to find a new mutant, not necessarily recruiting that mutant each time. Just drawing from the many, many mutants introduced over the past decade, this title could go on for dozens of stories.
you could name it...New Mutants! It would be an easy spin but me personally am sick of the team an entire school in the background. I guess I was just burned out with Xavier's school and Jean Grey's school.
The "super hero" concept for X-Men could still have them find mutants too. Sort of like how the original X-factor pretended to be the X-terminators. I just thought the idea of total integration by the mutant race would be an awkward experience and thus I asked. But I asked if Xavier's dream was to just earn acceptance from the outside or total acceptance. In social history, there came a point in the civil rights movement when the blacks would go to school with the whites. I wonder if the non-super hero X-Men would consider this hypothetical X-Men team as "sellouts?"
When Xavier first recruited Colossus, his exact words were: "Power such as yours belongs to the world, Peter-- to be used for the good of all."
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Post by D. Golightly on Mar 22, 2016 9:44:22 GMT -5
Detroit would be nice, nothing bad happens to teams that settle in Detroit. I'm not a fan of the X-Men as just another super-team. Their main purpose is to help emerging mutants. There needs to be a solid X-Title about finding new mutants, take things back to the core concept. A squad that travels the world to find a new mutant, not necessarily recruiting that mutant each time. Just drawing from the many, many mutants introduced over the past decade, this title could go on for dozens of stories.
you could name it...New Mutants! It would be an easy spin but me personally am sick of the team an entire school in the background. I guess I was just burned out with Xavier's school and Jean Grey's school.
The "super hero" concept for X-Men could still have them find mutants too. Sort of like how the original X-factor pretended to be the X-terminators. I just thought the idea of total integration by the mutant race would be an awkward experience and thus I asked. But I asked if Xavier's dream was to just earn acceptance from the outside or total acceptance. In social history, there came a point in the civil rights movement when the blacks would go to school with the whites. I wonder if the non-super hero X-Men would consider this hypothetical X-Men team as "sellouts?"
When Xavier first recruited Colossus, his exact words were: "Power such as yours belongs to the world, Peter-- to be used for the good of all."
Stick with me for X-Factor, Crosby.
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Post by brawl2099 on Mar 22, 2016 13:54:49 GMT -5
IMO, the X-Men can never get away from social activism. They need to be that. Can their adventures be slightly more superheroic? Yes, absolutely. But you can't lose the thing that made the X-Men unique.
One of my favorite X-Men concepts is the globe trotting team, seeking out and helping mutants. It's one of the few takes on the X-Men that I haven't written. It'd be great to take that concept with a few "graduated" second or third generation mutants (like Kitty, Sam Guthrie, and Dani Moonstar). I love that concept, and it's incredibly fertile.
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Post by fairchild on Mar 22, 2016 16:11:41 GMT -5
Hey David, I think if Tony runs with the super X-Men team that I should get a couple of site badges for the idea.
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Post by fairchild on Mar 22, 2016 16:45:12 GMT -5
oh snap. I feel some site badges coming my way.
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Post by D. Golightly on Apr 15, 2016 13:55:27 GMT -5
Man, what I wouldn't give to get Wolverine rolling at M2K again...
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Post by C William Russette on Apr 15, 2016 14:29:39 GMT -5
He's tied up in x-men isn't he?
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Post by D. Golightly on Apr 15, 2016 14:42:35 GMT -5
If you can count Cory's once a year release as tied up. Logan has a weird and long history at M2K, so I'd be cool with just revamping the character, or trying to move forward with him instead of delving into his past all the time.
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