Marvel Chronology Project

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #597
BETA RAY BILL: GODHUNTER #1 (OF 3)
DEADPOOL #11
FANTASTIC FOUR #567
LOCKJAW & THE PET AVENGERS #2 (OF 4)
MISS AMERICA COMICS #1: 70th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
THOR: TALES OF ASGARD BY LEE & KIRBY #2 (OF 6) (reprints)
UNCANNY X-MEN #511
UNCANNY X-MEN FIRST CLASS GIANT-SIZE SPECIAL #1
WAR OF KINGS: SAVAGE WORLD OF SKAAR
WOLVERINE #74
X-FACTOR #44

Other Stuff:
ENDER'S GAME: RECRUITING VALENTINE
GENEXT UNITED #2 (OF 5)
MARVEL ADVENTURES: SUPER HEROES #12
PRIDE & PREJUDICE #3 (OF 5)
PUNISHER FRANK CASTLE MAX #71
X-MEN FOREVER #1 (what if...? Claremont never left the X-Men?)

Collections:
ADAM: LEGEND OF THE BLUE MARVEL TPB
CAPTAIN BRITAIN & MI13 VOL. 2 TPB
DARK REIGN: DEADPOOL THUNDERBOLTS TPB
DEADPOOL VOL. 1 - SECRET INVASION TPB
ESSENTIAL THOR VOL. 4 TPB
EXCALIBUR VISIONARIES: ALAN DAVIS VOL. 1 TPB
RUNAWAYS: DEAD WRONG TPB
RUNAWAYS VOL. 8 TPB
SUB-MARINER: DEPTHS HC
X-MEN NOIR HC
X-MEN: THE END TRILOGY TPB

14 for me!

X-MEN FOREVER #1 (what if...? Claremont never left the X-Men?)

Is this not supposed to be canonical?

Paul Bourcier wrote:

X-MEN FOREVER #1 (what if...? Claremont never left the X-Men?)

Is this not supposed to be canonical?

A thousand times no!

It's not even a case of a clear divergence point - it's like Earth X in that it Claremont has licence to change anything. In this case, he's claimed that he's picking up after X 3, but he's also ignoring stuff established later (retcons like Deadly Genesis, Gambit's real name & background, etc) and he's even playing fast and loose with his own rule - e.g., he's referred to "the New Mutants" in interviews, but they were X-Force by the point he's nominally picking up at.

he's picking up after X 3, but he's also ignoring stuff established later (retcons like Deadly Genesis, Gambit's real name & background, etc)

Yes, exactly. Claremont could literally change anything he liked about this universe -- revealing that Prof. X has been a Skrull since UX #1, etc. Best to treat it as Earth-X-like; divergent from the very beginning of creation.

-Jeph!

OK. Thanks for the info, guys.

Four for me:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #597
FANTASTIC FOUR #567
UNCANNY X-MEN #511
X-MEN FOREVER #1

Pretty psyched for "X-Men Forever" - Claremont's "Uncanny" run (especially 1986-1991) will always be a sacred item to me. I'm not totally convinced there's more there for him to explore, but I'm all for giving him a shot.

The appeal of Forever comes from it being freed of commercial shackles. Here's a chance for Claremont to pick a direction for the characters with no regard for preserving them as money-making properties. It's going to be interesting regardless of the quality, i think. (And for the record - after reading the issue, loved it.)

Wasn't that the idea behind giving him Exiles/New Exiles?

A book he proceeded to drive so far into the ground it came out in Australia.

Hey, I live in Australia - it's a great place to be!

I didn't read Exiles, so I don't know how it ended up. But I've enjoyed the majority of Claremont's work on the core x-books since he returned. This is a 'core x-book' of a sort, and I loved the first issue - I really hope this book goes the distance.