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– The first ever Jean Grey ongoing series is coming, along with “Iceman,” the gold and blue X-Men teams, and “Generation X” as part of the ‘ResurrXion’ fallout. Dennis Hopeless and Victor Ibanez are bringing the teenage, time-displaced version of the character to the series, and the story, at least initially, seems to be focused on the Phoenix Force. Because, of course it is.
– This is the weirdest, but coolest, news of the day: “Shutter” #25, due out in December, is going to be a sort of Image crossover extravaganza, featuring Invincible, Savage Dragon, Glory, Witchblade, Shadowhawk, and more, along with the cast of the book. It is a love letter to Image, as “Shutter” begins to wrap up its run. What a cool, if totally unexpected, idea.
– Friend of the site Joe Eisma is taking over art duties on “Faith” for two issues (#7 and #8), replacing series artist Meghan Hetrick. Bleeding Cool’s Jude Terror suspected that this was due to Valiant’s miscalculation at having Hillary Clinton on the cover to #5, a connection that seemed utterly ridiculous. Well, it was, and Hetrick set the record straight – she has been injured and unable to work. Terror continues to do top notch work over at BC.
– In news that is firmly on the niche side, but absolutely in my wheelhouse, popular Dungeons and Dragon podcast The Adventure Zone is getting a First Second graphic novel next year, illustrated by Carey Pietsch, which recaps the first arc of the show, “Here There Be Gerblins.” This is amazing news for a few of us at the site (mainly myself, James, and Alice), and I can’t recommend the podcast highly enough.
– So, did Jeff Bridges help re-write Iron Man? He says so, and I can’t doubt the Dude.
– It appears that DC has changed its plans for January’s issues of “Batman,” which means both will be illustrated by the previously announced #15 artist Mitch Gerards, with covers by the previously announced #14 artist, Stephanie Hans. The story will now be a Batman/Catwoman two-parter and, if it is anything like their banter in recent issues, it will be insufferable.
– And, finally, George Lucas visited the Rogue One set, where he joked that the production should do more “on the computer.” Har har, Georgie.
