![]() ![]() “There’s an expectation for me to write bigger books that have a wider reach than that. “Marvel doesn’t really pay me to just write ongoing monthly books,” added Hickman. ![]() But this doesn’t mean he’s leaving Marvel behind altogether. Plus, Hickman is joining other industry heavyweights like James Tynion IV to create new comics for Substack. ![]() For instance, Marvel just relaunched its flagship X-Men series with Gerry Duggan taking over writing duties. There have been several hints over the last few months that Hickman was preparing to step down. Readers technically shouldn’t be surprised by this turn of events. RELATED: Jonathan Hickman’s Inferno Ushers in a Bold New Era For the X-Men I was also pretty clear with all the writers that came into the office what the initial, three-act plan was so no one would be surprised when it was time for the line to pivot.” And while this loosely worked as a three-year plan, I told Marvel upfront that I honestly had no idea how long the first part would last because there were a lot of interesting ideas that I had seeded that other creators would want to play with, and so, we left this rather open-ended. “When I pitched the X-Men story I wanted to do, I pitched a very big, very broad, three-act, three-event narrative, the first of which was House of X. “Oh, plans have changed entirely,” said Hickman. ![]()
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