Brian Michael Bendis is wrapping up his Uncanny X-Men, All-New X-Men run. The fan-favorite writer confirmed his final issue, Uncanny X-Men #600, will be delayed until October after Secret Wars.
This milestone issue will be his final word on classic and new mutants he created. Bendis inherited “broken” super couple Scott Summers and Emma Frost after the tragic events of Avengers vs. X-Men. Cyclops and Frost broke up and their powers were broken.
Cyclops and the Phoenix are far from over as you can see in the pages of Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman.
What does Bendis have to say about where he’s taken Scott and Emma on his X-run?
Here’s what he said on CBR’s X-Position:
“What I attempted to do with Emma, and I think Emma is fiercely intelligent character, who would look around at a low point and see it for what it is. Losing her psychic connection made her a stronger human being. Maybe it was a bit of a crutch for her old sassy self. Here, she was forced to connect with people on a more human level and at the same time maybe realize that the glorious bitch-fest that she was capable of stirring may have not been the answer to everything. Some of that was my reaction to sometimes seeing her written as a type. It would annoy me. I know some people would argue with me, I’m sure they will right here, but that it seems very one-note to me. Just in general, when Emma would show up it would be like, “Oh, it’s sassy Emma with her boobs sticking out and she’s gonna make everybody feel bad!” [Laughs] I wondered what else was there for her, and maybe it was time to knock her down a peg or two and see what’s there. “AvX” certainly put the characters where I like to put them most, which is down on their hands trying to figure out what they’re made of and what they’re doing. Her connection with Cyclops was irrevocably damaged and I wanted to explore all of that. That was Emma. I know we took away some of her sassiness, which people really like about her, and I know that was frustrating to people because I was, like, not writing the part of her that they liked, but I thought we’d seen enough of that, let’s look at the other parts of her. That’s not all she’s about. That was my feeling there.”
“As far as Cyclops — as I describe in the last issue that shipped but there’s more coming with Cyclops, this entire run may have been a nervous breakdown of his. He’s standing over the body of his mentor and one of his fathers that he may or may not have had some culpability in killing and the school that he grew up in was taken away from him and his chance at fixing the world blew up in his face because of the Phoenix again. F—— Phoenix! Cyclops, being a mentor and teacher, did not have a moment to allow himself to grieve and may have been dealing with a prolonged nervous breakdown. That was my main thrust with him.”
Bendis will wrap up his X-run with Uncanny X-Men #600 scheduled for October following Secret Wars.
By Editor