FROM Newsarama:

NRAMA: Gotcha. Moving to other topics - this week saw Brian Bendis (hopefully) explain or close the book on Xorn in New Avengers #20. Okay – honestly now – can you explain to us what he was/is? And Magneto has powers again? Depowered isn’t depowered, is it?

JQ: Kuan-Yen Xorn and Shen Xorn were twin brothers from China, both mutants, one with the power of a star in his head, one the power of a black hole. Kuan-Yen Xorn came under the influence of as-yet-to-be-revealed entity that forced him to assume the identity of Magneto, battle the X-Men and destroy Manhattan. He was subsequently killed by Wolverine near the end of that battle, in the Planet X storyline.

Soon thereafter, his twin brother Shen surfaced and briefly joined the X-Men. This Xorn brother was de-powered during M-Day.

Because Xorn's powers were psychokinetic, and his personality was so strong, it basically remained an almost disembodied sentient thing among the big ball of mutant energy. When that energy got sucked down to Earth by Michael and all absorbed by him, Xorn was the dominant personality in the mix, and that's what drove him towards Genosha and Magneto.


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Why not just tell the truth Joe ?

"Well ... Grant Morrison signed a long term exclusive with DC ... so we needed to retroactively hose his entire run which put food on my table, which I obviously ate quite a bit of."

I'm pretty ro_gan would agree too...

err... I go with the "Morrison signed a deal with DC" thing myself. I wasn't a fan of the Planet X storyline, but... eh.

ro-gan is right ...

For the love of everything you hold dear, don't say that!!!! Anything but that!!!!

Hadn't heard that story before but two things:

1. Morrison's run on New XMen was the first time in at least 8 years that I had been driven (by good storytelling and other nonsense) to pick up an X-related title. I enjoyed every single issue.

2. It makes so much sense (Quesada's a #####, dumping on the Xorn storyline and Mags should be dead....again!) it can't be wrong. Quesada is an idiot.

From what I've read, there are only 3 writers worth mentioning when it comes to the X-Men:

Chris Claremont
Grant Morrison
Joss Whedon

I liked Morrisons run on the X Men too. Becasue it was so different we all knew that it woudlnt last and theyd have to somehow bring the whole thing back to its roots. Now they have to dismiss alot of what happened and it seems like a waste of time to have read it. For someone who likes cohesive continuity like me anyways. Why not just make it a divergent world or something.

Joey Q is a moron. 'Nuff said.

EXotic RetcOn of GRant MorrisoN

I also loved Morrison's run on New X-Men...until the bitter end.

For my taste the whole "Xorn was really Magneto (or somebody who claimed to be Magento)" never jived with me because of basic plot points (the initial rescue of Xorn, the 'stick my head in the warp core', and the 'magical healing Nanobots')...although I loved the idea of Magneto hiding in a helmet to infiltrate the X-men.

Once we got to the point where 'Magneto' was on kick, and in total control of NYC...well, I knew there was going to be some serious mental and continuity gymnastics coming up.

I've come to the conclusion that Joe Quesada is the anti-matter universe version of Jim Shooter. In some ways they are eerily similar, but in many ways they are exact opposites.