For 25 years, Tom Brevoort has been the guiding hand behind Marvel Comics' Avengers books and has shaped the modern version of the team, but at some point in the future, he'll be making the jump to the publisher's other powerhouse superhero team, as he'll be taking over the X-Men line of books.
A few days ago, Bevoort hinted at the big change on his Substack and how the change was at the behest of Marvel Entertainment President Dan Buckley.
"He told me he was going to ask me to do something that I wasn't going to want to do, and then proceeded through a combination of need, flattery, genuine admiration, duty and responsibility to get me to agree to take on the specific mission that he was hoping to entice me into… So August 1, 2023 was the day it all changed. We're not ready yet to say anything more about what this is or what's coming next, but it's all pretty exciting."
Due to a ton of speculation, Brevoort felt the need to make the announcement earlier than he planned- confirming the switch on his Facebook, hinting that it will be quite some time before the change is official and he replaces the current main X-Men editor, Jordan White.
"No, the big story is that, after a quarter of a century editing AVENGERS and its associated titles, I am going to be moving away from those characters and titles and instead stepping into the world of mutants. Yes, that’s right, I’m afraid that it’s true—I’m the X...This isn’t going to happen for a good long while yet—I still have a ton of stuff cooking in AVENGERS (including next year’s big crossover event series) that needs to be seen to completion."
What are the odds that the switch will happen when the X-Men make their Marvel Cinematic Universe debut? If Brevoort's run in the Avengers line aimed to synergize Earth's Mightiest Heroes with their big-screen counterparts, it stands to reason that the same will happen with the X-Men.
Stay tuned for future updates, as the switch likely won't occur before the current X-Men storyline centered around the Fall of Krakoa runs its course.