History ComicBook / XMenForever

* AnyoneCanDie: The series kicks off with the death of Wolverine, and later kills off [[spoiler: [[IronMan Tony Stark]], Beast, and ComicBook/BlackPanther.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Jean cheats on Scott with Logan.

** There is at least one Storm clone running around. It's either the Evil Storm or the Kid Storm. [[spoiler: Actually, it's Perfect Storm -- Kid Storm is the real deal, only with her psyche having beeen ripped from her and made into a sentient energy field. By the end of the series there were THREE Storms running around.]]

The first ''X-Men Forever'' series was a 2001 6 issue mini series written by Fabian Nicieza. In a similar vein to a previous similarly named story starring Comicbook/TheAvengers, ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'', the series was a TimeTravel story involving the grouping of Jean Grey, Iceman, Mystique, Toad, and the Juggernaut. It addressed classic ComicBook/XMen themes while trying to fix some instances of ContinuitySnarl and [[PlotHole Plot Holes]] that were attached to certain characters and events over course of the X-Men history.

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Averted. Claremont was not a fan of the ridiculously-strong HealingFactor of Wolverine, who's shown having trouble healing from broken ribs. Similarly, Sabretooth is blinded and isn't sure his eyes will ever heal.

The first ''X-Men Forever'' series was a 2001 6 issue mini series written by Fabian Nicieza. In a similar vein to a previous similarly named Comicbook/TheAvengers story, ''Avengers Forever'', the series was a TimeTravel story involving the grouping of Jean Grey, Iceman, Mystique, Toad, and the Juggernaut. It addressed classic ComicBook/XMen themes while trying to fix some instances of ContinuitySnarl and [[PlotHole Plot Holes]] that were attached to certain characters and events over course of the X-Men history.

* CastFromLifespan: [[spoiler: The source of mutant's power is their life. Once the power runs out, they die. What's unclear is how the likes of the 5000 year old [[Characters/XMenVillains Apocalypse]], who explicitly has {{immortality}} as one of his powers, is supposed to fit into this. Though Moira McTaggart mentioning that Logan's and Sabertooth's healing factors replenish their lifespan provides a possible {{Handwave}}.]]

* CloningBlues: There is at least one Storm clone running around. It's either the Evil Storm or the Kid Storm. [[spoiler: Actually, it's Perfect Storm -- Kid Storm is the real deal, only with her psyche having beeen ripped from her and made into a sentient energy field. By the end of the series there were THREE Storms running around.]]

*** [[spoiler: And an evil clone of Wolverine.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: Ororo is revealed as Logan's murderer. Later, Illyana Rasputin, upon the restoration of her demonic powers reveals her true loyalties lie with Count Belasco, and willfully remains evil even after Kitty briefly turns to the dark side and rejects it.

* ItsBeenDone: Aspects of Claremont's most famous unused storyline, Wolverine being killed and later used as a sleeper assassin for an enemy, were inevitably used TWICE. Once for "The Twelve" crossover story, and again for the "Enemy of the State" storyline in Wolverine's own title. The "Mutant Burnout" storyline, designed to explain why the Mutant race does not expand in greater numbers, is a more grounded version of the reality warps Marvel used to diminish the Mutant population at the conclusion of ComicBook/HouseOfM.

** Be fair -- the Kitty/Peter ship had already taken quite a few torpedo hits courtesy of Jim Shooter back in '84, and was pretty much dead in the water when Kitty went to England. All Claremont did was turn what was left of the hull into an artifical reef.

** Possible TakeThatMe, as Jean essentially dumping Scott might be a long-overdue karmic backlash for Scott abandoning Madelyne and Nathan way back when once Jean returned.

The first ''X-Men Forever'' series was a 2001 6 issue mini series written by Fabian Nicieza. In a similar vein to a previous similarly named Comicbook/TheAvengers story, ''Avengers Forever'', the series was a TimeTravel story involving the grouping of Jean Grey, Iceman, Mystique, Toad, and the Juggernaut. It addressed classic ComicBook/{{X-Men}} themes while trying to fix some instances of ContinuitySnarl and [[PlotHole Plot Holes]] that were attached to certain characters and events over course of the X-Men history.

* CastFromLifespan: [[spoiler: The source of mutant's power is their life. Once the power runs out, they die. What's unclear is how the likes of the 5000 year old [[Characters/XMenVillains Apocalypse]], who explicitly has {{immortality}} as one of his powers, is supposed to fit into this.]]

* CastFromLifespan: [[spoiler: The source of mutants power is their life. Once the power runs out, they die. What's unclear is how the likes of the 5000 year old [[Characters/XMenVillains Apocalypse]], who explicitly has {{immortality}} as one of his powers, is supposed to fit into this.]]

----

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/X-Men_Forever_384.jpg

* BodyHorror: Both played straight and inverted in the case of [[spoiler:Rogue and Nightcrawler, who essentially swithc powers and apperances when they touch after rogue's powers were amplified by Fabian Cortez.]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: At least as far as this title's internal canon is concerned, ''everything published by Marvel after (Adjectiveless) X-Men #3'' is this.

* CanonDiscontinuity: At least as far as this title's internal canon is concerned, ''everything published by Marvel after October 1991'' is this.

* CastFromLifespan: [[spoiler: The source of mutants power is their life. Once the power runs out, they die.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: Ororo is revealed as Logan's murderer. Later, Iliyana Rasputin, upon the restoration of her demonic powers reveals her true loyalties lie with Count Belasco, and willfully remains evil even after Kitty briefly turns to the dark side and rejects it.

* ItsBeenDone: Aspects of Claremont's most famous unused storyline, Wolverine being killed and later used as a sleeper assassin for an enemy, were inevitably used TWICE. Once for "The Twelve" crossover story, and again for the "Enemy of the State" storyline in Wolverine's own title. The "Mutant Burnout" storyline, designed to explain why the Mutant race does not expand in greater numbers, is a more grounded version of the reality warps Marvel used to diminish the Mutant population at the conclusion of HouseOfM.

The next volume of ''X-Men Forever'' (2009-2011) was a Marvel Comics title written by ChrisClaremont set in an alternate reality similar in places to the 1990s era of the mainstream Marvel Universe. The title allowed Claremont to tell the story lines he had intended to tell within the pages of X-Men Vol. 2 before a dispute with Bob Harras forced him to depart Marvel for a brief period.

* AnyoneCanDie: The series kicks off with the death of Wolverine, and later kills off [[spoiler: [[IronMan Tony Stark]], Beast, and BlackPanther.]]

The next volume of ''X-Men Forever'' (2009-2011) is an Marvel Comics title written by ChrisClaremont set in an alternate reality similar in places to the 1990s era of the mainstream Marvel Universe. The title allowed Claremont to tell the story lines he had intended to tell within the pages of X-Men Vol. 2 before a dispute with Bob Harras forced him to depart Marvel for a brief period.

* ItsBeenDone: Aspects of Claremont's most famous unused storyline, Wolverine being killed and later used as a sleeper assassin for an enemy, wee inevitably used TWICE. Once for "The Twelve" crossover story, and again for the "Enemy of the State" storyline in Wolverine's own title. The "Mutant Burnout" storyline, designed to explain why the Mutant race does not expand in greater numbers, is a more grounded version of the reality warps Marvel used to diminish the Mutant population at the conclusion of HouseOfM.

* KudzuPlot: But of course. Chris Claremont has a reputation for these.
** And again, with the series' cancellation, we have more Kudzu plot that seemingly will not be resolved. [[spoiler: We leave the series with Nathan being ferried to Mr. Sinister for purposes unknown, Nightcrawler is near-comatose after having tried to absorb Thor's power, and the secret to "Mutant Burnout" is still undisclosed.]]

* PsychicRadar: In #7, Jean Grey and Professor X work together to maximize their psychic radar scope and power and get around teh interference from a mountain range.

* TakeThat: A metric ton of it. Claremont wasted no time in using his creative freedom to snipe established mainstream continuity, which resulted in established and current developments and mythologies being swept aside so WordOfGod can set the record straight on what SHOULD have happened. Cable was never Nathan Summers, Nathan never went into the future, Sabretooth is Wolverine's father, Mr. Sinister is really a child, and so on.

The title was intended to reflect the X-Men's journey through a more consequential and more grounded world, where characters not only die, but STAY dead, certain characters also go through new, even questionable, changes and never revert back to their status quo.

Claremont insists that all changes are permanent.

The series lasted only two years before being cancelled for low sales.