User blog comment:Johnnybravo44/Astonishing X-Men's new creative team/@comment-1205866-20111214072714/@comment-1671874-20111214133456

Yeah, I'd much prefer Rogue leading the team over Wolverine, though she may not be as vicious as him.. Since the villains are the Marauders, it makes sense to have Gambit around, and is cool to have Iceman around since he and Cannonball fought them by themselves back in X-Men Vol 2 #201. Sort of a rematch for him almost, and why I'd prefer Karma over Cannonball. Unless Karma gets possessed by Malice, but who knows..

And I think they said Liu and Perkins will be there "until", and Liu did say that this first arc "sets the stage" for upcoming stories, so it sounds like it's a (tentative) longer project.