Beau DeMayo was once Marvel’s star scribe. Not only did he contribute to the first season of Moon Knight. He also worked on early drafts of the upcoming Blade revamp. His most important contribution, however, was to the animated sequel series X-Men ’97.
Despite the success of the series, back in March The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Marvel Studios had deactivated DeMayo’s company email. DeMayo’s Instagram account, which had become known for frequent updates on the X-Men series was also deactivated.
Tonight, for the first time ever, DeMayo finally came forward to share what his side of the story.
In a brief Twitter thread, he alleged that Marvel cut ties with him after sharing fan art of him to celebrate Pride Month.
“On June 13, #Marvel sent a letter notifying me that they’d stripped my Season 2 credits due to the post,” one of his posts reads. “Sadly, this is the latest in a troubling pattern I suffered through while on working on #XMen97 and #Blade.”
Before concluding his post, DeMayo urged fans to “Stay tuned,” for more details in the future.
“I’ll have more to say soon but must take a step back from social media to find a safer space for me to be out, proud, and nerdy.”
You can read the full thread below.
X-Men’ 97 revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.
The voice cast includes Ray Chase as Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm, Cal Dodd as Wolverine, JP Karliak as Morph, Lenore Zann as Rogue, George Buza as Beast, AJ LoCascio as Gambit, Holly Chou as Jubilee, Isaac Robinson-Smith as Bishop, Matthew Waterson as Magneto and Adrian Hough as Nightcrawler.
