Age of Ultron #10 arrives this week! Brian Michael Bendis will be joined by an all-star team of artists (Bryan Hitch, Butch Guice, Carlos Pacheco, Alex Maleev, Brandon Peterson, David Marquez and Joe Quesada.)
“Everybody in the book is drawing sequences that are tailored for them.” said Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort earlier this year.
The finale marks the return of Neil Gaiman to Marvel and introduction Angela (from the Image book Spawn) to the Marvel Universe in Age of Ultron #10. Angela’s Marvel story will continue into Guardians of the Galaxy #5, co-written by Bendis and Gaiman.
The Age of Ultron really began Hank Pym creating the artificial intelligence and the founding Avenger will be central to the immediate future of the Marvel Universe.
“The aftermath focuses heavily on Hank Pym,” said Brevoort, “He goes through a fairly transformative experience… given that he’s dead. Age of Ultron #10 AI is a deep dive into the history of Hank Pym.”
As a founding Avenger Pym has had a major influence on the Marvel Universe and generations of fans and writers.
“I had a full run of Tales To Astonish. Pym was my guy,” said Rick Remender, “At the retreats, there’s no shortage of Pym ideas. There’s a lot of love for the guy.”
Hank will headline Avengers A.I. #1 starring Vision, Monica Change and Victor Mancha of Runaways spinning out of Age of Ultron with “a resurgence of the Vision and Brevoort calls its “a completely different Avengers title and I think it will be a lot of fun.”
What consequences will Logan face for going back in time and gutting Hank Pym? That’s too soon to tell but the panel did have thoughts on the X-Man’s role in the Marvel Universe:
“Wolverine is the ultimate pragmatist of the Marvel Universe,” said Brevoort, “Who will make the choice to do something horrendous in the Marvel Universe, for the greater good? That’s Wolverine.”
So many Marvel heroes and their loved ones have died in the event but could time be rewritten?
“Age of Ultron is a human story. It’s about how people deal with the consequences of this enormous, traumatic event,” said Brevoort.
Age of Ultron #10 arrives Wednesday.