The Avengers have jumped in the far future but their darkest hour may be in May 2015 as writer Jonathan Hickman races to the climax of his run with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Marvel recruits an all-star art team for the oversized Avengers #35: Jim Cheung, Dustin Weaver, Nick Bradshaw and Paco Media.
Time Runs Out flashes forward eight months to a war weary Marvel Universe of tomorrow. Hickman gives us look a a bleak future of May 2015 and brings the stories from Avengers and New Avengers into a clash of heroes.
The Illuminati chose some unheroic methods to save our world from incursions by parallel Earths. In 8 months their secret is out. It’s Avengers vs. the Illuminati over how to save the universe.
“In addition to setting the table for the astonishing climax of Jonathan Hickman’s run, we’ll also be providing a glimpse into the immediate future of many of our characters, and what changes await them over the next 8 months of publishing,” Executive Editor Tom Brevoort told Marvel.com. “This isn’t some maybe-future, this is the real deal, what’s awaiting the Marvel Universe in the coming year.”
As you see from the Jim Cheung preview art, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes have become a dark military force. If the Illuminati was willing to mindwipe Captain America and destroy rival Earths – could they go to war or even kill their fellow heroes to save the planet?
How will this tie into the the events of AXIS as the Avengers unite with the X-Men against the Red Skull but some heroes will be inverted into villains?
Time Runs Out and Hickman’s endgame begins in Avengers #35 September 17th.
By Editor