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Secret Avengers Versus Sentinaughts?

Sentinels courtesy Marvel.com

  The Descendants are rising up to threaten the surface world in Secret Avengers #22. A mysterious enemy known as “The Father” created these new races evolved from the most famous robots and androids in the Marvel Universe. All this week new writer Rick Remender is revealing the new foes with his research and commentary on Marvel.com. The latest Father File reveals the Sentinaughts, descendants of mutant hunting Sentinels.

“The Sentinaught Society is sentient Sentinels who have a natural hate for mutants and still have some of their original tendencies from their mindless ancestors,” says Rick Remender of these Descendants. “Such as their inherent need to crush, kill, and destroy the mutant race. [But] they’re individuals. So any Sentinaught that you’d meet would have its own personality and background. The Core has been hidden for so many years, and these things have been living there for many, many years. So these things all have their own back-stories and likes and dislikes.”

 Earlier Remender revealed The Core is a hidden city deep within the Earth where the Sentinaughts, The Machine People and UltraVisions are waiting to strike.

 For more of Remender’s notes and quotes visit Marvel.com.

AVX Colossus, Red Hulk, Thing, Namor Underwater Clash

  The latest AVX cover is a crushing battle between a Juggernaut fueled Colossus and Red Hulk. The Avengers Versus X-Men #2 variant is by Nick Bradshaw, new artist on Wolverine and the X-Men. Bradshaw created variant X-title variants for the Regenesis relaunch.

Red Hulk and Colossus fighting while Namor has his grip around Ben Grimm and other Avengers and X-Men are defeated in murky water. Is this a downed Quinjet, X-Wing or SHIELD helicarrier?

For more on AVX here’s the Marvel.com link.

 

 

Secret Avengers Face Doomborgs!

Doombot courtesy Marvel.com

  Rick Remender is pulling from Marvel history to create new races for the start of his Secret Avengers run. The Descendants are evolved versions of Marvel’s most famous androids and robots. The writer is revealing the new ‘races’ created by a mysterious enemy in The Father Files on Marvel.com.

 Remender takes Doctor Doom’s infamous Doombots to a new level of evil. Here are his notes and commentary on the Doomborgs.

“The Descendants that are derived from previous species, such as the Doomborgs being descendants of the Doombots, are all failed in someway. They’re all incomplete in some fashion. All of the Descendants that are built off of previously existing robots in the Marvel Universe are somewhat flawed. We will reveal what those flaws are as they progress. There are perfect Descendants but they were introduced to the general population and haven’t been heard from or seen since. They’re among us procreating. Whereas I guess these would be the red-headed stepchildren of those more perfect descendants.”

Doombots courtesy Marvel.com

 

  Remender definitely knows how to reinvent exciting characters and worlds from history. Just read the Uncanny X-Force Dark Angel Saga to see what he did in the Age of Apocalypse. Secret Avengers #22 is Remender’s first issue with Hawkeye as team leader. For more of Remender’s notes and quotes here’s the Marvel.com link.

 

The Man of Steel Actor on Comic Con Culture

 

"The Man of Steel" Courtesy Warner Bros.

  Superman versus General Zod in The Man of Steel won’t happen until June of 2013 but actor Michael Shannon says that’s all most people want to talk to him about. This role will mark Shannon’s first venture into the fan crazed world. The Boardwalk Empire star tells Hero Complex he’s baffled by the Comic-Con culture.

  “There are legions of fans salivating, who will literally spend the next year and a half looking at the clock, waiting for this movie,” Shannon said, shrugging his shoulders. “That’s just the way it is. I don’t know why. Me, personally, I’m not a huge fan. I can’t even read comic books. I don’t know which panel to look at next. I hardly ever know what any of the characters are talking about. So, no, I am not one of them. But there are a lot of them. They’re out there. And they really want to talk to me about this movie!”

  Terence Stamp played the Kryptonian villain in Superman II. For the full interview click the Hero Complex link here.

Michael Fassbender on X-Men: First Class Sequel Ideas

Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy from X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com

  Michael Fassbender quotes are coming fast and furious as the hot star talks about a possible sequel to X-Men: First Class while promoting his new movie Haywire.

  Fassbender gave IFC his thoughts on the next chapter of Xavier and Magneto.

  “You know what’s interesting about Magneto and Professor X from the comic books as well, is there’s such a complexity to their relationship,” he explained, offering the notion that Magneto need not necessarily become a full-fledged villain. “It’s not just like clear-cut enemies; they’re best friends as well. In the comic books, even after they’ve had this sort of rift, Professor X asks Magneto to come back and look after the students at certain points… I think there’s always that complexity in their relationship and we want to keep that alive as possible, because that’s I think a really interesting thing — the conflict there.”

  “I get where [Magneto] is coming from, that’s for sure — having read the source material, the comic books,” he explained. “From what we know with human beings, history has told us that we’re a pretty destructive race, so you can see where he’s coming from. It’s always interesting for me to have the villains doing positive things as well as negative or destructive things. I just think it’s more realistic.”

  I would like to see Magneto’s children (Polaris, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver) turn up in the sequel. Fassbender is still a young man so casting and aging make-up would be considerations to make it work.

  Thanks to SuperHeroHype for the story.

Secret Avengers Face The Machine People.

 

Secret Avengers #22 preview art by Gabriel Hardman courtesy Marvel.com

When Rick Remender takes over Secret Avengers #22 he’ll  put the covert heroes up against The Descendants, evolved from the Marvel’s most famous androids and robots by the mysterious Father. Remender has been digging into Marvel history to create this new threat.

  The writer is sharing extensive research notes and commentary about these new races challenging the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes on Marvel .com. Next up is the Machine People.

  “Imagined, designed, built and activated for the United States Army, X-51 exceeded its programming and came to act as a kind-of surrogate child to its creator, Dr. Abel Stack. The robot escaped what it deemed captivity after Stack’s death and inaugurated its first self-motivated step towards the facsimile of humanity: it took on a human face and name.”

Machine Man from Marvel Comics Presents #8 courtesy Marvel.com

  “Neurotic,” says Remender of Machine Man’s Descendants, the Machine People, whom he further calls “the Woody Allen of robot species.” 

  “There are so many of them,” he notes. “The set piece for the SECRET AVENGERS story is a city called The Core. The Core is a moon that is in the center of the Earth’s iron core. It’s where all of the robots have been living for many, many years. It’s where the Descendants have been thriving and procreating away from humanity. The Machine People are a large portion of the general population of the core. They are all highly intelligent and a bit nuts.”

 

For more of Remender’s notes and quotes click here. Earlier this week he unveiled the Ultravisions.

 

AVX: Colossus Versus Red Hulk!

 

Uncanny X-Men #11 AvX tie-in courtesy Marvel.com

  A Colossal Juggernaut versus the Red Hulk! Marvel revealed the latest Avengers Versus X-Men mighty matchup to io9! Greg Land created this head butting impact cover to Uncanny X-Men #11 – an AvX tie-in.

  Colossus (fueled by the Cyttorak) versus Red Hulk in what Marvel is calling “Cyclops leads his X-Men in to their toughest battle yet.”

  I’m cheering for Colossus on this one!