It’s a new era for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes after Secret Wars.
Marvel assembled top creators All-New, All-Different Avengers panel at San Diego Comic Con
Writers Josh Williamson, Marguerite Bennett, Mark Waid, Nick Spencer, and Executive Director Tom Brevoort, Editors Sana Amanat and Wil Moss revealed new details, insights and answered questions about the upcoming Avengers books.
Here are highlights:
THE TOTALLY AWESOME HULK by Greg Pak and Frank Cho.
Brevoort confirmed the all-new Hulk does have a spike on top of his head and he is “totally awesome.”
Amanant added she thought it was a joke when they told her they were calling it THE TOTALLY AWESOME HULK. (So did I.)
DOCTOR STRANGE by Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo “will be a slightly different take on the character. Jason is really digging into the character, much like the way he did with Thor.”
“You’re going to see how Strange actually sees the world–they’ll have something called “Strange-Vision”” said Amanat.
CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 by Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas, the showrunners of “Marvel’s Agent Carter.”
“This is Captain Marvel elevated. Her next adventure is being Earth’s first line of defense. She has a crew under her that will slowly be revealed. Kris Anka has given her a slightly tweaked design. She’s going back into military mode, but she’s also a diplomat. She’s leading a team and also has a desk job, which she doesn’t know how to deal with.” said Amanat.
MS. MARVEL #1, by G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa, and Adrian Alphona.
“She’s on the Avengers now. She gets everything she wants, and this story is about what happens when people know who Ms. Marvel is. Lots of her relationships are really different.” said Amanat.
AVENGERS #0 “the kickoff not just for the main Avengers book, but all of the Avengers books. It sets up a lot of mysteries and situations that will play out in all the books as the weeks and months go on.” Al Ewing, Mark Waid, Gerry Dugan, and many more writers are on the book scheduled for October 14th.
ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS by Mark Waid, Adam Kubert, and Mahmud Asrar is the new Avengers flagship book.
Waid calls it a “career highlight.” The most important thing to Waid is to get back the character stuff, as well as all the huge, bombastic stories. For instance Miles wants to be reverential to Thor, but at the same time she’s been Thor less time than Miles has been Spidey.
They wanted to put together a book and a team that feels more like the Claremont/Byrne X-Men. There’s a lot of focus on character interaction. Waid says that they don’t have access to Stark’s money anymore. They don’t have unlimited resources, they have to succeed against bigger threats with less resources.
SAM WILSON, CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 by Nick Spencer and Daniel Acuna.
Nick described Sam as an everyman, a really likable guy. He’s of a different generation than Steve, so he sees the country differently and his priorities are different. He’ll stick his nose into some thorny things within the Marvel Universe. It’s got a lot of levity and is really fun. It’s tonally similar to Nick’s work on ANT-MAN.
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 by Brian Bendis and David Marquez is “the book to beat,” according to Brevoort. Over the last 10 years, Iron Man has become the character most associated with Marvel. They’re sparing no expense or effort to put Iron Man at the forefront of the Marvel Universe in a big way. It’s a new suit, a new outlook, new villains, new supporting cast, and new world headquarters.
NEW AVENGERS #1 by Al Ewing and Gerardo Sandoval. In Hickman’s run on Avengers, Sunspot bought A.I.M. This book is him rebranding it as Avengers Idea Mechanics. It has Hulkling, Songbird, Hawkeye, Wiccan, Squirrel Girl, Sunspot, and a few other characters. “Because he’s bought A.I.M. the government is against them. They’re out on Avengers Island. ” said Moss.
UNCANNY AVENGERS #1 by Gerry Duggan and Ryan Stegman is “the same thing, only different,” according to Brevoort. It’s still the team that strives to work across the aisle, but it’s a little different now–it’s not just humans and mutants, but also Inhumans. It has the most surprising Avenger of all, Deadpool. Spider-Man, Human Torch, and a new character named Psynapse join the team.”
“It will be a lynchpin book across the Marvel line as things heat up with both the mutants and Inhumans.”
ASTONISHING ANT-MAN #1 reunites Nick Spencer and Ramon Rosanas, the team on the current ANT-MAN book. Some time has passed since the end of the first volume, and Scott and Cassie’s relationship has changed. It has a Miami Vice vibe, with lots of ’80s villains.
ALL-NEW HAWKEYE by Jeff Lemire and Ramon Perez, continuing their run. It’s very different than what Matt Fraction and David Aja have done. It’s a touch darker. “They jump forward and tell the story of where Clint will go–it’s Old Man Barton. It’s about the future of him and Kate, and what happens when they have a rift. It will have flash forwards as well as told in the present.” said Amanat.
THE MIGHTY THOR brings Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman back together. We know now that Thor is Jane Foster. This is the volume where they can really get into Jane’s head. Being Thor is making her cancer worse. In the midst of this, Asgard will experience a civil war. Malekith will still be aligning all the realms against Asgard, which will be a big threat in about a year to both Asgard and Earth teased Moss.
ULTIMATES #1 by Al Ewing and Kenneth Rocafort. Set in the Marvel Universe, but it’s a team that tackles the huge problems. Stars Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau, and America Chavez. One of the first challenges they go after is Galactus. This team will not feature a set leader said Moss.
ILLUMINATI
The Hood in Illuminati has realized he’s a bad person, and is totally ok with it. He’s going to go full on into it. Team also includes Titania, Mad Thinker, Wrecking Ball, Black Ant, and Enchantress, who just wants to go home and will do anything to get there. Art by Shawn Crystal, covers by Riley Rossmo
A-FORCE #1 by G. Willow Wilson and Jorge Molina. It’s A-Force in the Marvel Universe. It’s everything you love from the Secret Wars A-FORCE story, but now in the Marvel Universe. Threads from the Secret Wars series will carry into the new book.
In October, Marvel will create 26 variants featuring classic Kirby monsters. There will be one monster for every letter of the alphabet.
Brevoort confirmed Marvel has not revealed all the post-Secret Wars titles yet.
By Editor