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Marvel NOW!

Marvel NOW! image by Joe Quesada courtesy Marvel and EW

  Marvel’s post Avengers vs X-Men plans appear to be a relaunching the universe under the initiative Marvel NOW!

  Expect new creative teams, new series launches and relaunches starting in October 2012 through February 2013. Details and this image by Joe Quesada are in the Comic-Con issue of Entertainment Weekly.

 These are the 3 titles to be announced in EW:

Uncanny Avengers: A blended Avengers/X-Men book written by Rick Remender (Uncanny X-Force) and illustrated by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men), with a cast including Captain America, Thor, Rogue and Havok. Remender is quoted by EW as calling the series a “bridge book” “that can delve into both worlds,” though post-AvX tension will be apparent. Starts in October.

All-New X-Men: As long-rumored, Brian Michael Bendis is writing the X-Men, specifically the original five. Still teenagers, they time travel to the present-day Marvel Universe, and aren’t pleased with what they find. “It’s not a time-travel story like Back to the Future,” Bendis is quoted. “It’s a time-travel story like Pleasantville,” with “character-based drama more important than the sci-fi aspect. Art from Stuart Immonen; starts in November.

Avengers: Now a biweekly series written by Jonathan Hickman and illustrated by Jerome Opeña, the book will include “18 or more” Avengers team members, and “feature a combination of one-off stories and longer, galaxy-spanning multi-issue arcs.” Starts in December.

Thanks to Comics Newsarama.

The biggest mystery solved is the “return of Jean Grey?” tease. This will be a pre-Phoenix Jean along with the original five X-Men in the Bendis book.

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What do you think?

Top 5 Comic Picks for 7/4/12

Avengers vs. X-Men #7 courtesy Marvel

Avengers Vs. X-Men #7 Cyclops declares “No More Avengers!” What does this mean for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? If the Phoenix Five can destroy and remake entire planets how can Captain America and his allies hope to escape?

Earth 2 #3 DC Comics reintroduced Silver Age favorite Alan Scott as an openly gay man. This issue shows us how he becomes the Green Lantern. Plus, the Flash hunted by Hawkgirl?

Knights of the Living Dead Volume 1 Full disclosure – I’m picking this just on the title alone. I  have not read a single issue but come on – a mashup of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and zombies!

Peanuts Volume 1 Snoopy, Charlie Brown and whole gang are back in brand new stories and classic Sunday strips from Charles M. Schulz. This volume collects the first four issues of the series.

Wolverine #310 courtesy Marvel.com

Wolverine #310 No head, no problem. Logan decapitated his archenemy. How is Sabretooth back? The creative dream team of Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi return with sequel of one of Wolverine’s most epic stories.

Disney Animates Big Hero Six Into Big Movie

Big Hero Six #1 courtesy Marvel.com

  Disney Animation Studios is developing Marvel’s Big Hero Six as an animated feature film according to It’s on the Grid. Scott Lobdell created the first version of this team of Japanese super heroes led by former X-Man Sunfire: Go-Go Tomago, Honey Lemon, Baymax and Hiro (the smartest boy in Japan.) Wolverine villain Silver Samurai was also part of this team. This cover by David Nakayama is from the relaunched book/team.

  Silver Samurai and Sunfire will likely not be part of this project since Fox controls the cinematic rights to the X-Men. Silver Samurai is said to be the villain of The Wolverine, Hugh Jackman’s next film featuring Logan’s time in Japan.

I loved the first series: “Big In Japan” and can definitely imagine a cool animated version of these heroes – especially Hiro and Baymax.

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Thanks to Dark Horizons.

Ryan Reynolds As New Highlander

  There can be only one…and he is Ryan Reynolds? The man who played Deadpool (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Hal Jordan in Green Lantern has been cast as the lead in a new Highlander according to The Tracking Board. The site reports Reynolds will play Connor MacLeod and the remake is being directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.

  If you’re not familar…Christopher Lambert played the immortal warrior in century spanning feuds with others of his kind. Once you killed a fellow immortal you absorbed their energy and strength. The film showed Connor’s life in the 1500’s in the Scottish Highlands and in the present day. Sean Connery played his fellow immortal and mentor Ramirez. The film spawned sequels and television series and is known for music by Queen. Here’s a link to the trailer for the 1986 film. Here’s the trailer for Highlander Endgame which brought together Connor from the original film and Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul) from the television series.

  What I always found ironic with the original film is that a Frenchman was cast as a Scotsman and the most famous Scotsman was cast as a Spaniard but I still loved it.

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In Defense of the The Defenders 3 – Case Closed

Defenders #1 courtesy Marvel.com

  Not that long ago…on a post not so far away I explored why Marvel’s non-team was getting another shot at a series…this time with the Uncanny X-Men dream team of Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson.

  The Defenders by Matt Fraction Trade Paperback is out this week collecting the first six issues of the series.  

  In the aftermath of Fear Itself  this odd mix of heroes is recruited to stop a monster’s rampage. I won’t spoil the hero that summons Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Iron Fist, Namor and Red She-Hulk into this latest incarnation of Marvel’s non-team.  

  The book has action, humor and strange twists. How does the idea of Dr. Strange hooking up, monsters and zero gravity kung-fu in the first chapter strike you? The misfits discover threats and mysteries on Wundagore Mountain and deep in the sea. Fraction has said the book is filled with characters he really wanted to write and you can feel the love for each of them. Dodson’s bold art captures the big screen fun, supernatural twists and enthusiasm Fraction pounds into the script.

Defenders by Matt Fraction cover courtesy Marvel.com

 With so many other Marvel teams why would you need the Defenders? Why would a concept that’s been tried so many times he another reboot. Check out Defenders By Matt Fraction and you’ll see why.  If only Fraction could find a way to bring Hellcat back on the team!

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Top 5 Comic Book Picks for 6/27/12

Batman Inc #2 variant courtesy DC Comics

Batman Inc #2 A bitter and bizarre custody fight. With Batman and Talia Al Ghul for parents no wonder Damian has issues. Batman has created a global crime fighting franchise. Talia has a worldwide empire out to crush it. But the real fight is for the soul of Robin. Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham follow-up their macabre masterpiece debut.

Fatale #6  The time twisting horror crime noir series kicks off a new arc. Nicholas Lash is obsessed. In the modern day Lash tries to uncover the mystery of  Josephine, a woman who may be immortal. In the 1970’s Jo is a woman carving out a new life. But you can bet Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips will expose Hollywood’s dark (and possibly demonic) underbelly.

Manhattan Projects #4 Who would have imagined Albert Einstein as a comic book anti-hero? Jonathan Hickman continues his twisted alternate history of weird science. The atomic bomb was just a cover for what this government think tank was really up to but is this Einstein’s final creation?  

Spider-Men #2 courtesy Marvel

Spider-Men #2 Peter Parker’s encounter with a classic foe throws him into a new world to meet Miles Morales. Amazing Spider-Man meets Ultimate Spider-Man. Will the two wallcrawlers bond or clash?

Wolverine and the X-Men #12 An AvX tie-in with cosmic consequences. Kid Gladiator is a breakout new character. Will the arrogant alien get schooled when he takes on the Avengers? Emperor Gladiator is leading Shi’ar military might to Earth to save his son and destroy the Phoenix.

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Marvel Goes Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

 

Wolverine #315 courtesy Marvel.com

  The heroes of Marvel unite in the fight against breast cancer. Eight of Marvel’s biggest titles will go pink this October with variant covers in support of the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Campaign during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. These books will be sold exclusively in comic shops and include a one-page advertorial educating readers about breast cancer.

Captain America #18 courtesy Marvel.com

  “Marvel is proud to partner with Susan G. Komen For the Cure to support their unparalleled efforts to raise awareness about the risk of breast cancer to both women and men,” said Dan Buckley, Publisher & President of the Print, Animation & Digital Divisions, Marvel Worldwide, Inc. “We’re in a unique position to educate all our fans worldwide and increase awareness of the ways to fight—and reduce– this risk of this disease by utilizing our comics and online presence.”

 

The Mighty Thor #21 courtesy Marvel.com

Here are the titles to watch for this October:

  • AVENGERS #31
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA #18
  • CAPTAIN MARVEL #5
  • FANTASTIC FOUR #611
  • INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #526
  • MIGHTY THOR #21
  • UNCANNY X-MEN #20
  • WOLVERINE #315

Thanks to Marvel .com.

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Marvel Teases “THIS IS WAR”

This Is WAR courtesy Marvel.com

  Marvel declares WAR with two powerhouse teaser images: Thor’s shattered hammer and Wolverine’s hand (claws popped of course) in flames. More will be revealed at The Amazing Spider-Man panel July 15th during Comic-Con International. The conversation on Twitter is #ThisIsWar.

 

This Is WAR courtesy Marvel.com

Could this be war against an X-Men ruled universe in the aftermath of AvX?New series? New storyline? New event? Let the speculation begin!

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