Mike Allred Daredevil Week

Daredevil #17 courtesy Marvel.com

 Mike Allred joins Matt Fraction on the Marvel NOW! FF title out this November but you can see the fan favorite artist on another Marvel icon. The Madman creator brings his signature style to Daredevil #17 out this week.

 “Daredevil is my favorite current title. I’ve always been a huge fan of Mark’s, and he knows that. I don’t think he’s ever been given his due. He’s always been acclaimed, but never to the degree I think he’s deserved. It’s thrilling to be a part of this with these artists. As an outside observer, I felt like I had to let somebody know how special I thought this title was. To be able to join in even some small way is incredibly thrilling,” Allred tells Marvel.com.

 Writer Mark Waid has thrown some old school and non-traditional enemies at Matt Murdock. Waid is bringing back a classic for Allred to draw.

“The villain for Mike’s issue is Stilt-Man. Of course it’s Stilt-Man! He’s the perfect villain for a Mike Allred story. On the surface of it, a goofy costume and goofy powers. On the other hand, if you were at the bottom of the Hudson River pinned down by one of those legs, he doesn’t seem so goofy,” said Waid.

 For the entire liveblog plus more preview art here’s the Marvel.com link.

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Fantastic Four x Four

 

Fantastic Four #1 courtesy Marvel

  Mark Bagley is ready to go cosmic and looks to be on top of his game in variant covers for Fantastic Four #1 and FF #1 revealed on Marvel.com. Bagley and Matt Fraction take on Marvel’s First Family in a brand new series that sends Reed, Sue, Johnny, Ben and the kids into space. Fraction and Mike Allred will chronicle the home team (She-Hulk, She-Thing, Ant-Man and Medusa) holding down the fort on Earth in a brand new FF.

FF #1 courtesy Marvel

  The Richards/Storm/Grimm clan will keep their white and blue uniforms while the backup team sports sharp new red and blue. I’m a huge fan of Medusa so I’m thrilled to see her on the new team.

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Batwoman & Wonder Woman Together

Batwoman #12 courtesy DC Comics

  DC Comics bring together the most iconic woman in comics and the most buzzed about new heroine of the modern age. Wonder Woman guest stars in this week’s Batwoman #12 as Kate Kane chases the urban legend, Bloody Mary.

Batwoman #12 courtesy DC Comics

  Wonder Woman is a secret serpent cult. Co-writer J. H. Williams III is back on the title as regular artist in this new story arc.

Batwoman #14 courtesy DC Comics

  DC Comics shared a preview of Batwoman #14 in November. The Batwoman/Wonder Woman team up continues but Kate may be in over her head against Medusa.

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All-New X-Men Cover Revealed

All New X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

  The original students of Professor X arrive in the Marvel NOW! this November. Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen will take over the Children of the Atom in a brand new book that finds the original five X-Men in their future…and they don’t like it. Comics Newsarama has the first look at the cover to All-New X-Men #1.

 No word yet on which modern-day mutants will be in the book but this cover sure looks like a wraparound that might reveal the other players as the Bendis X-Men era begins.

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Avengers Assembles New Team, Spider-Woman & Captain Marvel

Avengers Assemble courtesy Marvel.com

  Kelly Sue DeConnick and Stefano Caselli are the new creative team on Avengers Assemble. Spider-Woman and the new Captain Marvel are joining up too. DeConnick and Executive Editor Tom Brevoort talked with Marvel.com about new members and tone of the movie-friendly title.

 “These are the AC/DC Avengers. When I saw the movie, I managed to keep in together until Iron Man came onscreen and Back in Black blared. I bounced up and down in my chair. That’s the moment I’m writing for,” Kelly Sue DeConnick said.  

 “These will be tight ‘get in, get out’ adventures, focused mostly on the classic, ‘public’ Avengers from the movie, drawing in other characters as it demands. Big impact.” – Tom Brevoort added.

  The inclusion of Spider-Woman on the teaser image sparked excitement for a bigger role…movie role…for Jessica in the Avengers sequel.

 “I really really like Jessica Drew. I like how crazy and broken she is. She’s a character I really wanted to write,” DeConnick revealed. 

“I don’t ever want to be in direct competition with Brian Michael Bendis. I might be able to beat him up, that’s possible. We’re different writers with different takes. We do have a similar sense of humor and love for banter-y dialogue. I have been a fan of Brian’s for many years long before I knew him. But I’m writing my Avengers book,” DeConnick said of following Bendis.  

 “The first arc is kind of an Amazing Race thing where the Avengers are teaming up and competing with each other. Spider-Woman is with Hulk and Thor with Iron Man,” DeConnick said of her initial story. 

 DeConnick just relaunched Ms. Marvel as the new Captain Marvel and now becomes the first female writer on an Avengers title.

  “I’m very interested in making sure women knowing that wanting to work in this industry is not peculiar. There is not anything in heroism or sci fi that is exclusively masculine. The hero ideal is as important to my daughter as it is to my son. But I don’t want to represent all women in comics…particularly because I blow things sometimes!” DeConnick said. 

 “If Cap or Thor or Hulk are there, you can have Quasar or Machine Man or Triathlon standing next to them in context. They may not be in the movies now, but wait until Avengers 9!” – Tom Brevoort said of upcoming guest stars.

For the entire livelog here’s the Marvel.com link.

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Iron Man, Extremis and New Villains

Iron Man #2 courtesy Marvel

  Kieron Gillen and Greg Land launch Iron Man on a quest for his greatest invention in the Marvel NOW relaunch this Fall. Marvel revealed the cover to Iron Man #2 and more on the new villains. Iron Man is out to keep Extremis from landing in the wrong hands. Gillen appears to be inspired by the King Arthur legend in creating his new villains. Iron Man travels to New Camelot to face a brotherhood of knights known as The Circle.

Iron Man Extremis by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov will be a story element in Iron Man 3.

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THOR Ready for War!

 

Thor: God of Thunder #2 courtesy Marvel

 With hammer in one hand and axe in the other, the Odinson looks ready and eager for battle on the cover of Thor: God of Thunder #2 by Esad Ribic. Marvel revealed the cover and more information about Thor’s new enemy created by Jason Aaron.

  Thor will recruit his younger and older self in a time twisting fight to stop the God Butcher. Here’s a link to Jason Aaron discussing his new villain and plans for the Marvel NOW! Thor book.

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Red Skull Radness on Uncanny Avengers #2

Uncanny Avengers #2 courtesy Marvel

  Rick Remender and John Cassaday assemble a new team in the aftermath of Avengers Vs. X-Men. Captain America and Wolverine gather an elite team from Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom in Uncanny Avengers – the first book of the Marvel NOW! relaunch.

  Marvel revealed the Uncanny Avengers #2 cover by Cassady and more information about the classic villain. The Red Skull has been reborn as the most powerful man on Earth, anti-mutant sentiment is at a boiling point and he has a new army to enforce his evil agenda. Captain America, Thor, Wolverine, Scarlet Witch, Rogue and Havok must take down the Skull and his S-Men.

 I love the Jim Steranko vibe I’m getting from this cover!

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