Nathan Edmondson launched two All-New Marvel Now series starring two of the deadliest characters in comics. This August the missions of Natasha Romanoff and Frank Castle collide in a two-part crossover. The story happens in Black Widow #9 and Punisher #9.
“Frank and Natasha are a really interesting pair to combine together: on the one hand, they seem to exist in the same kind of heroic/antiheroic space in the Marvel Universe, but at some point the similarities stop and the disparity begins, and the tug and pull between those two ends will be at play here,” Edmondson told Marvel.com. Continue reading NATHAN EDMONDSON On BLACK WIDOW, PUNISHER Crossover
Deathbird shows up at death’s door at The Peak. Abigail Brand of S.W.O.R.D. calls in the mutants. It’s part of the new X-writer’s plan to take the women of the atom to new heights.
Marc Guggenheim (Arrow) takes over for Brian Wood on the series. The new X-Men writer is taking inspiration from the past for his upcoming arc starring the all-female team.
“The idea really came from the fact that I’d been jonesing for an ‘X-Men in space’ story as a reader,” says Guggenheim. “I’d been re-reading the ‘Brood Saga’ and it reminded me how much I love that concept of the X-Men in outer space. Continue reading X-MEN In Space By MARC GUGGENHEIM
Marvel.com revealed that ABC is renewing Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a second season and will launch a new Marvel’s Agent Carter series next season.
Original Sin #1-8 is a murder mystery with cosmic level consequences by Jason Aaron (Wolverine and the X-Men, Scalped, Southern Bastards) and Mike Deodato (New Avengers.)
Murder on the moon!
The Watcher is dead.
Uatu’s eyes are stolen along with his collection of alien technology, artifacts and secrets.
Marvel’s biggest heroes split up to solve the case but the killing of the ancient alien is just the beginning.
“It all started with the idea of a murdered Watcher, which would put all of his most treasured secrets up for grabs. Once I grabbed hold of the story, it was up to me to figure out who killed him and why,” Aaron told Marvel.com. Continue reading JASON AARON On “ORIGINAL SIN” MANHUNT
Two acclaimed X-Men creators unite for a brand new epic starring the Children of the Atom.
Writer Mike Carey teams up with artist Salvador Larroca for X-Men: No More Humans, an original graphic novel out this week.
Carey joined the X-Men writing team after the Decimation, when Scarlet Witch utter the words, “No More Mutants” sending homo superior on the road to extinction.
The X-Men prevailed but now face a similar moral dilemma in this original story following the events of Battle of the Atom.
Wolverine aka Logan aka James Howlett is a dead man walking. Marvel plans on killing the fan-favorite X-Man in Death of Wolverine. After a long life as a tortured hero the nearly immortal mutant lost his healing factor in Wolverine by Paul Cornell. After Cornell’s 3 Months To Die storyline, Logan’s final adventure will appear in Death of Wolverine by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven.
This geek has been thinking: Logan may soon be gone but will another clawed hero take his place among the X-Men and Marvel Universe? Continue reading THE NEXT WOLVERINE Part One
Original Sin is about the begin but Marvel is already teasing the next big event series of 2014.
In the final moments of the Wolverine: Three Months to Die panel at Chicago Entertainment and Comic Expo – Marvel revealed AXIS coming this Fall.
The “A” is the Avengers logo and the “X” is the X-Men logo so what could it mean?
In the aftermath of Avengers vs. X-Men Marvel launched Uncanny Avengers by Rick Remender. Steve Rogers and Wolverine formed the Avengers Unity Squad by recruiting members of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Children of the Atom in a way to heal the divide between the groups.
Planet X is the current and finale arc of Remember’s Uncanny Avengers epic. Remember could be bringing the series to a close and setting up for a relaunch.
The reborn Red Skull (armed with Professor Xavier’s mutant brain) was the villain of the first arc of Uncanny Avengers. AXIS could refer to the aftermath and future plots of the former Nazi scientist.
Uncanny Avengers #9 courtesy Marvel
With the Death of Wolverine approaching, could Logan’s death lead to a new war between Avengers and X-Men? Writers Paul Cornell (Three Months To Die) and Charles Soule (Death of Wolverine) have revealed Logan has lost his mutant healing factor but no one has really said how he will die or who will kill him?
After Marvel Now and All-New Marvel Now – AXIS could be the next company wide initiative with new books and creative teams.
Avengers vs. X-Men was a major turning point in the Marvel Universe carried forward by the the creation of the Uncanny Avengers. AXIS will likely be the next incarnation of Rick Remender’s epic storyline – perhaps with a team led by the reborn Red Skull?
After killing a Celestial, several fan-favorite Avengers and X-Men – and destroying Earth…what will Remender do for an encore?
