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Marvel and Games Workshop Team Up to Publish Warhammer Comics
Star Wars to relaunch in Jan 2020 picking up from the end of Empire Strikes Back. Soule comes on board as writer, Saiz on art.
Bigger news for me is a third Vader book with Pak and Ienco on art. I’ve enjoyed Ienco’s work with Hawkins so it’s great to see him getting a big break like this. He’s also a skilled digital colourist too.
I really liked Soule’s Vader book, so looking forward to him taking over for the next series. Did they say anything about the period for the new Vader book?
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 (ongoing)
Writer: AL EWING
Artist: JUANN CABAL
IN 2020 — SPACE IS THE PLACE!
Once, they were a team of misfits. Now they’re a family, and they’ve earned their peace. But the universe is not a peaceful place — and it’s only getting worse. The Great Empires are in turmoil. The rule of law is dead. And amidst the chaos, the Gods of Olympus have returned — harbingers of a new age of war, reborn to burn their mark on the stars themselves. Someone has to guard the galaxy – but who will accept the mission? And will they survive it? Al Ewing (IMMORTAL HULK) and Juann Cabal (FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN) bring you in on the ground floor of a whole Marvel Universe of action and suspense!
Same as the relaunched main book, starting from the end of Empire.
Ewing! Guardians! Fuck yeah.
It would’ve been much better if they could get rid of that stupid space junky buckethead.
THOR #1
Writer: DONNY CATES
Artist: NIC KLEIN
A BRAND-NEW, SUPERSTAR CREATIVE TEAM TAKES THE KING OF ASGARD TO NEW REALMS OF GLORY!
The prince is now a king. All Asgard lies before Thor, the God of Thunder. And after many months of war, the Ten Realms are finally at peace. But the skies above the Realm Eternal are never clear for long. The Black Winter is coming. And the God of the Storm will be powerless before it.
Source: Newsarama
I enjoyed what I’ve read of Donny Cates’ Venom quite a lot. Tempted to check this out.
Have you tried his Doctor Strange?
Odd that little picture of Nova has been swiped from one of the early Adi Granov covers for the DnA run.
Have you tried his Doctor Strange?
No, is it any good?
Here’s a closer look at that new THOR costume folks. Courtesy of the amazing @NicKlein !
Thanks so much for all the love. We’re going to do our best to make you guys proud.
⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ pic.twitter.com/UWlV6kkc55
— DONNY⚡️CATES (@Doncates) October 5, 2019
Here’s those pages for THOR #1 from @NicKlein and @COLORnMATT we showed off at the panel! Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/aM5mQwOGsk
— DONNY⚡️CATES (@Doncates) October 5, 2019
Donny Cates shows several first look images from his upcoming Thor run with artists Nic Klein and Matthew Wilson
Dunno, but Marvel OHC’d it.
They may as well. From what I have read they have to pay Claremont a salary anyway, as well as Tom Defalco. In a similar ‘here’s some cash, don’t ever try and claim any IP’ deal to what Stan Lee had, from the days of contracts on the back of cheques and not the watertight deals they do now.
Put him on nostalgia material like the New Mutants special and ardent fans will at least allow them to break even on it.
On another note, I’ve been enjoying John Byrne’s X-MEN: ELSEWHEN comic:
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55094&PN=1&totPosts=35
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55205&PN=1&totPosts=18
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55309&PN=1&totPosts=19
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55415&PN=1&totPosts=19
They may as well. From what I have read they have to pay Claremont a salary anyway, as well as Tom Defalco. In a similar ‘here’s some cash, don’t ever try and claim any IP’ deal to what Stan Lee had, from the days of contracts on the back of cheques and not the watertight deals they do now.
Put him on nostalgia material like the New Mutants special and ardent fans will at least allow them to break even on it.
Did a Claremont written New Mutants story with art by Sienkiewicz just come out?
Edit: I guess it was mentioned in the article.
Issue 5 of X-MEN ELSEWHEN started today:
http://m.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55551&PN=1&totPosts=1
Amazing Mary Jane sounds like the perfect book for Miqque.
TAROT #1
Written by ALAN DAVIS
Art and Cover by PAUL RENAUD
An all-new epic adventure teaming the classic Earth’s Mightiest Heroes with Marvel’s premiere Non-Team by Alan Davis and Paul Renaud!
A strange and impossible lost memory from his days in World War II draws Namor the Sub-Mariner to his one-time compatriot Captain America—but the two heroes and their respective allies find themselves pulled into a labyrinth of pain, destruction and madness courtesy of the Infernal Ichor of Ish’lzog!
HAWKEYE: FREEFALL #1
Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art by OTTO SCHMIDT
Cover by KIM JACINTO
HAWKEYE RETURNS IN A BRAND NEW SERIES!
When a mysterious and ruthless new Ronin starts tearing a destructive path through the city, suspicion immediately falls on Hawkeye, but Clint has more to worry about than who’s wearing his old costume. After a clash with the Hood ends badly, Hawkeye gives himself a new mission that will place him in the crosshairs of one of New York’s most dangerous villains.
Hawkeye’s mission and Ronin’s secret plans will set them on a collision course that only one of them will walk away from.
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Marvel are launching new Hawkeye and Defenders titles this February.
The publisher hasn’t specified if these are ongoing, limited series, or one-shots.
https://screencrush.com/kevin-feige-marvel-chief-creative-officer/
He will now be responsible for the overall creative direction of Marvel’s storytelling across mediums, including publishing, film, TV, and animation. Marvel TV and Marvel Family Entertainment will be moving under the Marvel Studios banner. Feige continues to report to Walt Disney Studios co-chairman and chief creative officer Alan Horn and co-chairman Alan Bergman.
Read More: Kevin Feige Is Now Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer | https://screencrush.com/kevin-feige-marvel-chief-creative-officer/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
As long as he’s not force them to do “let’s make all comics exactly like MCU!” stuff, that’s fine i guess.
HAHAHA THATS WHAT YOU GET PERLMUTTER!
Make Marvel Feige
Now that’s interesting. Marvel have been selling comics just fine but creatively they’ve been in the doldrums for years, locked into an eternal event cycle of their own making.
Alonso couldn’t fix it, neither could Cebulski.
Can Feige? We’ll find out.
We know that Buckley, Cebulski, Amanat, Wacker and Quesada will all continue in their roles, it’s just that ultimately they report to Feige.
To be honest, I doubt we’ll see much change in the realm of publishing but I’d bet there’ll be a more concerted effort at synchrosing character pushes and storylines.
I’m not going to be surprised if Marvel Comics pushes the Eternals in big way, or if we only see Marvel TV on Disney+ going forward. That’s not to suggest they wouldn’t have done this regardless but this move really smacks to me of pushing Perlmutter out to licensing and toys and removing any influence he had on the narrative of the brand (last we forget: The Inhumans)
As long as he’s not force them to do “let’s make all comics exactly like MCU!” stuff, that’s fine i guess.
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It may actually serve him better to do the exact opposite.
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The film and TV side eats up the ideas generated in the comics and Feige has long been an advocate of taking from the source material. (The story goes when he was on a more junior role on the X-Men films he was sat reading the comics and argued with other producers on why they were making new stuff up when there’s gold in the source material).
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So putting the film material into the comics essentially dries up his well. While a lot of the concepts are back in the archives of Marvel comics they are drawing on newer stuff. The Captain Marvel costume is Jamie McKelvie’s design, there’s a Ms Marvel TV show coming up and one with Kate Bishop etc.
We know that Buckley, Cebulski, Amanat, Wacker and Quesada will all continue in their roles, it’s just that ultimately they report to Feige.
To be honest, I doubt we’ll see much change in the realm of publishing but I’d bet there’ll be a more concerted effort at synchrosing character pushes and storylines.
Yeah, I agree, I’m not sure we’ll see a huge change as a result of this.
Marvel are already pretty good at lining up material with the movies (in terms of putting a lot of content out about a given character when they have a film on the way), so I don’t expect that to change.
the Tarot series looks beautiful. The Avengers/Defenders war was about the same time I started reading comics so I look forward to this. I must admit i like Davis better as an artist than a writer though. I agree with Gar but it may be that Tim is also right in synchronizing character pushes. Feige tells CB that that they need a new story idea about Captain Marvel or the Eternals.
So I got overwhelmed by the hype train and ended up reading Hox/Pox, finishing it up this evening.
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What a load of cobblers.
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Hickman has some intriguing ideas and if he ever learns how to dramatise them it should make for a decent comic. As it is, this is not a story. It’s twelve issues of stuff that happens and I don’t think he understands the difference. The structure is a mess and there’s no emotion or character depth to any of it, with pretty much the only three people that don’t sound like interchangeable, soulless plot zombies being Cypher (ironically, given his TO infection), Nimrod (even more ironically) and Sinister (who, as much as I like Gillen’s ostentatious take, shouldn’t be anything like that in the flashbacks). The infographics gimmick was passable back in Secret Warriors, but now it’s just a bit sad. Every single one of those “data pages” is a failing of story-telling that a top tier comics writer shouldn’t be getting away with. It feels like reading a comic interspersed with his design documents that he hasn’t managed to fit into the story.
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As I read this, I just kept thinking of Transformers MTMTE/LL. James Roberts frequently came up with ideas as big or bold or clever as anything in this series and yet also managed to weave them into actual proper stories, ones with structure, form, character depth, genuine emotion and even jokes. The amount that Roberts achieved in the same amount of issues as Hickman uses here puts this series to shame.
I think those criticisms are fair. I’ve said before that I don’t really like Hickman’s info-dump text pages, but I actually think they worked better here than in some of his previous projects.
I also felt a bit disappointed that a lot of the big ideas didn’t go anywhere, but in the larger context of this being setup for Hickman’s wider run on X-Men, I can accept that it exists mainly to introduce these ideas rather than to do anything with them.
Where I think it succeeded is in (re)introducing a real-world relevance to the X-Men again, making the moral issues feel genuinely complex and difficult and dangerous. For me, that (along with the potential of the big ideas) has bought Hickman enough credit that I’ll follow him into the first few issues of his X-Men run proper, at least.
I think those criticisms are fair.
These criticism ARE NOT fair and Martin and I are no longer friends. Martin is a load of cobblers!
Your face is a load of cobblers
So it’s launching pad for 5 new series and only the first 2 issues of each are relevant (excluding Force Works which has 3 relevant issues)
I think those are all minis.
Marvel never learn, do they?
2 issue minis?
Does Kevin Feige’s Marvel Promotion Mean Ike Perlmutter’s Endgame?
Gotta love this pic in the article:
2 issue minis?
Yeah, they’ve done that before. Infinity Wars and Spider-Geddon both had a few two-issue minis.
Fun pic but Ike is coming up to 77 years old. His influence on Marvel is lessening and will end soon enough.
Perlmutter made bank on Marvel’s sale to Disney (in cash and stocks) and turned down a seat on Disney’s board of directors. I doubt he gives a shit about what Feige does and doesn’t control.
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It’s also a weird time to update his picture. The one below is the one I have seen for years.
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I question Perlmutter was ever offered a seat on the board.
I know it says “he didn’t accept one” in the wiki article which cites THR, but I don’t recall any circulars discussing a potential election and I’m a shareholder.
Perlmutter loves money and doesn’t live in 2019. Maybe his ego isn’t so pronounced that he will shrug off being pushed aside because he still has his dollars. I don’t know. But I do love hearing stories about any influence he has waning less and less. I understand he (and Lucas) have been selling their shares to Iger and co for the last 5 years. Maybe he wants to cash out, but regardless thats a good thing.
There is more than enough stories about Perlmutters eccentricities and whims out there on Google which will probably provide the most informed picture of what Perlmutter may or may not care about.
I would if it was maybe by someone other than Feige whose ego is equal if not larger.
Well if this is about picking sides:
Fuck Ike, go Kevin!
The Solicitations for January 2020 thread
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Marvel for January (at Newsarama)
X-Men/Fantastic Four title in 2020 by Chip Zdarsky and Terry & Rachel Dodson (Newsarama interview)
As teased in House of X #1, the four-issue X-Men/Fantastic Four title will explore how the broader Marvel U takes to this revitalized and re-organized mutantkind – specifically dealing with Fantastic Four’s Franklin Richards, considered one of the most powerful mutants of all time.
Marvel 2-in-One’s Chip Zdarsky returns to the Richards family in this crucial moment, joined by long-time X-Men artists Terry and Rachel Dodson for a story described as having both “quiet family moments and giant explosive moments”. Announced just now at London’s MCM Comic Con, Zdarsky spoke with Newsarama about this new series scheduled to debut in February.
Mini minis.
Mini minis.
A new preview for Incoming!
https://www.newsarama.com/47859-someone-commits-murder-most-marvel-in-incoming-1-first-look.html
Unfortunately it appears as if Jason Aaron and Mahmoud Asrar are leaving Conan, the Barbarian after #12. The new creative team starts in February. I’m dropping it
But look on the bright side, the new writer might be Roy Thomas!
Nope. It’s Jim Zub.
Unfortunately it appears as if Jason Aaron and Mahmoud Asrar are leaving Conan, the Barbarian after #12. The new creative team starts in February. I’m dropping it
That’s a bummer. I’ve really been enjoying that book.
But look on the bright side, the new writer might be Roy Thomas!
Oh no, I hope not.
Nope. It’s Jim Zub.
I might at least give it a shot. Zub has a fondness for fantasy and D&D that usually goes well with writing a Conan book. On the flip side, The Last God at DC has a promising start with a similar but completely original story.
The Thing Goes Dark in Fantastic Four: Grimm Noir
Gerry Duggan returns to Yancy Street for Fantastic Four: Grimm Noir – a noir-ish showdown between the Thing and D’Spayre. And for the occassion, he’s bringing along his friend and Savage Sword of Conan collaborator Ron Garney.
“Ron Garney’s a tour de force storyteller on this oversized issue starring the ever loving Thing,” Duggan said in an announcement. “It’s one of those collaborations I’ll always be proud of, and I know will stand the test of time as a classic Ben Grimm tale. Pre-order it, or wait for reprints.”
Fantastic Four: Grimm Noir is the third in a series of quarterly FF one-shots by Marvel, following 4 Yancy Street (also written by Duggan) and Negative Zone.
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FANTASTIC FOUR: GRIMM NOIR #1
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • RON GARNEY (A/C)
Ben Grimm throws on his hat and overcoat to solve a mystery that’s come alive right out of his nightmares.
What is Dr. Strange’s nemesis D’Spayre doing on Yancy Street?
https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/spider-woman-stars-in-an-explosive-new-series-next-spring
It appears the changes made by Dennis Hallum and Javier Rodriguez are gone. That’s a shame. I think they did a good job with those upgrades(IMO). Kelly Thompson had her wearing the new outfit when Jessica co-starred in Captain Marvel but Howard regressed her in Savage Avengers and now this.
Marvel and Tsuburaya Productions are teaming up to tell all-new Ultraman stories in 2020 (x)
Marvel Comics has struck a partnership with Japanese media company Tsuburaya Productions to create new Ultraman comic books for American markets.
“As one of the world’s most popular franchises, Ultraman has brought together some of the most passionate fandoms in pop culture today, and we can’t wait to bring his story to even more fans around the globe,” said Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski in the announcement.
“Like Marvel, Ultraman captivated generations by telling spectacular stories grounded in the real world, and it continues to be a beloved classic through its television shows, movies, toys, games, comics, and more. We are so thrilled to introduce new chapters to the Ultraman Multiverse next year.”
“We are delighted to announce the partnership with Marvel, one of the leading entertainment companies that has produced fascinating characters and stories loved by fans across the globe for over 80 years,” added Tsuburaya Productions CEO Takayuki Tsukagoshi. “We can’t be more excited to explore and create new stories for the Ultraman franchise with Marvel and bringing them to both Marvel and Ultraman fans all around the world.”
Marvel’s Ultraman comic books are expected to launch in 2020. No specific projects or creators have been announced.
The life of a teenaged superhero is never easy, but it’s about to get a lot harder for the young vigilantes of the Marvel Universe. March’s Outlawed one-shot introduces a new status quo that has the government cracking down on superheroes under the age of 21, and these events will have repercussions across the publisher’s entire line. Written by Eve L. Ewing with art by Kim Jacinto, colorist Espen Grundetjern, and letterer Clayton Cowles, Outlawed sees the country rocked by a tragedy involving the Champions that compels politicians to take drastic actions. The set-up is reminiscent of 2006’s Civil War, which similarly began with a tragedy surrounding a young superhero team leading to federal restrictions on superheroes.
https://aux.avclub.com/marvel-s-teenage-heroes-are-outlawed-in-this-exclusive-1840337381
Marvel for March 2020 – Early – Continuum
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SPIDER-WOMAN #1, OUTLAWED #1, MARVEL’S AVENGERS: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1, MARVEL’S AVENGERS: BLACK WIDOW #1, GIANT-SIZE X-MEN: MAGNETO #1, IMMORTAL HULK #33, GHOST RIDER #6, FANTASTIC FOUR #20
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New Spider-Woman costume, from Dave Johnson:
https://www.newsarama.com/48306-spider-woman-gets-a-new-look-for-her-new-title.html
Although I still prefer the Jacket costume. Johnson’s costume is much better than the original. It is darker. If Jessica is supposed to be a spy, a bright red and yellow costume is not great. Plus, he gets rid of ,imo, that godawful arrow shaped abdomen part.
Yeah. It’s not bad. But, Javier Fernandez’ costume, with the jacket, from the last volume was perfect. This is a let down compared to that.
Marvel this week put the first 15 or so Captain Britain comics onto Unlimited. I’d read the first 8 issues as part of a treasured annual – but it was fascinating reading the later issues and seeing characters that turned up much later in the post Moore issues
I like the story of the selection of the creative team for the 1970s Captain Britain book. Claremont was born in London so was selected as the British expert even though he left and moved to the US when he was 3. Herb Trimpe was apparently living in Bristol for a little while, his bio stuff online doesn’t mention any time in the UK but I got that from an interview with Claremont so I’ve no reason to disbelieve him. So that was their ‘British’ creative team – two New Yorkers.
In those days Marvel UK was largely run remotely out of the New York offices. As time went on they gave staff and control to a British office so by the 80s they were running pretty much independently and using UK talent. In ‘The Daredevils’ comic Alan Moore wrote a lot of text pieces and reviews and is openly critical of the US offices and comics at times so it’s clear they weren’t bothering to even read what was coming out by then.
I need to put my sunglasses on before looking at them again.
Those designs suck
Okay Boomer.
Can we please get Rage out of the luchador mask and black leather? It was dated when he debuted.
Fashion is cyclical. It’s back in style.
Oooh Nightcrawler special by Hickman and Davis, I’m all in.
I love that cover. I was asking about John Proudstar about a month ago and I loved that outfit of Rachel’s. hopefully they will matter inside the book(i doubt it but it is good to hope)
I did some Marvel Unlimited reading the other day. Based on some recommendations I tried Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man written by Tom Taylor and Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky . The recommendations were sound, these are really good books.
Marvel has been getting a slagging from many (including me a few times) because their strategy looks all over the place but there are still some really very good books in their roster outside the rejuvenated X-Men line.
FNSM tries to keep relevent to its title and focuses the stories on people around Peter and his close neighbourhood. It’s mainly pretty bright and breezy superhero fare but Taylor puts a bigger than usual emphasis on character work and has some really good dialogue which lifts it above other books.
Daredevil take an interesting look at the grey areas of the morality of being a vigilante beating people up for a hobby. Matt thinks he may have accidentally killed a petty thief he took down, a ‘by the book’ Chicago police officer is sent in by Mayor Fisk to take him down but he also hates Fisk and wants him taken down too. The beat police all support Daredevil, The Punisher comes in with his own twisted take etc. Really interesting, well crafted and great artwork too.
Kdarsky’s Daredevil is very good. Almost too bleak at times. Matt made his dutiful comeback before he was ready, and now has to cope with the repercussions. The colours gradually get more muted and the linework less clean and more scratchy as the story progresses. The artwork is great, Checchetto in particular. Bellaire’s use of colour to reflect moods later on in the run are subtly effective. Some of the cover art is sublime.
I’ll have to try that at some point. I still haven’t finished up Soule’s run though.
I’ve been re-reading Soule’s run tonight. I’ve just reached the Supersonic arc.
(And now Oasis are singing in my head :)
Checchetto in particular
It’s been quite satisfying seeing him develop as an artist. The stuff he was doing with Rucka on Punisher way back when was great, but what he’s gone on to do since then is something else.
He’s a good match for Daredevil. I liked what he did with Shattered Empire. He’s very cinematic whilst developing what can only be depicted in comic books.
If ever there was a product born with the tag of ‘should-have-been-shit’, the, I kid you not, this is the actual title, Star Wars: The Journey To The Last Jedi: Captain Phasma mini-series was it.
Instead Thompson did a decent script and Chechetto went nuts on the art, it’s superb. His art was why I gambled on the OHC – damn, it looked good.
That’s a ridiculous title. I will have to have a look see now. Ta for the recommendation.
And now Oasis are singing in my head
Oh, I’m so sorry
The synopsis for Black Widow #1 reads, “Bestselling Eisner-nominated writer Kelly Thompson (CAPTAIN MARVEL; DEADPOOL) and rising star artist Elena Casagrande (CATWOMAN) launch a new BLACK WIDOW series that changes everything! Natasha Romanoff has been a spy almost as long as she’s been alive. And she’s never stopped running, whether she was working for the good guys…or the bad. But Natasha’s world is about to be upended. Beyond San Francisco’s Golden Gate lies a mystery that only the Marvel Universe’s greatest spy can solve. Don’t miss the heartbreaking thrill ride of 2020!”
It’s Kelly Thompson, so I’ll read it.
a new BLACK WIDOW series that changes everything!
I swear every other Black Widow series claims this.
A new BLACK WIDOW series that keeps everything the same!
A new BLACK WIDOW series that keeps everything the same!
A bold new direction!
A new BLACK WIDOW series that keeps everything the same!
Everything the Black Widow thought she knew was the truth!
The supposed master spy was actually bang on the money for everything she thought she knew about her own life and is off to do new stuff!
https://downthetubes.net/?p=114167
I know there are some fans of the old Marvel UK Knights of Pendragon series here. It’s being collected as part of Hachette’s partworks series of Marvel graphic novels. Probably not available from the usual online places but comic shops tend to stock those.
On sale today in comic shops and newsagents is Marvel: Graphic Novel Collection: Volume 212: Knights Of Pendragon, a must-have for Marvel UK fans, reprinting the first nine issues of the Knights of Pendragon, a stunning, ahead-of-its-time superhero and environmental thriller, first published way back in 1990.
I know there are some fans of the old Marvel UK Knights of Pendragon series here