Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Thor is Officially an Avenger, Plus Secret Avengers and New Thunderbolts


Thor was announced as a member of the upcoming Avengers team ( I am avoiding calling them the New Avengers, since we've been there, done that...) which means this is looking more and more like a classic line-up. I am very glad they are going this direction, as the multiple iterations of the Avengers (each with their own Wolverine, it seems) were wearing thin on me.


Marvel is also coming out with a second Avengers title, Secret Avengers, written by Ed Brubaker, but so far no official word on who will be on that team. The teaser images suggests Gorilla-man and maybe Doctor Strange, and if that is case, count me in.
I am also optimistic about the post-Siege Thunderbolts line-up as written by Jeff Parker. The new team is led by Luke Cage, and includes Juggernaut, Ghost (my favorite from the current crappy line-up), Moonstone, Crossbones, and the coup de grace: Man-Thing. The title will go back to the series roots and be more about the reformation of villains under Cage's leadership. This story starts in issue #144 and is the first issue I am actually looking forward to since Warren Ellis left the book.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

A Heroclix Named Desire

It is OK to want:

Heroclix announced their new Blackest Night starter set for 2010. Other figures in the set are Hal Jordan Green Lantern, Lex Luthor, Mera, The Flash, Wonder Woman, and The Atom, all in their appropriate lantern colors.

The NEW Old (New?) Avengers!

As you may or may not know, after the events of Siege wrap up the current myriad of Avengers titles will axed. Dark, New, Mighty, Initiative; they will all be finished to make way for an Avengers reboot, as well as a new attitude in the major titles at Marvel dubbed "The Heroic Age." Marvel has slowly been revealing the Avengers line-up for the relaunch, and so far I like it. Here is the link to Newsarama detailing the roster so far.

Tony Stark: Iron Man!

Finally, Clint Barton back in the purple Hawkeye costume.
Looks like the Bucky Cap. I am ok with this, I'm just wondering what is going to happen to Steve Rogers.
Spider-Woman.
So far, so good. Rumor has it that Thor is also going to be on this team. I am looking forward to the new #1 issue.