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by **Leckomaniac** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:15 am

For those of you that don't know...Brian Bendis is going to be writing a second Avengers title called Mighty Avengers, Frank Cho will be providing the artwork. This title is going to ship alongside the New Avengers.

Wizard #180 has a preview of the new title...and over at wizard.com you can get a glimpse. CLICK HERE FOR THE MIGHTY AVENGERS!

by **Chilli** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:22 am

Sounds pretty cool. Bendis works best when he's zipping along happily, and not going down the Daredevil 'I must make him miserable' route.

by **Leckomaniac** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:24 am

He has promised plenty of action from this new title. I distinctly remember him saying something similar about the New Avengers...and that hasn't been very accurate. We shall see. I am not sure why there is a need for TWO Avengers books...but I will have to wait until the end of Civil War to see if there actually is a genuine reason.

by **Chilli** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:27 am

I tend to categorise Marvel books singularly. Like Astonishing X-Men is my canon X-Men book over the rest. Makes things simpler. So I'd just take the Avengers book I read and ignore the other... until they decide to do cross-overs in both comics and then I go into debt because Marvel is going bi-weekly again.

by **Shane** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:04 am

I discovered Frank Cho when I lived in D.C. he was the local comic celebrity. I've loved his work since. I havenever been a huge avengers fan, but I have been more and more impressed with recent stuff like ultimates and the new avengers was alright. I would like to give this book a chance.

by **MasterWhedon** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:10 pm

Just saw this. Really like the line-up for the team, especially that they're finally calling Ms. Marvel an Avenger again after she's been kicking around New Avengers for the past fifteen issues or so.

I love the split happening after Civil War. It feels like a natural place to cut the teams in two and continue their conflict, despite who the "winner" is. Only thing is that I wish the New Avengers had been able to run 50 issues or so before splitting them up. As it is, I don't feel like the team is a cohesive unit yet. Feels like they just announced to the world and now they're splitting up. Both House of M and Civil War should've been pushed two, three years down the line.

Still, looking forward to this.

EDIT:

Who's the guy in the helmet? That's not Thor, is it?

by **Doc Holliday** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:15 pm

Looks like a good time to get into The Avengers for the first time...think I'll give this title a go. Is that WonderMan? WonderMan was great back in the day...

by **Doc Holliday** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:16 pm

That couldn't be an updated Black Knight could it? Dwain whateverhisname was?

by **Chilli** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:16 pm

Man, I really want to write an Iron-Man comic from scratch.

On-topic, the teams are in the same universe. Urgh, that makes things a little more complex for me.

by **MasterWhedon** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:30 pm

Chilli wrote:On-topic, the teams are in the same universe. Urgh, that makes things a little more complex for me.

If done well, the interaction between the books could be great. While this might be a blatant cash-grab by Marvel, there's a legitimate narrative purpose to having the two teams with two different outlooks. The priorities and mission statements of the mutiple X-teams tend to run together so much, they need to be restated every three years or so ("Okay, you guys are the teaching team and we're the away mission team--and you guys over there can go off into space.").

Anyway, this should work pretty nicely.

by **The Garbage Man** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:31 pm

MasterWhedon wrote:Who's the guy in the helmet? That's not Thor, is it?

I've heard that's Ares.

by **MasterWhedon** on Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:40 pm

The Garbage Man wrote:
MasterWhedon wrote:Who's the guy in the helmet? That's not Thor, is it?

I've heard that's Ares.

Ooooooow, I like it. Don't know a thing about Marvel Ares, but I always enjoyed mythological Ares. I'm sure Bendis will work the god thing nicely.

by **MasterWhedon** on Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:36 pm

Newsarama has an interview up with Frank Cho re: this series. They have the new cover art and some sketches too. Nice stuff.

by **burlivesleftnut** on Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:37 pm

I would be more excited if they kill Sentry in the first issue. He has to be one of the lamest creations ever. Such a whiney stick.

by **buster00** on Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:02 am

Sentry = Not Mighty.

by **The Garbage Man** on Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:40 am

OK, I'll say it: I like The Sentry... in theory.
There are some cool elements to his character and I think, under the pen of someone who knows what to do with him, you could see some fun stories.

Unfortunately, the eponymous serious sucked out loud and ruined most of his potential.

by **MasterWhedon** on Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:41 pm

The second park of Frank Cho's interview is up HERE, with a bunch of inked pages from an upcoming issue.

Gotta say, I don't love the art. It's okay, but a little too... round? To curvy? I don't know.

by **Adam Balm** on Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:52 pm

Damn, when reading Civil War I was convinced that one of the Avengers teams (the pro gov one) would be a return to the original Avengers line up, i.e.

Iron Man
Thor
Hulk
Hank Pym
Wasp.

by **The Garbage Man** on Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:36 pm

The art reminds me a bit of Ryan Ottley's Invincible work... not sure why.

Hopefully color will add a little more bite to it.

by **burlivesleftnut** on Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:39 pm

Cho is a weird artist. I like him, but some of his anatomy (like women's legs) seems a bit unfounded on human anatomy.

by **burlivesleftnut** on Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:41 pm

Adam Balm wrote:Damn, when reading Civil War I was convinced that one of the Avengers teams (the pro gov one) would be a return to the original Avengers line up, i.e.

Iron Man
Thor
Hulk
Hank Pym
Wasp.

I remember discussing this at some point, but I am over Hank Pym. He's just not interesting to me at all. Neither is Wasp really.

And Hulk hate puny tin man now.

by **MasterWhedon** on Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:12 pm

Echo is the first New New Avenger. Ronin is the second.

I say Ronin's going to turn out to be Captain America. A "masterless samurai?" Come on now... Who else would fit that bill other than a Captain America who no longer believes in his America? And if New Avengers is supposed to be the "secret" anti-registration Avengers, Cap's gotta be on the team.

Unless it's Hawkeye.

There are eight in all. Here are my guesses:

1) Echo
2) Ronin (Captain America)
3) Spider-Man
4) Luke Cage
5) Spider-Woman
6) The Falcon
7) Daredevil
8) Hawkeye

Sausage fest!

by **Ribbons** on Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:24 pm

So who from the Old New Avengers is on the Mighty Avengers? Just Iron Man and the Sentry?

by **Brocktune** on Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:25 pm

burlivesleftnut wrote:
Adam Balm wrote:Damn, when reading Civil War I was convinced that one of the Avengers teams (the pro gov one) would be a return to the original Avengers line up, i.e.

Iron Man
Thor
Hulk
Hank Pym
Wasp.

I remember discussing this at some point, but I am over Hank Pym. He's just not interesting to me at all. Neither is Wasp really.

yeah, me too.

in fact, after reading a bunch of super early avengers books, i pretty much loathe all of them, with the exception of the hulk, who's maltreatment is the catalyst of my hatred for those other jerks.

i would like to see hulk come back and kill all of those guys.

by **Lord Voldemoo** on Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:27 pm

MasterWhedon wrote:
I say Ronin's going to turn out to be Captain America.

Just read the interview, Captain makes perfect sense unless Bendis is dropping those hints as a red herring...

by **MasterWhedon** on Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:28 pm

Ribbons wrote:So who from the Old New Avengers is on the Mighty Avengers? Just Iron Man and the Sentry?

I think so, yeah. And Ms. Marvel sorta counts, as she kinda rejoined the team right before Civil War.

Seriously though, Bendis' whole run on New Avengers frustrates the hell out of me because it screamed of such great potential. But he should've had 100 issues with the team to play them all off each other and really establish their own identity--not to mention to really dig into the breakout at The Raft that was supposed to be central to the relaunch--before splitting them up. They didn't even register as a team! I mean, some of the members were there, some weren't and the one's who weren't even on the team got the most face time! Should've been an awesome book and he fuckered it.

Still, I'm hoping the post-Civil War stuff will be fun.

EDITED for atrocious grammar and such foolishness.

by **Leckomaniac** on Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:39 pm

I love me some Ronin. This is good news. It will be fun to try and guess who it is. The Avengers have some huge shoes to fill considering what Johns and Meltzer are going with the JLA and JSA over at DC.

by **MasterWhedon** on Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:59 pm

Doctor Strange is number three.

I've never really been a fan of the character, though I'm digging BKV's "The Oath" miniseries. And since he was the deus ex machina at the end of Disassembled, maybe it'll be good for Bendis to tie it all together, like it's one story after all.

by **burlivesleftnut** on Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:37 pm

I hope they keep the characterization from the Oath, but Strange is fucking hysterical in it.

by **DennisMM** on Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:12 pm

Cho makes me very angry these days. I know he has a wife and two very young children. Feeding and clothing and having insurance are more important than what he made on Liberty Meadows and occasional illo work. But must he commit to an ongoing title? There's been one Liberty Meadows in three years and he swore when he took it to Image it would be at least quarterly.

*sigh*

by **Ribbons** on Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:37 am

Yo, whatever happened to Wolverine being an Avenger? I kind of liked that idea, even though he came and went. It would be awesome if they just stuck him into random panels every couple of issues.

by **buster00** on Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:40 am

Ribbons wrote:Yo, whatever happened to Wolverine being an Avenger? I kind of liked that idea, even though he came and went. It would be awesome if they just stuck him into random panels every couple of issues.

You bet your ass they will -- just like every other Marvel book on the stand.

by **Leckomaniac** on Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:52 am

I am a bit wary of these dual AVENGER's. We'll see how it all works out.

I love Ronin and the mystery that follows him. I love BKV's Dr. Strange mini.

Can Bendis pull it off...I guess we'll see.

by **burlivesleftnut** on Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:47 pm

And let's not forget there will be a third Avengers book: The Initiative. Avengers are the New Black.

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:39 pm

Wolverine is number four!

by **burlivesleftnut** on Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:45 pm

I don't think it's fair that Wolverine gets to be on TWO super teams. What about guys like ROM who haven't even been on one?

by **Ribbons** on Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:50 pm

burlivesleftnut wrote:I don't think it's fair that Wolverine gets to be on TWO super teams. What about guys like ROM who haven't even been on one?

ROM is number five!

by **burlivesleftnut** on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:05 pm

Fuck you got me good there.

by **Ribbons** on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:06 pm

Swish!

by **MasterWhedon** on Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:21 pm

Spider-Woman is number five.

She was kind of a given, seeing as Bendis says New Avengers is going to focus on the mysteries surrounding SHIELD (there's a mystery surrounding SHIELD?) he started in on in the first arc. She's played a pretty central role in all that hoopla, should be nice to see her story continue.

by **Leckomaniac** on Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:44 pm

So: Echo, Ronin, Doctor Strange, Wolverine, and Spider-Woman.

Doesn't really seem like a "classic" Avengers line-up, but it might work.

I really like what Bendis has done with Spider-Woman...so we'll see.

by **MasterWhedon** on Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:48 pm

Folks at Newsarama are speculating Iron Fist could be one of the new characters, perhaps replacing Luke Cage. Or maybe replacing Spider-Man. One of those two ain't coming back, I say.

I say Hawkeye is getting one of the final spots, and I could definitely see Bendis tapping Daredevil. And Cap is DEFINITELY Ronin.

by **Leckomaniac** on Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:08 pm

Well judging by the synopsis given for AMAZING SPIDER-MAN in the newest Marvel previews I would say he is DEFINITELY not coming back to the Avengers.

It seems to me that having Ronin, DD, and Iron Fist on the same team would be rather redundant. I mean they are pretty similarin fighting styles.

by **burlivesleftnut** on Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:56 pm

I am still hoping for Invisible Woman. I think it would be GREAT to see her in a different team book.

by **buster00** on Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:14 am

I'm puttin' some money on Ms. Marvel, Hank Pym, and Hawkeye.

by **burlivesleftnut** on Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:22 am

Does Ms. Marvel really have the fan-interest to be in *two* Avengers books? I just don't see it, but weirder things have happened.

by **buster00** on Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:16 pm

burlivesleftnut wrote:Does Ms. Marvel really have the fan-interest to be in *two* Avengers books? I just don't see it, but weirder things have happened.

Oh, I didn't know she was still in another Avengers book. I haven't been paying very close attention.

by **burlivesleftnut** on Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:42 pm

SUCKA!

by **Leckomaniac** on Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:16 pm

Iron First is number six and Luke Cage is number seven.

Bendis says that Luke cage is going to be the leader of the group. So who is going to be #8?

by **MasterWhedon** on Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:02 pm

Leckomaniac wrote:Iron First is number six and Luke Cage is number seven.

Bendis says that Luke cage is going to be the leader of the group. So who is going to be #8?

Cage as the TEAM LEADER?! SERIOUSLY?!

Someone please check up Brian Bendis' ass and see if you can find his head. I like me some Luke Cage, but the guy's a thug, not a squad leader. Sorry, but this one doesn't fly with me, and I'm usually pretty easy on Bendis.

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