The NZA Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Fanboys can say what they will on Avengers Dissasembled, about how rushed it was, killed off some of their favorite Avengers, the ending's been done before, etc, and some naysayers are worried about the big lineup this book's looking to have, but after 2 issues in, this one's shaping up to be just as (if not) more exciting than Ultimates. Bendis is loving this, and doesnt seem to be going anywhere. Hitch is....amazing, i think. It looks like Captain America is potentially leading: Luke Cage Spider-Man Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman Iron Man? With coming additions of Sentry - he's the one Marvel spoofed us all with a few years back, Jenkis wrote him really well. Bendis described him loosely as "the most powerful, superman like character in the Marvel U, but he's afraid to leave his house." And of course, many are up in arms about Wolverine's potention addition to the roster, tho Bendis swears he has a reason why the loner X-Man would join another team, and in the meantime, he sees Logan & Spidey as comedic gold. Spidey, too, isnt a team guy, so I'm guessing Bendis has this planned out, and he's certainly got my faith in his writing. Issue # 2 just came out, and it was insane - imagine a prison break for Marvel's biggest villians, plus it ties into Bendis' work on Alias, Daredevil etc...and he says he's not done with Dissasembled either. Ive enjoyed these 2 issues more than any Avenger book ive read so far. Here's what the variant covers are looking like, when put together (each by a different artist): Joe Q's sketch of the whole thing (he's pretty squared-jaw these days) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 A quick, parting shot on "Avengers Dissasembled" for 2T...*SPOILERS* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Godspeed Hawkeye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 # 3 came out last week...damn. The team's starting to come together, but its already in trouble.... Its worth throwing out there that not all the villains escaped The Raft alive; a very high-profile one died quite violently....if youve ever dug Avengers, or are in any way a Bendis fan, you really gotta check this book out before it gets hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I'll check this one out soon enough just for Bendis, but I gotta say, I hope the interior art is better than the covers you've been showing. I'm not really impressed so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 Remember: those covers up top are variants, and each one's done by a different artist. Finch does the interior; you cant go wrong with him. Yeah, he draws faces similar, but its a good face. Anyway, interior good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Dunno if you've already mentioned it Irish, but apparently 'Dissassembled' was simply the tip of a greater shit berg moving toward the original roster, encompassing 'New Avengers an' all'... That last cover was dog's bollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 BENDIS UPDATES NEW AVENGERS SCHEDULE, & MORE At his messageboard, Brian Bendis has clarified the schedule of New Avengers, which has seen issues #4 and #5 slide from their originally scheduled dates, with Steve McNiven coming on board as the penciller starting with issue #7. Bendis posted, “It is not a permanent thing. one of the reasons Steve McNiven is already at work on the second arc is so David Finch can go right from issue #6 to issue #10. ”So yes, we are dragging a little bit now but its all about bringing you the highest quality. these scripts are a bitch to draw. lots of characters in each panel. but with Mcniven's fill ins we will be back on a normal schedule very, very soon.” Bendis also added that the alternate covers for Steve McNiven’s arc (#7-#9) which focuses on The Sentry will be by Dave Cockrum (#7), John Romita Sr. (#8 – a wedding cover at character creator Paul Jenkins’ request), and Marie Severin (#9). As Bendis posted, “If you do not know these names, please go find out who they are. They are true greats. ”These special alt covers are not New Avengers covers, but ‘Startling Stories’ covers on New Avengers - that is the comic the Sentry appeared in that no one can find. I do not know what the ordering plan is. if you don't like alt covers, don't buy them.” Continuing the Silver Age theme of the arc, issue #7 will contain a sequence by Sal Buscema, which Bendis said will be his last retro segment ever. Bendis also added that the long-delayed Wha Huh?!? will ship in July. Additionally, the videogame Bendis has been working on for the past year and a half will be announced shortly, and will be featured on the cover of Playstation Magazine that ships the same week as E3 in May. Finally, as to Brian K. Vaughan’s tease about an Ultimate project: “I know BKV has been hinting at some Ultimate project that I and Mark Millar are involved in. it is not as reported elsewhere a handbook or guide. All I will say for now is that BKV is a very generous bastard! And I like Mark Brooks.” Oh, and there was this as well: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 20, 2005 Author Share Posted July 20, 2005 Newsarama: Bendis on the big ending of # 7... » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « WAIT...WHAT? BENDIS & JENKINS TALK NEW AVENGERS #7 Spoiler warning – the following article discusses the revelation on the last page of last week’s New Avengers #7. If you didn’t read it, and don’t want the ending ruined for you, you may want to head elsewhere now. Okay – so the internet didn’t crack in half because of the ending of House of M #3, but it took a slight bend thanks to the ending of last week’s New Avengers #7. The issue, the first part of the arc exploring the Sentry, and his reappearance in the Marvel Universe (by Brian Bendis and Steve McNiven), features the heroes looking for clues, and ultimately finding a whopper in the issue of the Sentry’s identity: they Avengers enlist the aid of Paul Jenkins. Yes, that Paul Jenkins. On the last page of the issue, the Avengers introduce a very confused Sentry to a very confused Jenkins. “Ah, yeah – that’s me,” Jenkins said. “And it’s not my idea,” he added, chuckling. “The Paul Jenkins in the comic is much younger looking than the real thing,” Bendis added. “And who cares if he’s okay with the idea - I own him! Honestly, I don’t know if Paul ever did approve it, because he never stopped laughing after I pitched it to him.” Joking aside, Jenkins did give his approval for his likeness to be used in the issue, though both he and Bendis were mum when it came to more specifics on what Jenkins’ appearance means. Bendis did reiterate that he and Jenkins had a gentleman’s agreement in regards to the use of the Sentry. “I didn't make a move without calling him, and I sent him the scripts as they were finished,” Bendis said. “He also sent me the first few for his upcoming miniseries. I would have changed anything he wanted, but there wasn’t much. I think he asked for one line or something. Paul, honestly, is the most generous guy in comics. He knows what a huge fan of his work I am and we've been friends for years and years. We’re also McFarlane survivors. It’s a special group. We have shirts. “Oh, and the trick, for those hoping to try this in the future, is to type the words, ‘handsome and full head of hair’ into the physical character description and the subject will basically approve anything else you write.” Jenkins agreed with Bendis’ version of events and approvals, saying that he liked the idea from the start. “It’s pretty neat, really,” Jenkins said. “If it makes sense in the story, fine – great. I wouldn’t want it to be for some silly reason for me to get my face in there. It partly came about from conversations I had with Brian where we felt that he needed to explain why the Sentry came back – what’s it all about? After all, when I left him, he was going back to his old life. Brian reintroduced him, so he needed to take the time to tell how he came back and why. This is a part of that – a part of the intrigue that will unfold as time goes by. Then, by the time Brian is done, he'll be in the place I wanted him for the start of my miniseries.” As for a little bit of that intrigue, as Bendis explained, that’s what the Avengers are trying to get to the bottom of as well. “They don’t know what the Sentry is,” Bendis said. “Clearly, the Sentry is real, he's right there in front of him, but the only evidence that anything Sentry ever existed, to them, are these old comic books.” Bendis’ use of the Sentry, as explained above, is a little different than the use of older Marvel characters. “The Sentry is a great comic creation and we've all, the writers in comics, have been talking about how protective everyone is of everyone else's creations. We have no problem using the sh__ out of every classic Marvel creation but any new character; everyone just assumes is only to be used by the person who created that character. And some of these characters, like the Sentry, are truly great, but they never bloom because everyone is scared to touch them. “I had a similar feeling about Alias. When Allan Heinberg asked to use Jessica Jones, I was like, ‘Please, yes!’ I was hoping someone would, and I hit Paul up in a similar fashion for New Avengers. He had the same reaction. He said: “God, I was waiting for someone to do something with him. “I hit Paul with some early ideas. A lot of which you've seen hints of, and told him we would need to really dig into something to make him part of the Marvel Universe. He was so open. soon after Joe told Paul to dust off his Sentry notebook because if the Sentry was coming back then it’s more than past time for a Sentry follow up. Paul was amazing about letting me get the character where it needed to be in terms of the Marvel U, and then he would pick it up from there and tell the story he wanted to tell. “But yeah, as Paul has said, comic book iconography is a huge part of the Sentry story and I had this wacky idea about Paul being part of this story, just as Stan was a part of Paul's original story, in regards to why these comic books exist, etc. The Sentry is just a fascinating character and Paul and Jae's original series is a must have trade paperback. Go find it.” Of course, creators meeting their creations are nothing new under the comic book sun - that much Bendis will agree upon. Where he notes a difference though, is with any claim that his New Avengers storyline is a riff off of anything that has come previously. “I see this story as wildly different from the earlier stories,” Bendis said. “99 percent of those stories - and sorry guys, Grant Morrison far from invented it [in Animal Man] are creators writing themselves into the story, ala Grant, or Curt Swan's Superman Annual or Stan and Jack in…Fantastic Four #10 [a plotting device the two used to bring Doctor Doom back into the series]. “This is me writing about another writer meeting something he may or may not have created. If anything it’s a little like the Warren Ellis' guest star appearance in Powers a few years back…except that, if Warren met any of his creations they would probably molest him in an awful way.” As for where the final page is headed, and what further revelations Bendis (and Jenkins) may have about the nature of the Sentry in the Marvel Universe, Bendis isn’t talking…much. “Yeah – I’ll tell you where it’s headed – it’s all headed into the next issue,” the writer joked. “All right, all right - three words: Paul Jenkins = Ronin.” Finally, there is one legal issue that Jenkins’ appearance in New Avengers does raise…that little thing in the indicia… “All chatracters featured in this issue and the distinctive names and likenesses thereof….are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc.” “Yeah, technically, legally, Paul is a new creation of mine so I get points every time his name appears in a comic. I want to make Paul Jenkins the new Wolverine.” And as for Jenkins? Though he said he’s not planning on using himself in the upcoming miniseries, the ownership thing is a stickler. “Apparently, yes, now Marvel owns me,” Jenkins said with a chuckle. “I didn’t realize that until they called last week and said I had to go to Comic-Con. When I told them I didn’t want to go, they told me I was, because they own me now. Give me a few more decades, and I’ll be public domain again, though, and I can start going where I want to go again, I guess.” Oh, and given that Jenkins is now part of Marvel (the company’s press release boilerplate will have to be changed to read “with over 5,001 proprietary characters..”) is Avi Arad’s announcement of the film adaptation coming soon to Variety? “Paul Jenkins: The Movie? I don’t think anyone would be lining up at the theater for that one…” Man...Bendis has really pulled the rug out from under me on this one...i was so certain it was Jenkin's character! Hyped to see what comes of this arc. Whoever he is, he ripped Carnage in half! In fucking space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Whoah, twisting the brain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Makes more sence to Red than New Avengers made to Red two days ago. Thank you Jimmy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 I did not see that one coming. I think Bendis should write ALL of marvels books. You think you know whats coming and then Bam. Twisted plot point or ending. The way comics should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 I'm just loving this book. Part 2 of the Sentry storyline was sweet. The last page is one of those moment you just say "damn when is the next issue coming out" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 Anyone see this month's issue? » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « so i guess all that energy the muties lost in House of M didnt take long to form some ass-kicking cosmic threat...done fucked up Alpha Flight real good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Who are the New Avengers: Echo (a.k.a. Maya Lopez, a.k.a. “Ronin”) “Echo is the character who’s been in the New Avengers who has the most unanswered questions surrounding her. She had a one arc storyline and in this arc Captain America picked her to stay in Japan and deal with the growing threat of the disorganized Japanese underworld, which she took a heavy interest in being part of. We still don’t know a lot about how she got from Kingpin assassin to New Avengers ally, and why she wears the Ronin suit – why she dresses up like a man. I know a lot of people want to know this. So all of this will be answered in issue #27, which not only answers all these questions, but also debuts this new team of New Avengers.Ronin (a.k.a. ??) “Once Echo is done is Japan, there will be no need for her to be Ronin anymore. The suit – the identity – will have served its purpose. There will be another person in the Marvel Universe without a theme… without a motivation … or who may have lost their desire to wear the costume they were wearing, and this person will don the costume as the masterless samurai of the Marvel Universe for the time to come.” Doctor Strange “Doctor Strange, as has been shown in issue #6 of Civil War, kind of sat it out. He kind of took a Gandhi stance, and when the war pans out the way it pans out, it really shocks a lot of characters in the Marvel Universe to the very core of their beings and results in them changing their minds about a lot of things. And once Doc Strange sees the results of the war in reality, and not just in theory, it shakes him, and he realizes his ‘Gandhi-status’ may have been a huge mistake, and now he’s in a position to try to at least rectify that and he blames himself and his inaction for what the end results are.Wolverine “Another character not in the crux of the major war, but was part of the New Avengers because of the deal he made with them. He’s kind of the eternal underdog. He and Luke Cage have similar beliefs in regards to what’s going on in the Marvel Universe right now and Wolverine sticks with the group to see if through, because he made a commitment to them… Spider-Woman “The spy without a home. Ex-Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., ex-Agent of Hydra… this is the only place she can go, and she is one of those who feels someone was pulling her strings through out this entire year. She also has an unrevealed relationship with Nick Fury, who is still underground. And what his connection to all this is will be revealed this year. “She also has a monthly series coming that Alex [Maleev]and I will be doing in the future. Everything that’s going to happen to her in New Avengers will set that up. It’s a new direction for the character that needs set-up. She’s going to find her true calling, let’s say. Luke Cage “Luke Cage will now rise to be the leader of the team. He almost had a …hmmm, let’s says a ‘King Arthur’ heaviness in him in New Avengers #22, where he made decisions to fight for what he believes in no matter what the cost to himself or his family. And now here he is having survived the war and kind of being put in position to lead the team to where it needs to go. He is, of all of them, the biggest believer in that what happened to the New Avengers in the first arcs – in the Savage Land, discovering there is something rotten in S.H.I.E.L.D. – is all connected, all the way from House of M, to the Secret Wars, to Civil War … that there has been something pulling at them this whole time, and they’re going to get right back to trying to figure out what it all is and putting it all together. "There is something so interesting about an unbreakable man who now has such a weakness in having a wife and child that he cares so much for. Jessica can take care of herself, but that little baby ... that poor little baby. "Plus his relationship with Jessica becomes a real point of pride and angst as their lives as rebels continue." Iron Fist “I'm glad we've put them together as a reveal because...Yes, the ‘Heroes for Hire’ [see below] are back together again. Danny went through a lot during Civil War. He’s got his Rand Corporation and we’re discovering a lot about him in his series by Ed [brubaker] and Matt [Fraction], and this is the book where you get to see that information effecting the Marvel heroes in his life. This is a really good time to be an Iron Fist fan and a ‘Power Man & Iron Fist’ fan. They are going to achieve a lot in the coming months. “What I like about the two of them is that they’re best friends but they haven’t been around one another a lot lately, but now they’re back together again. So they have a very mature relationship. They’re both real warriors at heart that have been through a lot together. So having them back together on this team is, I think, very special for us old school fans. “And it also helps establish the more familial aspect of the team. There is no charter or official reason for them to be together, but they need each other. They’re all with one another because they have to be. There is no one else they can trust. They’re thrown together by fate to be in the Avengers, and now they’re being thrown together again to be in the Avengers post-Civil War. "Plus, Iron Fist has some interesting backstory with the mysticism and magics of K'un-Lun, which can and will run in direct conflict with Doctor Strange and his magics." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 So I'm guessing the end of New Avengers 31 has to do with what happened in issue #1 of the Illuminati with the skrulls looking for pay back and this is the first hint of something big, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I donngeddit. I was all excited and then last page ohhh... skrull baby . Before that ohhh.... skrullectra . Post all - meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 So I'm guessing the end of New Avengers 31 has to do with what happened in issue #1 of the Illuminati with the skrulls looking for pay back and this is the first hint of something big, that makes way more sense than my "WWHulk tie in?" thought. they pulled the swictheroo with years back when he was death, before nu-marvel tried to put a stop to that shit, as i seet it. im hoping for more than that, but newt's illuminati fallout could work if uh, done really well, let's just hope bendis irons it out quicker than the whole "who caused the initial breakout?" thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Bendis said that has been read this story line for the last 2 years. This could be the thing that been behind both shield and Hydra. Plus he said the big thing won't happen till next year but we will be getting some answers over the coming months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Nick: I'm guess the initial breakout NA #1 may have something to do with the skrulls and I also think the the night nurse may be a skrulls as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 that's crazy..well, the breakout mystery still hasnt been solved, and i guess itd make sense for Fury to go underground if he felt S.H.I.E.L.D. had been compromised on that level, which it seems to be, theyre all kidns of rotten these days in New Avengers. also, why Night Nurse? that'd really fuck shit up for Strange. oh, and... buddy told me he read on marvel.com that Illuminati issues are being delayed cause the rumor is that one of them is a skrull! we know it aint strange, but if its any of the others, that's a big problem. i swear tho, i hope its not Stark, that'd be too big a copout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 that's crazy..well, the breakout mystery still hasnt been solved, and i guess itd make sense for Fury to go underground if he felt S.H.I.E.L.D. had been compromised on that level, which it seems to be, theyre all kidns of rotten these days in New Avengers. also, why Night Nurse? that'd really fuck shit up for Strange. oh, and... buddy told me he read on marvel.com that Illuminati issues are being delayed cause the rumor is that one of them is a skrull! we know it aint strange, but if its any of the others, that's a big problem. i swear tho, i hope its not Stark, that'd be too big a copout. Think about it. She's been treating the hero's for years. Who's to say that's not part of a bigger plan. That rumor been going around for a while now. The only one I can think of that can be a skrull is namor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The NZA Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 that was brilliant, thank you drifter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 I do what I can... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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