by Alexander Jones
Marvel Comics just unveiled a ton of new information regarding their publishing line, and even announced some brand new female-led titles. The news broke at Marvel’s Cup O’ Joe Panel, where Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer, Joe Quesada, announced a brand new crossover with the Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, the All-New X-Men, Star-Lord, Cyclops and Nova. The crossover is entitled The Black Vortex and begins in February 2015. The Black Vortex is said to be an ancient artifact, that sort of functions like the cosmic cube, it unlocks the hidden potential within an individual. It also seems like this crossover is going to be more focused on the cosmic side of the publisher’s massive world. The Black Vortex has an Alpha special drawn by Ed McGuinness that launches the story, followed by an Omega special also drawn by Ed McGuinness that ends the story.
The Star Wars titles are all confirmed to be coming in February including Star Wars #1, Darth Vader #1, and Princess Leia #1. Another Star Wars title was announced as Star Wars – Kanan: The Last Padawan by Greg Weisman and Pepe Larraz which is coming in April of 2015.
Captain America #1 and Avengers & X-Men: AXIS Act II Inversion both kick off in November.
Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso chimed in with this amusing quote:
“Wolverine is dead next Wednesday, Rocket Racoon is arguably one of the most popular superheroes in the world, Thor is a woman, Captain America is African-American – did you ever think that you would see that?”
Speaking of their most beloved new female characters, Marvel has just announced Operation S.I.N. utilizing Peggy Carter of the upcoming television series. Some of the other S.H.I.E.L.D. architects like Howard Stark are also going to make an appearance in the story. The event has the same trade dress as Original Sin, and is said to spin out of that story. It’s written by Kathryn Immonen with art from Rich Ellis.
James Patterson’s Maximum Ride is coming to Marvel in graphic novel form. The first five issues of the book will launch in Spring 2015. The adaptation is written by Marguerite Bennett and Alex Sanchez.
Whew, that was quite a few announcements!
“did you ever think that you would see that?”
No, I did not think that entire line would taken over by gimmicks.
Why are they gimmicks and why is a gimmick a bad thing?
So according to Quesada if this black vortex thing ‘unlocks the hidden potential within an individual…’, that must mean if someone has red hair, and they use the black vortex, then their hair will turn dark brown or black. They must have had the actor for Daredevil use it, because obviously red hair is ‘bad’ and ‘creepy’, -you cant have a live action show with an attractive smart red haired protagonist; not in the former-USA. Even though The Flash is Time/Warner, do you think they had the actor of The Flash use the black vortex -probably, -I know, rite!!! Bigotry. The USA is dead. Consumerism, profit, cost savings, and bigotry are the only things that matter. Why create a work environment, or community that appreciates work hard, training, and cooperation with people different when you can out-source jobs, and make most of your money from off-shore hedge funds and investments in congressmen/lobbying, and maintaining grueling traffic?
Woe, I’ve never seen someone so fired up about the color of someone’s hair.