Sunday 28 April 2013

C2E2: Marvel: Next Big Thing Panel Recap

Arune Singh introduced the panel: Tom Brevoort, C.B. Cebulski, Josh Fialkov, Dave Marquez, Jordan D. Knight, Ellie Pyle, and Kieron Gillen.

The panel kicked things off with the announcement of the new storyline for Thor: God of Thunder called “The Accursed” which is, fittingly, the return of Malekith in September. “This will involve a chase through the Nine Realms as Malekith is resurrected and brought out of the realm of the dead. We’ll see a new overview of the Nine Realms and how they all connect together. Thereafter, we’ll get back to young Thor and old Thor.” The storyline will feature art by Ron Garney.

Gillen talked about “The Secret Origin of Tony Stark” that’s coming in Iron Man saying, “This is by far the biggest thing I’ve done in the Marvel Universe in terms of its impact and what it will mean. Juxtaposed with things that are happening in the present day, we go back to some events that happened around Tony’s conception.”

Not able to say much, some things he name dropped to help describe the story are Ocean’s Eleven and X-Files. Gillen said that the result of this story would have people talking, joking, “I saw Dan Slott getting screamed at and I was like, ‘I want some of that!’”

The crowd popped pretty hard for Indestructible Hulk, which Matteo Scalera will be joining in issue #11, which will find Hulk trying to fix the time stream. “He really captures the vibe of this book, you’ll really seem him continue to grow over the next couple of issues,” Cebulski said of Scalera’s work.

Fearless Defenders also received some nice applause, and Pyle said the book will be double-shipping in July. She said that issue #5 will lead into something that “might make you angry at Cullen for a while.” They also showed off the new Valkyrie costume that will come for a story reason, with Pyle adding, “We’re going to see how Valkyrie does in Chinatown with a street level story.”

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man was next up, where they mentioned the recent tragedy and the reveal that the book will jump forward in time a year. “We’re seeing Miles in a very, very different and dark place. We are going to experience his journey dealing with [his mother’s death] along with his friends,” said Marquez. He also added that the new Ultimate Cloak and Dagger were a ton of fun to draw, and he’s excited for those characters to make their debut.

Fialkov talked briefly about Ultimate Comics Ultimates, saying, “I’m planning to do stuff never in my wildest imagination did I think they’d let me do. The combo hero and villain for the book is Ultimate Reed Richards, who I am in love with. He’s just a ton of fun to right.”

A fan asked about Winter Soldier, which Brevoort said we could expect the character to continue in the pages of Secret Avengers and Captain America, and not-so-subtly suggested that Winter Soldier would make an eventual return as a Marvel NOW! book.

Joey is a Senior Editor at IGN and a comic book creator. Follow Joey on Twitter @JoeyEsposito, or find him on IGN at Joey-IGN. After Man of Steel comes out, his life will lose all sense of direction and purpose.


Source : ign[dot]com

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