Marvel All New, All Different - Ongoing Discussion (Spoilers)

[Skellington]

I accidentally came across news that Issue #18 will be the last for Iron Man. Was it not doing well? I'm of mixed feelings about the book myself and have definitely not been enjoying it as much as the Bendis run.

I suspect that Arno Stark will be headlining as Iron Man for much of 2020, in a nod to the original Iron Man 2020. In any case, it looks like there won’t be a renumbering any time soon, given that Iron Man #19 is listed by Newsarama as one of the issues to have an Iron Man 2020 variant cover.

 

[JD]

The Marvel Universe is getting it's own Hogwarts. Marvel has announced that a new series called Strange Academy, will be coming from writer Skottie Young and artist Humberto Ramos in March. The series will follow the students at a magical school in New Orleans, as they are taught to use their powers by Doctor Strange, Brother Voodoo, The Ancient One, Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom and "all of Marvel's most iconic magicians. The students are all new characters coming from all over the Marvel Universe, and the article introduces two of them, Emily Bright, "a girl who discovered magical powers since birth", and Doyle Dormammu, the illegitimate son of the Dark Dimension's ruler.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Wait? What?

Strange and Majik are no longer estranged?

She had to time travel to the 80s to get an education from the mustache bro, becuase 2013 Dr Strange was an awkward fascist prick with a speeddial to the mutant hunting secret police.

 

[Nerys Myk]

"a girl who discovered magical powers since birth",

Do they not have editors and proof readers???

 

[JD]

Yeah, I was a little confused by the wording there, which is why I used the exact quote.

 

[JD]

How do they handle flashback stories to eras like the beginning of Spider-Man's career in Spidey? Do they move things forward and include modern things like cell phones, or do they write them as taking place back in the era the original comics were written.
Since I've been reading the first Spider-Man Masterworks, I've been thinking about checking out Spidey too, and that got me wondering about the flashback stories.

 

[Nerys Myk]

How do they handle flashback stories to eras like the beginning of Spider-Man's career in Spidey? Do they move things forward and include modern things like cell phones, or do they write them as taking place back in the era the original comics were written.
Since I've been reading the first Spider-Man Masterworks, I've been thinking about checking out Spidey too, and that got me wondering about the flashback stories.

Yes they do. The tech would reflect what was available 10 to 15 years ago rather than 50 or 60.

 

[JD]

Ok, thanks. That seems like a nice way to have them happening in the past, but not to far back.
So is that generally where they have things start off, 10-15 years ago?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Ok, thanks. That seems like a nice way to have them happening in the past, but not to far back.
So is that generally where they have things start off, 10-15 years ago?

Usually in that range, except for characters like Captain America and the Sub-Mariner.

 

[JD]

They've announced the next X-Men crossover event, a 15-part storyline called X of Swords.

 

[Qonundrum]

Do they not have editors and proof readers???

That's what those red, green, and blue squiggles in teh wird pwoshess0r are for.

 

[Guy Gardener]

When Jesus was born, it was like someone left a turned on flash light up her baby pooper.

Alternately, I swear this is true, my art history teacher from high school said that the Renascence artists "pretended" that JC teleported, like in Star Trek, because they were squeamish about afterbirth and shit being splattered everywhere.

Clea, Dormamu's daughter, is sometimes the ruler of the Dark Dimension.

Doyle Strange?

 

[Turtletrekker]

Clea, Dormamu's daughter, is sometimes the ruler of the Dark Dimension.

Niece. She's the daughter of Umar, sister of Dormammu.

 

[JD]

According to IGN, the X in X of Swords is meant to be read as 10 rather than as the letter X. So it's (10) of Swords, which is possibly a reference to a Tarot card.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

I really hate how pretentious Hickman is being about changing the X between series to sometimes mean 10, but only when he tells you.

Can't wait for him to say we were supposed to be calling them the Uncanny 10-Men all this time.

 

[JoeZhang]

I really hate how pretentious Hickman is being about changing the X between series to sometimes mean 10, but only when he tells you.

That is just a homage to Morrison who did it first 15(?) Years ago with Weapon X. It is just making use of an accepted idea in X-Men lore.


Anyway Wolverine and Logan are already crossing swords out there on the moon.

 

[JD]

Marvel has announced the first miniseries based on one of the Avengers Academy attraction, W.E.B. of Spider-Man written by Kevin Schinick, with art by Roberto Di Salvo and a cover by Gurihiru. The attraction will feature Tom Holland's MCU version, but the announcement mentions about the comic is rather vague as to which version it will feature. It does mention Tony Stark, but the whole idea of Avengers Campus is that it will be drawing in characters from universes other than just the MCU, so that doesn't rule out the comic being set in the MCU.

 

[JD]

Marvel's website has posted some highlights from a series of Tweets Tom Brevoort has been doing showing all sorts of old, rarely and never before seen artwork from Marvel's animated series and comics.
There's some pretty cool stuff in there, it's definitely worth checking out.

 

[JD]

Marvel has announced that they will be offering digital versions of some of the comics for free, with the available selection changing each month. They are available on Marvel Unlimited, the Marvel Comics App, and Comixology.
This month's comics:
Avengers vs X-Men
Civil War
Amazing Spider-Man: Red Goblin
Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates Vol. 1
Thanos Wins
X-Men Milestones: Dark Phoenix Saga
Avengers: Kree/Skrull War
Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 1: The Final Host
Black Widow Vol. 1: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted
Capt. America: Winter Soldier Ultimate
Capt. Marvel Vol. 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More

 

[JD]

A couple days I finally remembered they were releasing the free comics so I picked up:
Fantastic Four: Foursome
Civil War
Avengers: Kree/Skrull War
X-Men Milestones: The Dark Pheonix Saga
Black Panther by Ta-Nahisi Coates Vol 1
Black Widow: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted
Capt. Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster More

And they have now released this month's comics:
Secret Invasion
Secret Wars
Black Panther by Ta-Nahisi Coates Vol 2
Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 1
Captain America: Winter in America
Venom by Donny Cates: Rex
Miles Morales: Straight Out of Brooklyn
Ms. Marvel: No Normal
Doctor Strange: The Way of the Weird
Amazing Spider-Man: Masterworks Vol. 1

I got The Way of the Weird, Straight Out of Brooklyn, the John Byrne FF, BP by Ta-Nahisi Coates Vol. 2, Sectret Wars, and Secret Invasion.
The freebies are only available on Marvel Unlimited, Comixology, and Kindle.