Marvel released a new image teasing their “The Heroic Age” event, and it certainly seems that Agents of Atlas mainstay Gorilla-Man might get a shot being one of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Granted, as we reported, Marvel won’t cop to that being the new Avengers line-up for the new Avengers book, but that certainly looks like a possible team.
In fact, making Gorilla-Man an Avenger would tie in nicely with this zeitgeist piece I wrote. Why?
Because Congorilla just joined the JLA! Apparently, something is in the air with talking gorillas on super-teams. I cracked that I could think of several team books that could be improved by the addition of a talking gorilla. Let’s try it out.
Teen Titans: Teen Titans has run the gamut lately from merely bad to shockingly bad. Maybe they just need a talking gorilla? Surely, Gorilla Grodd has a niece or nephew that wants to atone for his uncle’s misdeeds? Gorilla Kid? Kid Gorilla?
The Outsiders: Does Markovia have a national zoo? Maybe Halo returns as pure energy and has to find a host, but the only nearby form is a gorilla? She could change her heroic name to Silverback or something flashy and dispense outsidery justice while marking time for the next inevitable killing-off that she’ll suffer.
X-Men, etc.: All this time, and we haven’t had a gorilla X-Man? Some would argue that Beast fits the bill, but not really. Shouldn’t this be a more likely mutation than wings or optic blasts?
What about you, readers? Any suggestions? I can tell that Blog@ team member Kyle DuVall is in total disagreement. He says that THIS is the decade . . . of the anteater.
Man, that would be a WEIRD direction for Brightest Day.
January 27th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Fun piece, Troy. For me, the most interesting thing about that Avengers promo pic is that Beast looks to be back in classic blue form, rather than big old cat fella.
January 27th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Apparently, Marvel has decided that having a bright and shiny “heroic age” means that the Avengers must be re-gentrified. Where’s Luke Cage?
January 27th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
J’onn J’onzz is as clumsy as a stupid repulsive anteater.
January 27th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
‘Re-gentrified’ Russ? Who knows where Luke Cage will wind up, perhaps in a shiny new book with Iron Fist. Maybe by Dan Jurgens. Optimism!
January 27th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
@Martin – I’m just having a little fun pointing out the fact that there’s no token minority on the team–odd, when Cage has been one of the best-represented Bendis Avengers in terms of page count and personality.
January 27th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
I’m just having a little fun pointing out the fact that there’s no token minority on the team
I see no reason to assume this is a team of any kind anyway. It’s a cross-section of Marvel characters (mutant, FF, spy, Atlas, Avengers, Spidey, Big Three) advertising a line-wide shift in direction. We’ll see, but no reason to jump to conclusions.
January 27th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Jeez Mr. Hoskin…”big slam on anteaters out of nowhere…”
Now where’s my Raoulbik’s cube…
January 27th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
You’ll have to excuse him, Kyle. Anteaters killed his twin sister. Bow and arrow. Very weird.
January 28th, 2010 at 8:44 am
I agree with Rich, I don’t think its a new Avengers line-up. It would make for an interesting team but I think the image is just representing Marvel itself.