Just because Marvel isn’t relaunching their entire line in one month a la DC’s September assault doesn’t mean that all of their books aren’t going to get a do-over eventually. Following this summer’s The Mighty Thor and Captain America relaunches – with their existing series getting renamed and continuing at the same time – and this fall’s Wolverine and the X-Men and Uncanny X-Men relaunches, 2012 will see an Avengers relaunch, according to editor Tom Brevoort… well, kind of:
While having just relaunched the Avengers books with the Heroic Age, we’re not looking to relaunch the line again to get an “Avengers” #1. We do have an “Avengers” #1 project coming out around movie time which will be to “The Avengers” what “Captain America” #1 is to that movie and what “Mighty Thor” #1 was to “Thor”. But that’s something can speak more about later, once we’re closer to announcing the project.
So, I guess that means Avengers will continue (perhaps under a different name – Mighty Avengers is still available, after all), while we also get a brand-new title, presumably teaming the Marvel Universe versions of the movie cast (Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nick Fury and Maria Hill)? But, apparently, it won’t be a relaunch of the entire line – although I wouldn’t be surprised if we see everything you’d expect from a relaunch bar the renumbering, especially considering that it’ll likely be coming on the heels of the end of The Fearless and the entire “Battle Scars” branding. In fact, I wouldn’t be too surprised if the new Avengers series turns out to launch with the much-teased Bendis/Hitch “Age of Ultron” storyline…
July 26th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
If it’s done in the spirit of Fraction’s Iron Man and Thor, and Bru’s Cap, we can expect to see no actual reboot, just an attempt (and generally a good one) to make the book accessible and play on some of the beats found in the movies. Think about how Fraction launched his Iron Man book. Tony was still director of SHIELD, but he played up Stane/Pepper/Tony’s past as a weapons dealer, etc. I reckon any Avengers book done in conjunction with the movie won’t suddenly have The Avengers working directly for Nick Fury, but will probably have them accepting a mission from him or something.
July 26th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
“no actual reboot”
Yeah, that’s what they say at DC, too.
July 26th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
John, there won’t be a reboot for the Avengers books. It’s simply a renumbering with an eye towards the tone of the movieverse.
July 26th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
How many Avengers #1 issues have we seen since Heroes Reborn?
July 26th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
If they’re referencing the movie, they should work the Hulk in as well.
July 26th, 2011 at 9:27 pm
Too damn many, Simon.
July 27th, 2011 at 6:46 am
Soooo… the title of this blog post is “Avengers to Relaunch Next Year” because why? Brevoort is saying the Avengers line WILL NOT relaunch next year, just get another #1 issue in some form and/or launch a more accessible spinoff series. A misleading piece of rumor mongering, this blog post is.
July 27th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
This sort of sounds more like what Marvel has been doing for a while with The Avengers with just shuffling the cast and launching a new book after every major event.
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