SDCC News: Mondo Marvel Panel Report

Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008
Posted By: Kevin Powers

Source: Comic Book Resources

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Marvel Comics' Mondo Marvel Panel. Panelists: CB Cebulski, Greg Pak, Matt Fracton. Jeff Parker, Mat Broome, Kevin Grevioux, Warren Simons, Mark Paniccia, Jason Aaron, Ed Brubaker and Jim McCann.

Parker began the panel by announcing that "Ages of Atlas" will return as an ongoing series.

Grevioux and Broome will be coming out with a new title called "Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel." It's about a black superhero in the late '50s and early '60s, who is the most popular hero in the country -- but he wears a mask to hide his skin color. When he is revealed to the public as a black man, President Kennedy calls the Blue Marvel to the Oval Office and implores the hero to stand down so as to not disrupt the ongoing Civil Rights movement. Blue Marvel agrees and forty years later his greatest villain returns, and Blue Marvel is the only one who can stop him. The miniseries begins in November and runs six issues.

Grek Pak will write "War Machine," a new ongoing series illustrated by Leonardo Manco. The title will replace the outgoing "Iron Man: Agent of SHIELD." "You will soon see the humanity of Jim Rhodes and War Machine. The book will be HARD. CORE. Around the world, tyrants and madmen are committing the worst atrocities imaginable. Jim Rhodes is going to take on the responsibility of taking them on upon his giant rocket-equipped shoulders." The book begins in December.

Garth Ennis return to the Punisher with the weekly "Punisher- War Zone" miniseries. It's six issues and begins in December. It takes place in Ennis & Dillon's Marvel Knights run on "Punisher."

David Mack will adapt Philip K. Dick's "Electric Ant" for Marvel, with Paul Pope providing cover artwork.

In Uncanny X-Men #500, we saw a de-powered Magneto. In New Avengers, just before Civil War, there was a storyline featuring Magneto with him having his powers back. Is that written off? Fraction: "The stuff with Xorn, I don't think the book has been closed on that yet. That's more of a Xorn question than a Magneto question. Magneto and his powers are one issue and the Xorn thing is another."

Jason Aaron hinted he may be taking a turn on "Punisher MAX."

Will the Sentry become more prominent? McCann: "Sentry was last seen in Secret Invasion looking a little freaked out. That's all I can say."

Will Thor join the Avengers? McCann: "Thor was last seen in Secret Invasion looking a little pissed off. That's all I can say."

Bendis and Jonathan Hickman are writing Secret Warriors starring Nick Fury. That will start as soon as Secret Invasion is over.

Will there be more cosmic books? McCann: "There are very, very, very big plans for a lot of characters in space. For that, I'm going to ask that you come to the Secret Invasion panel tomorrow."

Brian Reed then took the stage to replace the outgoing CB Cebulski.

How much will Hercules and his mythology intertwine with the Hulk family? Pak: "I don't want to reveal too much, but if you want to jump back a couple of months you can pick up the Hulk vs. Hercules one-shot. I really can't say too much more for fear of spoilers."

Will there be any cameos of already-established characters in Blue Marvel? Grevioux: "Namor and the Avengers."


KP's Take Another great Marvel panel where not too much is revealed but they just chat with fans. For some reason the one thing that stood out the most to me was Grevioux's "Blue Marvel" story. Just reading the description really makes it stand out and I feel like it could be very good.

Read the full article by CBR's Andy Khouri HERE

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