Secret Wars

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Reboot? Relaunch? Is there any difference these days?

Marvel’s current event, Secret Wars, recently launched which sees various timelines and dimensions converging on to Battleworld.

The outcome of the event is currently unknown, but fans have been speculating Marvel is going to reboot their line.

Now there is further proof of the thought as a writer for Marvel tweets out there will be a reboot.

Apparently, Marvel writer G. Willow Wilson tweeted then deleted a series of tweets – first stating it’s reboot, but then catching herself following-up stating it’s a relaunch.

Newsarama managed to spot the tweets:

Last before the big Marvel U event starting this month. Then every Marvel title gets rebooted in the fall.

Several minutes later, Wilson clarified it to call the line-wide change a “jumping-on point” and a “relaunch” rather than a “reboot.”

In a recent interview with The Verge, Marvel EIC Axel Alonso spoke about Marvel being relaunched or rebooted and offered it’s up to the fans to decide (whatever that means).

There’s been a lot of talk about how this may or may not be a reboot. My understanding is this is effectively changing the fabric of that multiverse but not necessarily the characters. Is that right?

Yeah, I’d say that’s what this is. It’s ultimately for the readers to decide what they’re seeing. What I will say is that we don’t believe our continuity or our universe is broken. We don’t believe it needs to be fixed. And I think that this story will bear that out. We have a tremendous opportunity here to transform the Marvel universe in a way that makes for incredible stories down the road, for the next 10, 20 years worth of publishing. This is an instance where we’re going to be bringing into the Marvel universe new characters, new regions, new concepts, and, in certain cases replacing, out of necessity, some pieces that were on the board. And it’s going to make this a lively debate on the internet and beyond.

Fans have been clamoring over all the buzz regarding Marvel’s attempt at “re-creating” it’s universes for months. They have been clogging up chat rooms and drooling over the chance to see some of their favorite storylines from the past come blazing back to life throughout the Secret Wars event. I personally cannot wait to see the new take on Inferno, but I digress. Even though the hype is through the roof for this event, it is the first issue that sets the tone and will drive fans to comic shops in droves. Sadly, I was hoping for more than what Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic are bringing to the table.

I LOVE an epic tale that throws caution to the wind and has you on the edge of your seat throughout the tale. That is what I was expecting here, and it just never got to that level of excitement. The entire book, from start to finish, is one giant battle that comes across as having way too many moving parts to feel like a cohesive tale. It is just a jumble of explosions and falling debris with commentary by opposing Reed Richards’ that tries to form itself into some semblance of a story. Even the prolific yammering of Doom as potential bookends to the tale just couldn’t hold this story together enough for me to enjoy it as an actual, singular tale that is supposed to launch Marvel into a new era.

And yes, there are some great scenes in this book! There are a number of character deaths that were unexpected and shocking, there is a “fastball special’ sequence that I NEVER would have thought I would see, and there is a particular scene by a gun wielding man that I thought was absolutely brilliant. But all in all, these scattered scenes do not make up the entirety of the book, and there is too much emphasis on fitting the utter destruction of two worlds into this single issue to actually build up a great story.

Fans of the Avengers books will enjoy Hickman’s eventual “payoff’ that he has been building up to for the past few years, but for those fans who want to buy this book to see what is going to happen to the Marvel Universe, they will be utterly lost! Absolutely NOTHING is explained to the reader, you are thrust face-first into utter chaos, and the only options you have are to hold on or close the book and move on. Unfortunately, Hickman has made this book impossible for new readers to feel connected to at all, when the whole point of this event comic is to draw new readers into a brand new Marvel U!

If you have been enjoying Hickman’s run on Avengers then you will love this book. But if you are someone looking for a cohesive, enthralling story that launches into an epic new direction for Marvel, you will be left wanting more.

As of this issue, if my hard earned dollar had a choice of going to a bunch of domes “converging” or two worlds colliding – it would be nestled safely “under the dome!”

You did know there was no sam heck in chance that Marvel was going to leave Civil War out of their upcoming Secret Wars event, right?

Me? I’m waiting for the Secret Wars Cosmos In Collision announcement.

With Captain America 3 coming out next year, Marvel announced Secret Wars Civil War though CNN.

Sadly it won’t be written by Mark Millar, but it will be written by Charles Soule with art by Leinil Francis Yu.

If you look at the ideas that that story had, Iron Man thought superheroes should have to register with the government, and become something of a police force. Captain America thought that that was restricting the central freedoms of this country. It was a debate of security versus freedom. We’re taking that basic idea and expanding it to a larger canvas. The Registration Act is all in the past at this point. It’s more of a world drastically changed based on a superhero war, and it’s a huge story and it’s fun to be able to involve every Marvel character there is. 

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With Marvel continuing to roll out their “new 44,” they have now released an updated version of the Secret Wars Battlemap.

Secret Wars launches in May that sees universe’s collide and battles fought on Battleworld.

It looks like there are about nine titles still left to announce.

I’m looking forward to Abnett’s Korvac Saga and Peter David’s Future Imperfect.

You can check out an interactive version on Marvel.com.

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This May, Marvel launches Secret Wars, which looks to reboot the Marvel Universe as we know it.

To date, Marvel has released the first two Secret Wars covers by Alex Ross featuring versions of various characters spread throughout the Marvel multiverse.

Below you can check out the covers with all the characters named ranging from the classic Thor, Iron Man and Captain America to Frog Thor, the Falcon Captain America and Iron Man 2020.

Secret Wars

Time Runs Out. Everything Ends. The Secret Wars commence in May 2015 from Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic!

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Marvel has teased the “announcement to end all announcements” and now you can watch the big news above.

This May, time has run out and Secret Wars, the landmark 8-issue event, is ready to shake the very foundations of the Marvel Universe as you know it. But first, on Tuesday, January 20th 2015 at 3 p.m. Eastern, we’re hosting the ground breaking SECRET WARS Live Kickoff!  

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Marvel teased the “announcement to end all announcements” with the image above as the publisher will be holding a live press event for Secret Wars.

On Tuesday, January 20th at 3pm ET, Marvel will be hosting the Secret Wars Live Kickoff at Midtown Comics with EIC Axel Alonso and SVP Executive Editor Tom Brevoort.

Secret Wars kicks off in May 2015 written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Esad Ribic.

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