Source: CBR
Speaking to
CBR, writer Chris Yost shared the following details about Season 2 of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes which will air sometime in "early 2012".
You ended the season with a pretty big cliffhanger. What does that mean for the premiere episode of Season Two?
Yost:
Right, in the finale we wrapped up the Asgardian War and the Loki story. Then we had a little surprise at the end there when Captain America is attacked and replaced by a Skrull agent. I believe the last line of dialogue in Season One is, "The Infiltration has begun." Fans of the comics know that the word infiltration leads to much bigger things.
When Season Two starts with a little episode called "The Private War of Doctor Doom," which we screened at Comic-Con, the Captain America on the team is not the person his teammates think he is. So in Season Two, which our producer Josh Fine calls 'Our cosmic season,' you're going to see a lot of things like Skrulls and Kree and the Guardians of the Galaxy. We really want to deliver the big fun cosmic aspect of the Marvel Universe.
With the Skrull invasion playing such a big role this season, is one of the important thematic questions of Season Two, "Who do you trust?"
Yost:
As a matter of fact, there's an episode called "Who Do You Trust?"
Since they play such big roles in Season Two, how similar and how different are the Kree and Skrulls to their comic book counterparts?
Yost:
I think we were pretty faithful to the comic versions. The Kree are basically the Spartans of outer space. They are a very militaristic society lead by a big blob head named the Supreme Intelligence. You'll see the whole gamut of the Kree, including people like Ronan the Accuser. We've already introduced Captain Marvel into the show, and you'll see a lot more Ms. Marvel too. She comes back into the spotlight and joins the team.
You're going to see a lot of Skrulls too. I've told Brian Bendis that I owe him about 500 beers for writing large chunks of our season [Laughs]. Everybody in the comic book world knows what's coming. I'm not spoiling anything really by saying you're going to basically get "Secret Invasion" this season. Obviously, there will be some changes. We don't have as much time to set it up, but we're going to do our best to make sure we do things right, and by right, I mean as close as we can get it to the comic book version.
You mentioned Ms. Marvel. Will the Avengers get any more new members in Season Two?
Yost:
We put out a little teaser and a certain synthezoid (Vision) appears in it. Who's to say whether he's a villain or a hero though? And as much as we focused on the Avengers in Season One, in Season Two we're really trying to expand the Marvel Universe. So you're going to meet a ton of new heroes and villains. We're really going to open up the Marvel U.
Speaking of opening up the Marvel Universe, you mentioned the first episode of Season Two is called "The Private War of Doctor Doom." Will Doom's archenemies, the Fantastic Four, appear in the episode?
Yost:
Yeah, absolutely. The Fantastic Four are guest stars in the first episode. It's a big team-up brouhaha and it's a ton of fun. That episode is one of my favorites, and it includes a Thing poker game.
We know about Doom and the FF, and earlier you mentioned the Guardians of the Galaxy. Will they be the only other non Avengers-related heroes and villains in Season Two? Since you're sort of adapting "Secret Invasion" this season, is there a chance we'll see Nick Fury and his Secret Warriors?
Yost:
You'll see a version of them.
Whose perspective will we be viewing these characters from? Which members of your main cast will you be focusing on this season?
Yost:
Cap, Thor, Hulk and Iron Man are kind of the focus. Everything runs up against the "big four." I have great love for characters like Wasp, Hawkeye and Black Panther, and the great thing about Avengers is that we can deal with all of them. It's truly a team show.
Of course, it's always going to be a little more focused on the big name guys, but I really want to get the little guys into the mix as well because they're part of the fun. We all know Cap and Iron Man, but we don't always see how Iron Man deals with Black Panther or how Cap deals with Wasp. Those team-ups are interesting, and that's what I love about this show.
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Avenges: EMH is an American animated television series by Marvel Animation in cooperation with Film Roman based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. The show debuted on Disney XD in Fall 2010 starting with a 20 part micro-series. A second season has been confirmed. According to Jeph Loeb, Season 2 will begin broadcasting in "early" 2012.
The series initially features a team based on the roster for the original Avengers, composed of Iron Man, Giant-Man, Hulk, Thor, and the Wasp. The team is later joined by Captain America, Black Panther, and Hawkeye. In terms of tone and style, the series is based primarily on the original stories by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. However, it also tends to utilize material from all eras of the comic's run and other sources such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.