Marvel's latest "Next Big Thing" live blog reveals that we will be getting a crossover between Avenging Spider-Man, Punisher and Daredevil in April called The Omega Effect. The initial teaser pic suggested this was going to be a VS type deal but apparently that's not the case..at least initially. Greg Rucka and Mark Waid will be bringing us a team up story revolving around Dardevil's possession of a The Omega Drive, which contains some information very valuable to a certain Frank Castle. A concerned Reed Richards sends in Future Foundation pal Spider-Man to try to calm the tense situation. Here are some more in depth details courtesy of CBR..
The Punisher #10 by Marco Checchetto
"The Omega Effect" picks up from threads that have already begun in "Daredevil" involving Matt Murdock's possession of the Omega Drive. "Daredevil has basically conned five of the biggest crime communities in the Marvel Universe -- Hydra, AIM, Black Spectre, Secret Empire and Hidden Team -- out of a unique hard drive that contains key information on all five organizations," said Waid. "It's the hot potato that Daredevil has and it makes him the most dangerous man on Earth." While Daredevil has the drive trying to beat the clock to find the best application for it, Frank Castle comes knocking on the door.
"The problem with Daredevil holding the device is that these organizations don't want anyone else to have it," said Rucka. "Once Frank finds out about the drive and finds out what's on it, he says, 'You know what? Give that to me.' ... Frank's feeling is 'I can keep it safe and I can use it properly,' so one sees the conflict immediately between these two gentlemen."
Spider-Man comes in at the behest of Reed Richards, who invented the Omega Drive, to recover it from Daredevil. "The downside is that if you bring the Punisher in, it's like handing an atomic grenade to… well, to Frank Castle," said Waid. "It could be a very, very dangerous thing. What we've likened the story to is 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.' The basic idea is that it's different people from different walk on life that have similar goals all focused on a unique artifact and they start to work together to find out the best way to work with this. As the story progresses, different allegiances arise, different backstabbing things happen and it gets very tense."
Avenging Spider-Man #6 by Steve McNiven
Daredevil #11 by Marco Martin
For plenty more on this, including a few mild spoilers, click on the link back to CBR below.
The Omega Effect begins in April in
Avenging Spider-Man #6, continuing to
Daredevil #11 and
Punisher #10.
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