The most recent arc in writer Brian Michael Bendis' New Avengers ("Infinity") included flashbacks by Howard Chaykin of the President tasking war hero Nick Fury with the "Avengers Initiative." This saw him putting together a team consisting of characters like Kraven the Hunter and Sabretooth for covert missions, the first of which was taking down a secret Nazi group who had created their own twisted version of Captain America. Later this year, Chaykin will return to 1959 with a series further exploring the teams exploits. To read the full report and interview, head on over to Comic Book Resources by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page.
On The Different Portrayal Of Nick Fury In The Series:
"What it is about Fury that I like, is that he really is a guy who is old enough to have genuinely experienced the horror of the Second World War and young enough to still be active and vital at this point. And for me it wasn't just because he looked like him, but my backstory in my head for Fury, because of where he was born and raised, is that in another universe he would have been Burt Lancaster. The story that Brian and I told took place before Fury became a super spy. In that story, and in this one as well, you're seeing Nick Fury stepping up to the plate to become the guy we know he's going to become."
On The Avengers And The 1950's Setting:
"They're not after the Red Skull this time. Basically they're up against that nascent network of post-World War II fascist villains that's slowly coming together. There's also a third party, which I will not go into, that is instrumental in stirring up a storm between our heroes and those villains. That sort of complicates things radically. I'm having an enormous amount of fun with the setting. One of the things is no cell phones and no super sonic jets. The technology that's featured in this story is real technology, for the most part, with some obvious adjustments. We're going to take a look at New York in the 1950s, and we're going to visit Madripoor and some of the great kingdoms of Marvel history."
On Who We Might See Turn Up During The Series:
"We'll see other characters from that period show up in cameos and guest spots, which I will not talk about. But expect some fun and recognizable faces."
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