Talking to Newsarama at New York Comic Con, Uncanny X-Force and Venom writer Rick Remender has revealed that he'll soon be taking over from writer Warren Ellis on Secret Avengers alongside artist Gabriel Hardman. The creative change will take place next February, and here are a few excerpts from the lengthy interview. You can read it in full by clicking on the link below to head on over to the site.
On Hawkeye Becoming The Leader Of The Secret Avengers:
I wanted to get to his core. I wanted to make sure that he had an arc here, and something that he was learning. As a character who was an orphan, I think at the core you've got somebody who grew up with in a very tumultuous situation— it leads to him being almost a control freak, in terms of why he's always had such a tough time with authority. I think it all comes down to his need to control his surroundings. That's sort of my take on him at the core of it all.
On Captain Britain's Decision To Join The Team:
He was invited in the Age of Heroes special by Cap to join the team. In the meantime, Captain Britain has left MI:13, and Merlin is missing from Otherworld. Otherworld, with the Starlight Citadel, contains a tower that has a doorway to every dimension in the Marvel Universe. Alan Moore created that, and that's where the 616 comes from, and I really like the idea. Captain Britain and the Captain Britain Corps have been revived, and he's back in Otherworld, and running the show there, and taking a bigger role in the protection of not just Earth, but the Multiverse.
Those are reasons that Cap wanted him on the squad, given that one of the things we'll be dealing with are not only international threats that need to be handled with care, but interdimensional threats. This needs to be big and sci-fi to keep me excited. That's one of the reasons that he was brought in, as well as a connection to The Descendants. I wanted to make sure that any character that was brought in fit the story and had a reason for being there. As we went through the story, I found natural connective tissues, especially given the Captain Britain in Otherworld story I'm telling in X-Force from issues #20-#23. This all interconnects. I can't help but connect dots when I'm writing. Captain Britain is playing not only a power role, but he's got a lot of specific reasons for being on the squad.
On The New Status Quo Of The Book:
The new status quo for the team is that Steve Rogers recognizes that the things that he's discovering that are bubbling underneath the surface of the Marvel Universe are bigger than he originally anticipated. And one of those is the coming of the Descendants, and the automaton revolution that they're going to be trying to deal with. The Descendants are a species that are evolved from all of the different robot species across the Marvel Universe. They're sentient, and they're hyper-evolved. We'll reveal how, and the depth of their proliferation throughout the Marvel Universe throughout the first year.
On The Future Of The Secret Avengers And What We Can Expect:
#21.1 sees the reveal of the new Masters of Evil. #22 we meet the Adaptoids for the first time — Sentinels hunt mutants, Adaptoids hunt Avengers. We're going to be establishing this new sentient race that are evolved from the original Super-Adaptoid. The Adaptoids are going to be a giant new threat in the Avengers lives. They play a giant role in what I've got planned coming up in some other things, as well — interconnecting with some of the X-Universe, as well.
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