Yesterday marked Marvel's birthday, and to celebrate, Marvel Comics has shared details on eight new tentpole titles that they promise will shape the future of the Marvel Universe in a big way.
First up is Devil's Reign, an event title that will see all hell break loose in the Marvel Universe when The Kingpin finally declares an all-out war on superheroes. Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto's crossover finds Mayor Fisk outlawing all superheroes in New York and unleashing intel on all their dark secrets, while pitting Daredevil, Elektra, Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and many more against his Thunderbolt agents. When all is said and done, though, who will reign?
Avengers Forever pulls together archaeologist Tony Stark, a.k.a. the Invincible Ant-Man and Avengers from across the Multiverse to bring order to timelines where "hope" is a four-letter word. Jason Aaron and Aaron Kuder are in charge of this series, and Marvel Comics promises it will redefine the Avengers as the Multiverse’s Mightiest Heroes.
Timeless, meanwhile, will put the spotlight on Kang the Conqueror. When a threatening new timeline emerges, he must fight his way through the coming year to protect the main 616 timeline he’s worked centuries to solidify as his own. Jed MacKay, Kev Walker, Joe Bennett, Mark Bagley, and more set the stage for a new era of storytelling in 2022, proving that the Future is Timeless.
X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine promises to test "the best there is at what he does" before any mutant can survive to The Second Krakoan Age. Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara and Federico Vicentini tell two interlocked tales about what happens to Wolverine when "His Pasts Meet His Future."
Next is a new She-Hulk series from Rainbow Rowell and Rogê Antônio with a back-to-basics approach to Jennifer Walters as she tries to put her rage-filled days behind her and return to practising law in defence of the innocent. However, it's then that a friend from her past comes knocking with a mystery she can’t resist, and She-Hulk gets, well, "Back To Bashing."
Dan Slott is joined by Carlos Pacheco and Rachael Stott for Fantastic Four: Reckoning War, an epic saga over 15 years in the making. The original secret war of the Marvel Universe has been reignited and every living being in reality is in danger. Finally, we have Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Not much has been revealed about this one, but more details are expected to follow as we move into next year.
Check out the Marvel Studios-style slate reveal below: