Marvel Comics is preparing some significant changes to
three of their biggest names, and will shine the spotlight on a few others in
an initiative they are calling Avengers NOW!
After announcing that Thor would be "rebooted"
as a woman, Marvel now reveals that Sam Wilson, aka The Falcon will be the next
person to take up the Captain America mantle, but that's not all. Iron Man goes
a bit dark, and a few other characters prepare to have a new light shine upon them.
Just two days ago Marvel announced on The View that
Thor would no longer be able to pick up the hammer, and that a new female
character would. Now there is a bit more info on what exactly is going to
happen, as Marvel's Editor in Chief, Axel Alonso says that “for reasons that will be revealed in Original Sin, Thor won’t be able to pick up the hammer. Someone has to
pick up the hammer. And someone does. And they become Thor.”
He then adds, “there are several
women in Thor’s life, and one of them is going to be the new Thor. You aren’t
going to find out who it is for some time. This is a slowly unfolding mystery.”
According to Alonso, "The
newly-transformed Superior Iron Man has very ambitious plans for the city that
some of its residents embrace, but not all.” Alonso adds, “like the Superior Spider-Man,
Superior Iron Man is a character that’s hard to root for.”
As for Sam Wilson becoming the new Captain America,
Alonso says it's “very much a jumping-on point [for people] who both
like the Captain America and really enjoyed the second Captain America movie.”
It makes sense that Marvel Comics would try to ride
the wave of success of their movies, and try to help upcoming ones like Ant-Man
and Doctor Strange, but the addition of Medusa and Inferno to these comic
reboots, makes me wonder if the studio is planning to do the much begged Inhuman
movie.
Although Alonso won't officially confirm which
characters will get new solo books, he does say that the publisher has several
female-focused books on the market now. “There was a time
about two and a half years ago, when we were canceling X-23, and I realized that was the last of our female-helmed
titles like Elektra, Black Widow, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Captain America, Storm,
and the all-female X-Men”,
For now this is all, but expect to hear more about
Avengers NOW! at SDCC.
What do you think of the upcoming changes?
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