Uncanny Avengers squad revealed

[sherkahn]

ComicBookResources has the preview of the new team.



From the article:

"As details of the sweeping "Marvel NOW" initiative begin to take shape, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled the first cover for "Uncanny Avengers," the new series by Rick Remender and John Cassaday that pits a combined team of X-Men and Avengers against a reawakened Nazi-loving, mutant-hating Red Skull.



Although Marvel already revealed the "Uncanny Avengers" team will include Captain America, Wolverine, Thor and Havok, Cassaday's art fills out the team roster with Scarlet Witch and Rogue."

So much for the story possibilities of the X-school and X-factor.

and I am really getting a "90's revenge/X-treme team vibe".

Comments

[salinea]

Posted already: http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3838130.html#comments

[amaniwolf]

This is just so.....bad.

[grazzt]

You know, I like all of these people individually, but this team leaves me utterly cold. It feels so artificial, as if there's no particular reason why these six out of all of the X-Men and Avengers should be on a team together, except for the fact that they're all relatively popular. The last team that struck me as this bad was Bendis' original New Avengers. So I suppose that means this will be successful out of all proportion to the quality of the writing.

[philippos42]

Remender? I expect this will suck. But I only know him as the guy who smashed ALL-NEW ATOM.

[terrykun]

Wanda looks like she's wearing one of those jogging suits they put token MILF/cougar characters in.

[darkknightjrk]

I have to imagine there's going to be more to the team--maybe I just remember the amount of members in the Avengers and putting it here, but I thought there was going to be more. Or it could be like a JLU type of thing, where there are some big regulars and then other Avengers and X-Men come in as the story requires.

That said, with that creative team, I'm more than willing to give the first issue a shot.

[sun_man]

This looks terrible. The costumes. This lineup. Ugh. Just passing on this one.

Hopefully the other Avengers and X-men titles have some better lineups, and more importantly costumes

[auggie18]

Well, I like about half of the team. (Wanda, Alex, Steve.) The costumes look a bit off, but hopefully they'll look better in the book itself. (What's with Alex's helmet?)

Fingers crossed? I don't know anymore. Maybe I'll buy it if I hear good things, I just can't tell anything from preview pics.

[stolisomancer]

* I'm starting to get the idea that one of the consequences of AvX is going to be Cap saying to the X-Men, "You know what, you're right. We shouldn't ignore your side of things. Let's make it easier to team up when it's needed." Which is fine and sensible, as it goes.

* This entire lineup comes off like it's a feeder team for Rogue, like every big fight will end when they all touch her at once and she Forms Blazing Sword and whups something to a frazzle.

[captainbellman]

That they all have the exact same expression is not encouraging at all. Yo, John! Have you heard of a little thing called "Character"?

[mrstatham]

So it's a Cassaday book, meaning we can expect... What, three issues a year, tops? I love the guy, but he's too darn slow for an ongoing.

[mullon]

I miss Scarlet's Witch's old outfit.

[roguezombie]

I'm just not feeling this. I like the cast (especially Wanda and Havok), but this really does feel forced already. And I'm not completely sold on Remender either. I've been reading Uncanny X-Force since the beginning and it just hasn't impressed like it has for everyone else. But I'll probably still pick this up.

[kraesil]

Why do I get the feeling this is gonna have an explanation that makes no sense whatsoever?

[magus_69]

The Skull hates mutants? Is that new, or has it been brought up before?