Marvel announces A-Force

[skemono]

As I'm sure some of you read already, Marvel announced a new series to come out of their upcoming Secret Wars event. And while I'm wary of anything to do with that, this has me pretty excited.

Marvel Comics is excited to announce the new group of Earth's Mightiest Heroes taking over an all-new era with Marvel Comics' A-FORCE co-written by G. Willow Wilson and Marguerite K. Bennett with artwork by Jorge Molina.

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"She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, Nico Minoru and other fan favorites, will take charge," says series co-writer G. Willow Wilson. "We've purposefully assembled a team composed of different characters from disparate parts of the Marvel U, with very different power sets, identities and ideologies."

*hyperventilates* She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, and Nico all on a team together? This is everything I never knew I always wanted!

Comments

[mistersandman]

Medusa is a fan favorite? News to me.

[violetclm.livejournal.com]

I'm trying not to play a game of "where's my favorite obscure heroine," but I'm actually genuinely surprised not to see Kitty/Shadowcat there, given how often she seems to be the X-Men's main character. And I see both Rogue and Storm, so it's not like mutants are verboten.

But hey, She Hulk! Dazzler! Bring it on.

[veleda_k]

I'm majorly excited for this. Plus, it looks like nearly all my faves are there.

[yvonmukluk]

A sidenote: we also got some details on another region of Battleworld. Arcadia is apparently a 'feminist paradise'. I wonder if it's something based on a previous story or a whole new creation.

[beyondthefringe]

On the strength of the writer's efforts on Ms. Marvel, I am cautiously optimistic about this as I haven't been for some of the other series mentioned as coming out of Secret Wars. Though I'm not as sure about Marguerite Bennett...

[night4345]

Looks like Nico lost her gauntlet arm from Arena.
Though this picture might not be 100% accurate as Jubilee is all sparkly and not a vampire.

[lyricalswagger]

Have fanboys started complaining "that's not diverse! reverse sexism!!" yet?

[lyricalswagger]

... wait, Jean Grey? As Phoenix??

This can't be the actual team lineup. Some of these characters haven't worn these costumes for years (e.g. Monica Rambeau, Dazzler, even Spider-Woman). So I am not sure what Marvel is doing here, as there is a mix of classic and current characters on display.

I do like that Shulkie has a prominent role!

[silverhammerman]

Okay, that's all well and good, but we can all agree that A-Force is a terrible name, right?

[jekylls_salvation]

I can't wait to see the sales on this. It sort of makes for a great social experiment. I'm really curious to see how it pays off.

[protogarrett]

I am REALLY surprised that Emma Frost is not on that image. But with Marvel trying to screw Fox over by giving the X-Men less prominence and force the Inhumans on us I guess it's t be expected.

If there's been an X-Woman who's been a core player the last few years it's Emma (as well as Rogue and Psylocke).

[featheredserpent]

I give Elektra one and a half panels before she quits this group.

[burkeonthesly]

Phoenix-era Jean next to Wanda... has someone at Marvel been reading Waiting for the T?

[big_daddy_d]

I love the ideal...I just hate the name.

[stubbleupdate]

No Smasher :(

[lieut_kettch]

Gorrammit Marvel, why didn't you just resurrect the Fearless Defenders? That title ended with too many loose ends unresolved.

[tigerkaya]

Not really a fan of one gender base teams honestly though I am disappointed the Avengers are allowing more X-men members to the team don't they have their own little land to contend with in that 90's nostalgia of the X-men cartoon. As to Elektra and Spider-Gwen terrible choices.

[yvonmukluk]

Wot, no Spider-Girl? If you have alternate Superheroines all on one team, why isn't the all-time most successful (sorry, Shulkie, sorry Carol, but Mayday got to 100 in one run) not there?

Or has Marvel officially decided she no longer deserves to exist?