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Geek Top 5 Interview: Top 5 Obscure Avengers

I was a guest again on Geek Top 5, this time talking about the “Top 5 Obscure Avengers.”

Our interview and countdown starts at the 33 min 12 sec mark of the podcast. Give it a listen!

CBR Talks Uncanny Avengers

I spoke to Dave Richards at Comic Book Resources all about our latest Uncanny Avengers issue, with Wonder Man and the Beast teamed up again and where things may go in the future. Writing these classic characters taking stock of what they’ve done as they plan their next moves has been a blast.

Marvel.com Interview: Juggernaut VS the Uncanny Avengers

Marvel.com contributor Tim Stevens interviewed me about November’s Uncanny Avengers #29, which has Juggernaut squaring off against the Uncanny Avengers. Give it a read to find out what we’ve got planned for the team as we head into Avengers: No Surrender.

Tom Brevoort Interview on Avengers: No Surrender

Avengers Editor Tom Brevoort talked to Newsarama all about Avengers: No Surrender. He covers how the project started, talks about collaboration between the creative team and editorial, reveals more tidbits about the plot and shows off the first month worth of cover art by Mark Brooks and some gorgeous interior pages drawn by Pepe Larraz. Go check it out!

Avengers: No Surrender Part 1 Cover and More!

More Avengers: No Surrender info revealed in this solicit advance and teaser press release from Marvel:

This 16-issue weekly story starts in January!

AVENGERS #675
Writer: MARK WAID, AL EWING & JIM ZUB
Artist: PEPE LARRAZ
Wraparound Lenticular Cover Artist: MARK BROOKS

It’s the end of an Avengers Era as we know it! And in the team’s final days, a change has come to the Marvel Universe in the form of a story that’s filled with so much action and so much drama, Marvel had no choice but to make it a weekly epic!

Beginning this January, Marvel will unleash the epic AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER with AVENGERS #675, a weekly saga that unites the casts and creative teams of three titles into an epic tale of heroic action, jaw-dropping cliffhangers, and drastic adventures! The AVENGERS, UNCANNY AVENGERS and U.S. AVENGERS come together in a powerhouse event unleashed in a story as spectacular and epic as the Marvel Universe itself.

Featuring one of Marvel’s biggest collaborations to date, each issue will be co-written by superstar writers Mark Waid, Al Ewing and Jim Zub with art by Pepe Larraz for the first month, Kim Jacinto for the second month, and Paco Medina for the third month. With shocking returns and brand new characters, NO SURRENDER is a story where every character will get their moment…alliances will be forged…and the earth will be forever changed!

“The Earth has been stolen! That’s the kickoff to the wildest AVENGERS epic ever put to paper, a widescreen adventure with a massive cast and an unlimited budget,” teased SVP and Executive Editor Tom Brevoort.

“Avengers past and present will be called upon to cope with a threat spanning out of the pages of MARVEL LEGACY #1. And like that oversized special, there’s a huge character return or two along the way that fans have been asking for—and one that they didn’t even know they wanted!”

From Falcon to Black Panther to the mysterious Voyager, NO SURRENDER will see an appearance from every current Avenger – those we know and love and those we’ve never heard of. But what happens when the Lethal Legion and Black Order battle their way across the Earth? Most importantly, how will this new incarnation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes come together to fight one of the biggest threats the world has ever seen? This is just the beginning, but there’s so much more to come.

Don’t miss a truly inclusive celebration of the legacy that is Marvel’s Avengers, when NO SURRENDER hits comic shops this January!

FOOM Has Teasers for Avengers: No Surrender

Some teasing tidbits about the AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER weekly story line from FOOM (Friends Of Ol’ Marvel magazine, a special promotional item available from your local comic shop) as reported by Newsarama. Give it a read to find out a bit more about what we have planned.

AVENGERS Goes Weekly in 2018 and I’m One of the Writers!

More details coming in the days ahead, but the big news is finally out: I’m co-writing AVENGERS with Al Ewing and Mark Waid in 2018 and it’s going to be WEEKLY!!

Our artist dream team is Pepe Larraz, Paco Medina, and Kim Jacinto! The series is turning out so, so beautiful, gang. You have no idea. This announcement image was painted by the one and only Alex Ross.

We’ve been keeping this a secret for so long. At times it was maddening. Writing Marvel’s flagship team as the biggest Marvel movie of all time prepares to drop. It’s wonderful and utterly surreal.

Deepest thanks to editors Tom Brevoort, Axel Alonso, and Alanna Smith for this incredible opportunity. So many times this year I’ve needed to pinch myself during this project.

Okay, that’s it for now. I can’t say anything else that hasn’t been covered in FOOM (Friends Of Ol’ Marvel magazine, in stores tomorrow).

Arriving in December: Uncanny Avengers #30

UNCANNY AVENGERS #30
JIM ZUB (W) • SEAN IZAAKSE (A)
COVER BY TERRY DODSON
STARS AND GARTERS Part 3
Love, loss, and the road ahead. Where does the Unity Squad go from here?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Uncanny Avengers #27 Reviews

Two weeks after our previous issue, Uncanny Avengers #27 arrived in stores last week. It looks like reviewers are enjoying our classic superhero-style series so far:

Bleeding Cool: 9/10 “It’s a classic Avengers book with the sensibilities that made old Avengers stories so memorable. “

Comic Book University: 8/10 “This is such an amazing book.”

Graphic Policy: “a fun, action packed issue that brings me back to the days of the Avengers just doing what they do best.”

IGN: 8.3/10 “Now, this is more like it. Jim Zub’s latest issue of Uncanny Avengers finally seems to capture the team’s dynamic”

The Uncanny Sessions: 9/10 “The art and writing is fantastic and sets up a lot of great stuff for the future.”

Uncanny Avengers #26 Reviews

Uncanny Avengers #26, our first post-Secret Empire issue arrived in stores and reviewers are excited about where we’re taking the series.

Bleeding Cool: 8.5/10 “Uncanny Avengers comes out on the other side of this transition with flying colors. #26 is a solid read with great character conflict and skilled artwork”

IGN: “Sean Izaakse keeps up the tradition of good artists on this title. Some of his double-page spreads are impressive, and he’s got a great handle on the characters.”

Columbus Comics Corner: 9/10 “Uncanny Avengers is definitely a hidden gem amongst the plethora of Marvel titles.”

Comic Attack: “There’s an insane amount of detail that fills the panels and when the action kicks in no momentum is lost.”

Major Spoilers: 8/10 “a good’n, featuring excellent, clean art with tons of detail and nuance, combined with a script that helps to illuminate the members of this team, giving us all reasons for how and why they’ve chosen to stay together”

Rogues Portal: “With fun characters, a good story, and quality artwork, Uncanny Avengers #26 is a great jumping-on point for true believers of the Avengers brand.”

Too Dangerous For A Girl: “Sean Izaakse is an artist I don’t know at all, but I’m an instant fan of his sharp, clean storytelling. “

Comic Box (French): “Uncanny Avengers #26 looks like the start of a vibrant classic story line.”