Archive for the ‘Exiles’ Category
Jeff Parker cleared up a rumor on his website about the status of Agents of Atlas and the Exiles series from Marvel. For fans of Agents of Atlas will be happy to hear that the series will continue. However, things aren’t so good for Exiles.
As for EXILES… well, as they say, you can’t save every patient. The best we did was a momentary blip with issue one of the relaunch, and sales went right back to where they were previously. In hindsight, maybe we should have waited a year or two before trying it. It was a blow to me, I was having a great time working with Salva Espin and Casey Jones, and felt I was getting into a good groove with issues that you’ll never see.
Exiles will officially end with issue #6, a double-sized edition.
Blink is at it again, pulling heroes from other worlds with a mission to right the wrongs — only this time the universe has shifted and the Exiles need to deal with it. Marvel has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the first issue that arrives April 8, 2009.
Hoping to further push its online initiative, Marvel is giveing fans a chance to check out its Marvel Digital Comicis Unlimited site with a free Exiles Sketchbook. The Sketchbook is being released as a preview of the company’s upcoming new Exiles series.
It’s the rip-roaring return of everybody’s favorite pink-skinned mutant, Blink, and she’s assembled a whole new team of reality hopping heroes! Get a sneak-peak of the upcoming series brought to you by acclaimed scribe Jeff Parker and fan favorite artist Salvador Espin as they present to you an all new tale of Exiles adventure! This sketchbook includes creator commentary and a fresh, new look at some of your favorite characters like you’ve never seen them before!
Unlike some of the other “free” comics Marvel has given away on the DCU site, this one does not require you to create an account before viewing. Simply follow this link, and you’re there.
Exiles #1, with a Wolverine Art Appreciation Variant, written by Jeff Parker with art by Salvador Espin is scheduled to arrive April 08, 2009 with a cover price of $3.99.
Marvel announced today that New Exiles #2 has sold out at the distributor level (but you may still be able to find them at your LCS – aha!). If you can’t find it, Marvel will be going back to press with a new printing and a variant cover by Michael Golden.
Preview of the cover and solicitation information at the jump.
Not a huge week of sneak peeks from Marvel, but a good dozen should keep you busy for the rest of the weekend. Arriving in stores next week: EXILES 99, FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK 4, HOWARD THE DUCK 1, IRON MAN: ENTER THE MANDARIN 2, MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN 32, MS. MARVEL 20, OMEGA THE UNKNOWN #1, SHANNA THE SHE DEVIL: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 3, SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP/MODOK’S 11 4, UNCANNY X-MEN 491, WOLVERINE ANNUAL 1: DEATHSONG
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Chris Claremont and Jaun Santacruz are teaming up for a new X-Men adventure featuring Psylocke and Captain Britain. Marvel has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of X-Men Die By The Sword #1.
It’s a long weekend, and I’m sure while you are waiting for the hot girl next door to layout in her bikini for one last time of the summer, you’ll want something to keep you occupied. It’s going to be another huge week for Marvel, so we’re splitting the sneaks up again. This installment features ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST – WRAITH 3, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE CHOSEN 1, DAREDEVIL: BATTLIN’ JACK MURDOCK 4, EXILES 98, FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK 3, INCREDIBLE HULK 110 (WWH), IRON MAN: ENTER THE MANDARIN 1, MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN 31, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE 3
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Yes it’s going to be another huge week for Marvel titles hitting the news stands (something like 22 titles!), so we are once again breaking the weekend sneaks into two parts.
In this installment AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL 11, ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST – WRAITH 2, AVENGERS CLASSIC 3, BLADE 12, CRIMINAL 8, DAREDEVIL 99, EXILES 97, FANTASTIC FIVE 3, GHOST RIDER 14, HEDGE KNIGHT II: SWORN SWORD 3, and the World War Hulk tie-in INCREDIBLE HULK 109.
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I’ve decided I want to work for Marvel. In the past few years, the powers-that-be at the House of Ideas have proven that they’ll publish virtually anything. Remember when someone decided that Thunderbolts would be best served by a complete change of cast, setting, scene, premise, art and story, and then seemed surprised that they barely got 6 months out of the resulting mishmash? Or recall how Grant Morrison was given free reign to initiate actual CHANGE in the X-titles, only to have it all retconned within moments of his leaving the title. There’s a real sense of “toss it at the wall, see if it sticks,” and nowhere is this more apparent than in the latest issue of Exiles, with wholesale change running rampant. But, does it all work?
Or – “It’s Ron Mysterio All Over Again…”
Ahh, the annual! Used to be, every summer, we’d be inundated with these things, most of which were either out of continuity or written by people so divorced from the core book that they might as well have been writing different characters. Why, back in the day, you could count on a big issue, with one story that kinda mattered but wasn’t very good, filled out with reprints you neither wanted nor cared about, as well as pinups probably drawn in half an hour to fill the page count. Meeeeemorieeeeees… Then came Avengers Annual #10, ruining it all. #10 is famous for being the first appearance of Rogue, but it’s also widely considered one of the best issues of the ’80’s by many fans, including a chunk of the powers-that-be at Marvel. And, being as how they’re into nostalgia, the concept of the annual is back… But has it returned to it’s roots as a meaningless thick issue that you really couldn’t care less about?
Marvel Comics has sent Major Spoilers full color previews of Wonder Man #1 and the Exiles Annual #1. Take the jump for all the fun!
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