Marvel Has Got Space Characters Too!
I posted yesterday about Threshold, the new DC Comics space series. Well not to be outdone – especially with a big movie on the way – Marvel revealed their space-based comics at a panel at NYC Comic-Con. First up we have the new Guardians of the Galaxy, written by Brian Michael Bendis.
Young, attractive, blonde male make the best lead characters
As you can see, the team will feature Starlord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora, Drax and someone who appears to be a space-armored Iron Man. This is the exact lineup as the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie in 2014. I wonder if these will be their movie costumes. The inclusion of Iron Man clearly has to do with the shared Marvel movieverse, considering Iron Man is probably the most popular character from the movies. So why not garner some fan attention for the Guardians by throwing Iron Man onto the team?
Personally…I’m not impressed. I’m a huge fan of Bendis, don’t get me wrong, but I was never particularly fond of his Avengers comics, and I doubt I’ll pick up his Guardians comic. I tend to buy comics based on my favorite characters, and none of my favorite Guardians are going to be in this series. I’m sure it will be great, I’m sure Bendis has some great ideas lined up. I just doubt it’s for me.
But I really do hope this works out for Marvel, and I can’t wait for the Guardians of the Galaxy movie!
Next up we have the new Nova series by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness.
Alas, if only he’d been blonde
Sure enough, the new Nova is revealed to be Sam Alexander, a teenager who has taken up the Nova mantle after original Nova, Ritchie Ryder, was lost in space. Sam Alexander is also the same Nova who is appearing in the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. He also had that big cameo in the last issue of Avengers vs. X-Men.
Gotta say, I’m also not interested in this one. I loved Ritchie Ryder’s Nova during and after Annihilation, but I have zero interest in reading a new Nova just for Nova’s sake. And Jeph Loeb’s comics haven’t been too great, as of late. I’m just don’t particularly care.
So it looks like both these comics will pass me by. There’s still one more day of the NYCC though, so there may be even more new series announced that I can get behind!
Posted on October 14, 2012, in Avengers, Comics, Marvel and tagged Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova, NYC Comic-Con. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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Bendis can do character-focused comics really well, but he seems to let big ideas get away from him. So I’m hoping he keeps GotG character-focused. I was going to say something about how great those Guardians are, but then I remembered that ALL the Guardians from the DnA run were awesome. That was just a ridiculously good series.
As for the new Nova, Jeph Loeb is writing. Reason enough not to buy it. The best thing the guy’s written in years was that single page in AvX VS #6 of Hawkeye dreaming about Spider-Woman fighting X-Women. The guy shouldn’t be writing comics any more. Keep him over in the animation section, where he actually seems to be doing a pretty good job.
Agreed, Loeb has lost the touch. And I’ve never been too impressed by Bendis’ big work either. Both House of M and especially Secret Invasion were let downs. He’s good at big ideas, but can’t actually fulfill those ideas.