Marvel has confirmed the details of its impending
“Avengers: No Surrender” weekly story that launches in January 2018’s
Avengers #675, and runs for 16 issues, through April 2018’s Avengers
#690.
The series will be written jointly by Avengers scribe Mark Waid,
U.S.Avengers writer Al Ewing, and Uncanny Avengers writer Jim Zub, and
will feature the line-ups of all three teams coming together under the
banner of the core Avengers title.
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,” said Marvel SVP and Executive
Editor Tom Brevoort in a statement. “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!”
Pepe Larazz will draw the first month of “No
Surrender,” followed by Kim Jacinto on month two, and Paco Diaz on month
three.
The artists for the April 2018 issues was not named in Marvel’s
announcement.
I did this homage to a splash page from Avengers #92 as a commission for my good pal. It’s nowhere near to the original page drawn by Sal Buscema, but I surely had fun modernizing characters’ looks.
Found this adorable piece of fan art by Hallpen on Deviantart. Her ID said she was cool with people re-posting her art as long as they credited/linked her, so I decided to do so! ❤
I didn’t care for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Clunky performances. Cliche dialogue. Disappointing bro-humor. I watched it twice and still don’t understand Ultron’s deal. The only character in the movie that stood out for me was The Vision, who I never really cared about at all before.* He delivered, what I thought was the one great line of the film:
“I’m not what you intended.”
Which should be sort of terrifying. The a self-aware robot – a staple of science fiction – usually heralds in a rise-of-the-machines a style mankind-ending apocalypse.
Our self-aware creations would undoubtably see us as broken and stupid. Which we are. There’s no denying it, even on our best days. We can only grasp at self-awareness in a limited, subjective sort of way. Luckily for us, The Vision, who can scan us up and down and see all our meaty flaws, finds value in the absurdity of the human condition.
Instead of a superiority complex, his own super-human self-awareness has resulted in empathy, which, let’s face it, is probably the last thing his creator “intended.”
I think The Vision is refreshing. Despite being cast in a flawed, violent, BAM SMACK POW genre, he can glide through humanity’s detritus unfazed.
One of the prompts provided to me was to imagine the babs in another of my favorite universes! I thought Dragon Age would be most fitting. Here, Wanda is a Rivaini mage, one who has allowed a spirit to possess her. In Rivain, women in Circles are trained to become seers, who are revered in Rivaini societies. They interact with spirits of the Fade and often allow themselves to possessed if it would help their village. They learn much about magic and the Fade this way. I could go on all day explaining the lore of Dragon Age, but more can be read about Rivain and the Circle of Magi here and here.
In this case, the spirit is one of compassion–Vision–curious and concerned by the suffering of mages in Thedas. Through this possession, both benefit, in which Vision learns of the waking world and Wanda learns more of the Fade. Wanda’s outrage at the mistreatment of mages outside of Rivain coupled with Vision’s need to help, together, they form a certain kind of justice. I thought this would be an interesting way to look at their relationship in an au. I hope you enjoy!!
Dragon Age is my other love, and I was secretly hoping my Santa had the same great taste!
Of course Wanda should be a mage–Rivain is a fantastic place for her too, since as an Avenger she experienced a different kind of existence as a mutant than most, and it makes sense she’d come from a place that had a different experience for their mages.
Vision makes perfect sense as a spirit, both apart and deeply connected to humanity (and, well, he’s a vision). AndWCA Vision is a great choice to represent them, since spirits that are new to the world tend to be limited in expression of emotion–besides the facet they represent–and grow over time.
Wanda’s eyes are beautiful and expressive, and I love the eerieness of Vision’s spectral form coupled with the intimacy (their closeness, his phasing). I can feel there’s so much going on just out of frame–is Wanda getting ready for battle? is Vision trying to hold Wanda back or supporting her?
I’m so, so pleased by this gift! My mind is racing ahead with Dragon Age AUs, character builds for Rivaini Witch Wanda (the only mage with decent headgear besides Viv) and Spirit of Compassion Vision, interactions with companions… Thank you so much!
Those Celestial Bodies 