Comics relaunch and regenerate themselves on a regular basis . That ’s nothing unexampled . But there ’s something unknown about what ’s happened to the post - Secret Wars Marvel Comics . The 2015 event acclaim what was mean to be a simpler , more accessible Modern age for the party — but instead , it ’s been kind of a raging , get drive .
All-New, All-Different Marvel
When Secret Wars come to an end in late 2015 , it show in a new commencement for Marvel ’s comics personal line of credit - up , with new series pop over again at way out # 1 ( some holdovers from before the event were so short - run they in reality released two # 1 issues in the space of a single calendar year , like Unbeatable Squirrel Girl , which ofcourse made a joke about it ) , but what was meant to be a ended restart for the actual universe of discourse itself . In fact , it began on an entirely newfangled Earth , born-again out of the shattered end of the Marvel multiverse that was carry off in the opening moments of Secret Wars .
All - New , All - Different did n’t altogether erase continuity , but it did thrust many of Marvel ’s mainstays in new directions . Thenew Avengers teamwas half - inhabit by scrappy youthful newcomers , like Ms. Marvel and Miles Morales ( now integrated into Marvel ’s choice universe , after the destruction of the Ultimate Marvel Universe ) . Peter Parker was now aTony Stark - ian technical school CEO billionaireinstead of an everyman photographer . The X - Men were push out of the spotlight , while the Inhumans — enjoy raw profile thanks to their then - burgeoning integration into Marvel Studios ’ TV and movie program — were ascendant . There were novel versions of classic submarine sandwich in the spotlight , from Jane Foster ’s Thor , to Sam Wilson ’s Captain America , to Amadeus Cho ’s fresh Hulk .
But the sound time for Marvel ’s mightiest were n’t set to last . June 2016 saw the beginning of Civil War II , an event that pitted the hero community against itself , divided into factions underneath Captain Marvel and Iron Man over the macrocosm of an Inhuman who could apparently anticipate the future . It was a long , rasping , not - very - skilful event — one that saw Bruce Bannerkilled off , put Tony Stark in a coma , and create bitter divides among formerly closely - knit friends . And when it terminate we vex …
Marvel Now 2.0
Not to be confused with 2012 ’s Marvel Now ! shakeup , Now 2.0 began in November 2016 ( while Civil War II was still happening ) and was less of a dramatic overhaul than All - New , All - Different . While there were multiple new series and restarts at issue # 1 ( of grade ) , not every Marvel serial was readjust again . Now 2.0 primarily focused on the blistering divisions that still lingered after Civil War II ’s orgasm .
Tony Stark ’s coma jumper lead to the rising of not one , but two armour - invest heroes : Doctor Doom took on the Iron Mantlein Infamous Iron Man , while vernal MIT bookman Riri Williams became themore imposing heir to the Stark legacy , replacing Tony in the Invincible Iron Man funny as Ironheart . Elsewhere , the immature Avengers of All - New , All - Different struck out on their ownto organize the Championsout of disillusionment with their elders , while theX - Men and Inhumans proceed to warwith each other over the potential extinction of Mutant - kind . Basically , most multitude were pitiful .
Especially miserable?Steve Rogers , who was miraculously restitute to his A-one - powered self ( he lost his abilities before Secret Wars , necessitating Sam Wilson require on the shield as Captain America ) through Cosmic Cube shenanigans that also bend him into an agent of the fascistic system Hydra . Steve spend most of Now 2.0 act as a secret agent for Hydra , back in legal action as Captain America but secretly laying the ground for the group ’s hostile coup of the US , which played out to … get ’s say controversialeffect in the 2017 event Secret Empire .
Marvel Legacy
This metre , Marvel ’s sub were n’t separate , at last ring together again to fight back against Hydra Steve ’s fascistic rule . But a tempestuous reader reaction to Secret Empire , as well as as a growing discontentedness with some buff at modern Marvel no longer showcasing the classic torpedo that made it a hit , chair to the nostalgia - trading announcement of Marvel Legacy .
Although Legacy — which only just start last September — was mean to comprise a moment where Marvel returned to its root , a deal of its shake - ups were superficial . Some big things have happened , like Sam Wilson turn over up the Captain America mantle and handing it back over to anewly - reform Steve Rogersin the Wake Island of Secret Empire , or thereturn of the Ultimate Marvel Universe . There was even ahuge revitalisation for the X - Men , who take a hop back from originally hard times and dealt with the returns of iconic theatrical role like theoriginal Wolverine(who’d been dead since 2o14 ) and most recentlyJean Grey .
But Legacy ’s , err , legacy so far is one of nostalgia rather than anything truly major . There have been details like old - expressive style recess box fine art on risible covers , or most perplexingly , a return to “ classical , ” pre - Secret Wars issue number that squash up a series ’ former runs into a single saga , stimulate issue numbers to jump off from the mid - adolescent to multiple hundreds at the winking of an centre — Invincible Iron Man , for example , jumped from issue # 11 all the way up # 593 ! While we ’ve still got a few months of Legacy entrust , it ’s punishing to see what further shock it could have beyond a subject matter that Marvel wanted to return to its resplendence Day .
“A Fresh Start”
And that fetch us to last week ’s news that yes , we ’re going through this all over again in May 2018 . Marvel heralded its May solicits with a TV declare a “ Fresh Start ” for the fellowship ’s comics this yr , just five months after the last smart starting time truly begin . We still do n’t know what this new shake - up will completely involve — we do n’t even know its prescribed name yet .
That ’s fairly much it so far , but we do know of at least one other shake - up this latest relaunch will include : An untying of Legacy ’s arcane plan to fetch back the old - schooltime numbering for Marvel titles pre - Secret Wars . Every new and relaunching series will start off once again at # 1 , make the decision to release months of titles with issue numbers in the multiple hundreds before reverting back look just as empty-headed as it ended up being . In fact , some title will have two separate numberings , continuing the Legacy figure and a new relaunched number for good measure . Which is … not confusing at all .
Time will tell if Marvel ’s latest “ clean start ” will end up being precisely that , or if we ’ll be here in the twilight discussing its successor . But regardless of the issue , it ’s been a weird time for Marvel Comics latterly — a clean start that is truly fresh is just the thing the publisher needs to settle what ’s turned out to be a tumultuous few years .
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