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Get Ready To Enter The Heroic Age

Will it all be sunshine and fun times?

Marvel has released a new teaser image for The Heroic Age

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You have to admit, that font at the top is pretty sparkly.  I am a little torn over what to expect.  We've had such dark times in the Marvel Universe pretty much since Avengers Disassembled.  I do enjoy a dark and grimy story but not when it's just dark story after dark story, it gets to be a bit much.  I remember when reading comic books were fun.  I'm not saying these compelling stories aren't fun but do you really want to read non-stop doom and gloom?   
 
It will be interesting to see if today's writers can get back into the swing of writing more cheerful stories.  But let's be honest.  It won't be all rainbows and puppy dogs right?  Marvel tells us that there's still "forces of evil" lurking in the shadows.  
 
The main thing that bothers me is they're pretty much saying that Norman will be defeated at the end of SIEGE.  Maybe that's just common sense.  We know his Dark Reign had to end sometime.  We just have a more concrete end time to look forward to.  This image also shows us who won't be dying in SIEGE.  I do have to say (again) that seeing "Hawkeye" front and center is really rad.  Bring on the Heroic Age!