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Marvel Confirms Gillen and McKelvie on YOUNG AVENGERS

Details on the latest Marvel NOW! title are released.

It's official. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie will be taking on the YOUNG AVENGERS in their upcoming Marvel NOW! title.

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This is my chance to take a serious crack at reinventing the Marvel teen super hero for the 21st century,” said writer Kieron Gillen. “So I recruited my favorite collaborators in a Dirty-Dozen fashion, and set about the task. I couldn't be more excited if I was having adrenaline pumped into me intravenously. If the original Young Avengers was about being 16, this is about being 18. It's a small difference, but an important one.

Besides Loki and Ms America, we'll also see Wiccan, Hulkling, Kate Bishop and Noh-Varr. Gillen said in an interview with CBR there will be other characters brought in later but wants a smaller team than what he had on UNCANNY X-MEN.

Each issue will feature special augmented reality content through the Marvel AR app.

YOUNG AVENGERS #1

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Art by JAMIE MCKELVIE & MIKE NORTON

Cover by JAMIE MCKELVIE

ON SALE THIS JANUARY!

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Pretty good cover.

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@pspin: Marvel has no idea what to do with the Runaways. (And somehow Spider-Man and Wolverine still have things to do). But if you read the CBR interview, they will show up in Young Avengers.

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Lineup sounds interesting. Never liked the original Young Avengers all that much but with Loki in it I may have to give at least the first issue a try

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where is speed? And what happened to Patriot? Is he dead or something?

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isn't having both Loki and Wiccan redundant since both are magic characters

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The coolest thing ever

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@WildStyle: why does it say i have no powers?

they all have powers except for loki

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@pspin: Chase appeared in two issues of Avengers Academy I believe. 
@DATNIGGA: Kate Bishop doesn't have powers. She'll be on the team. 
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Pumped, but skeptical, Heinberg is the genius that is the Young Avengers. Otherwise HELL YES!!!!!!!

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Kid Loki has become my favorite character thanks to JiM. As long as he's there in any book, and especially if he's being written by Gillen, I'm sold.

I would also maybe like to see, down the line, maybe a few kids from the Jean Grey school. Armor preferably, but Quentin Quire might have a good dynamic with Loki.

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I love the Young Avengers, I will miss the original line up. I mean where is Speed, Patriot. Still cannot wait.

I wish Marvel continued the Young Avengers after Children's Crusade, have Scarlet Witch become a member. She would sort of be like Red Tornado in Young Justice but not really a mentor or leader, just would have no place else to go. And Scott Lang could be in it too. Just kept the team going, maybe show they needed each other right after the events of Crusade. Sort of like how they kept News Radio going one more season after the death of Phil Hartman because they group said they needed one another at that time.

Still, I am interested in this.

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WE WANT RUNAWAYS!! WE WANT RUNAWAYS!!

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OOOH OOOH OOOH OOOH OOOH OOOH!!!!

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That's a really cool cover. Im honestly excited for this series and while I am not happy about the possibility of my favorite team being killed in Avenger's Arena it's nice to see more teen titles in this initiative.

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@Dernman: I know but he appeared in Daken frist where they directly mentioned him getting hit by a car, I don't believe they did in Avengers Academy

@Cafeterialoca: I know right, at least they are showing up, the Civil War crossover was pretty good

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The book could use some new blood, maybe some of the castoffs ( or survivors?) of Avengers Academy can be brought on to freshen up the line up. Too bad Stature is dead, she was my fav Young Avenger

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Edited By mrpandopool

This series looks good but I really don´t want the story turns in a way where in an issue Loki was plannig somtheng evil within his original plan for the team that´s a resource so many times used that it will take away the originality of this series if it´s poorly done.

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never read any old ones. looks exciting. Can anyone suggest me any tradebacks of young avengers?

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This looks great, Marvel NOW! sounds like it's doing a damn good job focusing on every title individually despite the massive amount of titles that are brand names or the fact that most of the books are team books.

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i love the fact they're bringing back Young Avengers after a far too long hiatus, but i am confused about a few things. mainly about why noh-var, an ex-avenger, and traitor, would be brought on a team full of teens? loki i get, ms america i just hope is interesting, and kate bishop i guess will be pulling double-time between this and hawkeye. otherwise the only thing left to say is i hope we get the rest of the team we all know.

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Yay!!!!! Can't wait for it!!!

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As upset as I was with the announcement of Avengers Arena, is as ecstatic as I am for the announcement of Young Avengers. I miss these characters so much, and the inclusion of Noh-Varr and Kid Loki will certainly shake things up a bit. Stature died and Patriot quit and I'm willing to let that sink in a bit, but I hope Speed makes his way back into this book soon. Between this and New Avengers starring Black Panther I am totally back on board for Marvel Now!

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Edited By Deadcool

Young Avengers with Loki...And Kieron Gillen, PERFECT!!

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@pspin: Well, Karolina, Victor, Khlara and Molly may, but the rest... :(

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I'm sitting about 2 feet away from my hard cover of Childrens crusade and this is literally how I feel right now.

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@TimeLordScience: No thats whats called being a Human being and actting like one. If you cannot see the problem then you are the one who is closed minded.

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Speed could end up a villian for a tiny bit

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YAY Finally they get their own ongoing

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Damn awesome! But who is the girl? I want to know who she is!

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This is awesome! If there's one writer whom I've grown to respect over the past few years, it's Gillen! If anyone can make this work, it's him.

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Favorite part of the new marvel comics is so this!!!!!

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@deadpool25mm said:

I'd read it if it was with out gays in it. same as Earth 2.

You must get very claustrophobic, what with your world being so small and all.

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LoL ! oh wait ur serious?...

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Today best news!!!!

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What is Noh-Varr doing here? isn't he an Avenger?, even if he was left behind in the kree world. Are they sending him bak to triple A??

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No clue who most of those characters or the creative team is but this many positive comments rate it as something to check out in my book.

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@ravisher said:

what happen to Patriot and ironlad

Patriot moved to Scottdale after giving up being a young avenger.

And Iron Lad is traveling in the time-stream after killing the young vision. Hoping to prevent Cassie's death.

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I am very excited about this title. Although there are some missing characters, it should turn out great.

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Not bad :) Looks great I say even if it won't be a NOW title I'm getting.

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Finally! About time they brought this book back for a regular series.

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@Mr. Kamikaze: I agree I'm excited about Thunderbolts and Young Avengers. Although where is Patriot and Speed? Kid Loki is Loki reincarnated? Wiccan is already on team they need two sorcerers? Or I guess they look at Loki as being an Asgardian?

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While I love this news; I'll miss Heinberg/Cheung and Stature/Vision. *sigh*

Hopefully, this will be great.

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Really... How many Avengers titles are they planning on making?

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I'm really, really excited about this, but man, no Patriot? He was my favorite of the original YA.

EDIT: from the interview:

[Miss America] looks great and Patriot was basically unavailable.

Lame. Well, what about Rikki Barnes, Nomad? I liked her. I guess she wasn't a "super cool mysterious chick" though.

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No-Varr is Back, SCORE

@ccraft: Hope not, cause that would be stupid.

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Their Baaaaaaack!!!!

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I loved Heinberg's YA and I don't see Eli or Speed...I'm interested...but I'd like Eli and Speed.

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Will they ever stop trying to shoe-horn Noh-Var into a book?

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@Cafeterialoca: Don't you say these things. DON'T YOU SAY THESE THINGS!