New DEATHLOK Series Launches in October

stupid

How come he ain't a zombie no more.

Stupid and totally unnecessary. Stop with all the freaking pointless cash-in solo titles, Marvel.

Funny to see how much they cross-pollinate with their movies and shows now, in this case with the SHIELD show. I hadn't watched it recently, but the pics of Deathlok looked terrible.

I take it this was the secret third book that Edmondson said the Black Widow/Punisher crossover would affect.

... Kinda wish it was a Winter Soldier book.

Solid creative team. Hate the new look.

Haha, I like what they're doing with the title here. It's cool to see something different. In recent years, Wolverine Weapon X, Uncanny X-Force and the Agents of SHIELD television series has made me interested in this character. I'll check this out :D

@brinkthemoviemyfavoritemovie said:

To me, the weird solo titles Marvel does are easily their best books. Stuff like Hawkeye, Deadpool, Black Widow, and Moon Knight are way more likely to get my dollars than another X-Men or Avengers book.

Those aren't necessarily the ones I'm talking about (even if I'm not a fan of all of them)...I'm talking about the blatant cash-in ones, like how Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Star Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Deathlok are all having solo titles.

(edit: that's not to say that they don't all end up being good -- Cyclops is a great book so far. It's just obvious they're trying to cash in on their popular properties right now.)

@brinkthemoviemyfavoritemovie: It's simple economics, supply and demand. Those characters are in now, and thus there is a larger demand for them, so they make a larger supply of them. People love The Avengers and X-men, so there are like five titles for each of those teams, because people will buy them. It would be weird for them to not cash in on their popular properties.

@idontlikebirds: The Avengers and X-Men books, with the exception of the garbage Plain Avengers and New Avengers, all offer very unique perspectives of different characters. I don't see a problem there. These, on the other hand, are purely and obviously made to snatch up more money and it's a cynical and crappy way to look at things as a company.

Doesn't look like the Deathlok I know.

This doesn't make sense. Are you saying Marvel should give books to characters who aren't popular?

@brinkthemoviemyfavoritemovie: I guess I don't understand why them "cashing in" is a bad thing as long as the books are good. They're putting solid talent on the books. Scottie Young doing interiors on anything is enough to get me to buy it, and Greg Rucka is by all accounts killing it on Cyclops. I'd rather have an interesting, off kilter take on a solo character regardless of whether or not they happen to be in a movie that is coming out, than another team book.

Deathlok is definitely one of my top 10 favorite comic characters of all time and i'm more than excited to see a new series, but they need to keep it totally separated from the bubblegum Shield Show (that could have been so good). it needs to be gritty, violent, and very punisher like. Don't ruin this please

who wanted this? WHO?

Do you run a multi million company? Didn't think so.

This version of Deathlok will be dead.

So glad to have a minority character lead a solo with a good writer and artist. And the people that are whining that it doesn't look like Deathlok maybe it's because it's not the same Deathlok,it's a new take on a character using the name,no different than the thousands of Robins.Besides it's not like any of you were begging for the old Deathlok to return anyways

Is it wrong that I am really hoping Howard the Duck is the next solo book announced?

If you read Original Sins 1 which is mostly all about him. I don't think you'll be disappointed

Thought it said DEATHKLOK, got excited.
This is good too I guess....

I can dig it.

Cosigned

The only think that makes me even slightly interested in this is the fact that Edmondson's writing it, but aside from that, I really couldn't care less. I can think of about ten characters off the top of my head who'd do better with a solo.

I don't watch Agents Of SHIELD, and didn't know there was a new Deathlok. Is he popular enough or has enough interest for this to realistically be a popular series?

Don't care about Deathlok, let alone AOS Deathlok, but I love Black Widow and Punisher, so that alone will make me at least try the first issue.

Could be cool I generally like the lower level Marvel books. If they actually get to tell the story of struggle they claimed they would in AOS. Also really enjoy Punisher so could be good.

So this one looks like the Agent of SHIELD version but isn't the Agent of SHIELD version. Why can't Marvel just use one of the existing Deathlok, there's already 3 I can think of

@daredevil21134: Yep been reading Original Sins, but if they take it off on the Show path than a great thing would be garbage real quick.

He's not the AOS Deathlok,they are similarities but it's a new character .His name is Henry Hayes not Mike Peterson

Maybe they wanna try something new

Well it's a tie-in.It just came out today. There's Original Sin which is the main title and now there's Original Sins which feature a few stories about different characters,that's the first issue the new Deathlok shows up in

Last time I checked Marvel was a business to make money. They'll stop making these so called cash-in solos when people stop buying them.

Last time i checked i had an opinion. And i said it.

very true

It's obvious that's what they're banking on, sure it's not the same character, but they are hoping AOS fans will pick it up after noticing they're alike, just like how 616 Nick Fury looks and acts exactly like Ultimate Fury/Samuel L. Jackson Fury...but isn't.

What is with all the haters? It's a new book with a new Deathlok. It also doesn't even look like Michael Peterson (Agents of Shield) nor do they share the same name. I swear at least read the first issue before you judge it especially since it is a brand new character.

OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!

Well for better or worse that's how Marvel's ran now,the movies and tv shows have a strong influence on how they use their characters. Personally I don't see anything wrong with trying something new with Deathlok who is one of the few positives things about AOS.It's not like any of the other Deathlok's we're extremely popular anyways.Plus Edmondson has already said some of the old Deathlok's will show up in the new series

@daredevil21134:

and expose the disturbing legacy of the many Deathloks that came before him.

With that in the description I thought it was fairly obvious he was going to be interacting with old Deathloks in some shape or form.

Oh, I'm not saying it's a bad thing, matter of fact, it's a smart way for Marvel to do business, I was just pointing it out. Either way, Edmondson has been impressing me, so I'll give it a shot.

That was a reminder for the people who want to see the other Deathlok's

Yup,me too lol

Sorry Marvel but this is Deathlok

and no one is ever going to care about Mike Peterson. He was one of the weakest parts of the entire Agents of Shield show.

@teerack said:

Sorry Marvel but this is Deathlok

and no one is ever going to care about Mike Peterson. He was one of the weakest parts of the entire Agents of Shield show.

Agreed.

I will check it out, I like Edmondson stuff on Punisher , so I'm going to give it a shot.

@teerack: Except this Deathlok isn't Mike Peterson. Give the character a shot.

And yet Black Panther doesn't have solo title?! wow...Storm, Night Crawler, Moon Knight, Fucking Wolverine and Doop! seriously?!

Except corporate synergy.

The Panther will come. If not soon he'll definitely have a solo when they announce his movie. Just look at all the Guardians books.

@teerack said:

Sorry Marvel but this is Deathlok

and no one is ever going to care about Mike Peterson. He was one of the weakest parts of the entire Agents of Shield show.

It's not like anybody cared about that Deathlok either

I know right