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SDCC 2011: Marvel Next Best Thing

What big things does Mavel have planned this year?

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Running behind obviously. Here we go!

4:30- Intros. David Gabriel, Alexo Alejandro, Steven Wacker, Jonathan Hickman, Greg Pak, Daniel Way, Nick Spencer, and Jim McCann, who is not here yet. Arune Singh is hosting this. Who is the Ultimate Spider-Man. Ultimate Comics Spider Man #4 will have the answer. Jonathan Hickman is spearheading some new books. Ultimates and Ultimate Comics Hawkeye. These books will come out on time. He says it's one of the stronger things he's done at Marvel. September has the new Ultimate Spider-Man book.

4:35- Ultimate Comics X-Men comes out in September and is written by Nick Spencer. Paco Medina is on art. It's like an Ultimate comics revamp. That's what it sounds like.

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4:40- "Three books to read one universe, not 52." Ouch. Hickman on FF. Blackbolt is returning in the last issue. Epting is back for issues 8 and 9. Gibson draws 10 and 11. Time for the Twelve. It's coming back. JMS is writing it. It will be released in February 2012.

4:45- Pak on Hulk: Certain themes are coming up. It’s been about a guy who’s insanely angry and wants to be alone, yet he surrounds himself with family.

The Hulk has been trying to protect his family and the final arc is called “Wishing Well.” Fing Fang Foom will be back. Other villains will be back as well.

4:50- Hulk of Arabia. Starting with issue #42. Red Hulk will go up against the Secret Avengers. I will have pictures up after this panel is over.

Evil Deadpool. Heroes have decided that Deadpool needs to be locked up. Foolkiller shows up. "It's the guy fool killer was born to kill," says Daniel Way. Evil Deadpool is a collection of Deadpools former body parts. "Deadpool will be one of the most wanted people in the world... This is a big one."

Villains for Hire is announced. Starts in November of this year. Deadliest villains come together under Missy from Heroes for Hire. Abnett is writing. Lanning on art. Art will be posted at the end.

4:55- Avengers Origins one-shots. Ant-Man and Wasp by Aguirre-Sacassa. Luke Cage in November. Kyle Higgins an Alec Siegel and Stephane Perger on the Vision Origins books in November. Scarlet Witch and Thor. They're lasting through these, so it's hard to get the names of the people on the book, but Kyle Higgins is right in front of me, so his name wasn't hard to get.

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Avengers Academy with Gage and Sean Chen. New team. It's a mash-up of a bunch of different characters. This will also be out in November. Black Panther time. In September at 523.1 he will be "the most dangerous man alive." Black Panther will take on Kingpin. That will come out in November with issue #525.

John Carter: Princess of Mars comes out in September. Question and answer time... There is something very special at the end of this panel.

Q: Where is Power Pack? A: C.B. says the kids are out there. Odds are greater than not. Q: Ultimate Punisher? A: For now, they're concentrating on the main teams, but as the world grows, they will introduce more things.

5:00- Q: Cable and Deadpool match ups? A: Cable is dead. Q: Can Greg Pak reveal anything about Red She-Hulk? A: Red She-Hulk always made sense to him, since she's been around so many angry men and had to "eat her anger" all of these years. What happens to Betty is a huge part of "Heart of the Monster." Q: Iron Fist? A: Iron Fist news on Sunday during the Fear Itself panel.

5:05- Q: Will Ant-Man and Wasp joining the Avengers? A: Dead joke. I guess it referred to the film. No one knows. Q: What is planned with Kid Loki? A: C.B. states that there are some plans, and he's become more popular than they could have thought. They can't talk too much about it, but there are plans beyond Fear Itself. Q: Will Runaways ever come back? A: C.B. says that there are plans for the characters. The individual characters will pop up in different places. There are no plans for the team as a book though. They haven't had anyone bring them anything worthwhile essentially.

5:15- We all get Ashcans of Hulk in Arabia first issue, three months in advance. I feel special! Back to questions: Will the super heroes ever age? A: They already did that with Old Man Logan and Spider-Man Reign. Q: How about a collaboration between Marvel and DC? A: You don't see Ford and GM making a car together. They avoided the question, and it's something fans would want to see. Come on people. Ridiculous. Do it... Q: Are there going to be new GLTB characters? A: Alpha Flight! Northstar! Avengers Academy and a couple other books explore that and Generation Hope does that as well. Q: Moon Knight and Daken crossover? A: Moon Knight is in Daken's book in August. There will be more characters in California.

5:25- Was it necessary to kill Human Torch? Will he come back? A: I'm sure at some point he will, says Hickman. Hickman will keep him dead though. Q: Will the Parker family be in Shield? A: Hickman says they thought about it, and shot it around, but eventually shot it down. (My leg is asleep) Q: We never saw Human Torch die. A: Hickman says in the 50th anniversary will show his actual death.

Panel over. I picked up my copy of Hulk and left. Here are some pictures of the upcoming Marvel stuff in the order I talked about it.