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The New Avengers Line Up Just Got Crazy...The Thing?!?

What is going on?

Marvel's recent reveals about the "New" Avengers hasn't been too surprising. Yesterday we sort of got a new New Avenger when it was revealed that Jessica Jones would be putting the spandex back on. Today, things get completely crazy.

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Say it with me, "What the heck is going on?" I'm sure "heck" isn't the first word that might come to mind. After the shock settled, I have to say, I like this. Finally we're getting a completely new member that is really going to change the concept of the New Avengers. If I recall correctly, the Thing has never fully been an Avenger. Reed and Sue have been briefly but I don't think Ben or Johnny have. Now he's going to be an Avenger? 
 
The Thing is my favorite character in the FF. I'm not sure what this means for his position over there. I suppose if Wolverine can be on the New Avengers, X-Men and X-Force, there's no reason that Ben can't be on the New Avengers and Fantastic Four. Now just picture what the teams going to be like with the Thing, Spider-Man and Wolverine. I think the fun-factor just got turned up considerably!

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I love the Thing! I love the Avengers!  I love Pizza and I love Cereal! Do I want my pizza in my cereal? NOOOOO! As cool as this mite seem I must agree with DMC he belongs in the Fantastic Four! I did enjoy he's solo series, the last one was fun! But this doesn't feel right. Maybe the writers were playing Ultimate Alliance 2 when they were thinking up the line up!

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you know what I take back what I said.....
Having the Thing join an Avengers team just doesn't feel right to me. The Fantastic Four are more than a team, they're family and with all the adventures they go on through time and space and then to come back and do it again with New Avengers? But both teams are in NY.  But for a guy like Ben wouldn't ya think his family (F4) would come before his friends?
 
Wolverines case is more acceptable to me cause he's been out on solo adventures for so long now that having him on another team wasn't that shocking at the beginning. But it's going to feel like a little ridiculous being on 2 teams on the opposite sides of the US. But that depends on what happens after Second Coming.

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It is possible that the New Avengers might be almost a new Illuminati of heroes, gathering them together and guiding Marvel 

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i hate it
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Finally we see the Thing in a more important team. Wonder if he will leave the Fantastic Four?

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@Chane said:
" I have no idea where they are going with this. "
agreed, but i like it.
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nice!

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Ben was a long time West Coast Avenger back in the day. and of course he can be on two teams at once, just because Wolverine owns the title doesn't mean he can't share it.

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Long overdue in my opinion. The Thing is one of the most recognizable characters Mavel has. To finally have him in the Avengers makes perfect sense to me.

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"I believe... 'tis clobbering time, sire." - Marvel 1602. 
 
Now I really can't wait to get my hands on this.
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We know what you're doing Marvel, trying to build suspense in this manner only causes frustration!
 
I have yet to learn the identity of a single Secret Avenger even though those shadowy silhouettes have been out for awhile now.I know they're trying to keep the big reveals under wraps but I'm just tired of these promotions.

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lol just one chick, that must suck lol  They should just call it Sausage Fest Avengers.
 
They need more women in there. 

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Finally someone new, would have never seen this comming

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thing was very briefly an avenger

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I dig it... 
 
Can you Diiiig it?

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@G-Man said:
" Finally one where no one can say "I called that." I don't think any of us saw this one coming. Bravo Marvel.. "
Agreed. lol. I like the idea.
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Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
 
Seriously though, what's next? I guess they'll let ANYONE be an Avenger these days...

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Wow o_O this is new ^^. Glad to see some new faces on the Avengers...come on,BEN LOL this is going to be great!!. I really want to read the dialog between Spidey,and Grimm...Priceless.

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really not liking some of these reveals

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uuhhhhm.........ok whatever ^_^

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@AngelFrost said:
" Sooo, will Thing not be on the F4 that much anymore?  - He can be replaced by She-Hulk (:  "
i highly doubt this, and much less doubt Thing not being in F4 (is Wolverine any less in X-Men?,
Spider-Man in NY?, ect) but this one is fun to think about anyways...

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@PrinceIMC said: 

" Heh, just watch the New Avengers will turn out to not be a super hero team just a monthly poker game. "

I would actually read it if this were true. As it stands, this is an unforeseen development, but I stopped reading the Avengers books during Secret Invasion, and nothing I've seen since has convinced me that was a bad decision.
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This just became even more interesting, it feels like Avengers will be the main team, New Avengers will be like West Coast, and Secret Avengers will be like the Avengers version of X-Force in a way. Still I'm looking forward to seeing how these three teams are brought together and for what reason('s).

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I think Reed,Sue and Johnny were Avengers at some point so now the Avengers have the full set.

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 i was thinking the same thing maybe one of the kids will take his place
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Sooo, will Thing not be on the F4 that much anymore?  - He can be replaced by She-Hulk (: 

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@jacobyLIVE said:
" @Yung ANcient One:  But there was a promo with Cap in it,or Bucky-cap. So he'll probably be leading the team. Spidey isn't much of a leader as much as he is a bad-ass XD "
Ok... let me rephrase that...
So far... of the NEw Avengers Announced... i can only see SPidey Leading the team... Cage has Tbolts to lead... and LOgan has the X-force... until more New Avengers are announced... i will hold that guess...
And...
I thought Cap was goin to be in THE Avengers... and Steve was goin to LEad the Secret Avengers
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@Yung ANcient One:  But there was a promo with Cap in it,or Bucky-cap. So he'll probably be leading the team. Spidey isn't much of a leader as much as he is a bad-ass XD
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They have two tanks now... oh well
 
i still think Spideys goin to lead this team

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lets see what else we get, me likey.

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O_O The New Avengers just got better

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intresting angle was unexpected  , hopefuuly will drop another curve ball in like this soon i love new avengers line up but a few new  established faces make for an intresting new start to avengers.

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Lame.
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before, i didn't care, at all
 
now im interested

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Its kinda crazy but i like it
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I like it!
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@geraldthesloth: CHECK PMS!!!
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This is good, I'm a huge Thing fan and maybe Shulkie can join the 4 in his place.

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these New Avengers promos have done nothing to inspire me. i'll bite when it comes out, but only becuase i wana see whats going on.

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I'm a little confused by this, but it is new and I'm cool with that. I still better be seeing Ms. Marvel and She-hulk appear on one of these, Secret, New, or Avengers so I know I will be picking up atleast one series from Marvel in the future.
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@the_orange_crush:
Put those 3 with Hank Pym (who has no team attachment) and his Infinite Avengers Mansion....written by Brubaker? That book would be very interesting.
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thats a nice change of pace, I love The Thing. the heroic age is going to be sick 

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@PrinceIMC said:
" Heh, just watch the New Avengers will turn out to not be a super hero team just a monthly poker game. "
hahaha!
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The Thing was a West Coast Avenger, Johnny is the only member not to be an Avenger. Still it is surprising, It's Avengering Time!
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Fantasic Four jumped the shark anyway, I'm glad the Thing is quitting the Fan4 and signing on with Avengers. The Fan 4 comic gets stale after about 2 dozen issues, you read some great fresh stories for about 24 issues after that the stories just repeat like reruns of an old tv show. If the Fan4 can't be fresh they need a little break just like Sue and Reed need a divorce
Ben + Avengers. It's a story that's been lying in wait, I'm surprised Ben didn't sign up earlier during that Civil War thing

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It's intriguing. And what makes it fun is the combination of having Spidey, Wolverine, and Thing on the same team. Add Luke Cage and it makes it even more interesting.  
 
But I'm not the biggest fan of having the same heroes everywhere. As much as I love Wolverine, him having 3 solo titles and then show up in like another 5 team books can get boring. I love Cage, but I'm not nutts about him on T-Bolts and here at the same time. Now, Thing in the FF and NA, it's getting out of hand.  

I've always felt like if you're a solo hero, then it makes sense to be part of a team as well. That's what the Avengers always were anyways, solo heroes coming together. But when you're already part of a team, why do you want to be part of another team? I always found that kind of illogical. 
 
I feel like Marvel has enough unused characters who might not do good alone, but would better profit by being on a team together, rather than having the same heroes show up everywhere.

 
Nevertheless, I'm sure I'll be enjoying this book.

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ive never really liked him but this will hopefully give me a look at how strong he really is
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The Thing is one of the BEST characters in comics to date.  This is definately a plus in my book.  =)
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Very interesting indeed!  I like it!

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As faras these adds go, I don't think they're all going be members. Granted all the people they've shown were card carrying Avengers at one point but I think this is just an "everyones an Avenger"  add campaign. It's hard to explain but I'm sure not everyone who's been in these adds are going to be on the teams. Take the Luke Cage one for example. It says he's a New Avenger but we already know he's going be on the Thunderbolts. And for the Secret Avengers add Brubaker said he has no clue who those are pictures of. I'm sure these are all just adds and when we find out who's on what team a lot of these characters won't be seen. 

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