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    The new "status quo" for the Marvel Universe in 2010 after the events of Siege.

    Get Ready To Enter The Heroic Age

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    Edited By gmanfromheck

    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!
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    #1  Edited By timrothsays

    Wasp! :3
    Is he gonna be in a new Avengers-team? He's just an amazing character!

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    #2  Edited By vance_astro  Moderator

    I don't think i'm ready for the Heroic Age.I don't see any Ms.Marvel.

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    #3  Edited By Vortex13

    YAY, Luke Cage! ^_^.

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    #4  Edited By Green Flash

    What is it with Gorillas?  I'll take BEAST anyday.  Speaking of, please put him on the avengers in a not so cat like form. 
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    #5  Edited By BIackFlash

    hell yeah!
     
    Hawkeye, Cage, BlackWidow! 

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    #6  Edited By Namor1987

    looks interestin

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    #7  Edited By dane

    looks awesome but whos the gorilla?

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    #8  Edited By vance_astro  Moderator
    @Dane said:
    " looks awesome but whos the gorilla? "
    Gorilla Man
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    #9  Edited By timrothsays
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    #10  Edited By dane

    how is he not exactly like the gorilla in justice league: cry for justice? They're exactly the same and they're both stupid as hell.
     
    I'd much rather see an actual Avenger there.

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    #11  Edited By sora_thekey
    @Green Flash said:
    "What is it with Gorillas?"
    Yeah why?  
    Both teasers have had this Agents of Atlas Gorilla...  
    They both had Black Widow, and Hawkeye... 
     
    Here's my thoery... Hawkeye is Bucky! 
    For some reason Bucky might take the Hawkeye mantle especially since Natasha is hanging around Hawkeye on both promos.... 
     
    I still think the Ronin persone fits Clint perfectly!
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    #12  Edited By Freddy.Mercurial

    well, marvel is giving all the internet critiques what they want with this mega-corny HEROIC AGE crud...  double or nuthin' the same whiners who cried for this will complain about how dreadfully boring it is & how the writer's should be stoned to the death by the end of the year...  any takers???  :/

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    #13  Edited By Bobcat14

    I have a huge feeling this might just be the roster for the return of the West Coast Avengers
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    #14  Edited By vance_astro  Moderator

    WAIT A MINUTE...CLINT IS GOING TO BE ON THE SAME TEAM WITH THE GIRL HE FOUGHT DAREDEVIL OVER...AAAAAAAND MOCKINGBIRD? 

    Now that's going to be awkward.
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    #15  Edited By -Eclipse-

    How come both promos have given Clint such a stupid looking bow? I was hoping it was just Romita Jr's art, but it just looks stupid. 
     
    Yeah, we all love the Hawkeye suit, despite the fact that it's not very 'modern'... But can't they at least give him a modern looking bow? 
     
    ... Aside from my nitpicking, looks awesome! XD

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    #16  Edited By jedd

    wow hanky pyms here i wonder what this means for the mighty avengers
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    #17  Edited By timrothsays

    And one more thing - is Mighty Avengers going to be relaunched? Because Slott's doing a great job there...

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    #18  Edited By Nyogtha

    Anyone else notice that Wasp's next looks a little broken?

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    #19  Edited By dane
    @Vance Astro said:
    "

    WAIT A MINUTE...CLINT IS GOING TO BE ON THE SAME TEAM WITH THE GIRL HE FOUGHT DAREDEVIL OVER...AAAAAAAND MOCKINGBIRD? 

    Now that's going to be awkward. "
    be even better if DD was on the team.
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    #20  Edited By goldenkey

    I think it just mean the hero's are gonna take it all back.
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    #21  Edited By goldenkey
    @sora_thekey said:
    "@Green Flash said:
    "What is it with Gorillas?"
    Yeah why?  
    Both teasers have had this Agents of Atlas Gorilla...  
    They both had Black Widow, and Hawkeye... 
     
    Here's my thoery... Hawkeye is Bucky! For some reason Bucky might take the Hawkeye mantle especially since Natasha is hanging around Hawkeye on both promos....  I still think the Ronin persone fits Clint perfectly! "

    Bucky is staying Cap, so nope. 
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    #22  Edited By Aerik

    i spilled. Emergency pants!

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    Gorilla Man, monkeys with guns. Fun times are ahead

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    #24  Edited By morpheus_  Moderator
    @Dane said:
    " @Vance Astro said:
    "

    WAIT A MINUTE...CLINT IS GOING TO BE ON THE SAME TEAM WITH THE GIRL HE FOUGHT DAREDEVIL OVER...AAAAAAAND MOCKINGBIRD? 

    Now that's going to be awkward. "
    be even better if DD was on the team. "
    I know what you mean, but it would be against his character to join any group on a permanent basis. Even Marvel Knights was a short-lived effort.
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    #25  Edited By crimsonspider89

    That isn't the Avengers team. It is a lineup of those involved in the Heroic Age. 

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    #26  Edited By Chane

    What could be more heroic than a gorilla with a gun?

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    #27  Edited By The_Martian

    Dang it! Luke Cage survives Siege, probably to take up a slot of the Avengers that belongs to someone who deserves it.

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    #28  Edited By crimsonspider89

    I don't think that is the lineup. Anyway, Luke Cage has his own mini coming up that is based in Philly. They said he was going to be leaving the team. 

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    #29  Edited By The_Martian
    @crimsonspider89 said:
    " I don't think that is the lineup. Anyway, Luke Cage has his own mini coming up that is based in Philly. They said he was going to be leaving the team.  "
    I don't think thats a lineup too. But Bendis is so crazy about Luke Cage, I  don't see him letting the character go.
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    #30  Edited By crimsonspider89

    I hope he does. He just does not have the stuff to face classic Avengers opponents. All the physically weak ones either have gadgets, genius intellect or are damn good strategists. He really is neither. I think Black Widow is going to be leading the Thunderbolts. 

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    #31  Edited By They Killed Cap!

    ...I like the doom and gloom stories. I don't think they are gonna do perky story after perky story but I do love the dark stories.
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    #32  Edited By danhimself

    i still think they're showing us the Avengers teams...the first image was of 2 teams together then this image is I'm guessing going to be the Mighty Avengers

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    #33  Edited By crimsonspider89

    Here is a question, how come Spider Woman was on neither? I don't think they are but are showing us the heroes involved and teams involved in the Heroic Age.

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    #34  Edited By danhimself

    who says that Spider Woman is going to be on either of the teams after Siege?

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    #36  Edited By TheBlueAngel93

    I love Hitch's art, Hawkeye looks awesome in this image!!!

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    #37  Edited By Meteorite

    I hope Gorilla-Man is on the Avengers, I think that he and the Agents of Atlas are under appreciated gems.

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    #38  Edited By Yung ANcient One

    I think Heroic Age will be No EVents... And Norman being Gone... thats it... which is rad... not being forced to get different titles because a event is happening

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    #39  Edited By theyoyoman

    that right there is the new west coast avengers

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    #40  Edited By crazed_h3ro

    This looks Awesome "the Heroic Age" is nigh LOL XD

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    #41  Edited By Bobcat14

    @theyoyoman: n
    Hey man thanks for agreeing with me. I called it first lol. But i wouldn't mind a FORCE WORKS team either. You know. with War Machine, 
    US Agent, Beta Ray Bill or Thunderstrike, Scarlet Spider. It could be like what X-force is to X-Men. A special Ops team and thats government runned or something

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    #42  Edited By DH69

    other than hawkeye widow and pym i have no interest in this team

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    #43  Edited By BatDance
    @Bobcat14 said:

    " I have a huge feeling this might just be the roster for the return of the West Coast Avengers "

    Nah West Coast was a different era, that was Stern's baby and if you pick up the old issues the writing was totally different
     We are in a different era today, more drama, flash, random nonsense and gore. Bendis and Geoff Johns are silverage obsessive and too busy pulling pages from other people's books, Moore already accused Blackest Night of Plagiarism I doubt that's true but I also doubt Blackest Night was very original and its starting to go flat. Bendis ruined Avengers, Siege is all Flash and Gore but no substance and both companies are starting to mirror each other  with Brightest Heroic Age directions.  Glad to see Doctor Voodoo is sticking around and it should be good to have top writers like Kurt Busiek and Paul Cornell. Cornell is a top writer and Busiek is great for a continuation of the classic story
     
    Somebody said you also got Ares and Sentry? I hoped Bob would have died off during Siege, seems like Bendis wants the mess he made to stay around and stink up the next story arc?

     
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    #44  Edited By amc26
    @crimsonspider89 said:
    " I don't think that is the lineup. Anyway, Luke Cage has his own mini coming up that is based in Philly. They said he was going to be leaving the team.  "
    Luke Cage is gonna lead the Thunderbolts in the Heroic Age.
    The people on the comic cover aren't one team, they are five different teams with people from each team representing them in the comic series. 
    The Gorrila is an Agent of Atlas
    Hawkeye and I hope Hank Pym are representing the Avengers
    Luke Cage is gonna be the new leader of the thunderbolts
    And I'm not really sure about Mockingbird and Black Widow
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    #45  Edited By amc26
    @BatDance said:
    " @Bobcat14 said:

    " I have a huge feeling this might just be the roster for the return of the West Coast Avengers "

    Nah West Coast was a different era, that was Stern's baby and if you pick up the old issues the writing was totally different
     We are in a different era today, more drama, flash, random nonsense and gore. Bendis and Geoff Johns are silverage obsessive and too busy pulling pages from other people's books, Moore already accused Blackest Night of Plagiarism I doubt that's true but I also doubt Blackest Night was very original and its starting to go flat. Bendis ruined Avengers, Siege is all Flash and Gore but no substance and both companies are starting to mirror each other  with Brightest Heroic Age directions.  Glad to see Doctor Voodoo is sticking around and it should be good to have top writers like Kurt Busiek and Paul Cornell. Cornell is a top writer and Busiek is great for a continuation of the classic story
     
    Somebody said you also got Ares and Sentry? I hoped Bob would have died off during Siege, seems like Bendis wants the mess he made to stay around and stink up the next story arc?

     
    "
    That is the cover to a comic book encyclopedia volume set coming in May 2010. It is NOT the Avengers!
    Why would Iron Patriot be on the same team as Captain America anyways?

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