[US] Siege: a nova mega saga da Marvel [spoilers]

leonardobento escreveu:Saiu a edição #2.



Ares fica sabendo desde o começo que a invasão de Asgard é mutreta do Osborn. Maria Hill vai sozinha pra cima dos Vingadores Sombrios, a fim de ajudar o Thor. Steve convoca os Vingadores "de verdade" (e mais alguns restolhos) para a briga: Mulher-Aranha, Luke Cage, Miss Marvel, Bucky, Aranha, Ronin, Canário Negro, Nick Fury (e os Guerreiros Secretos) e a gurizada de Jovens Vingadores, Iniciativa e etc. Ares parte pra cima de Osborn, mas o Sentinela impede e os dois se enfrentam. O Sentinela mata o Ares na frente das câmeras! Bucky abaixa a bola e diz que o verdadeiro Cap é o Steve. Lá em Asgard, Thor frita Daken quase até os ossos. O escudo do Cap aparece refletido na armadura de Osborn.

Ultimate_Avenger escreveu:Preview de Dark Avengers 14. Só digo uma coisa: SINISTRO!!!

leonardobento escreveu:Não leio Dark Avengers. Você pode resumir o que aconteceu na edição passada e o que acontece nessa agora, Ultimate?

leonardobento escreveu:Então a arma secreta que oNorman tinha desde o começo é o Vácuo? Mas ele não libertou essa personalidade do Bob só agora?

Ultimate_Avenger escreveu:

leonardobento escreveu:Então a arma secreta que oNorman tinha desde o começo é o Vácuo? Mas ele não libertou essa personalidade do Bob só agora?

Não, eu que escrevi mal . A conversa se passa quando Norman está recrutando o Sentinela para seus Vingadores. Portanto, a arma de Osborn é o Vácuo desde o começo.

Joao Roberto da Costa escreveu:No final de Siege o Osborn podia levar um tiro igual a Veranke levou, ou quem sabe ser esquartejado como o Ares foi, seria um fim legal para a mini.

leonardobento escreveu:

Joao Roberto da Costa escreveu:No final de Siege o Osborn podia levar um tiro igual a Veranke levou, ou quem sabe ser esquartejado como o Ares foi, seria um fim legal para a mini.

Acho que o Aranha vai derrotá-lo, só pra ser um momento épico.

DARK AVENGERS #15
COVER BY: Mike Deodato
WRITER: Brian Michael Bendis
PENCILS: Mike Deodato
THE STORY:
SIEGE BLOCKBUSTER TIE-IN!! In the middle of SIEGE, Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye take center stage in a sick twisted battle, and launch their own agenda, revealing their true relationship, and their personal plans for Norman Osborn. Rated T ...$3.99
IN STORES: March 17, 2010

The Mighty Avengers join Thor during Norman Osborn's siege on Asgard

In the aftermath of the Secret Invasion, Norman Osborn and Hank Pym each had their own ideas on what the Avengers meant and needed to be. Norman Osborn used his Dark Reign over the Marvel Universe to create his own team of "Dark Avengers," so in order to protect the heroic legacy that he helped found, Pym assumed the mantle of his late wife, the Wasp, and established his own team of "Mighty Avengers."

For months, the Mighty Avengers have fought the good fight, but they're about to face their biggest challenge to date. In a storyline running through "Mighty Avengers" #32-33, the team had an encounter with Norman Osborn and his team. That encounter may be over, but it's repercussions will lead to a confrontation with Osborn's ally Loki and embroil the Mighty Avengers in Norman and Loki's current "Siege" on Asgard. To make matters worse, an old and very powerful Avengers foe is about to make his return, and he's got Hank Pym in his sights. All of these events will come to head in April with issue #36, the series finale of "Mighty Avengers." CBR News spoke with writer Dan Slott about his plans for the book.

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CBR News: Dan, in the "Dark Reign: The List-Amazing Spider-Man" one-shot, you had Norman Osborn's public image take a huge hit when press outlets received a video of him conducting some shady science experiments. At the end of "Mighty Avengers" #33, though, Loki cast a spell on some reporters and it now seems like the press once again sees Normans as a shining champion of the people. Is that true?

Dan Slott: Yes. Norman's PR was taking a hit, and now Norman is back to being the shining boy. Loki's spell fully countered what happened to him in "The List."

The Mighty Avengers prepare to join the "Siege" action in issue #34, on sale March 3

One of Norman's first acts with his newly restored public image was to use his governmental authority to strip Mighty Avengers member John Walker AKA USAgent of his heroic identity. It's an act that appears to have had a dramatic effect on Walker. How would you describe his mental and emotional state at the end of issue #33?

From the get go, whenever Norman Osborn's name popped up, USAgent has been the one guy going, "He's an American! He took out the Skrull Queen! God bless America! And God bless Norman Osborn! Which lead to his other teammates rolling their eyes and going, ‘Oh God. You suck." [Laughs]

So when we see him at the end of issue #33, he can't be USAgent anymore. The guy running the show for the American government just told him, "Turn in your shield. That's it. You're through." This is going to have a big effect on John Walker all throughout the "Siege" storyline.

At the end of issue #33, it appeared as though John Walker didn't leave with the rest of the Mighty Avengers. What does that mean for his involvement in the upcoming "Siege" issues of the series?

Walker did not leave with his team. He did not go back with them to their headquarters, the Infinite Avengers Mansion. You're still going to see John in the "Siege" event, though. He'll be part of the action in both "Mighty Avengers" and "Thunderbolts."

The final page of "Mighty" #33 showed Hank Pym obtaining evidence that Loki is allied with Norman Osborn. Loki is the first villain the Avengers ever faced, and Hank has been very reflective as of late about his successes and failures as a superhero. In light of that, will Loki and Hank's initial confrontation all those years ago factor into their coming showdown?

There will be ties to "Avengers" #1, but you're going to have to wait to see what they are. Issue #34 [In stores March 3] is set right before "Siege," and there's some important stuff with both Loki and the mighty Thor. In fact, the title of the issue is "Pre-Siege Mentality." It will lay some important building blocks for what's going to happen with the Mighty Avengers characters during "Siege."

That issue will have some major goings on for the "Mighty Avengers" which snowball out out of what just happened in issue #33. Now that they know Loki is behind things that sets them in motion for what they'll do in issue #34. And the events of issue #34 are so big that they put everything in place for "Siege." There will be some major turning points. Now that the solicits are out, everybody knows that big things are in store for all the Avengers books.

We'll talk about some of that in just a bit, but first, let's discuss issues #35-36, the "Siege" tie-in issues of "Mighty Avengers." It appears as though for these issues you're telling two separate stories: one that takes place in Asgard and one set in the Infinite Avengers Mansion. Is that correct?

Yep. You'll see some front line style war stories involving the Mighty Avengers characters that are at the Siege of Asgard. And the ones that are there operating on the front lines are doing so without Pym who has been their leader.

Thor and Loki guest star in "Mighty Avengers" #34

Meanwhile, Hank is dealing with something in the Infinite Avengers Mansion, and it's pretty obvious from the solicits and issue #33 that - Spoiler Alert! - Ultron is back. Pym's original sin is back, and the stuff that happens with Ultron, Hank and Jocasta ties back into a lot of things. There are building blocks that go all the way back to the short feature in the one-shot that I did before I started my run on "Mighty," "Secret Invasion: Requiem." In fact, there are so many things that you might not recognize yet as building blocks, but they all tie-in and they all pay off.

So there will be plot threads in "Mighty" that started running from the beginning of my run, but you can walk fresh into our "Siege" issues. You don't have to have read an issue of "Mighty," but big things have been brewing and now they finally come to a head at the worst possible moment, when the "Siege" is going on.

Speaking of worst case scenarios, the last time we saw Ultron was during the "Annihilation: Conquest" storyline, and the robot had received a significant power upgrade. Is that still in effect?

Yes, In fact, the last time we saw him, Ultron was in the Kree section of space near the planet Hala. That's where he was destroyed, and the Mighty Avengers were just there. And readers now know that the metal insect that came back with the Avengers from Hala was a remnant of Ultron. In issue #33, that remnant took over one of the millions of bodies used by his "bride" Jocasta.

The cover of "Mighty Avengers" #35 shows Hank Pym, Jarvis, and Jocasta in Ultron's sights, which leads us to wonder - where is the other regular Infinite Avengers Mansion support staff member, Amadeus Cho?

[crickets]

Okay - let's move onto something that you'll hopefully be able to elaborate more on. It looks like the Thunderbolts will play a role in the "Siege" issues of "Mighty Avengers," and the "Siege" issues of "Thunderbolts" will feature the Mighty Avengers. How is that going to work? Is this a crossover within a crossover?

Everything is going to play fair. Marvel has been very good about that for all our crossovers, going back to "House of M." You really can choose any satellite book and get a full story, or you can read everything and get this big, rich story that's very fleshed out.

The God of Thunder meets the Mighty Avengers

I think the best example of that is what Fred Van Lente and Greg Pak did with "Incredible Hercules" during "Secret Invasion," with the Earth gods fighting the Skrull gods. That was awesome. You could [choose not to] read any of "Secret Invasion," and if you got [the "Hercules" story,] you'd still get this epic Hercules tale. Or if you read it along with "Secret Invasion" and its tie-ins, you got to see how another fleshed out corner of the Marvel Universe tied into "Secret Invasion." I think that's the best example of Marvel doing something right with crossovers.

What can readers expect from artist Khoi Pham, your collaborator on "Mighty Avengers," in the months ahead?

Lots of gorgeous art. Didn't the two parter with the Dark Avengers look gorgeous? Khoi is really bringing it home. He was great before and he's even better now.

In April, "Mighty Avengers" #36 brings the series to a close. Did you have time to properly wrap up all the storylines you were playing with?

Yes. Including a wedding.

Is there anything you can tell us about said wedding?

There were some hints that were dropped very early on, and the issue where it takes place is called "WWJVD" which is a very telling and cryptic statement.

Any final thoughts on your upcoming "Mighty Avengers" work?

It's going to be a big-ass roller coaster ride to the series finale. A lot of stuff will pay off and play into the future of what the Avengers franchise is going to become.

There's a sequence in the "Unspoken" arc where Eternity tells Hank that he is going to play a prominent role in the new "Age of Heroes." So take from that what you will.

CBR News: Christos, this isn't the first time you've written a Steve Rogers adventure that ties into a big event. You also tackled the character during "Civil War" with the one-shot "Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties of War." Is it a coincidence that you're doing another event tie-in starring Steve, or is it just that there is something you find especially compelling about writing the character in these big events?

Christos Gage: I always find it compelling to write Steve - to me he's Marvel's greatest hero, the embodiment of what heroism means in the Marvel Universe. I don't know if my prior experience writing Steve in the "Civil War" Captain America/Iron Man special influenced editor Bill Rosemann to approach me about writing this one, but this is actually more Bucky Cap's story than Steve's, so it's a bit of a change of pace from the last one.

Bill Rosemann: One of Christos' great strengths as a writer - in addition to his experience writing these characters and nailing their individual voices - is his ability to maneuver within an extremely tight storytelling space. By that I mean, if you say to Christos, "Okay, I need a story that accomplishes This Emotional Beat for this character, and I need it to take place between Panels X and Y of issue #Z," not only can he figure out how to pull that off, but he will do so in style with a story that not only gets your pulse racing, but hits you right in the gut. It's a rare talent, and one that should never be taken for granted or overlooked.

This story also features Bucky in his Captain America guise. Christos, is this the first time you've written Bucky Cap?

CG: It's actually not my first time writing Bucky Cap, but only by a nose - the two Caps are in "Avengers: The Initiative" #34 (fighting Taskmaster!), which I wrote a couple weeks earlier. What's interesting to me about Bucky Cap is that he approaches being Captain America in a different way than Steve Rogers. He's been shaped by his experiences as the Winter Soldier, and also by the fact that by nature he's more of a pragmatist than the more idealistic Steve.

That's what's compelling to me; both men share the same dream, the same ideals, but they take a different approach to getting there, and I find that intriguing to explore. There's also that element of confidence Steve has - not arrogance at all, but self-assurance and comfort in his role. He's at a point where he doesn't really second-guess himself much, he does what has to be done, and that's it. Bucky - especially when he's wearing the Captain America uniform - has more questions and uncertainties, based on his troubled past as the Winter Soldier. That's something I'll be examining as well.

It sounds like this one-shot is very much about the dynamic between Steve and Bucky as dual Captain Americas. Is that correct? And how would you describe that dynamic at the beginning of this issue?

CG: What we're really delving into here are Bucky's feelings about remaining Captain America now that Steve's back. Of course, Ed Brubaker showed us beautifully how Steve feels about it, and why he arrived at the decision he did, in "Captain America: Who Will Wield the Shield." What I'm doing is looking at how Bucky feels about it. As far as Steve's concerned, it's been decided: Bucky stays as Captain America. But now that they're in the thick of battle, fighting side by side, does Bucky feel the same? Does he believe he should keep the mantle? It's something he only picked up because, with Steve presumed dead, he didn't think anyone else should have it - but now that Steve's returned, does he feel he's up to it? Does he even want it? Is he at all resentful at being asked to carry on, or is it an honor? These are some of the questions we'll be examining.

What else you can share with us about the plot or themes of this one-shot? From whose perspective is this story told?

CG: Primarily Bucky's, although we'll also get some insight into Steve's mind and also see "Siege" through the eyes of ordinary citizens of Broxton, Oklahoma.

Speaking of Brockton, what can you tell us about the settings of "Siege: Captain America?" Does this story take place entirely in present day during the course of the battle, or are there flashbacks involved?

CG: The story takes place over a very short time, at a specific moment toward the end of "Siege" #3. I can't say more without giving too much away, but it's one of those stories that occurs during the chaos and fog of war - a kind of story Captain America is well suited to.

What obstacles and adversaries were you interested at throwing at Steve and Bucky in this story?

CG: They'll be facing off against enemies from "Siege," but again, I'm limited as to what I can say by not wanting to put forth spoilers. Having said that, I did want to complicate matters for our heroes by having civilians put in harm's way and seeing how they react. So, we'll be meeting a civilian family - citizens of Broxton, Oklahoma - who are caught in the midst of the Siege of Asgard. I wanted to examine how ordinary, non-powered people feel about what's going on and how it affects them - and how the heroes respond.

The artist on the story, Federico Dallocchio, is a relative newcomer. How did you discover him and what was it about his style that makes him the right fit for the one-shot?

CG: I'd seen his work before on a WildStorm book, "StarCraft," but as good as that was, when his first pencils for this one-shot came in I was tremendously impressed. The art's both finely detailed and viscerally hard hitting at the same time, which is the perfect feel for this story. So far he's been great to work with.

BR: Federico's style is a beautiful mix of gritty realism and hyper-realized heroism. Ever since I saw his work in "StarCraft" and "Gears of War," I was itching to unleash him on Marvel characters. One of the most enjoyable aspects of being an editor is "casting" your project - finding and uniting the right voices and styles for a particular story - and if you can combine that with giving an opportunity for a deserving talent to be seen by a large amount of readers - well, that's what this job is all about. So if you're unfamiliar with his art, once you read this issue you'll see that Federico is a perfect fit for Marvel and a welcome addition to the next generation of rising stars.

Ultimately, it sounds as though the tone of "Siege: Captain America" is both epic and personal to the characters involved.

CG: It's about personal moments occurring against the backdrop of an epic setting during epic circumstances. There's big, important stuff happening all around, but there are equally important - if less overtly earth-shattering - developments as well, and that's our focus.

While Norman Osborn's Siege on Asgard continues to change the face of the Marvel Universe, our heroes must fight a number of battles on multiple fronts. On March 24, Hank Pym's team enters the fray in MIGHTY AVENGERS #35 while things get even hotter for Taskmaster and his troops in the pages of AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #34.

Writer Dan Slott, who chronicles the Mighty Avengers' mission with artist Khoi Pham, reveals that two different characters help throw the team into the melee.

"[It's] one part Amadeus Cho, one part Steve Rogers," relates Slott. "You'll see how that comes together in both THUNDERBOLTS and MIGHTY AVENGERS."

Though the Mighty Avengers didn't appear alongside their fellow heroes in SIEGE #2, that doesn't mean Steve Rogers didn't extend an invitation to the group.

"In MIGHTY AVENGERS #35 you'll see that Steve did reach out to Hank Pym, but Hank's kinda got his hands full at the moment," notes Slott. "Don't know if you've heard but one of the biggest Avengers baddies of all time, Ultron, is back."

And Ultron's return couldn't come at a worse time for Pym and his team. According to Slott, they'll have their hands full dealing with Osborn and the ruthless robot simultaneously.

"This is the worst possible time for Ultron to be making a big play," warns the writer. "And with what happens at the end of MIGHTY AVENGERS #34, having a war on two fronts is probably the worst thing that could happen for these characters."

With Hank's attention solely on stopping Ultron, the Mighty Avengers will find themselves in need of a leader as they jump into the Siege. But who will they look towards to fill that role?

"That's a very good question," acknowledges a tight-lipped Slott.

While the team recently faced Osborn's own group in MIGHTY AVENGERS #32 and #33, they still remain unprepared for the threats they'll face next month.

"Nothing has prepared them for what's coming," says Slott. "Nothing could."

As MIGHTY AVENGERS steers towards its conclusion in issue #36, Slott promises fans at least one more surprise waits just around the corner.

"Let's just say that, as big a surprise as we had for you in MIGHTY AVENGERS #23 when we revealed that the new Scarlet Witch was actually Loki, we've got a bigger shock in store for you than that!"

Meanwhile, in AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #34, writer Christos Gage and artist Jorge Molina pit Taskmaster against Captain America, a battle that comes on the heels of the villain's involvement in taking Thor down.

"As we'll see, Norman doesn't let Taskmaster's thrill of victory over Thor last very long," remarks Gage. "That leaves Taskmaster feeling like he needs to prove himself more than ever, and Captain America is the perfect target!"

Meanwhile, Justice and the Avengers Resistance have seized on the opportunity to destroy Camp H.A.M.M.E.R., but as they'll soon find out it won't prove that easy.

"There will still be a strong complement of H.A.M.M.E.R. troops as well as a number of the Hood's super-powered Initiative operatives-magically enhanced by the Norn Stones-defending Camp H.A.M.M.E.R.," explains Gage. "So it'll be far from a cakewalk. But this is still the best opportunity Justice and the Avengers Resistance will have. They know it's now or never."

The other members of the Initiative-both heroes and villains-will have to come to terms with some major changes very soon, as the tide of battle in Siege begins to shift.

"We'll be seeing exactly that in upcoming issues, as well as [in] SIEGE itself and other books like the SIEGE: CAPTAIN AMERICA one-shot on which I'm collaborating with Federico Dallochio," says Gage. "That's right, I'm shameless, but it's true! As for how the heroes who are still part of the Initiative will react, that's a key part of our story."

Much like MIGHTY AVENGERS, AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE will reach its finale in April with issue #35.

"Everything is coming to a head," forewarns Gage. "The end of the Initiative as we know it is coming and nothing will ever be the same!"

Ultimate_Avenger escreveu:Ele tá na primeira imagem sem ser as capas, terceiro quadro. Dentro da Casa Branca.