The Twilight Mexican
Ex-SeeD-ingly good
- AKA
- TresDias
If you read Marvel at all, or have an interest in dojng so, you need to be reading this series. Not only is this possibly the best Marvel has been in my lifetime, but this storyline Hickman has been telling with these two books is the crux of everything happening in Marvel right now.
Literally, the company's entire line will be drawn into this story as it heads into "Secret Wars" next summer. Right now, Hickman is the architect of the Marvel Universe -- and possibly the architect of its end/rebirth if "Secret Wars" does what I suspect it's going to.
Long story made way too short, the multiverse is dying. Not just the 616 reality (the primary universe depicted by Marvel); all of them. For reasons that are still under speculation, the walls between universes have gotten too weak (my money is on this being the fault of all the heroes and villains who have performed time/dimensional travel over the years). Thus, the universes are colliding with each other at the focal point of the weak walls: Earth.
As the universes begin bleeding into one another and the other Earth becomes visible (a phenomenon dubbed "Incursions"), this gives the inhabitants of the two Earths eight hours to find a solution before the two Earths collide, explode and take their respective entire universes with them.
Infinity Gems can be used as a solution once, but then shatter. The only tried-and-true repeatable method is blowing up one of the Earths. This prevents the two Earths from occupying the same space, sparing one Earth and both universes.
As if this problem wasn't enough, various factions from throughout the multiverse are major players in what's going down, some utilizing the Incursions as a means of travel between universes to destroy alternate Earths, some seeking power, some just trying to survive, and some not sure where they fit into it all.
The Avengers have splintered. Only a few of their number knew of the Incursions at first (the Illuminati, as they're called), and they kept it a secret for as long as they could until the secret came out. These few wanted to keep the option of destroying alternate Earths on the table. When Captain America refused, they erased his memory of the Incursions. His memory came back. Someone made a hard choice. The world learned everything. A cabal of villains were given the reigns to decide Earth's fate. Some Avengers seek to apprehend the Illuminati. The Illuminati seek to stop the Incursions and avoid arrest. Some other Avengers decided they wanted nothing to do with either faction and are looking into their own solutions.
It's a clusterfuck and a half, but a beautiful one.
If you aren't reading it, you really need to. Come next summer, this story will be front and center across whatever Marvel books you are reading. "Avengers" #38 came out today along with "New Avengers" #26. I'd say you need to read all of "New Avengers" and at least all of "Avengers" from #34.1, but if you're willing to read the entirety of both series you should.
Literally, the company's entire line will be drawn into this story as it heads into "Secret Wars" next summer. Right now, Hickman is the architect of the Marvel Universe -- and possibly the architect of its end/rebirth if "Secret Wars" does what I suspect it's going to.
Long story made way too short, the multiverse is dying. Not just the 616 reality (the primary universe depicted by Marvel); all of them. For reasons that are still under speculation, the walls between universes have gotten too weak (my money is on this being the fault of all the heroes and villains who have performed time/dimensional travel over the years). Thus, the universes are colliding with each other at the focal point of the weak walls: Earth.
As the universes begin bleeding into one another and the other Earth becomes visible (a phenomenon dubbed "Incursions"), this gives the inhabitants of the two Earths eight hours to find a solution before the two Earths collide, explode and take their respective entire universes with them.
Infinity Gems can be used as a solution once, but then shatter. The only tried-and-true repeatable method is blowing up one of the Earths. This prevents the two Earths from occupying the same space, sparing one Earth and both universes.
As if this problem wasn't enough, various factions from throughout the multiverse are major players in what's going down, some utilizing the Incursions as a means of travel between universes to destroy alternate Earths, some seeking power, some just trying to survive, and some not sure where they fit into it all.
The Avengers have splintered. Only a few of their number knew of the Incursions at first (the Illuminati, as they're called), and they kept it a secret for as long as they could until the secret came out. These few wanted to keep the option of destroying alternate Earths on the table. When Captain America refused, they erased his memory of the Incursions. His memory came back. Someone made a hard choice. The world learned everything. A cabal of villains were given the reigns to decide Earth's fate. Some Avengers seek to apprehend the Illuminati. The Illuminati seek to stop the Incursions and avoid arrest. Some other Avengers decided they wanted nothing to do with either faction and are looking into their own solutions.
It's a clusterfuck and a half, but a beautiful one.
If you aren't reading it, you really need to. Come next summer, this story will be front and center across whatever Marvel books you are reading. "Avengers" #38 came out today along with "New Avengers" #26. I'd say you need to read all of "New Avengers" and at least all of "Avengers" from #34.1, but if you're willing to read the entirety of both series you should.
I mean, Captain Marvel and Beast are there, but you're probably looking for more than that.
I'm pleased!! the art looks tasty as fuck and the Ultron look is just fantastic!!
