Avengers Arena: News and Speculation

[DebkoX]

2 years? It could easily make it. Not to mention it is being double shipped sometimes, so its length is likely to be greater than 24 issues anyway.


The cognoscenti have spoken. Arena is probably going to result in a new series. If it keeps Hopeless and Walker, I'm in.

Oh yeah with double-shipping that can almost 'prolonge' the inevitable, don't get me wrong! I'VE loved arena so far but I'm intrigued to see where else it can head on from the next arcs.

[mugiwara]

The cognoscenti have spoken. Arena is probably going to result in a new series. If it keeps Hopeless and Walker, I'm in.

I doubt Walker will stay.
He is getting more and more praise, so Marvel will probably move him to one of the iconic series, while AA will get a mix of "mediocre", "very good but not popular" and "sort of good" artists.
At least that's what they often do with the "little" series.
Unless, of course, they decided that getting rid of D to Z list characters is important enough to deserve permanently a top artist. Which would not surprise me so much at this point.

[Majin Gojira]

Is this a mini/maxi series? I honestly don't see the attraction to it but that is just me.

It's an "Ongoing" with a set end like Avengers: The Initiative was.

That got 35 issues with 3 extra issues (Annuals, Specials, etc). If the (remaining) combatants all get at least one focus issue, that's another 14 issues at minimum, and it's likely the remaining ones will have more than one. It may last that long, but the question becomes, aside from escape attempts, fights and betrayals, there's only so much that can be done before the inevitable behind-the-scenes issue occurs and the final arc kicks off.

[Home made ectoplasm]

[Captain M]

I really really hope Runaways and AA kids become allias. I love them all and don't want to see them fighting!
No Kev Walker in this issue?

[Songbird/Diamondback]

Oh great, Hazmat is now the villain, and now Hopeless forgot that the Academy kids met the Runaways. WHATEVER!

[Captain M]

Oh great, Hazmat is now the villain, and now Hopeless forgot that the Academy kids met the Runaways. WHATEVER!

I don't think he did. Nico seems like she is trying to calm Chase down.

[Songbird/Diamondback]

I don't think he did. Nico seems like she is trying to calm Chase down.

Bah, I still don't like where they are taking Hazmat. I'd rather have her dead than turned into a villain for future fans to hate and thus she is never brought back again!

SCREW YOU ARENA!

(I just came to post that picture anyways.)

[Home made ectoplasm]

Where do you get that she is being made a villain from the picture posted?

[Majin Gojira]

I can see it to degrees, but it's not a guarantee.

That said, where is Hazmat's helmet crack? Did it get really, really small or something?

[Songbird/Diamondback]

Where do you get that she is being made a villain from the picture posted?

Panel 4.

She's smiling. She just lost her boyfriend, and she's smiling as she's taking apart a tree.
She's lost it, she's nuts, she's now the bully of Arena, and now she's the villain. They're going to make her a bitch, and they're going to reward the fans who hate her because of her being a bitch by killing her on Day 29 from X-23. Just you watch.

God, I HATE THIS! JUST HATE IT!

[Majin Gojira]

You're stretching it a tad. She's smirking as part of a bluff, a clear bluff. She's basically doing a "You don't want to mess with me, I'm dangerous enough already and a little nuts because of what's happened. I don't want to, but I will and it will hurt."

It's page 17 of issue 4. I honestly doubt that's the direction their going with. It could build up into a "No, I can't deliberately kill someone even after all that" scene.

Though, sadly, you may be right as a true Atop the Fourth Wall Nightmare scenario.

Edited to add: And look, Nico has her old staff. Did not Do the Research much?

[Lady_Alternate]

Oh great, Hazmat is now the villain, and now Hopeless forgot that the Academy kids met the Runaways. WHATEVER!

You're just making stuff up to suit your internal fantasies, now. It's getting really tiresome, hon.

As you've said, you're not going to read this, so just step back and don't get yourself worked up over the previews, perhaps?

[Songbird/Diamondback]

You're stretching it a tad. She's smirking as part of a bluff, a clear bluff. She's basically doing a "You don't want to mess with me, I'm dangerous enough already and a little nuts because of what's happened. I don't want to, but I will and it will hurt."

It's page 17 of issue 4. I honestly doubt that's the direction their going with. It could build up into a "No, I can't deliberately kill someone even after all that" scene.

Though, sadly, you may be right as a true Atop the Fourth Wall Nightmare scenario.

Edited to add: And look, Nico has her old staff. Did not Do the Research much?

You're just making stuff up to suit your internal fantasies, now. It's getting really tiresome, hon.

As you've said, you're not going to read this, so just step back and don't get yourself worked up over the previews, perhaps?

You put too much faith in this.

They made Hazmat the original POV to show how she went from Happy to mean girl. She's now bought into Arcade's game and is smiling maniacally as she's burning a tree! She's not going to stop her, she's going to bully and probably kill many other kids, probably Deathlockette or her friend too, and then she'll be killed by X-23 and the fans will cheer.

It's very obvious!

You can say it's deeper than this, but I've seen how this goes down many other times in story telling. Hazmat is now the bully of Arena! GOD!

You'll all see when this books ends. Hazmat will be known as the terrible monster who X-23 fans will think deserves her gutting.

[Lady_Alternate]

You put too much faith in this.

They made Hazmat the original POV to show how she went from Happy to mean girl. She's now bought into Arcade's game and is smiling maniacally as she's burning a tree! She's not going to stop her, she's going to bully and probably kill many other kids, probably Deathlockette or her friend too, and then she'll be killed by X-23 and the fans will cheer.

It's very obvious!

You can say it's deeper than this, but I've seen how this goes down many other times in story telling. Hazmat is now the bully of Arena! GOD!

You'll all see when this books ends. Hazmat will be known as the terrible monster who X-23 fans will think deserves her gutting.

Oh, dear.

Hon, just stop. The stuff you're making up isn't even plausible to anyone but you, let alone "obvious".