Remender Assembles "Uncanny Avengers," the Super Supergroup

[CBR News]

This October, members from two of Marvel's premier super teams join together to form the "Uncanny Avengers," and CBR spoke with writer Rick Remender about his plans for the series.


Full article here.

[nosocialize100]

Remender's comments are...interesting.

spoilers:

"I don't want to give too much away about them right now, but the Skull has formed his own X-Men squad," Remender said. "So he's basically become an evil Charles Xavier.

end of spoilers

Only he doesn't have real powers...unless they're powering him up. Remender seems to be saying that at least.

[nosocialize100]

So the team's cast is: spoilers:

Thor, Rogue, the Scarlet Witch, Wolverine, Havok, and Captain America

end of spoilers. A little mutant heavy wouldn't you say?

[SoupStainedTie]

Remender continued. "His leadership skills aren't the only reason why he's put in charge. He's very educated and he's got a shiny image. He's never done anything terrible. He's got no legacy of awfulness. He's clean from a PR stand point."

I guess the fact that he was a terrorist member of the Brotherhood for quite awhile was never public knowledge in the MU.

[Soundrave]

Sounds like a good title for Moses Magnum.

[0bsessions]

He's never done anything terrible. He's got no legacy of awfulness. He's clean from a PR stand point."

The other X-Men joining the "Uncanny Avengers," Rogue and Wolverine, have backgrounds that are tainted by violence and criminal activity.

Except that time he tried to blow up an airplane while working for a terrorist organization. Or the time he did blow up an airport while mind controlled by an alien. Or that time he joined up with a demon queen trying to turn New York into hell on Earth.

Havok's got his fair share of screw-ups. Remender does make an interesting note about Rogue's past that didn't occur to me until now: literally half of the roster (Rogue, Scarlet Witch and Havok) have been members of the Brotherhood at one time or another.

My minor quibble aside, I'm really excited for this. The cast bores me to tears to be entirely honest, but so did the pitched cast of Uncanny X-Force. Knowing he's planning to expand and the fact he's planning to handle the run in the same "mega-arc" methodology he uses for UXF (Which harkens back to the classic Claremont UXM style in a good way), I'm very excited.

Only he doesn't have real powers...unless they're powering him up. Remender seems to be saying that at least.

Remender pretty explicitly said in the interview that Red Skull will get a significant power up.

[0bsessions]

I guess the fact that he was a terrorist member of the Brotherhood for quite awhile was never public knowledge in the MU.

Damn you! Beat me to it.

Though counter to your (And my) point, the retcon to that does indicate he was actually working undercover for the government as a mole in the Brotherhood. A pretty easy PR spin on that one. Most of Havok's stuff can be swept under the rug pretty easily. His major exposure to the public has been a combination of working for X-Factor along with very publicly sacrificing his life to save the world (Fall of the Mutants).

[Kaiolino]

bla bla havok so amazing!!! bla bla

[alf_to_the_rescue]

bla bla havok so amazing!!! bla bla

Havok is amazing!!!

[SilverZeal]

This October, members from two of Marvel's premier super teams join together to form the "Uncanny Avengers," and CBR spoke with writer Rick Remender about his plans for the series.


Full article here.

Rubbish...hope it fails.

[Colinp42]

"Havok is an experienced leader. He fought a war in space and ran the government's X-Factor team. That doesn't mean, though, that's he going to be comfortable giving orders to people like Captain America and Wolverine, and he's going to make some mistakes that will have huge ramifications."

Um...Havok has given orders to Wolverine before. While he was leading a team that Rogue was on as well...

[yanapryde]

Basically, Remender is Havok's fanboy, ammirite?

That's really why he's leading. Remender is a brilliant, talented writer who managed to shape and mold his reasoning, just convincing enough, to legitimize planting Alex in the front seat.

Me?
I'm sooooooooooo primed and ready for all those delicious Thor/Rogue/Wanda DRAMA BOMZ! That is my driving force. It is my northstar, guiding me to register with this book in hand.

[Seresecros]

Havok is amazing!!!

hahahahahahaaa

[Kevin J]

Rubbish...hope it fails.

Well, aren't you sweet.

[Dark Ben]

It was also explained Havok was under mind-control from Dark Beast for a time during his tenure in the brotherhood wasn't it ?
I seem to remember Havok being a bad guy was a huge part of the Government X-Factor last arcs. You can bet Val Cooper did some P.R. ^^

And Wolverine was seldom there during his leadership.