Age of Ultron...new Marvel Now event or delayed stand alone Bendis era event?

[klinton]

Whilst looking at the preview art, I noticed that Iron Man was wearing his "bleeding edge" armor, only it was colored black and gold. So this has been a long time coming.

Yup. There were preview pages in last year's Point One issue. I think this was to be an Avengers event that got shuffled out to make room for AvX and Marvel NOW.

I am glad it's comming, finally, and that it's been upgraded to EVENT. :D

[TsaiMeLemoni]

My only 'complaint' is that, while it will have been some months since the initial launch of Marvel NOW, it seems soooo close to the relaunch. It just feels weird to have one initiative that basically changes the status quo for a lot of books, and then have it happen again so soon.

While I am looking forward to the event, I do hope that the Thunderbolts book isn't too affected.

[jade_nova]

Heavily delayed.

[klinton]

I don't think it will be a game changer. It'll probably play out much like Fear Itself, where certain books will have elements that come out of it (Cap and Thor in FI), but the Marvel Universe remains largely oblivious to it's aftershocks.

[Songbird/Diamondback]

Why would he spoil that Peter Parker makes it out of it alive? Though I'm really glad if it's true.

He never said anything about Peter being alive.

[Neutrino]

Why are people complaining about this? The story got bumped from the publication schedule, but Marvel paid attention to our constant demands and are now releasing it.

I think it's right decent of them, to be honest.

Because Marvel would have tossed out all that pricey Hitch artwork and all of Bendis' scripts if only they didn't care for us so much? This thing has been in development for a year plus. It's poor scheduling.

[klinton]

Because Marvel would have tossed out all that pricey Hitch artwork and all of Bendis' scripts if only they didn't care for us so much? This thing has been in development for a year plus. It's poor scheduling.

It's happened before. The most glaring example in my mind is the recently released NTT 'Games' over at DC. When plans shifted on the book, those fantastic Perez pages lingered in limbo for over 20 years before someone got the ball rolling.

This was obviously meant for a specifc place, but Marvel decided that AvX was a better springboard and that uniting the brands was a wise marketing strategy.

AvX clearly evolved into something while it was in progress. The lack of lead time on the 'flagship' Uncanny Avengers is telling of how late in the game these decisions were made.

It may have seen the light of day as a one off volume or something, sure. But I think the obvious shoehorning into the NOW initiative is in direct response to fan demand.

Or I'm completely wrong and choose to see rainbows and puppies where there are none. Hahaha.