COMICS: Marvel Promises A New Status Quo With The Announcement Of DIVIDED WE STAND
Following the shatter-effect character teasers, Marvel has released a new Divided We Stand group image featuring dozens of heroes, antiheroes, and former villains. Find out more after the jump...
Marvel has released a new Divided We Stand teaser pic from artist Mike Deodato, seemingly confirming that the current event, Civil War II, is not going to end with their roster of heroes putting their differences aside. Indeed, Marvel EIC Axel Alonso maintains this is much more than just another event, rather "It's the status quo of the Marvel Universe in the aftermath of the war."
The left of the image seems to be made up primarily of antiheroes and (potential) out-and-out villains: There's Solo, Foolkiller, Jessica Jones, Quake, Captain Marvel, Elektra, Thor Odinson, American Kaiju, Victor Von Doom, Slapstick, Steve Rogers, Black Panther, Gamora and Cable.
Then on the right we have mainly newer/younger characters: Gwenpool, Mosaic, Miss America Chavez, Squirrel Girl, Wasp, Prowler, Moon Girl, War Machine (Riri Williams), Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), Hulk (Amadeus Cho), Spider-Man (Miles Morales), and Doctor Strange.
Why these particular characters on those particular sides? We have no idea - but in an interview with FastCoCreate, Alonso promises it's all for a very specific reason.
“They’re all there because they matter… They’ll either be in a solo series, or they’ll be a key member of a team, or they’ll do something that you will be talking about in a Marvel book that will bring them into a position of prominence. They’re there for a reason."
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