COMICS: Marvel Announces AVENGERS VS. X-MEN Limited Tie-In Series, "VS"

Marvel has released the first art and details for VS, a sister title to Avengers Vs. X-Men which will focus solely on the fights between the heroes. First up? Magneto vs. Iron Man and Namor vs. The Thing!

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By Josh Wilding - 1/6/2012

The six-issue limited series will kick off in April with rotating creative teams, the first of which will feature Jason Aaron/Adam Kuber and Kathryn Immonen/Stuart Immonen. The book will expand upon the various battles in Avengers Vs. X-Men and will serve as its only sister title. Here's how Tom Brevoort describes the series. "Not a lot of conversation, introspection or sitting around tables. Page one has somebody punching somebody, the last page has somebody shooting somebody else. his is the ultimate book for the quintessential Marvel fan. There will be fighting in the main AvX series, but there's not enough space to do justice to every conflict. That is the purpose of VS."

The first two battles in #1? Iron Man vs. Magneto and Namor vs. The Thing, and for those of you worrying that the main series will also be nothing more than the Avengers and X-Men knocking seven bells out of each other, Brevoort went on to make it clear that it's not quite that simple. "The positions of both the Avengers and the X-Men in AvX are hopefully presented effectively so that you think either side could be right. There will be moments where some Avengers break ranks and side with the X-Men and vice versa. Wolverine, Beast and Storm are conflicted. Hawkeye, Spider-Woman and Ms. Marvel might be as well." For more details, be sure to click on the link below.

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	Mastyrwerk - 1/6/2012, 12:29 PM Login to report abuse Sweet! First?
	Destroyer14 - 1/6/2012, 12:29 PM Login to report abuse Sounds fun, will pick up some of these.
	Mastyrwerk - 1/6/2012, 12:30 PM Login to report abuse Second and third I guess. Can't wait to see how Stark figures out how to take out Magneto.
	padrejeff - 1/6/2012, 12:31 PM Login to report abuse Magneto should mop the floor with iron man and Namor should beat the tar out of the Thing. Namor is definitely far stronger. Who send a metal armor against eh Master of Magnetism? Should be a no brainer!
	marvel72 - 1/6/2012, 12:33 PM Login to report abuse this sounds like its gonna be awesome.
	BackwardGalaxy - 1/6/2012, 12:47 PM Login to report abuse I don't follow Marvel, so maybe they've come up with some convoluted reason for why Stark would ever have the most remote chance against Magneto... but... seriously? That's basically the worst matchup in history.
	HelaGood - 1/6/2012, 1:01 PM Login to report abuse i am sooooo looking forward to this!
	superotherside - 1/6/2012, 1:01 PM Login to report abuse Cool, looking forward to reading these. :)
	jeffncarrie4234 - 1/6/2012, 1:07 PM Login to report abuse Love the pic. I am hoping this will be a great series.
	AlcoholicA - 1/6/2012, 1:15 PM Login to report abuse It was made clear a while back that Iron Man's armor is some advanced Non-metal that Magneto can not control. How it's strong enough still to take the beatings he takes? I don't know, but Magneto cannot control it.
	shadow314 - 1/6/2012, 1:16 PM Login to report abuse So wait, is Thor gonna be back by this event? And who the hell can match Thor on the X-men side?
	Mechagino - 1/6/2012, 1:16 PM Login to report abuse Remove spider-man and place hulk there.
	AlcoholicA - 1/6/2012, 1:19 PM Login to report abuse @shadow314 Since there's technically WAY more X-Men than Avengers, all they would have to do is double team him. Colossanaut knocks him down/distracts him, any strong telepath takes over. done.
	AlcoholicA - 1/6/2012, 1:20 PM Login to report abuse @Shadow314 And I"m guessing that Thor being there means that his little resurrection story is just right around the corner.
	chasesuperremey - 1/6/2012, 1:20 PM Login to report abuse This isnt a fight X-Men lose bad! and I like the X-Men alot but Mags would have IronMan crushed like a soda can.
	RyRy85 - 1/6/2012, 1:31 PM Login to report abuse So which side is wolverine on??
	Tankpjh - 1/6/2012, 1:35 PM Login to report abuse I want to see the new colossus/Juggernaut take on Thor or Hulk. In the past Juggernaut has given both of these a run for their money and IF Colossus has got the Juggernauts strength combined with his own then he will make one very powerful mutant who should not be over looked. Going way back to world war Hulk, the Hulk did say that Colossus was powerful enougth to go against any of his other incarnations. I hope that this dose not burn out after issue 2.
	padrejeff - 1/6/2012, 1:36 PM Login to report abuse Colossusnaut should be able to go toe to toe with Thor.
	padrejeff - 1/6/2012, 1:38 PM Login to report abuse This should be really dramatic, like have someone die or a few of them die, like in the Ultimate series. But no, they will just bring them back and render it all dull and mundane like usual. LIke Bucky...
	MasterApoc81 - 1/6/2012, 1:40 PM Login to report abuse shadow314 - 1/6/2012, 1:16 PM Report Comment So wait, is Thor gonna be back by this event? And who the hell can match Thor on the X-men side? well if they are using all x-men...theres phoenix ..she could give thor all the hell he wants and then some ....the fight as i said would be a lop sided affair depending on how they use the teams .....if it was the main teams against each other ...then yeah avengers win .....thor is the thrumph card.......but if u allow certain memebers to tag on x men side then u have a problem ...xmen could win ...if xman, phoenix, magneto, wolverine, and rogue.......i mean magneto could wipe out ironman, captain america, hawkeye in a blink of an eye ...crush iron man alive, run the shield through capts head and turn all the arrows into hawkeyes heart......thor wouldnt be able to help due to fight phoenix.....that leaves who .....thor ...and anyone u want to throw with the exception of the silver surfer ...and avengers are done...the hulk mind could be crushed by xman ...hes dead ...now thor and whoever ..even spiderman are left to face ....xman, phoenix, wolverine , magneto, and rogue.....no way thor could get through all that and spiderman would be creamed by any of those xmen...and they all gang bang thor.....so although the original teams against each other look in favor of avengers....the over all teams ...lean in xmen favor
	MasterApoc81 - 1/6/2012, 1:42 PM Login to report abuse padrejeff - 1/6/2012, 1:36 PM Report Comment Colossusnaut should be able to go toe to toe with Thor. no thor would win ...if for no other reason .....stamina
	padrejeff - 1/6/2012, 1:43 PM Login to report abuse They should have left Jean grey dead way back in the Xmen vs Imperial guard thing. her sacrificing herself and all to stop Dark Phoenix. Dude, I loved that issue. I stated collecting Xmen just before that. That was an emotional death that actually meant something. many year later when they found that egg in Fantastic Four with jean in it, I'm like... what? hell no. I love Marvel, but man they can be annoying, undermining what they have done in the past. Reminiscent of what DC has just done retconning everything. makes all those years before useless. Where's the creativity anymore?
	MasterApoc81 - 1/6/2012, 1:45 PM Login to report abuse AlcoholicA - 1/6/2012, 1:15 PM Report Comment It was made clear a while back that Iron Man's armor is some advanced Non-metal that Magneto can not control. How it's strong enough still to take the beatings he takes? I don't know, but Magneto cannot control it. even so.....magneto could use wolverine to cut it and shield him from ironmans blasts .....or prof x or xman could easy crush his mind .....iron man wont be the fact if avengers were to win ....definately thor is ur factor on avengers side
	padrejeff - 1/6/2012, 1:46 PM Login to report abuse @ Master - If I remember correctly, and I might not, but doesn't Juggernaut have basically unlimited stamina because his power is magical? Not sure.
	MasterApoc81 - 1/6/2012, 1:47 PM Login to report abuse yeah padrejeff ...but the phoniex is so powerful it is hard to imagine her diing since one of its abilities is resurrection
	Jefferys - 1/6/2012, 1:47 PM Login to report abuse Hopefully it's more about story than pointless fighting. As much as I love the destruction, I'd rather know why they're going at each other and should have my head turned cause I don't know who to pick.
	padrejeff - 1/6/2012, 1:49 PM Login to report abuse I'm pretty certain that Colossus could just punch right through Iron Man. End of fight.
	padrejeff - 1/6/2012, 1:51 PM Login to report abuse I hope Xmen win. @ master - yeah, ok I can see Phoenix doing that, but why bring Jean back? It would have been better if the Phoenix and the host have that relationship and if the host dies, its dead, but Phoenix comes back for another host.
	padrejeff - 1/6/2012, 1:56 PM Login to report abuse I like the idea of Magneto using Wolverine as a flying scissors just cutting everything up he is flown at. Reminds me of when the Dark Phoenix did that to Wolverine against Colossus back in the What If issue. Let's see Thor try do something with his head lopped off. of just have White Queen mess with Wolverines mind and have him go beserk on all the Avengers like what happened in Old Man Logan.
	AlcoholicA - 1/6/2012, 2:07 PM Login to report abuse @Master Ok good call on Mags using Wolverine, but what's all this Phoenix talk? There is no Phoenix. It's hinted at but as we all know that don't mean shït. Atleast not to me until I see it happen. Rachel has no Phoenix right now. And if the full fledged Phoenix comes back in merges with Hope, there is not Avenger that stand a chance unless Scarlett Witch gets her powers back in the last issue of Children's Crusade and is just as powerful as when she was crazy. Oh and don't forget that X-Man only has a fraction of his power right now, he's damn near useless in the New Mutants book.
	tomasocelot - 1/6/2012, 2:14 PM Login to report abuse dont worry the avengers will win, and wolverine will sulk some more because he has too chose a side. blah blah. I wanna see cyke,cable, hope, and magneto rule some ass. I mean come on the x-men are boss. I wanna see capt. america and cyke throw down. Im sure pheonix and quintin will play huge parts in this as well.
	OtakuPapi - 1/6/2012, 2:34 PM Login to report abuse Has no one been reading Magneto:Not a Hero! Magneto Was About To Pollystomp Iron and his plastic armor
	AlcoholicA - 1/6/2012, 2:53 PM Login to report abuse @otakuPapi Yeah but he didn't follow through with the using-cars-as-projectile-weapons thing. So next time Iron Man will be expecting that. I also doubt Mags could throw a bunch of cars at Iron Man without hitting some of his own team, with the explosions and all...
	SageMode - 1/6/2012, 3:06 PM Login to report abuse padrejeff: "Magneto should mop the floor with iron man and Namor should beat the tar out of the Thing. Namor is definitely far stronger. Who send a metal armor against eh Master of Magnetism? Should be a no brainer!" Iron Man modified his armor a while ago with a demagnetizing agent to where he's not affected by magnetism or EMP, and that was after the first time IM and Magneto fought. Namor is only far stronger when he's in contact with water. So he better hope that it's a rainy day or near the ocean when they fight. "Colossusnaut should be able to go toe to toe with Thor." Thor would just negate Cyttorak's energies like he did to the Juggernaut before and defeated him.
	SageMode - 1/6/2012, 4:22 PM Login to report abuse @EasterZbunnyKiller: "So, they have 12 issues to tell this story and decide to bleed out an extra 6 issues for fights? Jeezus!" As long as it's an interesting read, what's wrong with that?
	thingrock4 - 1/6/2012, 4:27 PM Login to report abuse THING is as always THE MOST UNDERATED powerhouse of all comic characters-because of writers in the 70's/80's-he was turned into a teddy bear by whom other characters gained their wings by beating on him. When he was supposedly weaker-in Thing vs Namor 1-he was stonger and Namor had to use cheating to win(Thing was struck by lightning and turned back human)so Namor beat plain Ben Grimm. IT'S CLOBBERIN TIME!!!!
	JohnTom88 - 1/6/2012, 4:53 PM Login to report abuse Iron Man is the #1 Marvel Studios premiere franchise. Besides Tony Stark is even smarter than Bruce Wayne in terms of science and tech, sans the detective skill & martial arts. Who needs detective skill & kungfu against Magneto? Namor is a potential Marvel Studios franchise as opposed to Fox locked member of the Fantastic Four. A good showing will confirm the Aquaman is beneath Namor. Iron Man vs Magneto = Iron Man Namor vs Thing = Namor
	ckal - 1/6/2012, 6:46 PM Login to report abuse Oh look, Thor is going to be back alive just in time for the big event! Massive eye rolling.
	MasterApoc81 - 1/6/2012, 9:56 PM Login to report abuse yeah guys but im putting s hypothetical situation out there not based on current events ...based on these characters at their primes and using the best memebers to ever be in both teams and xmen would win ...im talkin xman at his prime .....but in current story arcs maybe ur right .......and as for JohnTom88 opinion on Iron Man vs Magneto = Iron Man.......thats insane ....think it through....iron man is awesome but is also no match for magneto......mag could kill him with wolverine .....kill him with astroid M .....could use any irons in his blood to form metal dots and send them through his brain .....i mean iron man has no chance against a elemental like that
	MasterApoc81 - 1/6/2012, 9:57 PM Login to report abuse 0SageMode0 - agreeed thor beats Colossusnaut
	MasterApoc81 - 1/6/2012, 10:00 PM Login to report abuse AlcoholicA.....ok not xman professor x could then lol so many telepaths to choose from on xmen side
	MasterApoc81 - 1/6/2012, 10:08 PM Login to report abuse padrejeff: i see ur point ..about jean not coming back....but its a thing that happend ....and jean is a cool character ....i think she should come back and start a life with logan ...be cool twist....plus if u think of rogues current abilities she could nearly wipe out all the avengers cause that alien race allowed her abilities to fully work....which she can use any powers she absorbed anytime and in concert together ... i know later they limited it back to one at a time ...but damn she is powerful.....lol..................
	MasterApoc81 - 1/6/2012, 10:17 PM Login to report abuse everyone that is placing ironman of magneto is ludacris period ...they should even fight .....and cyclops verus captain american....cmon ....capt wins that he can block with his shield till he gets close enough or block at a angle to send it right back....once cyclops gets hit its over hes not besting capt in hand to hand capts got exp, super human strength, speed,ect......u get the point ...not fair match either .........thats about as fair as gambit verus thor lmao!!!!!!!! or jubilee vs hulk lmao!!!!! or hawkeye verus storm lmao!!!!! storm kill dat full ......she is another that would wipe the floor with over half by herself......but hawkeye , ironman, capt, blackwidow in or even spiderman in a tornado....send lightning bolts to them ....they all dead...... concentrate lightning bolts at hulks head ...he dead ....but thor would crush her cause he can withstand it due to being able to cancel the weather part with hammer then his sheer might ......but still he stuck with a practical whole team left .....xmen damn.....they have that multiple game changers in storm , magneto, phoenix, xman, professorx, ......avengers only true game changer is thor......scarlet witch wouldnt be much help with a pieace of metal through her skull or wolvie slung or capts shield lol
	Ranger14 - 1/6/2012, 11:05 PM Login to report abuse It really depends on who they have as on the current rosters for each. It's 6 issues and 2 stories (battles) each. Are they going to be 12 member one on one battles or are they going to be repeat battles for some? If they are going to throw in battles like Pixie vs. Squirrel Girl and Rogue vs. Ms. Marvel as hinted by Marvel on the liveblog via the link, that would lead one to believe they will just end up doing 12 different battles with 12 Avenger members individually taking on 12 individual X-Men members. I guess we will find out, but if there are a lot of unknowns as to who will do battle. Will Jocosta, Vision, Quicksilver or Luke Cage be thrown in the mix for the Avengers? The current Quicksilver and Vision would be pretty formidable. As mentioned, some members are not certain of what side they are on. Wolverine is a member of the Avengers and the X-Men. Jean Grey is currently not on the X-Men roster. Lot's of unknowns still. I just have a hard time betting against a team that has both the Hulk and Thor on it.
	Ranger14 - 1/6/2012, 11:19 PM Login to report abuse MasterApoc@ Do you honestly think a lightning bolt to Hulk's head by Storm would kill him? I think I would take Vision or Quicksilver against Storm any day. There is no X-Man or Phoenix on the current roster X-Men roster, so I wouldn't count on them. Like I said in my prior post, it appears they are one on one battles and it's hard to speculate without knowing who is battling who. If it is a free for all and the current rosters are teams, then I would definitely take the Avengers. Thor, Hulk, Vision, Quicksilver...Jocosta and the others.
	SuperLuchador - 1/7/2012, 12:08 AM Login to report abuse I would love for the X-men to win but Avengers have generally stronger characters in their roster. The x-men being divided doesn't help either at the moment. The big guys are going to be fun but I'm looking forward to see what the kids are going to be doing. Young Avengers, Avenger Academy vs the New X-men, Generation Hope now that should be a good read.
	SageMode - 1/7/2012, 3:00 AM Login to report abuse @NerdAlert: "So Iron Man vs Magneto is going to be what, a single splash page? Because that fight would be over before it began." Well given what I said above about Iron Man being immune to EMP and Magnetism, what makes you think that? @MasterApoc81: "iron man is awesome but is also no match for magneto......mag could kill him with wolverine .....kill him with astroid M .....could use any irons in his blood to form metal dots and send them through his brain .....i mean iron man has no chance against a elemental like that You do know that since Iron Man now possesses a healing factor too, right? Not only for his body, but for his armor also.
	Ranger14 - 1/7/2012, 9:02 AM Login to report abuse Sage@ It's funny how readers just post and don't pay attention to details that others are posting. They assume Iron Man is metal and will get whooped by Magneto. Not the case if they keep up with the character and read the posts here.
	MasterApoc81 - 1/7/2012, 9:51 AM Login to report abuse 0SageMode0 and Ranger14......u cant heal if ur brain is ravaged through......or u got a mutant thrown through u.......ironman still dies !!! lol period ....as for ranger im asssuming iron man isnt metal ...thats why i am using the iron in his blood ....wolverine...or astroid m................and the hulk is powerful....but if storm constantly did it over and over ...with the gamma radiation ....it could blow him up .......thats science ...............and with mags magnetic force shield.. iron mans blast wouldnt touch him Intruder........go to marvel.com look up powers and abilities .......this would be a quick defeat ....iron man dies ....rather he has metal armor or not ...death by decap of head dude to wolverine being slung through him and capt americas shield and colossaunat being slung too
	Ranger14 - 1/7/2012, 1:53 PM Login to report abuse MasterApoc@ Iron in his blood??? lol. You don't seem to understand that IM's suit protects him from Magneto's power reaching him. Even if he could reach him physiologically, I am not familiar with Magneto manipulating anyone's iron in their blood unless extra iron was placed there artificially (X-Men 2 film) . The natural iron in the blood isn't enough. Magneto just needs to be injured pretty badly and his body can't manipulate magnetic forces. Considering the brilliance of Stark and having designed the Thorbuster and Hulkbuster suits, I wouldn't doubt he has some surprises for Magneto. Storm can manipulate regular lightning and the weather. Hulk has survived the Odinforce, nuclear explosions, extreme temperatures, mind control, poisons and diseases and you want us to believe Storms regular ol' lighting will take him out? THAT is laughable. It might tickle him a little. :-P A Thunderclap or supers speed jump by Hulk would take out Storm while she is summoning up and using her lightning. ...and Wolverine just might be fighting for the Avengers. Juggernaut no longer possesses the power of Cyttorak...so no colossus-naut.
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