COMICS: Possible Checklist For Marvel's Post AVENGERS VS. X-MEN Relaunch

The conclusion of Avengers Vs. X-Men will apparently see a relaunch of sorts for Marvel, including a drastic shake-up of creative teams. Kieron Gillen on Iron Man? Matt Fraction on Fantastic Four? John Romita Jr. on Captain America? Hit the jump for details.

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By Josh Wilding - 6/30/2012

The ever reliable lads over at Bleeding Cool have compiled a list of the rumours they've heard about new creative teams taking over some of Marvel's core titles this October in a relaunch following the events of Avengers Vs. X-Men. It won't effect continuity like "The New 52", but the Marvel Universe will apparently be a very different place with new looks for many of the characters. The following books (some new; some old) may be going back to #1 as well as having a shake up of writers and artists. Check out the list below, stay tuned for further details, and be sure sound off with your thoughts in the usual place.

UNCANNY AVENGERS - Rick Remender/Jerome Opena
CAPTAIN AMERICA - Rick Remender/John Romita Jr.
WOLVERINE - Frank Cho
IRON MAN - Kieron Gillen/Greg Land
FANTASTIC FOUR - Matt Fraction/Salvador Larocca
UNTITLED BI-WEEKLY X-MEN BOOK - Brian Bendis/Stuart Immonen/Brandon Peterson/Lenil Yu
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - Brian Bendis
NOVA - Brian Bendis OR Jeph Loeb/Ed McGuiness
HULK AND THE AGENTS OF SMASH - Jeff Parker
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE - Mark Waid
AVENGERS - Jonathan Hickman/Esad Ribic

Source: Bleeding Cool
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ATrueHero1987 - 6/30/2012, 5:58 PM
Jeph Loeb back on a Marvel title...0_o ooookkk. Anyway, yes to the rumor team for Fantastic Four & Iron Man. Everybody else is good too but I wanna know who is going to write Uncanny X-Men??
ATrueHero1987 - 6/30/2012, 6:05 PM
Jonathan Hickman & Oliver Coipel for Uncanny X-Men.
DamoC - 6/30/2012, 6:06 PM
IRON MAN - Kieron Gillen/Greg Land This excites me. I love his work on Journey into mystery. Tony Wilson as the God of Manchester is genius.
Mrsinister - 6/30/2012, 6:07 PM
Only one xmen? At least 3. There are too many characters to only have 1
superotherside - 6/30/2012, 6:08 PM
UNCANNY AVENGERS - Rick Remender/Jerome Opena

Could be good if they don't take any thoughts from the current Uncanny X-men series.

• CAPTAIN AMERICA - Rick Remender/John Romita Jr.

Cool but sad the other writer is getting replaced though.

• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - Brian Bendis

No.

• NOVA - Brian Bendis OR Jeph Loeb/Ed McGuiness

No. Hopefully Jeph Loeb/Ed MCGiness.

• AVENGERS - Jonathan Hickman/Esad Ribic

Epic!
PsyBoy - 6/30/2012, 6:16 PM
ONE X-MEN BOOK? is this a joke.
Deadpool101 - 6/30/2012, 6:18 PM
happy with most ,I will not BITCH OMG!!! and give them all a chance before I judge.
avengersftw - 6/30/2012, 6:22 PM
11 for marvel 52 for dc
myparentsaredead - 6/30/2012, 6:22 PM
• UNCANNY AVENGERS - Rick Remender/Jerome Opena- Oh, yeah. I wasn't gonna get this, but this pairing is great.
• CAPTAIN AMERICA - Rick Remender/John Romita Jr.- Remender on anything is gold, but Romita doesn't work well on characters that aren't sweet level.
• WOLVERINE - Frank Cho- Art is a department Wolverine comics have been lacking in lately, so Cho is a huge plus, though I'm just hoping Loeb doesn't stay on this.
• IRON MAN - Kieron Gillen/Greg Land- Gillen on this sounds so fitting, but Land's gonna ruin it. Art hasn't been a plus in Iron Man comics for a while, considering how much I dislike Larocca. Gillen'll make this worth it, though.
• FANTASTIC FOUR - Matt Fraction/Salvador Larocca- Fraction'll fit this a tad better than he ended up fitting Iron Man in the long run, but, Larocca... Ew. :c
• UNTITLED BI-WEEKLY X-MEN BOOK - Brian Bendis/Stuart Immonen/Brandon Peterson/Lenil Yu- I don't mind Bendis. It's nice to see him separate from the Avengers for a while, so this might be good. Yu and Immonen and a definite plus.
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - Brian Bendis- Look at my above comment. That, and I've always wanted to get into GotG.
• NOVA - Brian Bendis OR Jeph Loeb/Ed McGuiness- If it's Bendis, yes. If Loeb... Never.
• HULK AND THE AGENTS OF SMASH - Jeff Parker I have to find out more about this.
• AVENGERS ASSEMBLE - Mark Waid- Waid'll fix this up real well. I just dropped the book, so let's see if Waid'll make it worth picking up again.
• AVENGERS - Jonathan Hickman/Esad Ribic- YES, OMG, YESSS
Asterisk - 6/30/2012, 6:38 PM
I'm happy with most, and unlike it seems most people on this site, I actually don't detest Bendis, I really like some of his stuff. So I'll read his X-Men book.
marvel72 - 6/30/2012, 6:54 PM
• UNCANNY AVENGERS - Rick Remender/Jerome Opena (intresting)
• CAPTAIN AMERICA - Rick Remender/John Romita Jr. (intresting)
• WOLVERINE - Frank Cho (might be alright)
• IRON MAN - Kieron Gillen/Greg Land (very promising)
• FANTASTIC FOUR - Matt Fraction/Salvador Larocca (not sure)
• UNTITLED BI-WEEKLY X-MEN BOOK - Brian Bendis/Stuart Immonen/Brandon Peterson/Lenil Yu (very excited)
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - Brian Bendis (might be alright)
• NOVA - Brian Bendis OR Jeph Loeb/Ed McGuiness (it might be good,not sure yet)
• HULK AND THE AGENTS OF SMASH - Jeff Parker (not intrested)
• AVENGERS ASSEMBLE - Mark Waid (sounds great)
• AVENGERS - Jonathan Hickman/Esad Ribic (very excited)

i hope this doesn't mean rick remender has left uncanny x-force,if so i hope they replace him with someone like ed brubaker.

looking forward to avengers,avengers assemble,captain america,uncanny avengers,iron man,bi-weekly x-men,guardians of the galaxy & nova.
marvel72 - 6/30/2012, 7:02 PM
just image rick remender or ed brubaker writing & lenil yu or greg land penciling nova or guardians of the galaxy.
DarthLaney - 6/30/2012, 7:22 PM
Romita Jnr artwork was, is and continues to be crap. Why does he get so much work, he draws everyone like they are Lego men, all very blocky.

Wish they would bring Tom Morgan, Keiran Dwyer or Steve Epting Back
BarnaclePete - 6/30/2012, 7:33 PM
Direct and obvious response to DC's New 52.
SageMode - 6/30/2012, 7:35 PM
JR Jr for Cap? The [frick].
Wildaniel - 6/30/2012, 7:53 PM
Yeah, I saw this coming.
ATrueHero1987 - 6/30/2012, 7:56 PM
I hope they don't start over with #1 with some of these titles, only to go back to their original numbers later on.smh
ckal - 6/30/2012, 8:08 PM
What the [frick].

NO DnA on nova or GotG. Instead bendis or loeb???

Marvel done lost their god damn minds.
ATrueHero1987 - 6/30/2012, 8:10 PM
I agree but I also wondered how a Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning Fantastic Four series would be like.
batmanmovie2012 - 6/30/2012, 8:46 PM
As a new reader who got into comics with the new 52 and only have one marvel book on my pull(daredevil) I will definitely pick up a couple of these.
• UNCANNY AVENGERS - Rick Remender/Jerome Opena (Have no idea)
• CAPTAIN AMERICA - Rick Remender/John Romita Jr. (no picked up first few issues of AVX and hated everything especially Romita's art)
• WOLVERINE - Frank Cho (no X-men is to complicated to jump on)
• IRON MAN - Kieron Gillen/Greg Land (no)
• FANTASTIC FOUR - Matt Fraction/Salvador Larocca (yes love the fantastic four)
• UNTITLED BI-WEEKLY X-MEN BOOK - Brian Bendis/Stuart Immonen/Brandon Peterson/Lenil Yu (Don't want to have to commit to a bi-weekly book so no and reasons above)
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - Brian Bendis (maybe depends on what I hear bout it)
• NOVA - Brian Bendis OR Jeph Loeb/Ed McGuiness (same as with guardians)
• HULK AND THE AGENTS OF SMASH - Jeff Parker (no)
• AVENGERS ASSEMBLE - Mark Waid (Hell yes)
• AVENGERS - Jonathan Hickman/Esad Ribic (probably)
Mercwitham0uth - 6/30/2012, 9:10 PM
Why do people hate Bendis? Did I miss something?
Ultron8872 - 6/30/2012, 9:56 PM
I'm just glad Bendis is leaving Avengers. I've been an Avengers fans since the 70's and Bendis almost drove me completely away from the franchise.

He's taking over X-Men right? I'm glad I don't read X-Men.

Does this mean Luke Cage is joining the X-Men?
StrangeHero - 6/30/2012, 9:59 PM
I met Loeb a couple years ago... BIGGEST JERK EVER!!!!! Plus, he totally ruined the work Millar did on The Ultimates.

I love Bendis, even though he can be too wordy some times (giant speech bubble for a one-page panel).
StrangeHero - 6/30/2012, 10:00 PM
Oh, and Bendis' Daredevil run was AMAZEBALLS!
ScionStorm - 6/30/2012, 10:07 PM
Bendis needs to go back to writing street level loner characters in their own books. He has a limited capability with large casts and the characterizations suffer and the plot has short-cummings all over. He is great focusing on the singular chronicle of grounded heroes. My undies are in a twist thinking about what he'll do to the cosmic side of marvel.

Loeb is a NEVER.

@Batmanmovie2012- How can you say No to Gillen? Journey into Mystery has been great. It was the best tie-in comic to Fear Itself and continues to explore fun ideas. Kieron will do wonderful on Iron Man. It'll probably become a very accessible book with Gillen behind it.
StrangeHero - 6/30/2012, 10:19 PM
Personally, I've loved his team books. The Avengers has been solid, especially his Avengers vs. Osborn story arc.
Deadpool101 - 6/30/2012, 10:25 PM
So stoked for NOVA!!! and I will prob be reading at least a few of these!! I wonder what avengers members will be used for each book??
Deadpool101 - 6/30/2012, 10:27 PM
Intruder-
yeah I would be interested to what he could do with Nova for sure
Mechagino - 6/30/2012, 10:34 PM
Called it! Course it's more like new 11 instead of 52.

Also why is avengers AGAIN getting relaunched!?!?
Asterisk - 6/30/2012, 11:31 PM
Why not just reboot the whole line?
ThatOneDude - 6/30/2012, 11:59 PM
Was the Herioc Age kind of a relauch? I dont read alot of comics
mawilli4 - 7/1/2012, 12:03 AM
I'm actually interested to see what Bendis could do with Nova. I love Nova, and I like Bendis' Ultimate Spidey, so I could see it going well.
DangerKiD - 7/1/2012, 12:29 AM
I know I'm picking up:
UNCANNY AVENGERS
IRON MAN
FANTASTIC FOUR
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
NOVA
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
AVENGERS
Jayman109 - 7/1/2012, 12:45 AM
I cannot say I'm disappointed about this. Iron Man has been my favorite since I was a little boy, and the direction his book has gone recently has been a disappointment for me. I'm not a huge fan of Fraction, although I am finding the mighty Thor to be a good read. Iron Man has just been especially disappointing to me. The story is feeling way to cluttered and I'm EXTREMELY tired of the fallout from fear itself. I'm being a little cynical but im definately looking forward to a change.
SPIKEtheDEADone - 7/1/2012, 12:54 AM
Okay, real quick I am new here (though I have been visiting the site for a couple years now).

Also, while I have been following comics for 14-16 years now. I have to be honest that I am not all to familiar with all the geekdom of know the writers and artists (I know that must seem odd, but I have too many interests for my own damn good and know a lot of "this and that" of a lot of things).

.... Anyho, Why is Loeb so hated?
batmanmovie2012 - 7/1/2012, 1:28 AM
@scionstorm I'm not that familiar with the marvel universe and had never heard of him before. Hopefully it is good and i pick it up.
TheBatman1 - 7/1/2012, 1:37 AM
A lot of these titles really interest me. My problem is that I don't like buying Modern Marvel comics because I feel like I would be missing out on so many amazing stories, so I collect trade. Should I start buying marvel comics monthly or continue with trades?
SPIKEtheDEADone - 7/1/2012, 2:31 AM
@TheBatman1 I would say, if you don't mind waiting for the trades. Then just continue with trades. I much as love reading comics. It's loads of fun to read trades simply because they last longer.
SuperLuchador - 7/1/2012, 5:27 AM
or just subscribe, cheaper in the end.
evyllsummer - 7/1/2012, 7:03 AM
Romita Jr on Cap? That title gets dropped. With Bru leaving, that was probably going to happen anyway, but, yeah, couldn't take JRJr on a monthly basis...hopefully, Waid's Avengers title should provide some good Cap...
nuclearpriest - 7/1/2012, 7:33 AM
For the life of me, I cannot understand the outpouring of love everyone seems to have for Rick Remender. I read the first two issues of his run on the Punisher and dropped the title immediately because I found it poorly writtrn and just plain boring. The last I heard of that title he had Frank Castle put apart by Daken and then stitched together and brought back to life like the Frankenstein monster. Luckily, I had long since stopped reading that title so I don't know if that's true but if it is that's some damn shitty writing.

Then recently I decided to give Remender another try and read Secret Avengers 21.1 and found it to be stupifyingly awful in every detail. So, Remender fans, please tell me what I am missing because The Avengers has been my favorite title since the 1960s and I want to look forward to it's future. Bendis may not have been perfect but his stories were never boring or stupid, something I cannot say about Remender so far. Help guys.
SPIKEtheDEADone - 7/1/2012, 10:52 AM
Why does everyone hate JRjr. I dom't think is art is THE best, but I think his art is good for the most part.

And where does it say there is only going to be one X-Men title? It only is talking about 11 of marvels titles, not all off them and there only happens to be one X-Men title.
BlindLemonShemp - 7/1/2012, 12:02 PM
Still confused about Uncanny Avengers.... what's with the mind[fudge] of a title?

Thats the equivalent of having other comics renamed to The Spectacular Punisher, or The Daredevil: Earths Mightiest Hero, or even Man of Knight (Batman) or Detective Action Comics of Steel (Superman)

well, maybe a little exaggeration and grasping at straws... but still, im confused and a little taken aback and slightly betrayed by this new avengers title
BlindLemonShemp - 7/1/2012, 12:03 PM
Unless the x-men become the new avengers team because the people of earth realize they're much better than the previous avengers who just imposed their will on everybody and kept the world in poverty and shit due to pride and politics....
nuclearpriest - 7/1/2012, 12:51 PM
I haven't been reading Avengers vs. X-men but if I may hazard a guess at "why Uncanny Avengers". The Beast has been both an X-man and an Avengers for yeas, Wolverine and now Storm have fairly recently become Avengers and Namor was an Avenger before he became an X-man so if you add maybe 2 more X-men to the fold you get the Uncanny Avengers. I'm probably crazy wrong but there's a guess for you.
SPIKEtheDEADone - 7/1/2012, 1:46 PM
^Not a bad crazy guess. I could see that.
SteveRogersSon - 7/1/2012, 2:53 PM
some nice combs for the post AVX lineup.
beane2099 - 7/1/2012, 8:02 PM
I love Hickman and his FF run, but didn't him and Ribic have a run on Ultimates that was supposed to be ongoing and ended up lasting like 6 issues? Hickman's a busy man these days. As for the rest of the shake up, maybe this is a step in the right direction. I'll read anything McGuiness is on. Hopefully the artist on GotG is decent (please not Bagley).
niknik - 7/1/2012, 10:18 PM
Not seeing how this qualifies as a "relaunch". Looks like a lot of the same titles with some new titles mixed in and creative teams playing musical chairs. Thats about it.
hueyfreeman - 7/2/2012, 6:34 AM
How many books is this for Remender now? 5? Hope he doesn't pull a Bendis and spread himself too thin.

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