Marvel in the C.B. Cebulski Era (News, New Title Announcements, etc.)
David_D
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As Marvel heads into 2018, and under the new leadership of EIC C.B. Cebulski, there have been a number of series cancelled, and there has been some recent discussion on that here, including what it might signal about Cebulski's direction as EIC.
And now some new titles are being announced. To be clear, these may or may not be an indication of the direction he will go in as Marvel's EIC, as there is a chance these were pitches that were in, or titles already in development when he took over in November. But they are getting published in his era, and it will be interesting to see where he takes things.
To start with, the first two new announcements I have seen (and I can easily have missed others, so please add those in if you see them) are some fan-favorite throwback X-books--
Domino, starting in April, written by Gail Simone, in her first Marvel work in over 10 years, I think, and artist TBD.
The Exiles, also starting in April. Written by Saladin Ahmed (Black Bolt) and artist Javier Rodriguez. With Blink leading a new team, that partners with The Unseen (what the original Nick Fury turned into at the end of Original Sin).
And now some new titles are being announced. To be clear, these may or may not be an indication of the direction he will go in as Marvel's EIC, as there is a chance these were pitches that were in, or titles already in development when he took over in November. But they are getting published in his era, and it will be interesting to see where he takes things.
To start with, the first two new announcements I have seen (and I can easily have missed others, so please add those in if you see them) are some fan-favorite throwback X-books--
Domino, starting in April, written by Gail Simone, in her first Marvel work in over 10 years, I think, and artist TBD.
The Exiles, also starting in April. Written by Saladin Ahmed (Black Bolt) and artist Javier Rodriguez. With Blink leading a new team, that partners with The Unseen (what the original Nick Fury turned into at the end of Original Sin).
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Presumably enough people bought Death of Wolverine and Wolverines to warrant Soule doing the belated follow up to his story. I'm not that bothered with the whys and wherefores of how Logan's back, I'd rather just get into where he's going from here.
And all the other Wolverines (6 at my last count - Laura, Gabby, Daken, Old Man, Jimmy and Clayton) can stay around too, as all their books are a lot of fun. Especially All New Wolverine, that's a real high bar to get over.
Anyhow, I think it's long due time for an episode on Marvel current for CGS. This said, the podcast should have various guest podcasters to help with topics like this. But none the less, concerning Cebulski and the takeover of Fox by Disney... Let's have a Marvel in 2018 podcast, please!
They also released a promotional trailer
Some details about the upcoming Kitty Pryde/Colossus wedding, that will largely be told in X-Men:Gold, but they are also adding a Wedding Special one-shot in May, that will feature a story by Chris Claremont, in, I think, his first Marvel work since Nightcrawler ended in 2015.
Hopefully no one will remind them how X-Marriages usually turn out.
Thanks. I fixed it above.
Here are observations from Newsarama.
For comparison, this is how the Marvel NOW! lineup was presented back in 2016
This gave me the impression that Cebulski thinks Marvel Now was so long ago that Ken Burns is getting ready to make a documentary on it.
Was the giant green foot in the second image ever explained? I remember there being some speculation about it at the time.
Also, with Aaron taking the Avengers where next for Waid, Zub and Ewing?
Stegman is always excellent, of course, and I have been hearing a lot of positive buzz here on the forums about Cates (I look forward to when his issues of Thanos and Dr. Strange hit Marvel Unlimited).