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[Spike Spiegel]

USA Today article

The Red Skull doesn't like petting puppies or contributing to charities. In fact, the guy's elementally pure when it comes to being evil.

And the most irredeemable of all Marvel Comics supervillains is more dangerous than ever in the upcoming event series Avengers & X-Men: AXIS. Marvel hosts a panel discussing the major new story line as well as other news Saturday at the Special Edition: NYC comic-book convention at New York's Javits Center.

Written by Rick Remender,AXIS runs nine issues over three months starting in October and crosses over into several Marvel titles including Iron Man, Magneto, Loki: Agent of Asgard and Remender's own Captain America and Uncanny Avengers comics.

Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort describes AXIS as "kind of a Michael Bay movie. It's big and spectacular and has a ton of full-out bombast."

[Remender] "It's a nice cathartic chapter in the history of the Avengers and X-Men at the worst moment in their lives. Writing it, there were a couple of moments where I banged on my desk and said, 'Yes! Yay, nerd!' and I got excited for it."

My only concern is Cheung on artwork. Guy better have the whole thing drawn already, or damn close.

#YEAROFREMENDER

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

doom will betray him

 

[Slayven]

So Acts of Vengance 2? I can fucks with that.

doom will betray him

Not before Loki, Loki will triple betray them AND the heroes, but actually be working for the heroes.

 

[robotzombie]

why would anyone want to intentionally compare a creation of theirs to a michael bay movie?

 

[JBourne]

Who is Carnage at the moment?

 

[Slayven]

Does Red Skull still have Prof X's brain?

 

[ultron87]

The Red Skull is Onslaught now?

 

[Blader]

Remender event sounds good to me.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

The Red Skull is Onslaught now?

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Does Red Skull still have Prof X's brain?

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

How did the Red Skull commandeer the Onslaught force? And why would Onslaught, given his mental origins, work with a Nazi?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Cheung took how long to finish young avengers?

Delays and fill in art incoming

 

[Owzers]

why would anyone want to intentionally compare a creation of theirs to a michael bay movie?

seriously, whyyyyyyy. I'd compare Bendis events to Bay movies because bendis writes dumb books, but let's not drag Remender into this

 

[dan2026]

Some odd colouring on the Green Goblin.

Makes him look like the Hobgoblin.

 

[Slayven]

How did the Red Skull commandeer the Onslaught force? And why would Onslaught, given his mental origins, work with a Nazi?

Red Skull stole Prof X's brain when Cyke killed him. Onslaught is crazy, last time he showed up he wanted to use Bucky's body. Female Bucky not Winter Soldier.

 

[thecouncil]

flipped that image around.

 

[rbenchley]

I'm curious what Goblin they're using for this event. The costume style is Green Goblin, but the coloring is Hobgoblin. Also, Norman Osborn was stripped of his powers at the end of the Superior Spider-Man run, although I doubt that will last very long.

 

[Slayven]

Cap and Cyclops on the same side? Wrap it son you already done. Especially the Red Skull, fool has had a cosmic cube how many times and still gets destroyed? He got fucked up by Douglock, Douglock.

 

[Supermanisdead]

Stop trying to make those dweeb characters Red Skull and Onslaught "happen" Marvel.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Red Skull stole Prof X's brain when Cyke killed him. Onslaught is crazy, last time he showed up he wanted to use Bucky's body. Female Bucky not Winter Soldier.

But I thought it was established in Onslaught vs Marvel Universe that Onslaught could only possess the body of someone with the X gene? Which is why all the 'normal' heroes had to sacrifice their bodies to stop him.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

The large ensemble cast also includes Cap, Thor, Luke Cage, Storm, Deadpool, the Inhumans' Medusa, Havok, Kid Apocalypse and Quentin Quire on the Avengers/X-Men side. Doctor Doom, Enchantress, Absorbing Man, Carnage, Hobgoblin and Sabretooth come to the fore among the antagonists.

REMENDER QUIRE

NOM NOM NOM

 

[Slayven]

But I thought it was established in Onslaught vs Marvel Universe that Onslaught could only possess the body of someone with the X gene? Which is why all the 'normal' heroes had to sacrifice their bodies to stop him.

All the mutant energy released by M-day changed him. Plus he did a stint in the Negative Zone and no one comes out of there the same. So who knows.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Uncanny Avengers and Captain America have been fantastic, IMO. I'm really looking forward to this.

 

[J10]

I love ambigrams.

 

[exmachina64]

All the mutant energy released by M-day changed him. Plus he did a stint in the Negative Zone and no one comes out of there the same. So who knows.

Can you reference a specific storyline or issues? I haven't kept up with Onslaught.

 

[Dalek]

I'm not an expert on Onslaught, but Red Skull literally dug up Xavier's body, cut it's head open, pulled out the brain and grafted parts of it onto his own.

Also-this series was hinted at in the early Uncanny Avengers when Havok and Wanda were on the run in the future from Red Onslaught.

 

[Rollo Tomasi]

Who is Carnage at the moment?

Cletus is back in the driver's seat of the Carnage symbiote.

 

[Rollo Tomasi]

I hope Deadpool actually contributes something to this crossover rather than just doing some random semi tie-in stuff on the periphery of the event.

 

[Dalek]

I hope Deadpool actually contributes something to this crossover rather than just doing some random semi tie-in stuff on the periphery of the event.

Remender wrote the best Deadpool so I have full confidence.

 

[Slayven]

Can you reference a specific storyline or issues? I haven't kept up with Onslaught.

Onslaught Reborn and Onslaught Unleashed. those pretty much his only appearances since this.

Him and Doomsday should have been oneshots.

 

[tabs2002]

Quire will never happen, Marvel should stop trying so hard to push him.

 

[Slayven]

Quire will never happen, Marvel should stop trying so hard to push him.

he is annoying little shit. The worse of Morrison's leftovers.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Quire will never happen, Marvel should stop trying so hard to push him.

lol he already "happened" what does this even mean dude is rad as fuck

 

[WrenchNinja]

Isn't Loki a good guy right now? I liked good guy Loki.

 

[Voror]

Isn't Loki a good guy right now? I liked good guy Loki.

One would hope he's working a doublecross or playing everyone for his own agenda. Though recent events in his series could lead him to maybe do this.

 

[tabs2002]

lol he already "happened" what does this even mean dude is rad as fuck

I don't think you can claim he's "happened". Wolverine and the X-men sales so far have been terrible. Quire is front and center in that book.

 

[Dalek]

I love Quentin Quire.

Also-there appear to be 2 Loki's now. The Kid Loki and the Original Loki.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

I'm not an expert on Onslaught, but Red Skull literally dug up Xavier's body, cut it's head open, pulled out the brain and grafted parts of it onto his own.


Also-this series was hinted at in the early Uncanny Avengers when Havok and Wanda were on the run in the future from Red Onslaught.

Also something to note: this is not the same Red Skull that Cap has been battling since he was unfrozen. This is a clone of the original Skull that was cryogenically frozen during WWII - he came straight outta 1942 into the present day.

 

[Azuran]

Cletus is back in the driver's seat of the Carnage symbiote.

Didn't Kaine lobotomized him thought? How is he walking around now?

 

[Dysun]

Remender is writing.

best event ever confirmed

 

[Mudcrab]

Red Onslaught is an intriguing direction to take a concept that I felt was very weak, but more importantly we can have a well written Deadpool again.

In Remender We Trust.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

I haven't read a Marvel event in a while. So maybe I'll jump into this.

 

[Delio]

When they say X-men they just mean the ones that are Avengers right? Id love some of Scott's crew helping.

 

[SoilBreak]

but more importantly we can have a well written Deadpool again.

In Remender We Trust.

Duggan & Posehn are doing a great job with the character.

 

[Slayven]

Isn't Loki a good guy right now? I liked good guy Loki.

Loki is Loki, you don't know what side he is on until the smoke clears.

When they say X-men they just mean the ones that are Avengers right? Id love some of Scott's crew helping.

Scott with some Xavier shade would nice.

 

[tringworldso]

Other than Iron Man and Thor, I'm intrigued at the main hero choices this time around. So basically it's:

Medusa - Green Goblin
Deadpool - Young Loki
Luke Cage - Sabretooth
Iron Man - Onslaught
Thor - Doom
Storm - Carnage

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Oooh, Remender stuff! Count me in.

 

[Rhaknar]

is remener the Hawkguy...guy?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

is remener the Hawkguy...guy?

That's Fraction.

Rememender is Uncanny X-Force Based God.

 

[Rhaknar]

That's Fraction.

Rememender is Uncanny X-Force Based God.

the deadpool/psylocke/fantomex/angel/logan run?

 

[Pai Pai Master]

is remener the Hawkguy...guy?

No that's Matt Fraction.

Remender recently did Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny Avengers and Captain America.

Edit: Beaten like one of Hank Pym's poor women