New on-going series / volumes
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| Title
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Publication Date
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Initial Creative Team
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Notes / References
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| A+X 1–18
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October 2012 – March 2014[14]
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Writer
various
Artist
various
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An anthology series with each issue consisting of two stories by different creative teams featuring a different team-up of an Avenger and an X-Man.[15]
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| All-New X-Men 1–21 special 1
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November 2012 – December 2013
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Brian Michael Bendis
Artist
Stuart Immonen
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Features the return of the five original teenage X-Men (Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman and Jean Grey) plucked from the past and taken to the present.[16]
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| Avengers 1–23 annual 1
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December 2012 – November 2013
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Jonathan Hickman
Artist
Jerome Opena
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Hickman said, "Avengers and New Avengers are really just two sides of the same book, of the same story. Thematically, they’re aligned too. Avengers is about life and New Avengers is about death. That’s what the two books are. It’s a big book. In the Avengers, we tackle the biggest things."[17]
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| Avengers Arena 1–18
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December 2012 – November 2013
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Writer
Dennis Hopeless
Artist
Kev Walker
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The series takes 16 young heroes from the Marvel Universe including Avengers Academy's Hazmat, Mettle, Reptil, X-23 and Juston Seyfert and his sentinel; Annihilation's Cammi, and Darkhawk; Runaways' Nico Minoru, and Chase Stein; and a host of new characters, and pits them against each other in a kill-or-be-killed reality-show-like scenario on Murderworld run by Arcade.[18]
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| Cable and X-Force 1–19
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December 2012 – January 2014
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Writer
Dennis Hopeless
Artist
Salvador Larroca
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The team initially consists of Cable, Forge, Domino, Colossus and Doctor Nemesis. Hopeless said, "In my mind this is a crime series, so I tried to cast the book like you would a bank robbery. This isn't a family or a school. It's a crew. A safe cracker may hate her getaway man, but at the end of the night, she still needs him to drive the car. Cable puts the team together for their skills, not because he thinks they'll get along."[19]
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| Captain America 1–15
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November 2012 – January 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Rick Remender
Artist
John Romita Jr.
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Remender described the tone to be "almost like Kirby Sci-Fi Indiana Jones". "High adventure dipped in sci-fi spy fantasy with heavy focus on the man under the suit. Steve’s fabric and his relationships drive our story and the action is the byproduct. Tonally it’s very serious. You want to make sure the characters go up against things that feel like real threats and them into interesting situations. It’s a lot less of the connection with S.H.I.E.L.D. and the spy work and more big high adventure super hero stuff with sci-fi that I tend to lean into."[20]
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| Deadpool 1–24 annual 1
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November 2012 – February 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Brian Posehn
Gerry Duggan
Artist
Tony Moore
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In terms of concept, Duggan said, "It starts with a man who has decided that America has a lot of problems that can only be fixed by bringing back our former leaders, our great American Presidents. But that’s not how it works out. Once they’re back, they have a completely different idea of what they need to do and what the country needs. It’s a distasteful job having to send our presidents back, but Deadpool is up for the job and is suited for it."[21]
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| FF 1–16
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November 2012 – January 2014
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Writer
Matt Fraction
Artist
Mike Allred
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Features a new team initially consisting of Ant-Man, Ms. Thing, Medusa, and She-Hulk.[22]
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| Fantastic Four 1–16 5.AU
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November 2012 – January 2014
(relaunched in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Matt Fraction
Artist
Mark Bagley
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In the initial storyline, the superhero family takes a vacation into space to expand their children’s view of life.[22]
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| Fearless Defenders 1–12 4.AU
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February 2013 – December 2013
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Writer
Cullen Bunn
Artist
Will Sliney
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Centers on a new all-female team that includes Valkyrie, Misty Knight and Danielle Moonstar amongst others. Bunn said, "The basic idea of the book is that Valkyrie is choosing a new team of Valkyrior, and she's been asked to choose all these women from the heroes of Midgard (Earth), instead of from Asgard".[23]
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| Guardians of the Galaxy 0.1 1–10
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February 2013 – December 2013
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Brian Michael Bendis
Artist
Steven McNiven
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Features the line-up reestablished in Bendis' Avengers Assemble (Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Groot and Rocket Raccoon) plus a new member; Iron Man. Bendis said, "Here's an Avenger (Iron Man) who wants to get to the next level and he's just not going to get it where he is, but if he does a tour of duty with the Guardians he may find himself opening up his eyes to things that will help him with his inventions and the way he sees the world".[24]
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| Indestructible Hulk 1–20 annual 1 special 1
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November 2012 – March 2014[25]
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Writer
Mark Waid
Artist
Leinil Yu
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The series picks up a few weeks after the events of Jason Aaron's Incredible Hulk. Waid said, "No one's seen Hulk or Banner for a few weeks, which has the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. really nervous. S.H.I.E.L.D., in particular, has gone to great lengths in recent years to make absolutely certain that it's impossible for Banner to stay off the grid for any length of time—and yet, he's vanished. And this literally affects the entire planet. Every country is on the equivalent of orange alert. Airport security is a nightmare. World leaders are ready to bunker down at a moment's notice. Surveillance cameras are selling faster than they can be manufactured. Everyone's tense. Maria Hill, in particular, has taken "Finding Banner" as her own personal mission, and when our story opens, she's finally taking her first break in weeks. And as it happens, her timing sucks."[26]
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| Iron Man 1–22 20.INH annual 1
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November 2012 – February 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Kieron Gillen
Artist
Greg Land
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Gillen said, "The story will focus on him (Iron Man) questioning things about himself and trying to find out exactly how the universe ticks, what’s this all about and why he does this anyway. It’s going to be one of the major themes of the book going forward."[27]
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| Morbius: The Living Vampire 1–9
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January 2013 – October 2013
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Writer
Joe Keatinge
Artist
Richard Elson
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Keatinge said, "There are very strong horror elements to it, but there's a lot more to it than that... This is a book largely about people who have absolutely no easy role in society. The outcasts. The people on the fringe. The people of the Marvel Universe who are even too weird for the X-Men.[28]
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| New Avengers 1–15
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January 2013 – February 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Jonathan Hickman
Artist
Steve Epting
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The title centers on the Illuminati, initially consisting of Black Panther, Black Bolt, Captain America, Doctor Strange, Iron Man, Mister Fantastic, and Namor.[17]
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| Nova 1–12
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February 2013 – January 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Jeph Loeb
Artist
Ed McGuinness
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Centers on the new Nova, Sam Alexander and answers questions about the character's origins.[29]
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| Savage Wolverine 1–13
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January 2013 – December 2013
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Frank Cho
Artist
Frank Cho
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Cho said, "This isn't just a solo Wolverine story. It's actually a team-up story with Shanna the She-Devil. Both Wolverine and Shanna have similar assertive personalities. The story is not just a quest to get home; it's a story about surviving each other's company and the Savage Land.[30]
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| Secret Avengers 1–16
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February 2013 – March 2014
(relaunched in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Nick Spencer
Artist
Luke Ross
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Features a team consisting of Black Widow, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Hulk, and a new Iron Patriot, which works closely with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Nick Fury, Jr. and Phil Coulson. Spencer said, "This really is a S.H.I.E.L.D. book. I think it's something we've been long suffering for and is long overdue. This gave us a nice excuse to get a proper S.H.I.E.L.D. comic going. This Avengers initiative within S.H.I.E.L.D. is obviously a big focal point of the book, but it still is a S.H.I.E.L.D initiative so everything originates there. So Nick Fury and Agent Coulson are very much involved in the missions. Nick will be in the field with the team. That's his role. He's the S.H.I.E.L.D agent that goes with these characters on the missions. Coulson has a fun role in that he's backup and support. He's the guy who makes the pitch, and brings in the team. So they're a big part of every issue and in some ways they're even our leads.[31]
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| Superior Spider-Man 1–26 6.AU annual 1
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January 2013 – January 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Dan Slott
Artist
Ryan Stegman
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The series follows up the events of The Amazing Spider-Man #700. Slott said, "This is still very much the world of Spider-Man. There may be a new Spider-Man here, doing things in a new and different way, but you’re going to see the Spider-cast reacting to this. You’re going to see how this Spider-Man will deal with our Spider-Man’s villains. How will he react to this Spider-Man’s supporting cast? Whoever makes it out of The Amazing Spider-Man #700 will find a different Spider-Man waiting for them when Superior Spider-Man starts."[32]
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| Thor: God of Thunder 1–18
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November 2012 – January 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Jason Aaron
Artist
Esad Ribic
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The series is set over the course of a millennium. Aaron said, "ultimately it's all about Thor, and by showing him in three very different eras of his life—as the young hotheaded god of the Viking Age, as the accomplished and legendary Avenger of the present, and as an aging king of a broken future Asgard".[33]
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| Thunderbolts 1–19 annual 1
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December 2012 – January 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Daniel Way
Artist
Steve Dillon
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Features a line-up consisting of Deadpool, Elektra, Punisher, and Venom, led by Red Hulk. Editor Jordan D. White said, "They're a team of loners, but all highly trained and highly skilled as either mercenaries or soldiers. This is a black ops dream team... They're all characters with their own very particular morality, who do the things they do because they believe in them. They believe they are doing right, even if the world around them might not."[34]
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| Uncanny Avengers (vol. 1) 1–17 8.AU
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October 2012 – February 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Rick Remender
Artist
John Cassaday
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A new team of Avengers that initially features a line-up of both classic Avengers and X-Men including Captain America, Havok, Rogue, the Scarlet Witch, Thor, and Wolverine. The team is a response to the events of Avengers vs. X-Men.[35]
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| Uncanny X-Force 1–17
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January 2013 – January 2014
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Writer
Sam Humphries
Artist
Ron Garney
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The series focuses on Psylocke, who survives the events of "Final Execution", the final story arc running in Rick Remender's Uncanny X-Force. The team's initial line-up also includes Storm, Puck, Spiral and newcomer Cluster. Humphries said, "I think it's fair to say that Psylocke is a survivor. She's someone who rises above her complicated past and the tragedy and figures out what's best for Betsy. I can't spoil anything, but at the end of Rick's run, we leave Betsy in one situation, and in the first issue of my run, we pick up six months later, and Betsy is definitely in a life transition point. It's kind of being in that moment that kicks off the events of that first arc.[36]
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| Uncanny X-Men 1–18
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February 2013 – February 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Brian Michael Bendis
Artist
Chris Bachalo
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Centers on Cyclops and the remnants of his Extinction Team following the conclusion of Avengers vs. X-Men, including Magneto, Magik and Emma Frost although the romance between Cyclops and Emma Frost is finished. Bendis said, "The romance is done. They are not together anymore romantically. It's pretty hard to come back from what they went through in Avengers Vs. X-Men. Things were said, powers were stolen, and as we will discover in the very first issues of Uncanny X-Men, some things happen between them that cannot be taken back".[37]
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| Wolverine (vol. 5) 1–13
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March 2013 – January 2014
(relaunched in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Paul Cornell
Artist
Alan Davis
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Cornell said, "This is the series that gets into what makes James Logan (Wolverine) tick, that shows him being, as he puts it, 'a regular guy,' interacting with civilian friends of his in New York City. The most amazing thing about James is that he's been alive so long, gone through so many extraordinary things... but holds on to being a guy who likes to hang out in bars with good company... He's a man of the people. I'm going to poke that and see what happens."[38]
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| X-Men 1–9
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May 2013 – January 2014
(rebranded in All-New Marvel Now!)
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Writer
Brian Wood
Artist
Olivier Coipel
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Features an all-female cast, including Jubilee, Storm, Rogue, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey and Psylocke. Wood said, "I feel like as far as the X-Men go, the women are the X-Men. Cyclops and Wolverine are big names, but taken as a whole, the women kind of rule the franchise. If you look at the entire world as a whole, it's the females that really dominate and are the most interesting and cool to look at. When you have a great artist drawing them, they look so amazing and always have." X-Men debuted May 29, 2013.[39]
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| X-Men Legacy 1–24 300
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November 2012 – March 2014
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Writer
Si Spurrier
Artist
Tan Eng Huat
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The series is centered around Legion (David Haller), the son of Professor X. Spurrier said, "As far as I know the idea of basing the series round David has been in the works since the plotting of Avengers Vs. X-Men. David’s story grows organically from those events. In fact I’d go so far as to say it’s the tale that really needs to be told in the aftermath period. My brief was pretty simple: take a thoroughly screwed-up young character—who’s been handled so differently by so many narrative teams down the years that it’s tricky for anyone to say for sure exactly who he is or what his voice might be and launch him into the Marvel Universe... Show us who he is. What he can do. What he wants to do but can’t yet."[40]
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| Young Avengers 1–15
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January 2013 – January 2014
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Writer
Kieron Gillen
Artist
Jamie McKelvie
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Features a line-up including Wiccan, Hulkling, Miss America Chavez, Hawkeye, Marvel Boy and Loki. Gillen said, "The first arc is pretty much Loki puts the Avengers together. [sic] And of course Loki did inadvertently put the original Avengers together, but why is he actively trying to put this team together? The readers know that Loki is bringing the group together. The characters don't. There's a sense that Loki is clearly the manipulator here".[41]
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