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Avengers Weekly Event Coming In 2018

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LordOfLore

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The Avengers are about to become embroiled in a story so big it will have to be told on a weekly basis.

New promotional art sent to ComicBook.com reveals that January 2018 will be the kickoff for the “No Surrender” story beginning in Avengers #675. The story is being teased as “The Beginning of the End” and "A Weekly Epic."

Readers began scratching their heads when "Avengers #675" first appeared in Marvel's solicitations for December books as a poster. It looks like we now know what is coming at the start of the new year.

Here’s a photo of the promotional artwork.

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As you can see, the artwork, featured on the back of Marvel's lenticular variants, contains Avengers from both the core Avengers team – Thor and Vision – and the Unity Squad seen in Uncanny Avengers – Rogue, Quicksilver, and Beast. There’s also another figure either covered in or composed of lightning that seems to be coalescing from Thor’s Mjolnir and the Mjolnir in Thor Odinson’s hand as part of the statue of the founding Avengers, which is seen in the background.

Interestingly, this statue also includes Voyager, a mysterious new character that seems to have somehow been inserted into the history of the Avengers. No further details on the character have been revealed at this time.

It's possible that Avengers will become a weekly series, but it seems more likely that this event will tie into other Avengers titles. The creators listed on the promotional art include Avengers writer Mark Waid, Uncanny Avengers writer Jim Zub, and USAvengers writer Al Ewing, as well as artists Pepe Larraz, Paco Medina, and Kim Jacinto.

This new storyline will come shortly after the “Worlds Collide” crossover between the Avengers and the Champions. What this will mean for the Avengers going forward remains to be seen.

When reached for comment, Marvel responded with "More will be revealed this week."
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I have 0 trust in Marvel being able to pull off a weekly event after their last big stories. Also, 18 months until the next event, huh?
 
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Harpoon

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Sibersk Esto said:
Sounds more like a crossover with the Avengers titles like Batman Eternal.
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Yeah, where are people getting this being an event from? Sounds like a 52 or Batman Eternal-style project more than anything. Are we just calling every story that Marvel promotes an event now?
 
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Crimson_Echidna

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mreddie said:
Loopholes.

It's not a event but a mini event.

We are already getting Avengers-Champions and Venom Inc.

It's basically the Mac Jr., smaller but still a Big Mac.
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I mean, it was the Company Wide events, and the tie-in's that went along with it, the fans were constantly complaining about.
 
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mjc

Member
People are taking this the wrong way, this is an Avengers event. I think Alonso was talking about a line-wide event.
 
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mreddie

Member
Crimson_Echidna said:
I mean, it was the Company Wide events, and the tie-in's that went along with it, the fans were constantly complaining about.
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It's just, the supposed promise feels hollow when we are already trying to find a loophole, the comics are still getting dragged down to new events on a small scale.

I guess post event is when Aaron comes in because this looks like the 3 Avengers teams uniting as one.
 
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Sou Da

Member
Do people actually understand what's bad about line wide events or you guys just getting off on complaining about the words used?
 
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LordOfLore

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Sgt. Kabukiman said:
Maybe they meant monthly events :)

Anyway, this just seems to be a crossover in the Avengers titles, like Night of the Monster Men or a shitload of 90s stories. If it's not too long it's no big deal. I'll pass though, I have no desire to read anything Avengers-related.
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The books will follow a crossover(Avengers x Champions) with another crossover(Avengers x Avengers x Avengers).

52 was classified as a linewide event despite being contained in one book. This will be seen as one as well.
 
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Sgt. Kabukiman

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LordOfLore said:
The books will follow a crossover(Avengers x Champions) with another crossover(Avengers x Avengers x Avengers).

52 was classified as a linewide event despite being contained in one book. This will be seen as one as well.
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I mean, of course I agree that this sucks for the people who only care about one specific Avengers title, but I'm just saying that this is a crossover, not an event. Both can be annoying, but at least this is (probably) not going to ruin Daredevil or Thanos for six months with shitty tie-ins.

And I never really considered 52 to be an event but that's just me.
 
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Sandfox

Member
mreddie said:
It's just, the supposed promise feels hollow when we are already trying to find a loophole, the comics are still getting dragged down to new events on a small scale.

I guess post event is when Aaron comes in because this looks like the 3 Avengers teams uniting as one.
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It's not really a loophole when they said it from the beginning and even reiterated it last week.

I'm curious to see how long this is.
 
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