Forge Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 http://www.usatoday....ries/51672646/1 It's probably going to be a long time before the Avengers face off against the X-Men on a big screen near you. However, comic-book fanboys only have to wait until spring for a full-scale war between Kicking off in a special "zero issue" prologue in March written by Bendis and Aaron, Avengers vs. X-Men begins the next month with an extinction-level event barreling its way toward Earth, namely the cosmic entity of death and rebirth known as the Phoenix Force. It's looking for a new host who will possess all of its power, which may or may not be the mutant teenager Hope Summers. Cyclops, Wolverine, Magneto and the other X-Men want to protect her and prepare her if she's to be the new Phoenix. Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man and their fellow Avengers want her handed over to them so they can figure out what to do with her and keep the world safe from a potentially fiery fate. Suffice it to say, tensions — and fisticuffs — arise. "You've got two populations whose motivations are simple and understandable and defensible," says Axel Alonso, Marvel's editor in chief. "That's part of the beauty of this. You're seeing a story that evolves out of 'What would you do?' " Of Marvel's recent annual events, Fraction says this is the one that will most appeal to hardcore comics fans as well as mainstream pop-culture mavens who've seen all four X-Men movies and the films featuring Thor, Captain America and Iron Man that have been leading up to the release of The Avengers in May. "They've become two huge franchises that the average Joe on the street knows just from movies and cartoons and everything else," Aaron adds. But you won't see Avengers vs. X-Men on a movie poster anytime soon, Bendis promises. "If you want to see it, come look what comics does because there are things we do better than anybody. And this is one of them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor OOC Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Who cares... it'll all be retconned at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Who cares... it'll all be retconned at some point. Someone's ever so slightly pessimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor OOC Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Sorry... I've not liked Marvel in a long time in comic book form. DC... not at all. I'm sorry that I sound pessimistic, but for me with the setup that Marvel has... I don't have faith in their big storylines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashnod Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 *cough* House of M *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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