Iron Man’s Broke as Hell, and The Fantastic Four Leave Earth Again

It’s by no means a boring day on the earth of Marvel Comics. As the writer’s solicitations for the winter draw nearer, they’ve already revealed a number of the occasions in retailer for his or her numerous heroes in a few months. And for each the Fantastic Four and Iron Man particularly, they’re moving into some attention-grabbing instructions as new inventive groups are introduced on to their respective comics.

First up is the Fantastic Four, whose new run will start in November. Taking over from Dan Slott and a succession on artists that included Cafu and Rachael Stott might be Squirrel Girl’s Ryan North and Dark Ages’ Iban Coello, and covers by Alex Ross, as revealed by Entertainment Weekly. Instead of massive, cosmic epics that made up a lot of Slott’s run, North stated his intentions are to inform smaller, extra intimate tales, which includes the Four leaving Earth completely.

“I want to do these smaller, self-contained stories in the vein of ‘60s Star Trek where they go down to a planet, find a weird thing, fix the weird thing, and move on,” defined North. Admitting that he wouldn’t be capable of high Slott, the brand new method felt pure to him, whereas additionally not retreading floor that Marvel’s First Family has gone by means of over the a long time.

However, the primary handful of points will see the Four break up up from each other. The debut situation will concentrate on The Thing and his spouse Alicia Masters (as of Slott’s run), whereas situation two might be about Reed and Sue, then lastly Johnny within the third situation. After that, they’ll be again collectively as “four weirdos who roll into town where there’s a mystery or a problem or some sci-fi thing, solve the problem, and then move on.”

And then there’s Iron Man. Current X-Men author Gerry Duggan and artist Juan Frigeri (Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy) are coming collectively for Invincible Iron Man #1. Following November’s Iron Man #750 by departing crew Christopher Cantwell and Angel Unzueta, Tony Stark will discover himself with out his cash or pals, however a contract hit out on his life. Surviving lengthy sufficient to seek out out who put the bounty on his head might be Tony’s aim, and it’ll function a few of his older armor fits we haven’t seen in a while.

Speaking to Marvel, Duggan referred to as it a “privilege” to comply with up Cantwell’s run, particularly as he’s taking up shortly earlier than Iron Man’s sixtieth anniversary in March 2023. “We have an epic tale for Stark and plans for old foes, including flashbacks to some of his classic armors. How about a little Silver Centurion for his diamond anniversary?” teased Duggan. “Armor up, you’re gonna need it.”

Invincible Iron Man #1 will hit cabinets on December 7.

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