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This is the dawning of the Age of Ultron.
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On Wednesday March 6th, the Age of Ultron begins.
Age of Ultron is a 10 issue Marvel NOW event taking place in March, April, May, and June of 2013. The series will follow an accelerated shipping schedule.
Marvel has said the event been designed to be very focused, with a minimal amount of tie-ins. And the tie-ins will be specially marked AU issues of participating series, not interrupting the flow of their currently ongoing stories.
Written by Brian Michael Bendis, with art by Bryan Hitch, Brandon Peterson, and Carlos Pacheco. It tells the story of Ultron's ultimate victory over Earth, when issue one begins - the war is already over, Ultron has won, and the few heroes that have survived are offering a scattered and token resistance (Wolverine, Spider-Man, She-Hulk, Beast, Emma Frost, Taskmaster, Moon Knight, Luke Cage, and Invisible Woman have been mentioned thus far). It builds upon elements Bendis introduced way back in back in the first arc of his Avengers run with John Romita Jr, as well as his Moon Knight book with Alex Maleev. There was also a prologue issue of Avengers drawn by Bryan Hitch, which you can currently read for free on Comixology.
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March
AGE OF ULTRON #1-3 (of 10)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • BRYAN HITCH (A/C)
For years the heroes of the Marvel Universe have lived in fear that the artificial intelligence known as Ultron would one day evolve to fulfill its desire to wipe out all organic life and take over the Earth -- that day has arrived. This massive 10-part Marvel Universe-spanning event is brought to you by Eisner award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis and comics legend Bryan Hitch.
FANTASTIC FOUR #5AU
Matt Fraction (W) • Andre Aruajo (A)
Cover by MARK BAGLEY
An AGE OF ULTRON tie-in!
Will the rise of the artificial intelligence Ultron cause the premature end of the Fantastic Four’s sojourn across time and space?
Superior Spider-Man #6AU
CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • Dexter Soy (A)
Cover by Marco Checchetto
The Superior Spider-Man enters the Age of Ultron!
April
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • BRYAN HITCH (A/C)
For years the heroes of the Marvel Universe have lived in fear that the artificial intelligence known as Ultron would one day evolve to fulfill its desire to wipe out all organic life and take over the Earth -- that day has arrived. This massive 10-part Marvel Universe-spanning event is brought to you by Eisner award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis and comics legend Bryan Hitch.
FANTASTIC FOUR #5AU
Matt Fraction (W) • Andre Aruajo (A)
Cover by MARK BAGLEY
An AGE OF ULTRON tie-in!
Will the rise of the artificial intelligence Ultron cause the premature end of the Fantastic Four’s sojourn across time and space?
Superior Spider-Man #6AU
CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • Dexter Soy (A)
Cover by Marco Checchetto
The Superior Spider-Man enters the Age of Ultron!
AGE OF ULTRON #4 (of 10)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • BRYAN HITCH (A/C)
• The impossible has happened!
• The Earth has been taken by Ultron...what few super hero survivors there are try desperately to stay alive.
• And it is Luke Cage who discovers the secret behind Ultron's victory over all of mankind.
• A secret that will have fans of Marvel comics arguing for years to come!
AGE OF ULTRON #5
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
BRYAN HITCH (A/C)
• The super hero survivors of the Ultron devastation follow a trail to the Savage Land in the hopes of finding a way to survive or turn the tide of the Ultron apocalypse.
• But with half the Marvel heroes dead, what chance do any of the survivors have?
• The choice that will forever change the course of Marvel history...!
[img]http://www.comicbookresources.com/images/solicits/marvelcomics/201304/AGEULTRON2013005_cov_col.jpg[/i] AGE OF ULTRON #6 BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) BRANDON PETERSON & CARLOS PACHECO (A/C) Cover by BRANDON PETERSON[/img]• The heroes take the fight to Ultron...with a near-broken Captain America taking the lead!
• Meanwhile, Wolverine takes it upon himself to make one of the most controversial decisions in the history of Marvel comics...
...and you'll never believe who goes along with him!
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #14AU
AL EWING (W) • BUTCH GUICE (A)
Cover by NIC KLEIN
AGE OF ULTRON TIE-IN
• Black Widow heads back to her old stomping ground of San Francisco for coffee, old friends...
...and the end of the world as we know it.
• The Age of Ultron is here -- and nobody's getting out in one piece...
ULTRON #1AU
Kathryn Immomen (W) • AMILCAR PINNA (A)
Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY
• Ultron took over the world.
• Ultron killed the heroes.
• Ultron...is your father.
• When you're Victor Mancha, android teen Runaway, "daddy issues" doesn't quite cover it
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #27AU
MATT KINDT (W) • PACO MEDINA (A)
COVER BY MIKE DEODATO
• An AGE OF ULTRON tie-in (make sure you read #6 first!)
• Wolverine and the Invisible Woman find themselves in the Avengers' past!
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • BRYAN HITCH (A/C)
• The impossible has happened!
• The Earth has been taken by Ultron...what few super hero survivors there are try desperately to stay alive.
• And it is Luke Cage who discovers the secret behind Ultron's victory over all of mankind.
• A secret that will have fans of Marvel comics arguing for years to come!
AGE OF ULTRON #5
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
BRYAN HITCH (A/C)
• The super hero survivors of the Ultron devastation follow a trail to the Savage Land in the hopes of finding a way to survive or turn the tide of the Ultron apocalypse.
• But with half the Marvel heroes dead, what chance do any of the survivors have?
• The choice that will forever change the course of Marvel history...!
[img]http://www.comicbookresources.com/images/solicits/marvelcomics/201304/AGEULTRON2013005_cov_col.jpg[/i] AGE OF ULTRON #6 BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) BRANDON PETERSON & CARLOS PACHECO (A/C) Cover by BRANDON PETERSON[/img]• The heroes take the fight to Ultron...with a near-broken Captain America taking the lead!
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• Meanwhile, Wolverine takes it upon himself to make one of the most controversial decisions in the history of Marvel comics...
...and you'll never believe who goes along with him!
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #14AU
AL EWING (W) • BUTCH GUICE (A)
Cover by NIC KLEIN
AGE OF ULTRON TIE-IN
• Black Widow heads back to her old stomping ground of San Francisco for coffee, old friends...
...and the end of the world as we know it.
• The Age of Ultron is here -- and nobody's getting out in one piece...
ULTRON #1AU
Kathryn Immomen (W) • AMILCAR PINNA (A)
Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY
• Ultron took over the world.
• Ultron killed the heroes.
• Ultron...is your father.
• When you're Victor Mancha, android teen Runaway, "daddy issues" doesn't quite cover it
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #27AU
MATT KINDT (W) • PACO MEDINA (A)
COVER BY MIKE DEODATO
• An AGE OF ULTRON tie-in (make sure you read #6 first!)
• Wolverine and the Invisible Woman find themselves in the Avengers' past!
May
AGE OF ULTRON #7 (of 10)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
BRANDON PETERSON & CARLOS PACHECO (A/C)
Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
In an attempt to defeat Ultron two Marvel Heroes take it upon themselves to create an all-new Marvel Universe. But is the one they have created better or worse than the one they left behind?
AGE OF ULTRON #8 (OF 10)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
BRANDON PETERSON & CARLOS PACHECO (A/C)
Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
With the Marvel Universe turned inside out, who will take responsibility for breaking the world? And is there any way to put it back? Wait until you see who is in charge of the new world order and how they got there...! A reality-spanning choice is made this issue that will affect the Marvel Universe for years and years to come.
FEARLESS DEFENDERS #4AU
CULLEN BUNN (W) • PHIL JIMENEZ (A/C)
AGE OF ULTRON TIE IN!
• In a world where some villains became heroes instead Warrior Woman teams up with...Caroline LeFay?
• The connection between the Fearless Defenders greatest foe and Morgan LeFay is finally revealed!
• (And it’s true in our world too!)
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #15AU
AL EWING (W) • BUTCH GUICE (A)
Cover by NIC KLEIN
AGE OF ULTRON TIE-IN
ULTRON RULES OK! The AGE OF ULTRON hits Britain, and Captain Britain hits back with a little help from his friends - including a vacationing Captain Marvel! Fighting a guerilla war in the ruins of London, AGGRO! is a way of life for Avengers UK - but when they might just be the last super heroes left alive, can there still be hope? Or is England dreaming?
UNCANNY AVENGERS #8AU
RICK REMENDER & GERRY DUGGAN (W) • Adam Kubert (A)
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
• Kang and the The Apocalypse Twins enter the Age of Ultron, but what do they want?
• Havok and Rogue, leaders of the Morlocks, must fight to save the man who condemned their people!
• What secret will Rogue unearth about the Twins hidden past?
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Colour me paranoid and not comfortable with change.
(This better not start the MU version of DCs New 52)
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I find it highly doubtful they would do their own reset considering how one of the core tenants of the NOW marketing was how Marvel dosen't do reboots.
And the way the tie-ins are structured (i.e. in March, there is both a Fantastic Four #5 and a Fantastic Four #5AU the former of which continues the regular narrative of the book leaving the later to do tie in-stuff) means it should not disrupt any other books at least during the course of the event.
Obviously there will be some sort of status quo shift at the end but those have tended to be the best parts of Marvel events during this modern era, so I'm not super worried about what that will be either. (Unless it's a crisis style reboot, and then yes I'll be furious)
One can only hope.
Especially that post card one
I wonder if Hank Pym's life-giving serum is important to the story or if Bendis just picked a random point in time.
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oh
I still think he'll be really good for this
his style seemed a bit dark for CM
should be just right for AoU Spock though
That is all
Doesn't affect a year most of the time.
Fully agreed they should just stop saying stuff like that.
Also, I'm pretty sure many of you have already called it but
Oh god, I've become a whining Fanboy...
Decide on the next line by the rhyme when I choose it.
Also I put songs on YouTube
The musings of this lonely rube.
I made a thread once. It didn't end well for me.
I'm assuming at some point we'll find that someone went back in time and fucked something up and that's why things are so bad.
I think it's the opposite, that this shit happened but someone will go back in time to fix it.
And then probably make shit worse
It's just that Marvel keep trumpeting "THIS IS TOTALLY IN MAINSTREAM CONTINUITY YOU GUYS"
Until it isn't.
I think it could be a pretty cool story once I stop worrying about continuity. The only things I don't like about #1 are the moments it breaks with continuity, and the majority of Brian Hitch's art.
Decide on the next line by the rhyme when I choose it.
Also I put songs on YouTube
The musings of this lonely rube.
I made a thread once. It didn't end well for me.
Which is terrible grammar and not terribly interesting.
Decide on the next line by the rhyme when I choose it.
Also I put songs on YouTube
The musings of this lonely rube.
I made a thread once. It didn't end well for me.
Possibly, I didn't read Age of X but as far as I know AoA started the naming scheme and AoX was a nod to it, as this is.
All of this takes place years in the future.
I'm not sure why you're worrying about why its Peter and not Spock.
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Ok it takes place in an alternate(maybe original) version of the present where Ultron has taken over everything*. Which still means that the whole Spock thing needn't have happened so I don't get the confusion. There are a lot of ways to deal with it.
*And if not someone please explain where the first issue is supposed to be taking place in.
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It is like every other Marvel event.
Everything that has been out so far, and everything until it ends takes place before AoU. Except tie ins of course.
Just like Fear Itself or AvX etc.
They have stated it is the present day and not an alt timeline or reality many times.
But
Ultron's not in control in the Marvel universe right now. And like everybody is dead. How can that possibly be?
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It goes Marvel Now -> Ultron Wins -(A Few Months/Weeks Pass)-> Age of Ultron
Oh ok.
A few months is still the future. I didn't mean it was far in the future. Just that time has passed and there are plenty of ways for Peter to get back to where he belongs.
I mean its not even a changed anybody expects to stick.
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But you said
and yeah AoU feels a little alt-reality ish because there are a fairly small amount of tie-ins and they are all optional titles that aren't "actually" part of ongoing series.
My guess for the whole thing is:
They arrive in the present, and see that Hank Pym-as-Ultron has become a one-man world police and that teaser of the alt costume Avengers is the resistance against him. It keeps both the theme and title of the series applicable, while still being a big twist.
Fair enough.
Ultrons already
I wonder what's up with that.
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comics don't happen in real time, a single issue can take place over a month or a 6 issue story arc can take place over a matter of hours despite lasting half a year in publishing time. Age of Ultron is happening in the current Marvel U but that dosent mean every other series is going to instantly sync up with it the moment the first issue comes out, no one wants that.