Marvel Introducing New Avengers Team, With Major Changes

Marvel Comics is about to introduce a whole new kind of Avengers, and they're not the only ones getting a makeover for the Age of Revelation.

As per a press release from Marvel Comics, the upcoming Age of Revelation event, set ten years into the future of the present Marvel Universe, will also introduce numerous future versions of the iconic heroes and villains fans already know and love. Among these will be a whole new team of X-Vengers, who will star in their own series written by Jason Loo with art by Sergio Dávila. Fans can find the main cover art for the series' first issue below, as well as the covers for the first issues of three other series set within the Age of Revelation: Undeadpool by writer Tim Seeley and artist Carlos Magno, Clock or Dagger by writer Justina Ireland and artist Lorenzo Tammetta, and Expatriate X-Men by writer Eve L. Ewing and artist Francesco Mortarino.

Age of Revelation Takes Place 10 Years in the Future

The official solicit synopsis for X-Vengers #1 from Marvel Comics reads, "EARTH’S MIGHTIEST…HATED AND FEARED! X YEARS LATER, Earth still needs the Avengers…but what happens when those who are left have transformed into mutants?! Dani Moonstar leads a new team of Avengers (Hawkeye, Vision, Water Widow, Shang-Chi, Variable Man and Cannonball) to protect the planet! But can these “X-Vengers” protect all of Earth, including the Revelation Territories?!"

First teased back in early July, Marvel Comics' Age of Revelation will be a whole new storyline following in the footsteps of the original Age of Apocalypse. The storyline will be explored in full with the release of Age of Revelation #0 by writer Jed MacKay and artist Humberto Ramos, though fans will have to wait until October before the Age of Revelation truly gets underway. At the heart of the Age of Revelation is Revelation himself, the mutant formerly known as Doug Ramsey, aka Cypher, who was chosen to be the living heir to Apocalypse's legacy and mission, and as such underwent a drastic transformation process that turned him into a whole new kind of mutant powerhouse.

Writer Jed MacKay recently discussed his role as the architect of The Age of Revelation, saying, "I'm extremely excited to be at the center of this event." MacKay continued, "We're traveling to the alien future of the Age of Revelation, where the stories unfolding in the Revelation Territories and beyond will decide whether this is the dawn of a new world, or the end of one. We've been exploring a whole world, and it's been really exciting to see other creators make corners of it their own!"

Source: Marvel Comics