Mark Millar (Civil War, Ultimates) recently announced on the MillarWorld forums that he has a new book planned with Steve McNiven (Civil War, Amazing Spider-Man) for April 2008. The posting detailed what Mark has been up to writing-wise and how far ahead he is on most of his projects and then added the following clues at the end of his post as to what next years event will be. Hit the jump to see the clues, analysis and full transcript.THE CLUES
"Some clues: It involves a symbiote at one stage in the story, the death of the greatest Marvel hero, a new President, a blind superhero driving a car 3000 miles and The Hulk as you've never seen them (yes them) before. It's a lot of fun and I have a feeling this is going to be MASSIVE."
THE BREAKDOWN
"It involves a symbiote at one stage in the story..."
This is obviously related to Venom or Carnage of Spider-Man fame. Will this follow up on the symbiote storyline taking place in the Avengers titles right now or is it merely referencing a Thunderbolts related appearance, the team which Venom is currently on?
"...the death of the greatest Marvel hero..."
It involves the death of the greatest Marvel hero. It does not say it will feature the death of said hero. Could this mean the return of Captain America? I doubt it, as Brubaker is handling all things Cap and doing an incredible job with it. I doubt they would steal his thunder and do the resurrection in an event book by a different team. Does it foreshadow the death of Spider-Man? Many would consider him the most known or popular, if not greatest, hero in the Marvel Universe. Time will tell, but Millar hates killing off big name characters, as he feels it is cheap. Marvel called for the deaths in Civil War, not Millar for the most part. I'm going to guess it has something to do with Cap, but not bringing him back from the dead. Maybe a search for a replacement or something similar.
"...a new President..."
This will take place around the Skrull event. Is it possible a Skrull becomes president? Or is it referring to an actual Marvel character, like say Tony Stark, the current Director of SHIELD? Tony is the only one I could put on this clue.
"...a blind superhero driving a car 3000 miles..."
Obviously referring to Daredevil. I'd love to see this sort of like a Green Lantern / Green Arrow tour of America version with DD and Spider-Man. I can just picture the hilarious comments of Peter riding shotgun to a blind driver. Not sure what this clue will lead to, but it obviously has something to do with Daredevil.
"...The Hulk as you've never seen them (yes them) before."
This is referring to the current teaser image from the upcoming Loeb /McGuinness run on Incredible Hulk. It featured a split image of a red, berserker Hulk and the normal green Hulk. Is it possible the conclusion of World War Hulk results in a literal split in the Hulk or is this clue from Millar referring to the proposed Hulk babies that he had originally planned for in his Civil War draft when Hulk was set to return at the end of it?
CONCLUSIONS
I'm not too sure how I feel about another event planned for next year. They already have Secret Invasion planned, and considering the scope of that, it will most likely encompass the entire Marvel Universe. These few clues given here seem to imply another line-wide crossover as well. If Millar and McNiven keep it to just a single book, I think it will go a long way to alleviating my fears. I'll definitely be picking up the book though. Millar is one of my favourite writers and McNiven is the best new artist in a long time that really wowed me with Civil War and his earlier works.
For those interested, here is the full transcript from the post. You can also click the MillarWorld link for the original posting.
"Civil War was Marvel's biggest selling series since the early 90s. So how do we follow that? What character or group or regular book do you feel we're doing now for next April? I don't think it'll be named for another month or two yet, but curious as to what you think we'd work well on.
I'll tell you this much... I'm having a great time. I stopped writing War Heroes at number 3 and FF at our tenth issue as I'm so far ahead. Started the McNiv project a couple of months back and just finishing issue seven now. I'll have the first big arc (eight issues) done by the time the thing's announced and then I can jump back onto Kick-Ass. I've never been this far ahead before (using my time out wisely towards the end), but it's a bloody great feeling. The book's worked out really well too. Steve is itching to get started.
Some clues:
It involves a symbiote at one stage in the story, the death of the greatest Marvel hero, a new President, a blind superhero driving a car 3000 miles and The Hulk as you've never seen them (yes them) before. It's a lot of fun and I have a feeling this is going to be MASSIVE.
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