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Al Ewing, Sewing Together The Marvel Universe, Issue By Issue (New Avengers And Contest Of Champions Spoilers)

Published Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:11:59 -0500

Last updated Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:25:07 -0500

Two Marvel comics by Al Ewing are published today. New Avengers, part of Avengers Standoff (ish) and Contest Of Champions. But the latter also crosses over with his Ultimates series that he also writes. As the team pay a visit to the Grandmaster.

And they are on the track of the fate of Gun-R…

…during which they all start talking about ISO-8, the element derived from the new nature of the post-Secret Wars Marvel Universe, that has featured in all three titles written by Ewing.

But for all this, Ewing is still bringing the coolness, taking an uber-patriotic soldier and turning him into…

The American Kaiju. Kaiji, being the Japanese term for such monstrous mythical beasts hat have pervaded pop culture, and a term that gained popularity in the US after the release of Pacific Rim. And, indeed, that's the film that Ewing is going for here…

You catch my drift? And if that's not enough, knowing the joy that the fns have had with recent mashups he takes a Punisher executing The Void…

…and then Venom…

…in the same place to give us the eventual mashup characters…
The Symbiods! And we are, Al, we are. These are just some of the wonders you are bestowing upon us today, and we give you much thanks.