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Marvel's Strikeforce Will Be Asgard's Answer To X-Force

Published Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:00:20 -0500

Last updated Sun, 21 Jul 2019 07:20:36 -0500

The new series Strikeforce by Tini Howard and Germán Peralta spinning out of The War Of The Realms will launch in September, with the following description:

NO COMPROMISE. NO MERCY. ALL NEW, ONGOING SERIES! From the dark minds of rising stars Tini Howard and Germán Peralta comes a tale of the underside of the Marvel Universe! A new threat is secretly taking over the planet — and the more people who know about it, the more powerful the threat becomes. Blade dealt with this threat once before, and hoped to never have to again. He can't bring the Avengers in on this — not just for their own safety, but for the safety of everyone on Earth. So he must recruit a team of heroes accustomed to darkness — a strikeforce. Blade, Angela, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join forces to fight the fights that no other Marvel team can take on!

But the collection solicitation for Strikeforce Vol. 1, scheduled for February 25th 2020, has a few more details about how it ties in with The War Of The Realms and the status of the team in the Marvel universe…

Prepare for Asgard's answer to X-Force! From the mind of rising star Tini Howard comes a tale of the underside of the Marvel Universe! The Dark Elf King Malekith has finally gotten his just deserts after his failed War of the Realms. But in the vacuum left by one of Thor's greatest villains, a new threat arises -one that will require a team of heroes accustomed to darkness. Angela, Blade, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join forces for a monsterific bloodbath across the realms! COLLECTING: STRIKEFORCE (2019) 1-5

So… who will be the Cable? And who will be the Deadpool??