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They reference his origins, his backstory, the end of his previous series, his time with the Avengers and the New Warriors, his presence in the aforementioned Abnett and Lanning stories, and there is a visual reference to Avengers Arena. This comic desperately wants to be the first issue of a new series, and it would be[...]

 Including Dennis Hopeless… He writes, Dennis Hopeless was very happy to meet fans and talk about his past works and his love for Avengers Arena and Avengers Undercover.  "Avengers Undercover is basically where we were going for arc #2 on Avengers Arena, but we relaunched as a new #1 to boost sales … (laughs) … which didn't work!" The[...]

Minor spoilers for Avengers Arena ahead… and a last page shot from today's All New X-Men So, you know, you've been warned And while you may want to avoid spoilers, if you are reading Marvel comics today, read Arena before All New Also, nothing to do with the below, read Wolverine And The X-Men Annual[...]

Is this something Winter Soldierish? And if this is Secret Avengers, what was the Defend thing? Secret Defenders? Is this Hopeless and Walker's sequel to Avengers Arena? Avenger Down? The Avengers A.I team… presumably this is… Avengers A.I. What's becoming clear with these teasers that, even though they all have a 1 on the front, they won't all[...]

Seriously, what father would ever say that? Dad's voice or not? What could be worse? Okay, not exactly Dad, but the next best thing in Avengers Arena And, yes, that's probably worse Oh, you're not going to like this issue… I don't think Dad's Voice would work here any more By the way, can you even get[...]

Over in Avengers Arena… And don't worry, Marvel have something for the heterosexuals amongst you as well, over in Wolverine & The X-Men! Okay, feel free to Tumblr the above… but if you want Leah content, I'm sorry, you're going to have to smack down your pennies. Comics courtesy of Dave's Comics in Brighton[...]

Take the cancellation of Avengers Arena, with the idea of it being replaced by something new There are rumours that Young Avengers may be joining the Marvel Now Two relaunches And with Astonishing X-Men also going away, there is word that a new young cross-Marvel continuity team may be in the works Could it be[...]

Bleeding Cool ran the rumour that Avengers Arena would be cancelled and relaunched for Marvel Now Two. Well, the first shoe has dropped But as the solicitations says "it's the launch pad for what comes next!" AVENGERS ARENA #17 & 18 DENNIS HOPELESS (W) KEV WALKER (A) Issue #17 – COVER BY FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA Issue #18 – COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON Issue[...]

I'm going to show her this comic. Avengers Arena totally flips on the last issue, a bit like someone turning the chessboard round when their back is turned And playing by the rules doesn't get you anywhere. Mirco Pierfederici was solicited to be the artist of issue 6 of Wolverine but Tom Palmer was added as[...]

So far, Avengers Arena has basically been killing off characters that they invented for the series, or characters that appeared in one or two panels in other books Okay, there was Mettle as well But this time, the book may have gone too far by knocking off a major character Well, major-ish Well, major to[...]

I always found it weird that Aladdin had a diaper-looking pair of underwear when completely 'naked.' Avengers Arena #9 by Dave Johnson This is my favorite cover of the week, hands down Immediately the cracking lava-esque background that engulfs Apex draws the eye, followed by Apex's marionette work of Juston's pet Sentinel To contrast all the[...]

Well, it is C-Day! Look everyone! Foreshadowing! Foreshadowing in Avengers Arena! Ignore it at your peril! The cabinet of the super villain island in Secret Avengers #2 I wanted to see the full and frank electoral process that saw them take these positions, however Did the media vet them? What were the talking points? And what is[...]

I hate that guy. Okay, so how old would Buffy have to be now to still make a relatively instant Chernobyl reference? Or is it just all that hanging around with people who are centuries older than her? Yeah, okay, I'm definitely not sending my children to Avengers Arena camp I was okay with the idea up[...]

Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker are taking over still on Avengers Arena in April With some kind of board game thing. You know, I don't think these folk will be won round. The cancellation of Avengers Arena by Dennis Hopeless: Cancel Avengers Arena and retcon the deaths that have happened. Marvel has gathered together our favorite teenaged characters[...]

Consider that my silly "it's not the 60s anymore" NERD-RANT for the wee– –Oh, whoamIkiddin'? You all know I'm going to rip AVENGERS ARENA #1 a new one You'll just have to wait until after the spoiler warning line. Meanwhile… BITCH PLEASE Uncharacteristic balls-ifying of Havoc aside, CABLE AND X-FORCE #1 was a fun first issue, reintroducing Cable as[...]

Awesome cover, I need to go hunt down a Biz lighter now (and I don't even smoke!).     Avengers Arena #2 by Chris Bachalo & Tim Townsend The kids-battling-each-other-to-the-death homage covers continue this week with the 1954 classic Lord of the Flies by William Golding I'd almost completely forgotten about that book! It was definitely a favorite of[...]

  In Avengers Arena #2 (and talking of which, there's a hell of a lot of Number Twos from Marvel out this week) we get to meet the kids of the Braddock Academy Picture a British version of the Jean Grey School that somehow nevcer got mentioned by Brian, Jamie or Betsy Braddock in Uncanny X-Force[...]

Awesome cover, definitely fits the category of 'Algebraic!'     Avengers Arena #1 by Dave Johnson This is my favorite cover of the week, hands down After an entire year of "Is The Hunger Games a rip-off of Battle Royale and The Running Man?!" (Spoiler: it's not) It's nice to see an actual homage to the later by the[...]

And I wish. Avengers Arena Hey, it's a teen slasher comic, you can't have violence without the sex. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. Batman #13 did this more subtly, but Batman And Robin #15 goes straight for the Killing Joke. Sherlock Holmes: Liverpool Demon #1 lays out its stall Supernatural crime, met by a man without an[...]

There may be Spider-Man and Avengers Arena spoilers at the end of this article. I blame Marvel personally. First it was spoiling all manner of stories in the national press one, maybe two days, before the comic was available on the shelves. Then, this year, they decide to prevew All New X-Men by running the final pages of[...]

The cover for Avengers Arena #1 was a far too obvious swipe of Battle Royale. The second… not as much Sure it uses the Battle Royale-styled logo for this, shove a load of superhero teenagers together and make them kill each other comic But the main design by Chris Bachalo is very siumilar to another image[...]

I really hope it's better than Countdown Arena. Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker are launching a new Marvel title, Avengers Arena, to follow up on the likes of Avengers Academy And it looks like it may be a little bloody, as Arcade takes a bunch of kids to Murderworld… As does the finally revealed cover to AVX:[...]