33 Marvel Comics Coming to an End as a Result of SECRET WARS
As a lot of you Marvel Comics fans know, Marvel is making some big moves in their comic lineup. Everything about our favorite characters is about to change. The Secret Wars series that Marvel is unleashing will result in the end of 33 different comics, ending the Marvel Comic universe as we know it.
Marvel’s SVP of Sales and Marketing David Gabriel recently talked to ComicBook.com and confirmed the 33 comics will be coming to a conclusion. He also talks about what fans can look forward to.
- All-New Captain America
- All-New Ghost Rider
- All-New X-Men
- Amazing Spider-Man
- Amazing X-Men
- Angela: Asgard’s Assassin
- Avengers
- Avengers World
- Captain Marvel
- Cyclops
- Deadpool
- Elektra
- Fantastic Four
- Guardians 3000
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Hulk
- Inhuman
- Iron Fist: The Living Weapon
- Legendary Star-Lord
- Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man
- New Avengers
- Nightcrawler
- Nova
- Rocket Raccoon
- Secret Avengers
- Spider-Man & The X-Men
- Spider-Man 2099
- Storm
- Superior Iron Man
- Thor
- Uncanny X-Men
- Wolverines
- X-Men
These comic titles are being referred to as the "616 finale," which will end the normal Marvel Universe stories for these characters. Gabriel explains what this all means:
"It means that there will be a “616 finale!” and that means exactly what many fans have suspected – everything ends. We’ve been saying it over and over again but at the core,Battleworld IS the Marvel Universe when Secret Wars #1 hits in May. But before that, there will be a number of titles reaching, what we’re calling, a “616 finale,” ending those stories and characters as you knew them – for now!
"Now in a perfect world, we’d have stopped every book with its April issue, putting out a nice clean May Previews catalog. Everyone would have seen upfront all those titles that had their finale, and all those titles that were starting fresh. But things don’t always go so easily.
"Instead we gave our creators the option to end their stories the way they wanted to; we let them tell "Last Days" stories if they wanted to; we let them tell Secret Wars stories if they wanted to. So in the end Secret Wars truly has been a creative driven process."
He goes on to discuss Secret Wars and what it means for the comic universe:
"Secret Wars is unlike any event ever published. It’s not just an event with a few tie-ins, it’s an entirely new publishing line, an entirely new television network’s fall line-up if you will. It’s not unlike what was done in the 1990s with Age of Apocalypse. Even then, that was just the X-Men titles. But this is so much more. The entire Marvel Universe will be affected in some really shocking, really surprising ways. And that’s just the beginning of the fun!"
Marvel is obviously having a fun time shaking things up not only in the comic universe, but in the cinematic universe as well. In the process of all this, some of your favorite characters will make it through. There will also be new characters, new locations, and new villains that will come from this madness. There's a lot more to this whole new era of Marvel, so for more information, click here.
If you are an avid Marvel Comics reader, what are your thoughts on what Marvel is doing with Secret Wars and the finale of the 616 universe? Are you excited about it? Are you confused? Are you pissed off?