Mark Millar's New Comic Series THE AMBASSADORS Is "Willy Wonka With Superpowers" and Here's a Preview

Comic book creator Mark Millar has a new project coming to the Millarworld universe. It’s titled The Ambassadors, and it’s described as "Willy Wonka with superpowers." That was enough to pique my interest in the comic, but there are more details to share!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, “The Ambassadors follows six characters from six different countries, who live in a world where a Korean billionaire scientist has cracked the code to create superhumans. This scientist announces that she will turn six ordinary individuals into superhumans, which sparks a global competition to be one of the lucky six.”

This sounds like it could be a fun comic, but these days I find myself reading more stories that don’t involve superheroes because superhero stories aren’t as interesting as they used to be. But, Miller is trying to do something different with this story and make it unique and interesting.

Miller said in a statement: "We've seen the three-act American superhero origin story a lot over the past 22 years and people are just looking for something a little different now. That's where the rewards lie and the idea of a super-team based out of Korea just feels fresh. It also gives us an amazing chance to use local talent in these countries and build up the profile of the characters across the world, spinning them off into their own projects and making it an even bigger deal when we bring them back together again. You could only do this thing on a streamer so it totally takes advantage of the format in a way we haven't seen before."

The artists attached to the comic project include Frank Quitely, Travis Charest, Olivier Coipel, Matteo Scalera, Matteo Buffagni, and Karl Kerschl, who will each draw one issue of the series.

The Ambassadors will be published by Image Comics, and you can get a little preview of it below. It arrives in March.