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[Grayson]

The DCnU is now 2 weeks away and I have been thinking about what this reboot would be like if it were to have happened in the Marvel Universe. What comics would/wouldn't be totally rebooted? Which characters would be featured, which ones would be forgotten? What creators would be involved? So now I ask my fellow posters at The Outhouse, can we make a relaunch for the Marvel universe that people would be interested in reading?

The challenge is simple and everyone is invited to participate. We will take turns suggesting one of the 52 new titles that will make up the NuMarvel Universe but there will be a few rules and requirements for each suggestion:

1.) Obviously, you will have to tell us the name of your book. Along with the book's title, you need to tell us who the creative team is, the main and supporting cast, and a summary of what your book will be about.

2.) As I said, everybody is invited to participate but in order to insure that we get the widest variety of titles and opinions, you may only make ONE selection every 12 hours. We will go until all 52 titles have been selected and we will end at 52. Make sure that you number your selection, so we know how many more titles need to be selected.

3.) Once all 52 titles have been chosen, that's it. We will then be able to see what titles were passed up and which characters were forgotten.

4.) Any titles that do not meet these rules will be added to our rumored column until the person who suggested them can make them fit in with the rules.

The main thing is simply to have fun! I am going to post the first book which will serve as the NuMarvel's cornerstone book and afterwards this will be open to everyone!

Here are our confirmed NuMarvel launch titles:
1.) Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes by Ed Brubaker and Olivier Coipel
Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Spider-Man, Giant Man, The Wasp, Hawkeye, The Black Panther, Ms. Marvel
2.) Uncanny X-Men by Jason Aaron and The Dodsons
Storm, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Rogue, Gambit, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Dazzler
3.) X-Statix by Joe Kelly and Adrian Alphona
Mr. Sensitive, El Guapo, Phat, Vivisector, Princess Diana, Dead Girl, Doop
4.) Captain Marvel by Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, and Paco Medina
Mar-Vell, Genis-Vell, Phyla-Vell, (supporting cast) Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Abigail Brand, SHIELD, SWORD
5.) Guardians of the Galaxy by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Paul Pelletier
6.) Strange Tales by Paul Cornell and Leonard Kirk
Werewolf by Night, Doctor Voodoo, Ulysses & Elisa Bloodstone, Blade, Hellstrom (rotating)
7.) Amazing Spider-Man by Mark Waid and Andrea DiVito
Peter Parker, Jessica Drew
8.) Wolverine: Weapon X by Chris Yost and Barry Windsor Smith
Wolverine, Deadpool, Sabretooth, Maverick, Wraith, Fantomex
9.) X-Force by Chris Claremont and Stefano Caselli
Cannonball, Boom-Boom (Tabitha Smith), Warpath, X-23, Magik, Sunspot, Shatterstar
10.) Photon by Christopher Priest and Mark Bright
11.) Daredevil by Nick Spencer and Dale Eaglesham
12.) Agency X by Gail Simone and UDON
Taskmaster, Outlaw, Alex Hayden, Scourge (original), Sandi, Nick Fury (flashback, occasional guest star)
13.) Cloak & Dagger by ??? and ???
14.) The Thunderbolts by Greg Rucka and George Perez
The Black Cat, Helmut Zemo, Fixer, The Beetles, Blizzard, Quicksand, Sandman, Ghost, Vulture, Rhino, Mentallo, Speed Demon, Screwball, Joystick, Armadillo, Black Mamba, Asp, Supercharger, Unuscione, Slyde, Chemistro, Gray Gargoyle, Tombstone, Scorcher, Letha, Lascivious, Poundcakes, Man-Killer, The Spot and Moonstone.
15.) Invincible Iron Fist by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and Steve Epting
16.) The Incredible Hulk by Fahd Mohamed and Mike Deadato Jr.
17.) Captain America by Ed Brubaker and Steve McNiven; back-up stories by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Scriver
Steve Rogers, Bucky, Nick Fury, Peggy Carter, Sharon Carter, Wolverine, Dum Dum Dugan, the Howling Commandos, Baron Zemo
18.) Great Lakes Avengers by Dan Slott and Rob Liefeld
Mr. Immortal, Flat-Man, Big Bertha, Doorman, Dinah Soar, Squirrel Girl, Living Lightning vs. Egghead and his Great Lakes Masters of Evil
19.) X-Factor by Peter David and Salvador Larocca
Havok, Polaris, Multiple Man, Marvel Girl (Rachel Grey), Siryn, Strong Guy, Val Cooper
20.) Nova by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Pia Guerra, and Gabriele Dell'Otto
Richard Rider, the Worldmind, Drax, Gamora, Ronan the Accuser, Crystal, Kang the Conqueror
21.) Agents of Atlas by Jeff Parker and Amy Reeder
Jimmy Woo, 3D Man (Delroy Garrett), Namora, Venus, Gorilla Man, M-11, The Uranian, Monica Ranbeau
22.) Shroud by Andy Diggle and Alex Maleev
23.) Astonishing Spider-Man by Mark Waid and Sean Chen
Ben Reilly
24.) The Secret Defenders by J. Michael Straczynski and John Cassaday
Captain Britain, The Black Knight, Dr. Strange, Meggan, The Night Man, Mantra, The Scarlet Witch, Adam Warlock, Rune, Morgan le Fey, and Shuma Gorath.
25.) Dr. Giant-Size Strange Man-Thing by Grant Morrison and David Finch
Dr. Strange, Man-Thing
26.) Secret Warriors by Warren Ellis and Nguyen
Clay Quartermain, Shamrock, Daisy Johnson, Mimic (alt), Dr. Essex/Mr. Sinister (alt), Amadeus Cho, Nick Fury (recurring guest star), Jessica Jones & Dakota North (occasional guest stars)
27.) Savages by John Byrne
Ka-Zar, Shanna the She-Devil, Moon-Boy, Devil Dinosaur & Zabu
28.) Black Panther by Hine and Capillo
29.) Journey into Mystery by J. Michael Straczynski and Olivier Coipel
Thor, Odin, Jane Foster, The Warriors Three (Fandral, Volstaag, Hogun), Sif, Balder, Loki, Kelda, and Bill
30.) The Spectacular Spider-Man by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley
31.) Young Avengers by Christos Gage and Jim Cheung
Iron Lad, Wiccan, Speed, Gravity, Firestar, Justice, Veil, Victor and Lucy in the Sky
32.) Night Thrasher: The Man Without Fear! by David Liss and Francesco Francavilla
33.) What If? by a Rotating Line-Up of all-star writers and artists!
34.) Marvelous World by John Romita Jr.
35.) Songbird by Cullen Bunn and Andrea DiVito
Songbird, Baron Strucker, Andrea "Swordswoman" Strucker
36.) Tales to Astonish by Gail Simone and Rags Morales
Giant Man, The Wasp, Ultron, Carol Danvers, Simon Williams, M.O.D.O.K, and A.I.M.
37.) The Punisher by Christos Gage and Stefano Caselli
38.) The Pride by Jeff Parker and Paul Pelletier
Blade, N'kantu the Living Mummy, Nina Prince, Jennifer Kale, Brother (not Doctor) Voodoo, Danny Ketch, Spitfire, Rintrah, and John Walker
39.) Kiss of the Spider-Women By Gail Simone and Mary Mitchell
Julia Carpenter, Mattie Franklin, Anya Corazon, May Parker, and Madam Web
40.) The New Mutants by Marc Andreyko and Michael Gaydos
Shadowcat, Cypher, Dr. Cecilia Reyes, Karma, Psylocke, Empath, Madison Jeffries, Blindfold, and Professor X
41.) The Invaders by David Liss and Paul Azaceta
Captain America, Bucky, Namor, The Human Torch, Toro, Lord James Montgomery Falsworth, Union Jack, Spitfire, Nicholas Fury, Corporal Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan, Private Gabriel Jones, Private Percival Pinkerton
42.) Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday
Cyclops, Emma Frost-Summers, Iceman, Angel, the Beast, Sabretooth, Blink, Morph
43.) ROM of Galador by Scott Kolins and Bill Sienkiewicz
ROM, classic and new Spaceknight characters, Prime Director, and Marvel hero guest stars galore
44.) Black Widow: The World's Deadliest Superspy by Marjorie Liu and Dexter Vines
Black Widow, Bucky Barnes, Gabe Jones, and Sharon Carter
44.) Prime! by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley
45.) Indestructible Iron Man by Jonathon Hickman and Carlos Pacheco
46.) Marvel Girl by Joe Kelly and Steve McNiven
Wade Wilson and Bob Agent of HYDRA
47.) The Legendary Thor by Brian Wood and RM Guera
Thor, Loki, Merlin: Sorcerer Supreme, Sersi, Fing Fang Foom and more!
48.) Monsters for Hire by Jason Aaron and Eric Powell
Red Ronin, Gorgilla, Ultimo, Tim Boo Ba, Devil Dinosaur, Gargantus, It the Living Colossus, Fin Fang Foom
49.) The Crew by Millar and the Kubert brothers
Daredevil, Luke Cage, Night Thrasher
50.) The Fantasticals by Gabriele Dell'Otto
Reed Richards, Johnny Storm, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and the Hulk
51.) Hellcat by Steve Englehart and Aaron Lopresti
Hellcat, Hellwolf
52.) Generation X by Christopher Yost and Skottie Young
Jubilee, Prodigy, Husk, Anole, Surge, Sister Grim, Reptil, Mettle, Hazmat, Rage, Dani Moonstar, Speedball, Tigra, Moira MacTaggert, Charles Xavier and Henry Pym

These Titles are confirmed as Maxi or Limited Series for our Second Wave:
* The Initiative by Christos Gage, Fred Van Lente and more
* Marvel Stars by Chris Eliopoulos, Alex Zalben, Chris Giarrusso, Audrey Loeb, Ryan Dunlavey, Roger Langridge, Ig Guara, Gurihiru, Chris Giarrusso, Ryan Dunlavey, Roger Langridge, and Various

[e_galston]

when u starting?

[Thunderstorm]

Cloak and Dagger.

[Alchemic_Spider]

are we voting on titles?

[Grayson]

1.) Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Written by Ed Brubaker
Art by Olivier Coipel

Cast: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Spider-Man, Giant Man, The Wasp, Hawkeye, The Black Panther, Ms. Marvel

Summary: Superheroes have been operating on Earth for several years now, whether they have been operating in secret or out in the open. However, these high profile individuals haven't had any reason to interact with each other. That all changes when Loki invades Midgard with an army of Asgardian warriors, outfitted with technology provided by Baron Zemo. Earth's heroes desperately attempt to stop the invasion but they can't put aside their differences and egos long enough to work together. Just as all hope seems lost, a symbol from the past emerges but can even Captain American assemble Earth's Mightiest Heroes?

[Grayson]

when u starting?

Now.

are we voting on titles?

I kinda of envisioned this as a first come, first serve sort of deal. That way, we don't get some idealistic version of this proposed "NuMarvel." It sort of plays out like the DCnU did. If you have any suggestions for somebody's proposed comic, please feel free to share it and that person can decide whether or not to incorporate the idea into their pitch.

Cloak and Dagger.

Fine with me, just give us a creative team, what cast you envision, and a brief summary of what your version of Cloak and Dagger would be about.

[e_galston]

Uncanny X-Men

Creative Team: Jason Aaron and the dodsons

cast: Storm, Wolverine, Phoenix (Jean Grey), Rogue, Gambit, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Dazzler

Basic Premise: Mutants are back to being the next step in human evolution, and feared and hated. These are the mutants who are out in the world, saving a world that fears and hates them.

[Pecs]

3. X-Statix
Writer: Joe Kelly
Artwork: Adrian Alphona

As superhero teams, especially mutant ones including the likes of the X-Men, gain more media attention, one band of mutants decides to take advantage of all this newfound coverage. But why? To promote peaceful mutant-human relations? Nope. To inspire more mutants to use their powers for the greater good? Nope. To get rich and fulfill their own selfish interests? Yep! Brought together by an MTV producer to create a hit reality TV show highlighting the reallife adventures of a group of mutant superheroes, X-Statix are one of the most oddball supergroups ever assembled. Infights and drama fill their timeslots (and their pages) just as much as fights with baddies, and their stuck-up, wanna-be-rich roster includes:

- Pansy turned leader Mr. Sensitive, a purple-skinned orphan who receives no support from any of the teammembers that he is supposed to lead,
- El Guapo, a young superskater who hopes that being on the show will spike his popularity and help launch his desired career as the mutant Tony Hawk,
- Phat, a chubby gay internet porn star who can also alter his body to perform in twink scenes,
- His furry lover Vivisector, a poor man's purple Hank McCoy, and the only half-sane member of the group. He serves as a voice of reason against obnoxious teammembers such as
- Princess Diana, a former British royalty who was outraged when her return from the dead brought nothing but 15 minutes of briefly renewed fame,
- Dead Girl, the necrophiliac’s wet dream clad with little but skull attire upon her rotting flesh, and who leaves the team after a violent serious of catfights with Diana and is determined to earn a spot amongst the Avengers,
- and Doop, the lovable silent green mascot of America's new favorite reality TV show!

Can these crude and crass mutants get their acts together in time to stop some actual supervillains? Or will they kill each other before even getting this month’s paychecks?

[Alchemic_Spider]

4) Captain Marvel
Written by: Craig Kyle and Chris Yost
Art by Paco Medina

Cast: Mar-vell(Dr. Philip Lawson), Genis-Vell (Jin Lawson), Phyla-Vell. (Phyllis Lawson),
Supporting Cast: Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Abigail Brand, SHIELD, SWORD

Premise: The idea of life on other worlds has always been science fiction to the people of Earth, but the truth is some alien civilizations have been here before and still reside here.
Years ago Captain Mar-vell of the Kree empire was sent to Earth to begin phase one of the Kree invasion by infiltrating one of the worlds dominantly militaries .. Fortunately for humanity Mar-vell disobeyed his orders and fell in love with the culture, marrying a human and fathering twins. Not forgetting what was on the horizon for earth Mar-vell began working with US government creating new technology to help with the impending invasion.

Fast forward 15 years later Mar-vell is attacked by a Kree sentry robot. Beaten and broken he hands over his negabands to his son Jin and with his dying breathe tells him to survive. After donning the negabands Jin is enveloped in a Kree battlesuit. Being mistaken by the damaged sentry as his father...Jin takes the name of Captain Marvel and vows to avenge his fathers death and repel the kree invasion.

Some plot points in the series will be...

Jin and Phylis discovering their new alien identities and powers.
Shield constantly keeping watch on Jin believing that a kid shouldn't have possession of technology so powerful.
DARPA taking possession of Mar-vell's body for studying as well as wanting to reverse engineer negabands of their own.
A mix of earth and space adventures.
Jin goes missing and Phyllis taking over the identity of the Captain marvel identity for some time.
A mix of earth and space based adventures featuring variety of alien civilizations from the Marvel Universe.
Kree-Skull war!
The final run of the series would conclude with Jin returning as Marvel to lead a unified front of alien civilizations against The Celestials - an ancient civilization that has suddenly reappeared looking to exterminate life itself. Possible spin off could include the Guardians of the Galaxy.

[sdsichero]

Guardians of the Galaxy
Writers: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
Artist: Paul Pelletier

A signal comes from a rift in space, a key to a missing comrade or the coming of a new threat? How about both? And more... The remnants of the Guardians of the Galaxy team up with the Annihilators to investigate this mystery, when space opens up and swallows most of them whole! What has become of our heroes? Who is left behind to protect us? Who are the Myndai and why should we be scared? And my do space bugs grow up fast!

[HNutz]

6) Strange Tales

Paul Cornell/Leonard Kirk (the team behind Captain Britain & MI:13)

Starring: Werewolf By Night, Doctor Voodoo, Ulysses and Elisa Bloodstone, Blade, Hellstrom (rotating)

It's more of an anthology series. It might focus on Werewolf By Night for a few issues doing his Bill Bixby/Incredible Hulk/The Fugitive thing for one arc, and then over to Blade fighting vamps in New York or Damian Hellstrom and his deal with the devil or Doctor Voodoo. Maybe there's a WWII era story with Ulysses Bloodstone (as the MU's Indiana Jones) or a Crusades era story with a Black Knight predecessor. Because of the nature of this book and everything, characters could be killed off and stay dead. Or they could meet and go their separate ways. They don't have to be buddy-buddy with everybody they come across. The lack of a "main character" could mean that anyone who appears is fair game. Or maybe they're killed and possessed. But eventually some of them would start working together, even if they're not quite a "team"...

And, of course, it's all building towards something.

[Dragavon]

7. Amazing Spider-Man
Writer: Mark Waid
Artist: Andrea DiVito

Why have Cobra and the other 17 members of the Serpent Squad targeted Spider-Man? Does it have anything to do with the rumored Serpent Crown that is up for auction by The Owl? Why are people so intent in disturbing the grave of Peter's Aunt May? And what does Peter Parker's girlfriend Jessica Drew have to do with any of this?

Find out the answers to these questions twice a month from Marvel, the greatest comic company in the universe!

[sdsichero]

The Initiative
Writers: Rotating team of writers including Christos Gage, Fred Van Lente and others
Artists: Various

From the embers of the Avengers Initiative, heroes were forged and enemies created. What gives someone the initiative to put on a costume and do good or bad? Focusing on the guys who don't get all the glory, Initiative is the place for B, C, and D list heroes and villains get the spotlight. Each issue will feature two stories, one on a "good" guy or team and the other on a "bad" guy or team. Stories can be done in half, small arcs or some crossing over stories. Marvel has thousands of characters, this is a place to see the lesser known guys shine. Many of these issues will have Marvel Handbook style entries for the characters involved.

[sdsichero]

Marvel Stars
Writers: Chris Eliopoulos, Alex Zalben, Chris Giarrusso, Audrey Loeb, Ryan Dunlavey, Roger Langridge, and Various
Artists: Ig Guara, Gurihiru, Chris Giarrusso, Ryan Dunlavey, Roger Langridge, and Various

Pet Avengers! Power Pack! Mini-Marvels! Mini-Hulks! MODOK! And Magical Crossovers? All ages fun will be had in this feature packed and conveniently manga-sized comic. Each month fans will be greeted by tons of fun, adventure and comedy! Also in each issue, Man-Thing's powers have gone awry, opening portals to other realities. Thrill as he sends his friends on journeys into other magical realms! Howard the Duck trapped in a world he never created? Duckburg? Jack Jack captured by the villanous Doctor Doom?!

[Doc Jon]

Well, the above Uncanny idea takes away my premise.

My book would be Wolverine: Weapon X

Writer: Christ Yost
Artist: Barry Windsor Smith

Story: Mutants are feared and hated and hunted. And the greatest of these hunters is the Wolverine. Part of the black bag project known as Weapon X, Wolverine hunts mutants for the government, "retiring" them before they can ever pose a threat to society. WIth other members such as Deadpool, Sabretooth, Maverick, Wraith, and Phantomex, mutants will never have a chance to usurp humanity. And now with other non-mutant superheroes emerging, the Weapon X program gears up for a war against all costumed heroes. But is Wolverine having second thoughts about his role, and how will the mission to take down the X-men and a certain red-headed psychic change things forever?