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this weeks Avengers: No Road Home we already know that Conan the Barbarian will
join the Avengers in the limited series but he’s not done with them yet. He will
be a member of the new series Savage Avengers from Gerry Duggan and Mike Deodato.
Duggan told EW, "This is an unsanctioned team of heroes. It has to be something
that visually makes sense to you, and I think it does. Mike Deodato Jr. is
illustrating this book in both worlds. We envisioned a threat, a magical green
zone where the evil wizards of Conan’s world are trading spells with the Hand in
Japan. Conan is on a very Conan-like mission; he’s heard a tale of an amulet so
he’s chasing it, and the evil magic sorcerers are doing something that would be
a Marvel Avengers problem. It feels like we have found some very fertile ground
that is a Venn diagram between those two worlds." The first arc will take the
team to the Savage Land: "The Marvel heroes have not quite seen the likes of
Conan before, but when you turn it around and look at Conan viewing this, he’s
very skeptical of a lot of it because he’s so magic-averse. His interpretation
of the Venom symbiote, when he first sees it, is that it must be an evil genie.
There’s real fun to be had there. At one point Conan believes that Logan hails
from somewhere called Pabst, and that’s a well-earned miscommunication. That’s
where a lot of fun comes from. Conan is a fish out of water, but everyone will
come to respect the skills they’re all bringing to the fight." The roster
includes Wolverine, Elektra, Punisher and Venom. Deodado will only draw the
first arc of the series since he has decided to not renew his Marvel exclusive
and just do creator owned projects.
It all begins with the five issue mini-series SAVAGE AVENGERS #1 which ships with
two standard covers and is currently scheduled to arrive on New Comic
Wednesday-050119 with a $4.99 cover price. As always it will be
Alternate Reality "1st Day Sale" priced at 25% OFF ($3.75!) on
the 1st and 15% OFF for the rest of its first week of release ($4.24!) while
supplies last.
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