Cosmic Characters Make Come Back for 2001!
Written by James "Marvelite"
Pedrick
Added March 30, 2001
BOTH THANOS AND GALACTUS
MAKING RETURNS!
Thanos
and Galactus are coming back to the forefront of Marvel Comics. Thanos
will be starring in around seventeen issues over the next two years. His
first return is underway now in the pages of Captain Marvel, beginning with
issue #17 where he begins guest-starring alongside Thor. He then
stars in issues #18-19 as well. Two of the three issues will be penciled
by creator Jim Starlin, while the entire story is written by Peter David.
Thanos will next star in an eight issue mini-series titled Celestial Quest by
former Silver Surfer scribe Steve Englehart. The mini-series will feature
Mantis vs. Thanos, with Silver Surfer and many Avengers joining Mantis' side in
battle. Jim Starlin will then return to his character in a new six issue
mini-series titled Infinity Abyss, which will be written and drawn by Jim
Starlin. The mini-series will star Thanos, Warlock, Captain Marvel,
Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Gamora, Pip, and Moondragon. More issues on all
of Thanos' appearances below.
Galactus, meanwhile, will be
returning from the dead in the pages of Fantastic Four. No details have
been released except that Carlos Pacheco and company will be bringing the Big G
back to life. There are currently no plans for Louise Simonson's sequel to
Galactus: The Devourer.
Below are the preview texts provided
by Marvel Comics for Captain Marvel #17-19:
Captain Marvel #17: The mad
Titan calls upon Captain Marvel -- and special guest-star Thor -- to undertake a
life-threatening mission! But why would Genis and the thunder god agree to work
for the fiend who almost obliterated the universe? And will it be Rick Jones'
life that's forever changed? (Cover for Captain Marvel #17 seen above.)
Captain
Marvel #18: No joke. No lie. We're not kidding around. This two-part story
climaxes the battle pitting the unlikely alliance of Captain Marvel, Thor and
Thanos against the death god known as Walker -- and features the most shocking
development in the lives of Rick Jones and Marlo ever! We ask, we beg, we
plead...do not reveal this issue's twist ending, which both ties in to Avengers
Forever and also will set a major new storyline into motion! (Cover for
Captain Marvel #18 seen to the right.)
Captain Marvel #19:
Guest-starring Thor and Thanos! Due to the staggering events of last issue,
Genis finds himself moving through his own future lifetime, experiencing events
that have yet to be! Can he return to his own era? And what has happened to Rick
Jones? "Book of the Month: Captain Marvel. Funnyman Peter David turns a
rookie cosmic super hero and a professional sidekick into the odd couple of
comics." - Wizard
Thanos will the be popping up again
in a new eight issue mini-series starring Mantis titled Celestial Quest.
Comics Continuum reported the following about the project. They also
provided a sketch of Mantis below. Click on the picture for a larger copy.
Steve
Englehart, writer of the upcoming Celestial Quest mini-series from Marvel
Comics, told The Continuum that it has a new launch date and an artist.
"First, the book has been moved back to a
September launch date," Englehart told The Continuum. "It's got
something to do with Marvel's internal scheduling - nothing to do with the
artist or me, who are well along at this point.
"Second, the artist is Jorge Santamarķa, a
Spaniard who did Wolverine 2000. As it happens, I speak Spanish, so even though
I write the plots in English, we end up discussing everything in Spanish
eventually -- Jorge speaks English to a degree, but I speak Spanish better. Tom
(Brevoort, editor) also speaks Spanish to some degree - I don't actually know
how well - but one way or another we're all on the same page. Who says the
Internet doesn't make the world smaller?
"The series, amazingly enough, is Mantis vs.
Thanos - which is to say, we watch each side of the conflict as it builds toward
its 8th-issue climax. It's not all about Mantis with an occasional foray by the
villain; each half of this equation has a story to be told. I'm naturally trying
to fix all the things that have gone wrong for Mantis since the Celestial
Madonna saga, and finding that I really like her as a character - and really
regretting that it's taken this long to get back to her with a free hand. On the
other hand, I'm determined to do a Thanos worthy of the name - doing something
he hasn't done before.
"Of course, Mantis and Thanos aren't alone
in this thing. She's got a small group of Avengers on her side: Thor, Vision,
Wanda, and Silverclaw. They're joined by Haywire of the Squadron Supreme and the
Silver Surfer. Thanos has his relationship with Death going on, and makes use of
my old pal Cap'n Reptyl, leader of the Saurian space pirates. Haywire is hoping
he can get Death to give him back his dead girlfriend, but he's got several
surprises coming. Then there's Mantis's son - born just six years ago, Marvel
time - when the Madonna series took place, of course - but already grown to
adolescence, being half-plant. His name's Quoi, short for Sequoia, our noblest
tree.
"And yes, Mantis and Vision get it on."
Fandom
provided the following information about The Infinity Abyss. Click on the
picture for larger copy.
Entitled The Infinity Abyss, as the title suggests it
follows up on the Starlin-written Infinity Gauntlet, Wars and Crusade
mini-series from the 90`s.
Starlin told Newsarama the series will feature
"Thanos, Warlock, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Dr. Strange, Gamora,
Moondragon and Pip," and promised further details another time.
According to Tom Brevoort, though a "follow-up"
to those previous series, this new one will be completely self-contained from
first three and that it will premiere either late this year or early next,
partially to avoid overlap with Steve Englehart's summer debuting Celestial
Quest mini-series which also features Thanos.
Brevoort said he hopes any potential conflict between the
two stories will work themselves out.
"One of the reasons I'm not certain of the schedule
on this is that I don't think it's a good idea to have both this and Steve's
project coming out at the same time, so I'll want to arrange things so as to
stagger them," he said."
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