Meet Doom’s Mightiest In April’s ‘Superior Avengers’
by Tony Thornley
It’s been a while Marvel has used Superior as an adjective for one of their series. This April, it returns, as part of One World Under Doom in Superior Avengers.
Of course Victor Von Doom would call any team of heroes he put together “Superior” but this group is particularly interesting. Written by Steve Foxe and drawn Luca Maresca, the upcoming six issue miniseries will see Doom task his son Kristoff Vernard with assembling the newest incarnation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Abomination, Doctor Octopus, Killmonger, Ghost, Malekith and Onslaught are familiar names. However, these are not the violent criminals we know by those names. Who are these would-be heroes and how did they become the Superior Avengers?
“Introducing any new character to the Marvel Universe — let alone an entire cast of them — is both an honor and no small terror, so when editor Wil Moss reached out about developing an intense, secretive team of Avengers for One World Under Doom, I knew I had to swing for the fences,” Foxe shared. “The Avengers that readers are going to meet here may have familiar names, but you’ll quickly come to learn why they consider themselves superior to other teams. This book features some of the most ruthless, wide-scale action I’ve ever written at Marvel, and I’m so thrilled to be telling this story alongside Luca Maresca. Luca nails both the subtler mind games at play in our story and the (sometimes literally) breakneck action.”
“Doctor Doom is one of my favorite villains, and I can’t wait for fans to learn the story of his new Avengers,” Maresca added. “In designing these characters, I tried to keep as many elements of their classic versions as possible. In clothing or equipment, they always have some reference to their source character. I was very excited to co-create new Marvel characters. Giving them a life and a new identity is something I love to do, and as the story progresses, I’m excited to peel back their layers, deepening them and baring their soul! Readers are in for some big surprises!”
Check out superstar RB Silva’s cover for the debut issue, as well as Maresca’s character designs. Superior Avengers #1 debuts April 16th from Marvel Comics.
