Marvel announces Avengers: No Road Home for February 2019

[Dermie]

Yeah, main cast, as you say, is Spectrum, Hawkeye I, Hercules, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hulk, Rocket, Voyager, and later addition Conan. We've also seen cameos from Toni Ho and Blue Marvel.

And Ares, in flashback.

[legion_quest]

No. The main cast is Spectrum, Hawkeye, Hercules, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hulk, Voyager and Rocket Raccoon. We've had a couple of small guest spots and cameos by other members in the first issue or two, and maybe we'll see more later on--but so far Miguel has not been one of them.

Well, that sucks.

[Witchfan]

The first issue was in the top ten in sales

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[EMPulse]

Alternate Cover to #9 below, the site has other alt covers if interested. https://westfieldcomics.com/comic-bo...alera/19020154

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[XPac]

And Ares, in flashback.

It's weird that Ares role is nothing but a flashback. If there was ever a story to bring him back into an Avengers book, it's this one.

[JudicatorPrime]

It's weird that Ares role is nothing but a flashback. If there was ever a story to bring him back into an Avengers book, it's this one.

Ares would have likely been on Olympus and present during Nyx's initial attack, wouldn't he? Maybe it's a good thing he wasn't there. Plus, with Hercules, Conan, and Hulk already in the cast, Ares would just be redundant in many ways.

[XPac]

Ares would have likely been on Olympus and present during Nyx's initial attack, wouldn't he? Maybe it's a good thing he wasn't there. Plus, with Hercules, Conan, and Hulk already in the cast, Ares would just be redundant in many ways.

Last we saw, I think he was a member of the Champions of Europe. So there's a descent chance that he like Hercules was on earth rather than on Olympus.

And powerwise he might be redundent. But given his entire family was slaughtered, there's a descent story to tell there if they wanted too.

[JudicatorPrime]

But given his entire family was slaughtered, there's a descent story to tell there if they wanted too.

Sure, if you're willing to also build in the necessary … aberrations ... that you'd need to keep him alive longer than a couple of panels. Nyx was clearly not taking any prisoners, given what just happened to Hercules. Knowing Ares' personality and temperament, you'd have to figure out a way to save him until the final battle. Maybe even have him be the life-spring from which all of the gods are resurrected. Kind of fitting, when you think about it.

[Dermie]

Last we saw, I think he was a member of the Champions of Europe. So there's a descent chance that he like Hercules was on earth rather than on Olympus.

Correct; he was last seen in U.S. AVENGERS with the Champions of Europe. He actually hasn't been on Olympus for quite a while--since his resurrection he's either been on Earth or Battleworld, and prior to his resurrection he was on Earth serving stints in Bendis' Mighty Avengers and then the Dark Avengers. And he was already living on Earth, raising his son, before Tony and Carol recruited him into the Avengers in the first place.

The other thing is that Ares has been mentioned in the solicits for one of the WAR OF THE REALMS tie-in books, so he may have been deliberately left out of this storyline since he needs to be alive to appear elsewhere in a month or two.

[Digifiend]

Besides, Conan does make him redundant.

[XPac]

Besides, Conan does make him redundant.

As least as far as power level and the scale of the threat, I think it's almost fairer to say Ares would make Conan redundent. Both can swing a sword at someone, but ones a god doing it while the other is just really tough human.

But I get your point.

[Digifiend]

Yeah, they're just too similar. And don't forget Conan's here for three reasons: one, Zub wanted to write him again (he's written him before for Dark Horse), two, he serves the time travel element of the plot, and three, it'll probably set up Savage Avengers.

[Digifiend]

Bleeding Cool have posted spoilers for tomorrow's issue. Poor Jericho...

[XPac]

Bleeding Cool have posted spoilers for tomorrow's issue. Poor Jericho...

What happens in the Hyborian age stays in the Hyborian age.

[Frontier]

Bleeding Cool have posted spoilers for tomorrow's issue. Poor Jericho...

I don't like the sound of this .