Age of Marvels: New Universe Bullpen

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Well worth the points. Please buy it.

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Grooooovy!

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Well worth the points. Please buy it.

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A no-prize to the first person who can explain the significance of a seemingly simplistic checkerboard pattern in a story that is going to be heavily Ditko-centric.

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Some of you might remember my old book, ALL-WINNERS SQUAD, which launched about four years ago and featured Donald Trump directing his own idiosyncratic team of superheroes to fight yuge enemies. Plotting that was a lot of fun, and with the upcoming election I’ve though about revisiting it. But then, wouldn’t it be fair that Joe Biden gets his own superteam as well?

Therefore, I’m going to cash in 12 points form the Mighty Thor for the “Minfinity Gauntlet” reward and launch a new miniseries…

All-WINNERS SQUAD vs. LIBERTY LEGION!

Full roster and creative team will be announced soon, though I’m going to reserve the character of the Grandmaster for now.

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Some of you might remember my old book, ALL-WINNERS SQUAD, which launched about four years ago and featured Donald Trump directing his own idiosyncratic team of superheroes to fight yuge enemies. Plotting that was a lot of fun, and with the upcoming election I’ve though about revisiting it. But then, wouldn’t it be fair that Joe Biden gets his own superteam as well?

Therefore, I’m going to cash in 12 points form the Mighty Thor for the “Minfinity Gauntlet” reward and launch a new miniseries…

All-WINNERS SQUAD vs. LIBERTY LEGION!

Full roster and creative team will be announced soon, though I’m going to reserve the character of the Grandmaster for now.

Looks like an interesting read. I shall allow Senator Susan Storm to be selected, should you wish.

[Exciter]

Looks like an interesting read. I shall allow Senator Susan Storm to be selected, should you wish.

Excellent offer! She just might make an appearance!

[Exciter]

Here's the final miniseries info:

All-WINNERS SQUAD vs. LIBERTY LEGION
Plotter: Exciter
Writer: Joe Kelly
Artist: Ryan Ottley
Concept/premise: Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s hand-picked super-teams clash in a four-issue contest of champions!
Starring:
1. U.S. Agent (John Walker)
2. Punisher 2099 (Jake Gallows)
3. Silver Sable (Silver Sablinova)
4. Yellowjacket (Darren Cross)
5. Maria Hill
6. Wonder Man (Simon Williams)
7. Werewolf by Night (Jack Russell)
8. Harry Osborn
Antagonists: (9) The Grandmaster

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Some of you might remember my old book, ALL-WINNERS SQUAD, which launched about four years ago and featured Donald Trump directing his own idiosyncratic team of superheroes to fight yuge enemies. Plotting that was a lot of fun, and with the upcoming election I’ve though about revisiting it. But then, wouldn’t it be fair that Joe Biden gets his own superteam as well?

Therefore, I’m going to cash in 12 points form the Mighty Thor for the “Minfinity Gauntlet” reward and launch a new miniseries…

All-WINNERS SQUAD vs. LIBERTY LEGION!

Full roster and creative team will be announced soon, though I’m going to reserve the character of the Grandmaster for now.

Looks excellent! I think you need a Third Party to represent Bernie Sanders. The Socialist Squadron Supreme!

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Last day of April, plotters - get next month's solicitations in ASAP! Don't leave points on the table!

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Last day of April, plotters - get next month's solicitations in ASAP! Don't leave points on the table!

Oh, crap! That 30 day thing!

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Oh, crap! That 30 day thing!

FF, AF, SOD, and a story for the Quarantine Special are in. There will be versions of SOD on both DC and Marvel pages, but it is the same book.

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Sales totals are up!

AoA continues to dominate, with a great showing by the Quarantine Special (a captive audience?)!

Reward points adjustments will be posted soon, as will this month's ALL NEW solicitations!

Thanks to everyone who participated.

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This month's solicitations are up!

Registers are open! In addition to our normal excellent adventures, there are some exciting new miniseries debuts and of course the who-knows-how-long-it-will-last quarantine special! So check 'em out!







Reward Points update!

Here is the current official reward points tally. Consider this your punch card, plotters!


AGENTS OF A.R.C.A.N.A.
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All-WINNERS SQUAD vs. LIBERTY LEGION
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AMAZING FANTASY
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ASTONISHING ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
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BLACK PANTHER: KING OF WAKANDA
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CAPTAIN AMERICA
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DAREDEVIL
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FANTASTIC FOUR
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THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
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MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL
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MOON KNIGHT
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THE MIGHTY THOR
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RUNAWAYS
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SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK
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SONS OF DITKO #1
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SORCERERS OF THE STARS
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THE ULTIMATES
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UNCANNY X-MEN
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I wanted to throw kudos out to those who do covers and artwork for the line. I look at them and get a shot of inspiration. But others' work is great and I want to thank you all for taking the time and effort to share your creativity with the rest of us.

[Exciter]

Okay, so I’m going to make a big twenty-point cash-in from THE MIGHTY THOR for the “To me, my Plotters!” reward! This will result in a “line-wide event” book where plotters of other books have the option of tying in!

This will be our first line-wide event since the relaunch and I’m hoping it will be a special one. I’d like to invite all plotters to participate.
Are you ready… for CIVIL WAR?!?

This is CIVIL WAR, AOM style! Captain America on one side. Thor on the other. Whose side are you on?

If you’ve been following THE MIGHTY THOR, you know that there’s been a huge war within the Nine Realms for most of the series. Lady Freyja, Thor’s mother, stabbed her husband at Thor’s wedding and facilitated an invasion of Asgard. Odin’s loyalists were forced from the Realm. Meanwhile, the United States, due in part to the influence of General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, had already declared war on Asgard after Thor attacked a military outpost to liberate the Hulk. Their mutual enemies led the United States of America to form an alliance with Freyja and support her side in the so-called Götterdämmerung War. They were winning, but ever since a wounded Odin passed the crown to his son, Thor has reorganized his armies and is striking back at the enemies of Asgard in what has come to be known as the Járngreipr Offensive! The problem is… one of those enemies is now the U.S.A! Thor is preparing to attack America and Captain America won’t let anyone, even a friend, bring war to his shores or threaten the lives of American soldiers for any reason!

The Sides of the Civil War:

THOR
The Asgardian Aesir – Royalty in exile, led by King Thor.
The Frost Giants of Jotunheim, led by Loki.
The Dwarves of the three surviving Kingdoms of Nidavelir, led by Norðri, Suðri, and Austri.
The Light Elves of Alfheim, led by Queen Aelsa Featherwine.
The Rock Trolls, led by Ulik.

CAPTAIN AMERICA
The Vanir of Vanaheim, led by Queen Freyja and her son Balder the Brave, who now occupy a conquered Asgard.
The United States of America, perhaps the strongest nation on Midgard and allies of Vanaheim, led militarily by General “Thunderbolt” Ross.
The undead Draugr of Niffleheim, led by Frey, who in life was Freyja’s father and ruler of Vanaheim.
The Dark Elves of Svartalfheim, led by the twin assassins Illska and Sārga after Malekith’s death.
The fire demons of Musphelheim, led by Aldrnari the Incinerator.


TL;DR: America allied with Asgard’s enemies, so Thor and his armies are invading America! Captain America and the U.S. military are fighting back! Your characters can fight elves or dwarves or undead gods!



Rules

The story will be told in a Four-Issue Event Miniseries called CIVIL WAR plotted by me. This will be where the primary story unfolds. During that time, all other plotters are invited to tie-in with their own books. This can be accomplished in the following ways:

(1) Directly. Your book’s monthly solicitation can tie-in to the events of Civil War. The solicitation would look like “BOOK X #18 *Civil War Tie-In*.” All plotters who do this will get one extra reward point for their book.

(2) Stand Alone Tie-Ins. If you don’t want to interrupt the flow of your normal series, you can do a tie-in mini-series (or one shot) of your own. It would be a separate, and second, solicitation submitted using characters you already control and would look like “CHARACTER X: CIVIL WAR #1.” Normal miniseries rules will apply, with the book able to independently earn reward points through the normal ways. Those points will go to the normal title when the miniseries ends (or, if it's a one-shot, the next month).

(3) You can do both those things.


Of course, you don’t have to participate at all if you don’t want to. But, c’mon, it’ll be fun!

You probably know how real Marvel tie-ins work, and I encourage creativity, but remember that the main story will unfold in the CIVIL WAR book itself. So don’t kill Thor or Cap or end the war in your tie-in but instead focus on what your characters are doing in the midst of this event. Best practice would be to run a brief pitch by me for proposed stories so we can coordinate continuity!

I hope everyone is looking forward to and will get hyped for this!




Now, the question I have, if you’re interested: Should the tie-ins start next month? Or should I launch issue #1 of Civil War next month and let the tie-ins start the month after? If you prefer to start next month, should I put an advance preview of issue #1 in this thread so people know exactly what's happening?

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Oooh! TEAM THOR!!!

I'm all for starting next month/June.