Age of Marvels: New Universe Bullpen

[CaptCleghorn]

Fun promo picture. Feel free to point out my use of a similar shot for a cover this next month.

Scratch that idea. I'm eschewing the target guides and going near full ripoff on another cover.

[guanlishabi]

Now that everybody has taken a little time to be tantalized by that teaser, time for the reveal!

Spinning out of upcoming issues No More Thunderbolts, the Age of Marvels will be rocked by...

That cover rocks.

[guanlishabi]

Your comments and my recent discovery of an AI art generator app have led me to this...

Upcoming one-shot?

Is it also luminous at night then? Being radioactive and all.

[Exciter]

Is it also luminous at night then? Being radioactive and all.

No black light required!

[CaptCleghorn]

FF, Spidey, and Spidey Annual will be in, if not tonight, then definitely by tomorrow (2 Nov 2022)

[Exciter]

Sales totals for last month are up!

New solicitations and point adjustments coming soon!


If you haven't sent in your solicitations yet, get on that!

[Exciter]

New solicitations are up!

Registers are open! Buy now!!!

[CaptCleghorn]

If you haven't sent in your solicitations yet, get on that!

Yes, sir. All in.

[Exciter]

Reward Points update!

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

Remember, you will get:
*1 point for turning your monthly solicitation for the title in on time
*1 point to each title you plot when you make your monthly purchases
*2 points for being the highest selling title that month.

Other adjustments:


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MISTRESS OF KUNG FU


NEW ANNIHILATORS
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Who wants to volunteer for a month to plot our rotating title, AMAZING FANTASY? It is about any outside property Marvel has ever licensed!

AMAZING FANTASY SCHEDULE
Next Month: Marvell2100
Then: Marvell2100
Then: Marvell2100
Then: Marvell2100
Then: Marvell2100
Then: Marvell2100
Then: Marvell2100
Then: Marvell2100
Then: Marvell2100
Then: Marvell2100
Then: Marvell2100
Then: ???
Future volunteers accepted!

[Exciter]

Next month’s solicitations will be posted in the month of December. You know what that means, right?

AGE OF MARVELS HOLIDAY SPECIAL #4!

That’s right! As in the past, it will be an anthology one-shot of various stories from our characters with a holiday theme - Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, Pancha Ganapati, Bodhi Day, Boxing Day, Yule, Saturnalia, Festivus, the New Year, and whatever else! If you would like to participate (no pressure, no pressure), send in a short solicitation for inclusion in the book - and since it’s a holiday, you can go crazy! In-continuity, out of continuity, it’s a celebration! And in the spirit of giving, all participants will get an extra reward point for their main titles! Ho ho ho!!!

[CaptCleghorn]

Mistress of Kung Fu uses points to gain Jean-Paul Beaubier and Jeanne-Marie Beaubier aka Northstar and Aurora to its ranks. It also spend its last four point to swap out Jeryn Hogarth for Andreas Von Strucker.

Actually since MOKF only has 16 points, a better use would be to use 4 points each to get both Struckers and both Beaubiers.

Jeryn Hogarth
Jeri Hogarth
Taskmaster
Anastasia Kravinoff

shall be traded off to get the two sets of twins.

I hope this is not too troublesome, but Shen Qi needs to find some bargains.

[Exciter]

Mistress of Kung Fu uses points to gain Jean-Paul Beaubier and Jeanne-Marie Beaubier aka Northstar and Aurora to its ranks. It also spend its last four point to swap out Jeryn Hogarth for Andreas Von Strucker.

Consider it done!

[Exciter]

Actually since MOKF only has 16 points, a better use would be to use 4 points each to get both Struckers and both Beaubiers.

Jeryn Hogarth
Jeri Hogarth
Taskmaster
Anastasia Kravinoff

shall be traded off to get the two sets of twins.

I hope this is not too troublesome, but Shen Qi needs to find some bargains.

I respect this bargain hunting. Done!

[H-E-D]

Spinning out of upcoming issues No More Thunderbolts, the Age of Marvels will be rocked by...

Finally, details!

Welcome to WORLD WAR ZEMO!

In the last issue of THUNDERBOLTS, Helmut Zemo was appointed to the position of United States Secretary of Defense. Since then, he’s hounded his former underlings in the pages of NO MORE THUNDERBOLTS. That title has seen the Thunderbolts scatter across the globe, hoping to avoid his reach.

That won’t be enough.

Using the mind-control techniques of Doctor Faustus, Defense Secretary Zemo is about to have POTUS and the rest of the Executive Branch under his thumb! While he puts into place a full-scale white nationalist takeover domestically, his first international priority is to demonstrate that he is not to be defied. Not only is Zemo eager to utilize the full might of the US military-industrial complex, but he also commands the REDEEMERS, a personal superhuman brigade with an ever-growing line-up! When the nations of the world refuse to extradite the former Thunderbolts, Zemo declares war!


The following nations will be under attack:
MADRIPOOR.
SHARZHAD.
ATLANTIS.
VANAHEIM.
The UNITED STATES itself, as Zemo clamps down at home!

As you can tell, Zemo is a belligerent type. If you want him to invade another country in your book, let me know – I’m sure we can figure out a reason for it!

TL;DR: After subjugating the US government, Baron Zemo plunges the world into war! Whether as part of the resistance in the USA or in defense of an invaded nation, your characters can fight the superpowered REDEEMERS, the US military itself, or (for the less savory types) exploit the chaos!


Rules

The story will be told in a Four-Issue Event Miniseries called WORLD WAR ZEMO, where the primary story will unfold. 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 World War Zemo. The solicitation would look like “BOOK X #24 *World War Zemo 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, looking something like “CHARACTER X: WORLD WAR ZEMO #1.” Normal miniseries rules will apply, with the book able to independently earn reward points through the normal ways. Those points will revert to the parent title when the miniseries ends (or, if it's a one-shot, the next month).

(3) You can do both those things.

Remember that the main story will unfold in the WORLD WAR ZEMO book, so instead focus on what your characters are doing in the midst of this event.

Other Books

There will also be a companion anthology miniseries in the spirit of NEGATION: THE HOME FRONT and FEAR ITSELF: TALES OF SUSPENSE: WORLD WAR ZEMO: ON THE BATTLEFIELD. This is for other short stories you may want to tell about your characters during the event. Anyone who wants to contribute to this is welcome.

I’m still ironing out the details, but I’m personally planning for two tie-in miniseries from my own books: ATLANTIS ATTACKED, from Crossgenesis, and X-MEN: SILVER, from Spellbound. Details forthcoming… once I have made them up.

Additional characters reserved for the WORLD WAR ZEMO event series:

Zemo’s Compatriots
1. Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff), White House Chief Strategist
2. Wolfgang von Strucker, Secretary of Homeland Security
3. Doctor Arnim Zola, Secretary of Health and Human Services
4. Tadzio de Santis, White House Press Secretary
5. Swarm (Fritz von Meyer), Secretary of Agriculture
6. Kraken (Daniel Whitehall), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
7. Werner von Strucker, Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Cameron Hodge, Secretary of the Department of Mutant Affairs
Other
8. Mogul of the Mystic Mountain
Even More REDEEMERS
9. Halation / Living Laser (Arthur Parks)
10. Green Widow / Scorpion (Carmilla Black)
11. Wasp / Locust (August Hopper)
12. The Builders / The Wrecking Crew
13. The Fantastic Force / The U-Foes

[H-E-D]

For convenience’s sake, I thought I’d re-list the Redeemers for you!

It’s a motley crew of most D-to-Z-Listers, in the tradition of some iterations of the Masters of Evil, the Hood's Gang... you get the picture. As long-running Thunderbolts characters, I'll be holding on tightly to Moonstone and Carnage (though, if Venom wants to borrow Carnage, I'm sure something can be arranged), but aside from that, help yourselves! They're the official mooks of the event, and I'm not personally too invested in the continuity of their particular whereabouts at any given moment.

If you want to add anybody else to the list, feel free! Whether it’s somebody already in your cast looking for a morally-compromised payday, or you use the mini-series to fish out your favorite nobodies, the Redeemers are hiring!

And please, feel free to flex your Dark Avengers impulses and give them a heroic cover identity. Zemo is covering any legal fees for copyright disputes.

1. Warbird / Moonstone (Karla Sofen) [reserved]
2. Scarlet Spider / Agent Carnage (Cletus Kasady) [reserved]
3. Atlas / Antlion (Erik Josten)
4. Mach-X / Beetle (Abner Jenkins)
5. Techno / Centurius (Noah Black)
6. Skein / Sybarite (Sybil Dvorak)
7. Paladin / Satánica
8. Whizzer / Speed Demon (James Sanders)
9. Brawn / Axum (Daniel Broughton)
10. Halation / Living Laser (Arthur Parks)
11. Green Widow / Scorpion (Carmilla Black)
12. Wasp / Locust (August Hopper)
13. The Builders / The Wrecking Crew
    1. Builder / Wrecker
    2. Renovator / Bulldozer
    3. Foundation / Piledriver
    4. Surveyor / Demolisher
14. The Fantastic Force / The U-Foes
    1. Wind Dancer / Vapor
    2. Silver Centurion / Ironclad
    3. Spectrum / X-Ray
    4. Hellion / Vector
15. Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss)
16. Mako
17. Doctor Hydro (Herman Frayne)
18. Star Splendor/Una-Rogg
19. Gravity/Blacksun (Thomas Lightner)
20. Captain Glory/Captain Atlas (Att-Las)
21. Captain Marvel/Dr. Minerva (Minn-Erva)