Fury Sr. is the Watcher, his son Nick Fury Jr. is just a random secret agent
I was gonna bring up the possibility of it being a black solidarity thing, but then you have Night Thrasher and White Tiger (at least I think that's White Tiger) all covered up from head to toe, so, yeah, I'm not sure what he was thinking there. It might end up being a Hannah Montana: The Movie scenario, in which he reveals his identity to Wakanda and everyone there unrealistically promises to keep it a secret from the rest of the world.
It's definitely from the BP book; Coates posted this on his IG and said so himself. It's from issue 23, btw. I'm really curious to see how much of Eli he'll be writing, since he wanted to write Josiah X for the BP & The Crew book but was told no at the time (probably because the ''ban'' was still on). Now he's finally writing a Bradley, so maybe he can do what he couldn't before.
And yeah, I agree that it's nice to see that Eli is still suiting up. I just hope that when he officially comes back in a YA book or as a part of the regular cast of any other book, he'll get a re-branding. I think it's time for him to grow past the Patriot identity.
I don’t expect Eli to do much, if only because Coates is wrapping things up at 25.
I am wondering if they've simply got rid of the other Patriot, Rayshaun Lucas. He was one of three Champions members who didn't show up in Outlawed #1, thus implying he's left the team. If the Marvel Rising cartoon has finished, then there's no longer a reason to push him - freeing up the Patriot name for Eli to regularly use again.
If Eli did change his codename, what would you have him rebrand to?
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I would not be shocked if Rayshaun just disappeared. It always seemed to me like he was created to replace Eli back when Marvel thought they wouldn't use him again. And now that they can do that, a lot of writers would probably just gravitate towards Eli more because he is more known/beloved. It's a pity, but it's just the way comic books go. Not every new character gets to stick around.
As for Eli getting a rebrand, I've said this before, but I think it would be interesting for him to go towards a more Nomad-like identity. Not necessarily calling or dressing himself exactly as the Nomad, but something that evokes a similar feeling of when Cap went Nomad. Something less idealistic and more rebellious. I think it would fit Eli a lot, specially during the current political times.
If we do get another Young Avengers book I kind of hope they go back to following the Legacies route.
I just hope the next YA book focuses on the underused members of the team, Tommy, and Eli both could be stars if given a chance to shine.
Should start out with the seven used for most of the first run and give the four not really used for the second each a staring arc before moving in newer characters, or have just those 4 and some newer characters join maybe younger heroes who haven't been given also a chance to shine.
Anyone else see today's report that Feige and Marvel Studios are searching for someone to write a YA Disney+ script?
Unsurprisingly, Kate will appear in America Chavez: MITUSA. I notice this new article describes the book as an ongoing now, even though they had previously reported that it was a mini. I wonder if that was a mistake or if something changed.
https://comicbook.com/marvel/2020/04...rt-first-look/
I just searched for this, fully expecting it to be some random rumor from We Got This Covered, but it turned out to be a scoop from a somewhat reliable source. This is exciting! Let's hope it's true and see what comes out of it.
I'm hoping they'll reach out to Allan Heinberg. I really wanted him to be the showrunner or writer for a YA show/movie, but I'm not sure if he can right now due to his commitment to Sandman. Can screenwriters even work at both DC and Marvel projects simultaneously? I'm not sure if there's some rule about that. Oh well, I would at least settle for him being a consultant or something.
Looks like they messed up. When they said ongoing, they linked to an older article that calls it a limited series.
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