Future Assemblers

Oh yeah. More Avengers books!

That’s Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers, written by Chris Eliopoulos and illustrated by Ed Guerra. Yup, anyone can be called Avengers now (I joked about the Cuddly Avengers and the sidekick cartoony characters a few posts back). Interestingly, there’s a new A-team again. The Pet Avengers, according to the Newsarama interview with the writer, will include Lockjaw, Lockheed, Redwing, Niels, a new Frog Thor, Zabu and Ms. Lion. I hope this’ll be as fun as it looks.

Also coming out in a couple of months is the miniseries Dark Reign: Young Avengers, where a new team takes the name, a la Norman Osborn’s crew in Dark Avengers. The original Young Avengers want the name back, of course, so expect the obligatory superbrawl. The new team’s roster includes Masters of Evil-esque characters like the Enchantress, Egghead, Melter, Coat of Arms, Executioner and Big Zero. It’s written by Paul Cornell (who, I just found out earlier, wrote a cool and touching Dr. Who 2-parter in season 3), and drawn by Mark Brooks.

I’m looking forward to these. Man, the Avengers expansion is starting to feel like the X-Men’s back in the ‘90s. But so far, it’s good to see the Avengers’ world growing.