Brevoort asks the crowd what they think the "
Defend" teaser was promoting: It's "Iron Patriot," written by Ales Kot and illustrated by Garry Brown, and starting in March 2014. The announcement gets a loud reaction. "Rhodey's been a Secret Avenger, he's done a lot of global special ops missions, and he gets fed up with it." The series is about James Rhodes becoming his own man, away from Iron Man, Paniccia says.
Next announcement, tied to the "
Overdrive" teaser: "Ghost Rider," starting in March 2014 from writer Felipe Smith and artist Tradd Moore; getting another warm reaction. Paniccia says there's not much he can say about it at this point, but it's completely different take on the character than what fans have seen before.
Paying off the "
Rad!" teaser, it's, as expected, promoting "Silver Surfer" from Dan Slott and artist Mike Allred, also starting in March 2014. Crowd is pleased. "When I was growing up, the first superhero comic I ever read was 'The Galactus Trilogy," Slott said. "Surfer's like the first Marvel hero I ever met."
Slott says there's a "girl involved" in the story, and that he conceived the book with Allred in mind, even though at the time the artist was committed to "FF." "When we give Mike the first plot, he read it, and said, 'Did you write this for me?'" Slott says Allred may be the first "Silver Surfer" artist who actually is a surfer.
Silver Surfer's going to meet a kindred spirit in a woman from Earth, Slott says. "You're going to find out that the universe is more fun when you see it with someone," the writer continues.
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