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NYCC | Is the Human Torch joining the Secret Avengers?

by JK Parkin | October 17, 2011 @ 2:02 PM | 16 Comments |

Secret Avengers

Marvel.com has posted an interview with Rick Remender about his upcoming run with Gabriel Hardman on Secret Avengers, and a piece of promotional artwork reveals a potentially different roster for the team — one that includes the Human Torch and Venom.

Over the weekend, Marvel announced the new creative team and shared a promotional piece by drawn by Art Adams (the book’s cover artist, according to the Marvel feature). It showed new team member Captain Britain, the team’s new leader, Hawkeye, as well as Hank Pym and other current members of the team. Hank Pym doesn’t appear on the promo art from Marvel’s site, but Venom and the Human Torch do. Or a Human Torch, anyway; whether it’s a resurrected Johnny Storm, the WWII-era Torch he took his name from or, heck, even Toro is anybody’s guess at this point. But Marvel has teased the return of the Johnny Storm Human Torch already, so he seems like the likely suspect.

In the interview, Remender doesn’t talk much about the roster beyond Captain Britain and Hawkeye, but he does reveal that along with introducing a new Masters of Evil, he’s also revamping another classic Avengers villain as the team faces the Adaptoids — “sentient, hyper-evolved descendants of the original Super Adaptoid.”

Via Multiversity Comics

Tagged: Human Torch, New York Comic Con, rick remender, Secret Avengers

16 Comments

David

October 17, 2011 at 2:08 pm

A Torch without a face is the original Human Torch

adam

October 17, 2011 at 2:18 pm

Aren’t there like 2 or 3 torches though? Marvel has alot of clones and ripoff characters

Ryan

October 17, 2011 at 2:20 pm

Ah, so thosre are the people who were siloughetted. I’m thinking it’s the original. Marvel would probably let Hickman tease Johnny’s return if that was the case.

Lt

October 17, 2011 at 2:22 pm

Marvel did tease the original

Chris Jones

October 17, 2011 at 2:37 pm

THAT is a rad lineup. Here’s hoping it’s not still four bucks an issue!

Evan

October 17, 2011 at 2:50 pm

Its the original Torch. Remender said the story is all about Androids. He’s an Android.

Rob

October 17, 2011 at 3:15 pm

Yeah, the bit about Adaptoids has me thinking that the Human Torch is Jim Hammond. But part of me is hoping that it is Toro.

Ollywood

October 17, 2011 at 3:27 pm

“Hank Pym doesn’t appear on the promo art from Marvel’s site”

I’m not really up on what costume / identity Pym is using these days but isn’t Ant-man in the image? Is that not him? Also, why are they not using Captain Britain’s newer costume from MI13? I loathe that old one, it’s way too 80s for my liking.

Peter

October 17, 2011 at 3:43 pm

Does Marvel ever do something original,they throw a bunch of their regulars onto some kind of team with the names Avengers or X-Men attached to the tille and off they go…pathetic. Maybe Deadpool Avengers or Wolverine X-Men will be their next kick a the unoriginal can.

BTSMGL

October 18, 2011 at 6:06 am

“Hank Pym doesn’t appear on the promo art from Marvel’s site”

He’s on Hawkeye’s arrow in Adams’ piece, and behind Widow in Hardman’s on this page… or am I missing something?

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