The two biggest franchises in comics history go to war! Tomorrow Marvel will start it's latest 'clash of the titans' and this year's summer spectacle, when the prologue issue #0 of their new limited hit series 'Avengers vs. X-men' (AvX) reaches comic shops everywhere!
'Avengers vs. X-Men' is a 12-issue series, written by Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction with art by John Romita Jr., Olivier Coipel and Adam Kubert and features a war between the New Avengers/Secret Avengers and the X-Men.
'Avengers vs. X-Men' starts with the Phoenix Force returning to Earth. It's looking for a new host who will possess all of its power, which may be the mutant teenager Hope Summers turning her into the 'Mutant Messiah'.
The X-Men, believing that the Phoenix's return means the re-emergence of the mutant species, are trying to protect and prepare Hope, while the Avengers, believing that the Phoenix's return means the destruction of the world, want to take her into protective custody before the Phoenix arrives.
In Marvel's legendary comic universe, 'The Phoenix' is among the most feared beings in all of existence. It is an immortal and mutable manifestation that has the power to cut and re-grow any part of the universe, as well as destroy it entirely, which is part of the Phoenix's purpose, to burn away the obsolete, known as 'The Judgment of the Phoenix'.
The character first appeared in 'Uncanny X-Men #101' (October 1976) and was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum. In their version, it took on the form of Jean Grey.
Below: artwork for the covers of the first two issues, hitting the stores on April 4th and 18th. 'Avengers vs. X-men' was preluded by the mini series 'Avengers: X-Sanction', which took off in February and the 'X-Men: Regenesis' storyline that ran through multiple comic titles from Marvel and began in October last year. It followed the earlier 5-part 'X-men: Schism' miniseries written by Jason Aaron.
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