L’évènement Secret Wars permettra au scénariste Kieron Gillen de retrouver la directrice Abigail Brand du S.W.O.R.D. (qu’il anima en 2009 dans la série éponyme) à travers la mini-série Siege.
Suite à la disparition de Nick Fury, Brand doit empêcher les créatures du sud de s’échapper en passant par le domaine du SHIELD. Comparant son équipe à la Garde de Nuit de l’univers Marvel, l’auteur convie à l’évènement quelques uns de ses favoris tels que Miss America Chalvez et « Lady » **Kate Bishop **(Young Avengers), Leah de Hel (Journey Into Mystery), Illyana Rasputin (chevauchant un Colossus en pleine bataille) ou encore l’infinité de Summers, les clones abandonnés du Baron Sinistre (Uncanny X-Men), ainsi que Ben Grimm, Kang et un Leonard De Vinci pourvu de quatre jambes et de quatre bras et connu sous le nom du Vitruvian Man.
Une véritable « Gillen fiesta » qui débutera en juin avec Filipe Andrade au dessin et James Stokoe en artiste invité. Il s’occupera des double-pages du premier numéro présentant les horreurs « au-delà du mur ».
[quote]This is about that type of heroism, but it’s also kind of my love song to the Marvel Universe and all its weird and obscure strangeness. I’ve sort of realized that I’m doing « Angela » with Marguerite and I’m doing so much with Darth Vader, and obviously I’ve got a lot of other stuff on my plate. I’ve got three books coming out at Avatar at the moment, and I’ll have three books at Image this year as well. So I won’t have the time to do any more work, and after « Secret Wars » I won’t be doing as much as I have in the Marvel Universe for a while.
I’m not saying I’m never going to work in the Marvel Universe again, but I don’t have really anything planned and I won’t have time to do anything until well into 2016. I might die before then! Or decide I don’t want to write comics! [Laughs] So I thought this would be a good time to have an end point on this period in the story of my career. If I never do another Marvel Universe story, this is me saying this place is great, here’s why I loved it, and I’m going to have some fun here. And if you ever liked any of my stories, I suspect you’ll have some fun too
I want to emphasize though that I’m not saying I’ll never do another Marvel Universe book again – just that I wanted to do a ceremonial ritualistic end to that who period of my writing. You can never be sure though can you? Especially since Jonathan is killing the whole fucking Marvel Universe. [Laughs][/quote]
[quote]Siege #1
Story by Kieron Gillen
Art by Filipe Andrade, James Stokoe, Jorge Coelho
Colors by Rachelle Rosenberg
Letters by VC - Clayton Cowles
Cover by W. Scott Forbes, Andrew Robinson, Bengal
Publisher Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Jul 15th, 2015
THEY CAN’T EVER WIN. THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO LOSE.
• THE SHIELD is the only thing that protects the more civilized areas of Battleworld from the ZOMBIE HORDES, DEATH MACHINES, AND ANNIHILATION WAVES.
• Anyone who annoys Doom gets sent to The Shield. Anyone who gets sent to the Shield deals with ABIGAIL BRAND.
• Miss America, Lady Katherine, Kang the Conqueror, Leah Shieldmen, the Endless Summers Company, Leonardo Da Vinci and a cast of thousands will fight to the death to keep Battleworld safe. But don’t worry, Kieron Gillen is writing this book, so I’m sure everything will end happily for everyone.
• “Imagine NextWave as a tragedy,” says Kieron, if anyone asks him about it.[/quote]
[quote]Siege #2
Story by Kieron Gillen
Art by Filipe Andrade, Yasmine Putri, Kyle Strahm
Colors by Rachelle Rosenberg
Cover by W. Scott Forbes
Publisher Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Aug 5th, 2015
THEY CAN’T EVER WIN. THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO LOSE.
• THE SHIELD is the only thing that protects the more civilized areas of Battleworld from the ZOMBIE HORDES, DEATH MACHINES, AND ANNIHILATION WAVES.
• Anyone who annoys Doom gets sent to The Shield. Anyone who gets sent to the Shield deals with ABIGAIL BRAND.
• Miss America, Lady Katherine, Kang the Conqueror, Leah Shieldmen, the Endless Summers Company, Leonardo Da Vinci and a cast of thousands will fight to the death to keep Battleworld safe. But don’t worry, Kieron Gillen is writing this book, so I’m sure everything will end happily for everyone.
• “Imagine NextWave as a tragedy,” says Kieron, if anyone asks him about it.[/quote]
[quote]Siege #3
Story by Kieron Gillen
Art by Filipe Andrade, Julian Totino Tedesco, Juan Jose Ryp
Colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, Andy Troy
Letters by VC - Clayton Cowles
Cover by W. Scott Forbes, Phil Noto
Publisher Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Sep 9th, 2015
AN ENEMY RISES! And this time…IT’S PERSONAL.
• The Shield is under siege! A Siege. In a book called “Siege.” Does this count as a spoiler?
• Things are looking bad for our crew on the Shield, and a “good” day involves everything trying to kill them, so…
• Bizarre armories, viscous villains, unstrung heroes, and battles beyond reason.
• Everyone’s going to die. It’s Awesome. Welcome to the Siege.[/quote]
[quote]Siege #4
Story by Kieron Gillen
Art by Filipe Andrade, Pepe Larraz, Gary Choo, Bill Sienkiewicz [hide…]
Colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, Ian Herring
Letters by VC - Clayton Cowles
Cover by W. Scott Forbes, Phil Noto
Publisher Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Oct 7th, 2015
THE LAST STAND OF THE SHIELD!
• Well, THAT certainly doesn’t sound ominous…
• Hey look, THANOS is here! That’s always a good sign! Just kidding, of course, that’s terrible news and everything is darkness.
• The biggest battle conceivable. Heroes rise. Legends fall. No one lives forever. THIS IS THE SHIELD![/quote]
