Exclusive Marvel preview: Mark Waid assembles the All-New, All-Different Avengers
After three years under the pen of Jonathan Hickman, The Avengers are getting an “All-New, All-Different Marvel” update courtesy of award-winning Daredevil writer Mark Waid and artists Adam Kubert and Mahmud Asrar, who bring together a team that spotlights the growing character diversity of the Marvel Universe. With the exception of The Vision and Iron Man—who is still Tony Stark—the team is made up of legacy character that use familiar Marvel names but fit different racial or gender profiles than their predecessors. Pakistani-American Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel) and the biracial Miles Morale (Spider-Man) and Sam Alexander (Nova) are all getting bumped up to the big leagues, and they’re joined by Sam Wilson and Jane Foster, whose new roles as Captain America and Thor have courted outrage from fans resistant to change.