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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008

NEW YORK COMIC CON: SECRET INVASION PANEL

NEW YORK Marvel Comics the staged second of back-to-back panels on Friday at New York Comic Con, with a Secret Invasion event late Friday afternoon.

Below are highlights:

* Panelists included Joe Quesada, Tom Brevoort, Bill Rosemann, Christos Gage, Dan Slott, Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente, Axel Alonso, Brian Reed, Kevin Grevioux, Andy Lanning and Jason Aaron.

* A cover to Secret Invasion #2 was shown, featuring Hawkeye and Mockingbird.

* Marvel announced Thor: Secret Invasion, by Matt Fraction and an artist to be announced.

* Quesada praised the work of Lanning in making cosmic heroes accdssible.

* Deadpool will debut in September from Daniel Way and Paco Medina.

Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day: Secret Invasion is written by Brian Reed.

* Quesada said big events are in response to readers' desires and Marvel will continue to produce them until it changes. "And the thing is, it will change," Quesada added.

* Quesada said he has seen the Iron Man movie four times and "it is fantastic." He said Robert Downey Jr. is so compelling that you don't want to see him in the armor, and that his scenes with Pepper Potts (played by Gwyneth Paltrow) made the relationship the best romance in comics movies.

* Reed said his pitch for Secret Invasion: Front Line was to take the title literally. "The big joke is that Bendis is writing Godzilla and I'm writing Cloverfield," Reed said.

Instead of the story being from a reporter's perspective, Reed said it is about survival.

* Brevoort confirmed Sub-Mariner will be part of Secret Invasion.

* Brevoort said a What If? tie-in to Secret Invasion seems possible.

* Super Skrull will appear in Nova #16-18. Secret Invasion ties in to Guardians of the Galaxy #4-6.

Lanning said the Skrulls don't take the Super Skrull very seriously and he takes it personally.

* Rosemann said Nova #16 will lead into She-Hulk #32, involving the Super Skrull's daughter.

* Alonso said that Secret Invasion: X-Men will focus on the X-Men as an army.

* Way said Deadpool will deal will the Invasion "in a very, bizarre and twisted way."

* Rosemann said Secret Invasion: Inhumans will pick up off right after Silent War.

* Aaron is writing a three-part Black Panther story involving the Skrulls going to Wakanda for Vibranium. "It becomes a very gritty, hand-to-hand ground battle," he said.

* McCann said there are definite plans for Nick Fury.

* Ultimate Spider-Man #123-128 will be "War of the Symbiotes."

* Brevoort said humans will become aware of the invasion in Secret Invasion #2.



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