Arune Singh welcomed the room to the Marvel Next Big Thing panel, introducing the participants: Axel Alsonso, Sana Amanat, C.B. Cebulski, Marjorie Liu, James Asmus, Daniel Way, Peter David, Jeanine Schaefer, Joe Keatinge, and Neal Adams.

The discussion started with James Asmus and Clay Mann’s Gambit series, where Marvel brought a fan on stage to read issue #1 (that fan later said of the book, “It’s really hot and it’s really good!). Asmus said that writing the book was “a dream come true” and that “the book is going to be a super sexy, fairly sophisticated thief thriller,” saying that Gambit will be going back to his roots. “You’ll be able to jump on the first issue and ride it out all the way.”The conversation turned to Astonishing X-Men , focusing on issue #51 in which Northstar and his boyfriend Kyle got hitched. “It’s just a stepping stone in their relationship. They had some problems before they got married, and those problems aren’t going to go away. They’ll probably just be exacerbated.” However, editor Schaefer said there would be a honeymoon issue in an upcoming annual, saying that they want Northstar and Kyle to remain the emotional core of the book.Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye was the next topic of conversation, which Singh called “the breakout book of the year,” referencing when he was saying the same thing about Daredevil at last year’s show (he was right). Alonso said that he’s been a huge fan of Hawkeye for a long time, and he’s excited to see him done right in this series.Next up was Captain Marvel, who puts Carol Danvers into the titular role. “It’s her transition into this new role, though in many ways, she’s just as badass as ever,” said editor Amanat. “She’s not the nicest person in the world, but she’s good at what she does and she knows it. This is a book that girls and boys – men and women – can enjoy. This is the type of comic we should’ve been doing a long time ago.”Daniel Way then announced that his very long run on Deadpool is coming to an end. “It’s been an incredible ride. It’s the most fun I’ve ever had working on a series, and it’s been cool because I’ve been able to write every type of story with this character. He’s indestructible.” As for what’s next for Way, he said he does have more work on the horizon but couldn’t say what. Alonso added that fans who have been enjoying Way’s run, his next project would be of interest to them. Singh then mentioned the news about the end of New Mutants which was announced last week, but said that it wouldn’t be the last we see of those characters. The conversation then moved to X-Factor, where David freaked a bunch of fans out by saying that #245 would be the last issue (not true). David said the next six months would be a crazy time for X-Factor. He said X-Factor would be doing its own “mini-event” called Breaking Points as of issue #241. The writer brought up all of the dangling plot threads that he’s created over the years, and said that Breaking Points would be addressing them all. “Over what is essentially a five day span for X-Factor, every single one of those plot threads gets resolved,” said David. “X-Factor as they are coming out of #245 is going to be a very different team than that going into #241.”Marvel then dropped the bomb that Jeff Parker’s Hulk would be renamed Red-She Hulk as of issue #58, which you can read more about here.After that, Singh brought up The Avengers flick, leading to the new comic by Joe Keatinge and Rich Elson, called Thanos: Son of Titan. Keatinge was clearly passionate about his new Marvel work, relaying a story about how much he loved Thanos as a kid, and that Son of Titan would be about “where he comes from, how he came to be through all of his classic stories. If you lost it [at Avengers], this is the book for you.” They also debuted the cover for issue #1, by Marko Djurdjevic.Conversation went to The First X-Men by Neal Adams and Christos Gage (read our previous talk with the team about this book here ), with Adams talking about the evolution of the idea stemming all the way back to his original work on X-Men. The First X-Men is a five issue mini-series that explores how Logan was actually the first mutant to take action to protect mutant. “We’re having the damndest time doing these give stories,” said Adams. Alonso tacked on that this series would “answer some major questions” about why Wolverine and Sabretooth have the relationship that they do.Finally, Singh teased that there’d be some more Young Avengers on the way, and Alonso said they are working on "defining" the role of magic in the Marvel Universe, and when they can do that, we'll see a Doctor Strange #1.

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