Convention season may be in full swing now, but Marvel saved some pretty big announcements for the Diamond Retailer Summit this past weekend. At the show, retailers were shown early glimpses of some major new projects in the works, including Marvel's next major event comic, a big development for Jonathan Hickman's Avengers run, and a tease about the future of the Star Wars franchise as it shifts to Marvel.

AXIS

Deadpool vs. Hawkeye

Scroll down for a breakdown of all the big announcements from the weekend. Unfortunately, Marvel hasn't yet released the artwork shown at the summit, but we'll update as that becomes available.Marvell released first details on the previously teased event comic AXIS, which, like Avengers vs. X-Men, will heavily revolve around the X-Men and Avengers. The difference is that this time the two teams will be united against a common foe. AXIS will be written by Rick Remender and will spin out of his work on Uncanny Avengers . The "axis of evil" in this case looks to be a team of villains led by the Red Skull (still in his new Onslaught form) and including Sabretooth, Doctor Doom, Loki, Green Goblin, and Carnage. We don't know the artist yet, though the art shown at the summit was illustrated by Jim Cheung.- Diamond released the cover for their August issue of the Previews Catalog that features Cheung's AXIS lineup. Presumably the same image will be used as the cover for AXIS #1.

Guardians 3000

Star Wars

After he finishes dealing with Carnage, Deadpool's next major Marvel crossover will involve Hawkeye. We're not clear at the moment if this project is meant to be a crossover between both characters' respective ongoing titles or a separate mini-series a la Deadpool vs. Carnage. Either way, the story should help tide Hawkguy fans over as his series continues to suffer through delays.Marvel has been placing a lot of emphasis on the Guardians of the Galaxy in the elad-up to their Hollywood debut this August. Marvel has previously announced new solo series for Rocket Raccoon and Star-Lord that will launch in July. But fans of the original, 31st Century version of the team can take heart. They'll be given the spotlight in September as Marvel launches a new ongoing series titled Guardians 3000. No creative team has been announced yet.

Time Runs Out

Now that both Marvel and Star Wars fall under the Disney umbrella, Marvel will be taking charge of the Star Wars comic book franchise from Dark Horse in 2015. They didn't reveal at the summit what that will entail exactly. But Marvel did reveal that the announcement will be coming in July 2014 ahead of Comic-Con.

DC isn't the only company pushing its books forward in time in September. That month, both The Avengers #35 and New Avengers #24 will jump forward in time eight months. This time jump is the start of the build-up to a storyline called "Time Runs Out," which will begin in May 2015. Time Runs Out will serve as the climax of Hickman's saga. Based on the art Marvel showed at the summit, it looks like this will involve the Avengers finally confronted with the threat of a World Incursion and the imminent destruction of their universe.

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