MS. MARVEL #11 & the MS. MARVEL SPECIAL

[Brian Reed]

Interesting fact about the comic book industry: I wrote the special a long time before I wrote #11 and the idea was to put the special out whenever it worked best for Marvel. Thus the two solicitations, written months apart, that have the phrase "oldest foe" in them.



MS. MARVEL #11
Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN
Bursting out of an A.I.M. storage facility - the sinister cybernetic DOOMSDAY MAN! But who would reactivate Doomsday Man after so many years? And can they ever hope to control him? Also this issue... a new man in Ms. Marvel's life and guest star Araña! Writer Brian Reed (New Avengers: Illuminati) and penciler Roberto De La Torre bring you the frightening tale of Ms. Marvel's oldest foe returning to life!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/2435/msmarv011covql6.jpg


MS. MARVEL SPECIAL
Written by BRIAN REED
Pencils and Cover by GUISEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Once upon a time, Carol Danvers was a novelist. This morning, at the New York Public Library, a child with the ability to turn anything he imagines into reality has begun to read Carol’s sci-fi epic “Binary,” based loosely on her own life amongst the stars. Within minutes, the library is overrun with visions from Carol’s book and soon all of New York City is threatened! Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel, New Avengers: Illuminati) and Giuseppe Camuncoli (Captain Atom: Armageddon) team up for this one-shot special guest-starring Simon “Wonder Man” Williams and re-introducing one of Ms. Marvel’s oldest threats!
48 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/587/msmarvspec001covcolbs0.jpg

[Cardinal Braxiatel]

Those covers look amazing. I just posted elsewhere that MsM fans were missing something great if they didn't check them out.

And as for her oldest foes? It'll be nice to see Yon-Rogg and the Kree Sentry back after all this time.

[Olivier E.]

48pages for 2.99? :shock:

that's beacuse it wasn't called Annual ;)

Cammuncoli is a good artist

[Brian Reed]

48pages for 2.99? :shock:

that's beacuse it wasn't called Annual ;)

Cammuncoli is a good artist


Unless something else got tossed into the issue that I don't know about, that "48 pages" note is incorrect. But I also admit that I am usually not 100% in the loop on a lot of things.

[Brian Reed]

Those covers look amazing. I just posted elsewhere that MsM fans were missing something great if they didn't check them out.

And as for her oldest foes? It'll be nice to see Yon-Rogg and the Kree Sentry back after all this time.

Those would be some of Carol Danvers oldest foes, yes. I said "Ms. Marvel" ;)

[Lanowar]

It's all go for you is'nt it looks like January is a busy month. Ooh how I love solicts the way there written, it's such a movie trailer type of speech that you won't see in normal conversation.

[Binaryan]

Wow...just wow!!!

When can we get the cover to Ms. Marvel #11 turned into a full-size poster!?!? And that shot of Binary is one of the best I've ever seen...period! I can't wait to see the interior art!

January is going to be a good month for Carol Fans! She's also guest-starring in WONDER MAN's limited series.

As for Ms. Marvel's oldest threats... with Doomsday Man appearing in MS. MARVEL #11... I'm going to have to guess that the Special features the return of... Yon-Rogg! He was "killed" in the blast that created Ms. Marvel...which was from the Kree Psyche-Magnitron...which had the power to make "thoughts a reality". Kind of like the boy in this story.... hmmmm :)

Ryan

[ramtower]

Yeah, that cover has poster-worthiness in spades.

[Binaryan]

Hmmmm.... Comic Book Resources posted a different cover for #11 (seen below). Variant cover or was the wrong one sent out??

http://images.comicbookresources.com/solicits/marvelcomics/200701/MSMARV011_cov.jpg

Not bad ... who's the artist? Could be Leinil Francis Yu? Brian?

Ryan

[Brian Reed]

Hmmmm.... Comic Book Resources posted a different cover for #11 (seen below). Variant cover or was the wrong one sent out??


Ya know, I hadn't seen that one yet. I have no idea about the who/what of it. I'll have to ask.



Further amusing -- I just realized issue 11 comes out at the start of the month and the Special at the end -- making the solicitation to the special even sillier since the baddy mentioned is also in issue 11. D'oh. (I wrote the special between writing issues 8 and 9, and sort of expected it to ship somewhere around there. I didn't realize it was being saved for a 5th week like January has.) oh well -- it doesn't break the stories, just the solicits which were also written out of order at random times.

[Howlett]

Great stuff Brian. Looking forward to them :D

[cybertoon]

How come the Ms. Marvel Special is solicited with no issue number? Is it gonna be a #1 or not numbered like the Marvel Annuals from 1995-2001.

How come this story is being told outside the regular series?

[Dermie]

Wow! Both covers look great, and the stories sound really good! I'm looking forward to this! And congrats on getting a Ms Marvel Special--Marvel isn't doing many annuals or specials anymore, so it is quite a vote of confidence that you and Carol were able to get one. :)


Bursting out of an A.I.M. storage facility - the sinister cybernetic DOOMSDAY MAN! But who would reactivate Doomsday Man after so many years?

Well, not that many years--it would only have been about two years ago, Marvel Time, that Doomsday Man last showed up to ruin Carol's day--back in AVENGERS vol.3 #16-17.
I wonder if they've managed to separate the Destructor from Doomsday Man yet...

Also this issue... a new man in Ms. Marvel's life

Presumably the same new man mentioned in the #10 solicit...either that, or Carol's developing quite the active social life. ;)

Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel, New Avengers: Illuminati) and Giuseppe Camuncoli (Captain Atom: Armageddon) team up for this one-shot special guest-starring Simon “Wonder Man” Williams

Yay--more Wonder Man!

[Brian Reed]

How come the Ms. Marvel Special is solicited with no issue number? Is it gonna be a #1 or not numbered like the Marvel Annuals from 1995-2001.

How come this story is being told outside the regular series?

I wrote it as "MS. MARVEL SPECIAL #1" but that was just me putting a numbner on it. Who knows why it is or isn't actually numbered.

As for why it's not in the ongoing -- I was asked if I wanted to write a one shot and I said yes. ;) Also, it gave me a chance to delve into the idea of Binary without taking time out of the main series to do it. Not that there isn't some main series Binary love coming in the next year or so...

[Brian Reed]

Well, not that many years--it would only have been about two years ago, Marvel Time, that Doomsday Man last showed up to ruin Carol's day--back in AVENGERS vol.3 #16-17.

Two is more than one, so "so many" felt fair :)

I wonder if they've managed to separate the Destructor from Doomsday Man yet...

:twisted:


Presumably the same new man mentioned in the #10 solicit...either that, or Carol's developing quite the active social life. ;)

I've been really good about being a couple scripts ahead of the solicits, so I sometimes have to re-open a particular issue and remind myself of what happened and when. Every so often, I forget a little thing like this and I promote it twice. It's just one of those ways that I rock.


Yay--more Wonder Man!

The guy will NOT go home. Sheesh. He wasn't even supposed to BE in issue 12 and yet... there he is again. And after today's meeting, I think you can expect to see even more of him in coming months.

[Mitchel]

The guy will NOT go home. Sheesh. He wasn't even supposed to BE in issue 12 and yet... there he is again. And after today's meeting, I think you can expect to see even more of him in coming months.


Wohoo, PM me with the address where I can send you the free beers and the belly dancers. My dear sir, you simply rock!!:rock:

[Dermie]

Two is more than one, so "so many" felt fair :)

*L* Fair enough. Given how much stuff happens to these people in any Marvel Year, I'm sure two years does feel like a loooong time.

I've been really good about being a couple scripts ahead of the solicits, so I sometimes have to re-open a particular issue and remind myself of what happened and when. Every so often, I forget a little thing like this and I promote it twice. It's just one of those ways that I rock.

One of many ways. :)

The guy will NOT go home. Sheesh. He wasn't even supposed to BE in issue 12 and yet... there he is again.

Yay!!! :)

And after today's meeting, I think you can expect to see even more of him in coming months.

Seeing 'more of him' in what sense? Is Taxman going to have to make a new topless/pantless Wonder Man microhero? ;)

Seriously, fans of Carol/Wondy should be pretty happy these days. First we had them as a couple in HoM, and now Simon is part of Carol's supporting cast, Carol will be a supporting character in the upcoming WONDER MAN miniseries, and the two of them will be serving together in MIGHTY AVENGERS! Woo-hoooooooo! :)

[Cardinal Braxiatel]

I have to add my vote to a longterm Carol-Simon pairing. These two have come a long way since the days when Carol wading in to throw punches made Simon uncomfortable.

[Thor_Badendyck]

Hi folks,

I can clear up part of some confusion about the two MS. MARVEL #11 covers.

This one's actually mine--

http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/2435/msmarv011covql6.jpg
(There's my little sig on the lower left.)

It was used for early solicitations. The book is changing editors and that probably contributed to the mix-up.

Hmmmm.... Comic Book Resources posted a different cover for #11 (seen below). Variant cover or was the wrong one sent out??

Not bad ... who's the artist? Could be Leinil Francis Yu? Brian?

I believe that will be the actual cover by Travel Foreman. (?)

Binaryan, ramtower- thanks for the kind words. I don't know what, if anything, they plan to with mine, but if they made a poster I'd buy it. ;)

-Thor

[Brian Reed]

Hi folks,

I can clear up part of some confusion about the two MS. MARVEL #11 covers.

This one's actually mine--

http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/2435/msmarv011covql6.jpg
(There's my little sig on the lower left.)

It was used for early solicitations. The book is changing editors and that probably contributed to the mix-up.


I believe that will be the actual cover by Travel Foreman. (?)

Binaryan, ramtower- thanks for the kind words. I don't know what, if anything, they plan to with mine, but if they made a poster I'd buy it. ;)

-Thor

Hey, Thor! It's a very cool image.

[GelfXIII]

Hi folks,

I can clear up part of some confusion about the two MS. MARVEL #11 covers.

This one's actually mine--

http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/2435/msmarv011covql6.jpg
(There's my little sig on the lower left.)

-Thor
I love this pic so much more than the one they're using. Any hope this mighht be available in poster size at any point?