Marvel Comics has teased for a bit with its “It’s Coming” promos about what their 2012 big event would be and they’ve lifted the veil a bit today by indicating that it’s going to be called Avengers Vs. X-Men, and that it’ll get things rolling towards it in January and February as several books will start the lead-up to it. The whole shebang will go big come April, 2012 when Avengers Vs X-Men #1 hits the shelves and their digital app but they’ll be spending the months befor eit working through titles as listed below that will lay the groundwork for it. They’ve also highlighted elements of it in their recent Point One #1 release that takes a look at the shape of things to come across the board in 2012 for the publisher.
Plot Concept: The biggest comic book event in history begins in Avengers VS X-Men #1, hitting comic shops & the Marvel Comics app April, 2012! The top creators in comics—Brian Bendis, Jason Aaron, Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, John Romita Jr, Olivier Coipel & Adam Kubert—join forces for a landmark twelve-issue story sending The Avengers and the X-Men—the two most popular franchises in comics history—to war with each other!
The world’s greatest super heroes—Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Magneto and more—enter an unforgettable battle…and only one side can emerge victorious!
- Avengers: X-Sanction #1 – On Sale: Dec 14, 2011
- Avengers: X-Sanction #2 (Yu Variant) – On Sale: Jan 04, 2012
- Point One #1 – Issued: Nov 09, 2011
- Avengers: X-Sanction #3 – On Sale: Feb 01, 2012
- Avengers: X-Sanction #3 (Churchill Variant) – On Sale: Feb 01, 2012
- Avengers: X-Sanction #3 (Yu Variant) – On Sale: Feb 01, 2012
- Avengers: X-Sanction #2 – On Sale: Jan
