Paul Levitz And Alan Davis Assemble The Original Avengers For A War Across Time

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by Jay Cochran
September 16, 2022

This January, journey back to the early days of Earth�s Mightiest Heroes with two of comics� mightiest creators in AVENGERS: WAR ACROSS TIME! Joined by fellow superstar Alan Davis, Eisner Hall of Famer Paul Levitz, known for his storied career at DC Comics, writes his first-ever Marvel Comics story in this five-issue limited series! Set during Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Don Heck�s original groundbreaking run of Avengers, this extraordinary saga will be a love letter to Avengers history just in time for the team�s 60th anniversary! AVENGERS: WAR ACROSS TIME will see the original Avengers at their very best as they battle an onslaught of powerful and strange new threats that strike at the very heart of the team. At the center of it all will be Kang the Conqueror, reaching back from the furthest reaches of time to destroy the Avengers legacy!

THOR! IRON MAN! CAPTAIN AMERICA! GIANT-MAN & THE WASP! It�s the classic Avengers against the Hulk on the streets of New York, and the beginning of a showdown with Kang the Conqueror that will span the centuries!

�I learned much of my writing craft from THE AVENGERS, and it's been a delight to pay homage to my old friends Stan, Jack and Don by trying to do something that might have been an extended issue #11.1,� Levitz explained. �We've been cooking this up for a long time, and I hope readers have as much fun with it as I did."

Join Marvel Comics as it kicks off the Avengers 60th Anniversary in style when AVENGERS: WAR ACROSS TIME arrives in January! And stay tuned in the weeks ahead to learn about the other ways Marvel will be celebrating the Avengers� milestone year throughout 2023!

AVENGERS: WAR ACROSS TIME #1 (OF 5)
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art and Cover by ALAN DAVIS
On Sale 1/11/23

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leokearon - 2022-09-21 @ 1:57 pm

On 9/21/2022 at 9:34 AM, Atlantis said:
You and me both. I'm much more a fan of the 70s line-up. Alan Davis would do a great Mantis (no, she's not my favorite but I think of her as a good keystone for part of that era). Still, I'm looking forward to this series. Just hope they make it as self-contained as possible.

Yeah I don't want this to be like that .1 story Waid did with the Kooky Quartet which was a led on to a story in his main book

Atlantis - 2022-09-21 @ 8:34 am

On 9/16/2022 at 11:28 PM, leokearon said:
Sounds like fun and I always enjoy Davis art. I would have preferred a different team to be honest as I never was a fan of the original team.

You and me both. I'm much more a fan of the 70s line-up. Alan Davis would do a great Mantis (no, she's not my favorite but I think of her as a good keystone for part of that era). Still, I'm looking forward to this series. Just hope they make it as self-contained as possible.

leokearon - 2022-09-17 @ 7:28 am

Sounds like fun and I always enjoy Davis art. I would have preferred a different team to be honest as I never was a fan of the original team.

Atlantis - 2022-09-17 @ 3:24 am

On 9/16/2022 at 6:26 PM, McHogan said:
I love revisiting the glory days of the Avengers. My only slight nitpick is whenever Marvel attempts to turn back the clock the story ends up with too many elements of todays writing style which in my opinion cant hold a candle to the writers of the 70s and 80s.
that being said, Im hoping for a fun return to the Avengers hay day
PS: getting Alan Davis is win/win

Truth. They also try to explain some of the more problematic elements of past stories (Wasp marrying Yellowjacket while he was having a psychotic breakdown, not to mention that odius Ms. Marvel/Marcus thing) and just make them even more convoluted. So let's hope they steer clear of that and just write a nice, self-contained story that doesnt interfere with canon.

Alan Davis is incredible. His Excalibur is unmatched and his run way back when on Detective Comics' Batman is legendary.

McHogan - 2022-09-17 @ 2:26 am

I love revisiting the glory days of the Avengers. My only slight nitpick is whenever Marvel attempts to turn back the clock the story ends up with too many elements of todays writing style which in my opinion cant hold a candle to the writers of the 70s and 80s.

that being said, Im hoping for a fun return to the Avengers hay day

PS: getting Alan Davis is win/win

Atlantis - 2022-09-17 @ 1:56 am

I'm down! Its like seeing good, good old friends. Only thing that could be better would be the 70s-80s era with the Vision. But I'm down!!

ADour - 2022-09-16 @ 9:42 pm

Sounds like fun. I'm not familiar with Levitz's work, but I do know for sure that anything drawn by Alan Davis is a treat.

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