The Rise Of The Teen Hero In All-New, All-Different Marvel
A new day is coming in the Marvel universe. Once the current event series Secret Wars concludes, Marvel will leap ahead eight months to reveal the “All-New, All-Different Marvel.” New status quos will be established for heroes and villains, along with new locales. As more and more new series are announced, I started to notice a trend – the teenage hero is making a return to Marvel.
Granted, teen heroes never disappeared. In fact, you can say this trend started right before Secret Wars. Miles Morales Spider-Man is the “veteran” of the group. But then we got solo books for Nova, Ms. Marvel, Spider-Gwen, Silk, and Squirrel Girl. Marvel realized this was a demographic prime for exposure.
Post-Secret Wars, Miles Morales will be THE Spider-Man patrolling New York City, and a member of The Avengers alongside other first-time Avengers Ms. Marvel and Nova. Silk, Spider-Gwen, and Squirrel Girl will return with brand new #1’s. The All-New X-Men (younger versions of the original X-Men brought from the past to the present) are sticking around.
All-New, All-Different Marvel will also be a springboard for existing characters stepping into new roles. X-23 is graduating to full-fledged Wolverine in All-New Wolverine. Bruce Banner is going on a hiatus while Amadeus Cho becomes The Totally Awesome Hulk. Starbrand and Nightmask go off to college in Starbrand and Nightmask.
What may have fans most excited is the creation of brand new characters. Blade’s daughter will be joining the family business in Blade. Inhuman and preteen genius Lunella Lafayette will go on adventures with her dinosaur companion in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.
This may not even be the end. Who knows what other announcements Marvel has up their sleeves. With New York Comic-Con in under a month, more teen heroes could be joining the groups above.
What’s great about teenage superheroes is readers get to experience what it’s like to juggle the responsibilities of life with being a hero through their eyes. It makes us feel like we are a part of the action. We can remember what it was like to have to worry about school and grades. Toss in a super-villain bent on evil deeds and the drama-level rises.
Which teen hero(es) are you most looking forward to reading about in All-New, All-Different Marvel? Do you predict any new solo or team books to be announced soon? A Young Avengers revival perhaps? If so, let me know in the Comments section below.
Timdogg
#ComicBookChronicles @CBChron founder. Editor-in-Chief of @thekliqnation. Comic book reviewer, podcaster #RABBLERABBLE
