Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary, Marvel has announced 1776, a five-issue limited series arriving this November that sees Marvel super heroes traveling back in time to join the Founding Fathers in the American Revolution. Cue Hamilton reference.
Revealed to retailers last month at San Diego Comic-Con, the series is written by J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by superstar artist Ron Lim and acclaimed artist Sean Damien Hill. The main covers will be drawn by Pete Woods and variant covers for the debut issue come from a slew of superstar talent including Joe Quesada, Paulo Siqueira and Steve Rude. Plus, a variant cover by Phil Jimenez that pays homage to Amazing Spider-Man #583, the Obama issue.
According to the official press release, this series “blends super hero storytelling with America’s revolutionary past, these heroes of yesterday and today must ensure pivotal moments remain intact to safeguard both America’s legacy and their own existence!”
I’ll refrain from any personal political discourse, but I’m sure tons of other (perhaps more recent) points in American history that could use some intervention from Marvel superheroes.
Official press release details below:
REVOLUTIONARY WARRIORS, ASSEMBLE!
Calamity strikes when a mysterious force dares to tamper with the sacred threads of history. Captain America and his formidable squad of Marvel heroes leap into action! Their mission? To safeguard the founding of the United States of America! The fate of the nation hangs in the balance at the dawn of the Revolution, as these valiant heroes must navigate the treacherous waters of the past to ensure a future that remains untarnished.
On what made him excited to write this unique story, Straczynski shared, “One of the (many) things that I like about the Marvel Universe is that it takes place in the real world, our world. It’s New York, or Chicago, not some imaginary location. This also applies to our history, and the opportunity to view the events of 1776 through the lens of our characters, and to better understand the meaning of those events, and the sacrifices involved, was way too good to pass up. At a time when so much of American discourse has become factionalized, it is a good time to look back and see where this began, and what it still means today.”
