They Killed Cap!

[Vigilance]

Yeah, brilliant idea. I can't wait to see the superhero teams protecting North Dakota and Idaho.

Frogman, Boom Boom, Peeper, El Aguila and Lockheed.

Lockheed will be the team leader.

 

[Relique du Madde]

You know... watching a super hero lottery draft would be sort of cool, especially if a place like North Dakota or Idaho would have ended up getting first choice and ended up picking the Avengers ("Sorry Tony, but you're moving to Boise. I don't care if SHIELD is based in NYC, you promoted this initiative, so you have no choice but to comply")..

Unfortunately, the Avengers ended up in New York... but one can dream, can't they?


Just wondering, did Marvel ever mention how Superheroes were distributed in the US prior to the 50 state initiative taking affect?

 

[Klaus]

Professor X definitely DID have something to do with what happened to Hulk.

Prof X is a member of the "illuminati", the secret society of marvel movers and shakers that came up with the plan to put Hulk into space.

Illuminati is Iron Man, Prof X, Reed Richards, Dr. Strange, Black Bolt and Namor.

Yeah, but if I recall the tape from the pod that sent Banner to space, only Dr. Strange, Reed Richards, Tony Stark and Black Bolt appeared.

 

[Umbran]

I can't wait to see the superhero teams protecting North Dakota and Idaho.

Hey, the Great Lakes Avengers were cool! I'm sure the Potato State Avengers can avoid complete lameness...

 

[Felon]

Yeah, but if I recall the tape from the pod that sent Banner to space, only Dr. Strange, Reed Richards, Tony Stark and Black Bolt appeared.

Right, but isn't Mastermind Excello one of Hulk's little buddies? He will probably fill him in on all the details.

 

[Umbran]

Could you please not put spoilers in the subject?

It was on CNN.com, and apparently the cover of the comic. There's a point in public information where "spoiler" really doesn't apply any more - and when the national news services are carrying it, I think we're beyond that point.

 

[Silver Moon]

Just wondering, did Marvel ever mention how Superheroes were distributed in the US prior to the 50 state initiative taking affect?

Pretty much 99% New York City. Every now and then you'll have a hero in another city (usually the one the writer is from) but those are rare exceptions. In the Civil War panel on the 50 state initiative they featured Texas, as it was one of the few states that had featured a hero or two.

 

[Silver Moon]

Hey, the Great Lakes Avengers were cool!

Beyond cool, but that was at the hands of the two comedy masters of Comics, our She-Hulk writers past and present.

I'm sure the Potato State Avengers can avoid complete lameness...

On a related note, my wife and I wrote a RPGA Marvel Superheroes module a decade ago featuring a team of New Hampshire superheroes (The Moose, Old Man of the Mountain, Seacoast Speedster, Autumn, Bow Master and Syrup Boy) and PirateCat has been running modules with his Boston Beacon team for years!

 

[Richards]

Yeah, brilliant idea. I can't wait to see the superhero teams protecting North Dakota and Idaho.

Don't make fun of North Dakota, man - they've got nukes!

Johnathan

 

[Pozatronic]

Frogman, Boom Boom, Peeper, El Aguila and Lockheed.

Lockheed will be the team leader.

Actually, Boom Boom a/k/a Timebomb (I think) was a member of Nextwave. I'm not sure what the official continuity is on this, but I'm pretty sure Aaron Stack/Machine Man and Photon (both members and both former Avengers) were seen somewhere in Civil War. Nextwave is canceled, which is a shame, because it was a pretty damn good comic.

Also, I think El Aguila's awesome.