Marvel Comics is reuniting the New Warriors for a new miniseries by writer Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert) and artist Luciano Vecchio (Ironheart).
Spinning out of the events of the Outlawed one-shot, Night Thrasher, Firestar, Silhouette, Rage, Speedball and Namorita come back together to reform the New Warriors. Only this time, Night Thrasher has the goal of turning the team into mentors for a new crop of young heroes.
"My passing familiarity coming in was actually pretty helpful for our back-to-basics approach to the team — we're going with most of the original members, plus Rage and Silhouette, who might as well be founding members the same way Captain America isn't technically a founding Avenger," Kibblesmith told SYFY Wire. "When I think of 'my' core team, those are the people I can't imagine doing without — Night Thrasher, Namorita, Firestar, Speedball, Rage. Justice is there, but he's torn between worlds because of his bigger role in Outlawed."
NEW WARRIORS #1 (OF 5)
- Written by DANIEL KIBBLESMITH
- Art by LUCIANO VECCHIO
- Cover by R.B. SILVA
- Variant cover by Luciano Vecchio
"It was important to me to have moments of Justice and Night Thrasher counterbalancing each other as the two sometimes-leaders of the New Warriors," he added. "And our artist, Luciano Vecchio, has such a great take on Silhouette, and so much love for that character, that we made sure to make her an official part of the team. I think the exception to our classic roster might be Nova, 'cuz he's usually off in space doing Nova stuff. Such is the nature of the Marvel Universe being an actual, uh, universe."
New Warriors #1 by Daniel Kibblesmith and Luciano Vecchio goes on sale in April from Marvel Comics.