The conclusion of the Absolute Carnage event will see the launch of a series of one-shots centered on the Marvel Comics version of Arkham Asylum: The Ravencroft Institute.
Announced this morning at the Retailers Panel at New York Comic-Con, the Ruins of Ravencroft one-shots begin with the five-issue Ravencroft by writer Frank Tieri and an artist to be announced. Tieri will also helm one-shots for Carnage, Sabretooth and Dracula. Sabretooth has featured in Jonathan Hickman's House of X, with Dracula surfacing in Jason Aaron's Avengers.
Ravencroft follows John Jameson as he looks for redemption during the reopening of the demolished institutional center. But will Ravencroft rehabilitate the worst villains of the Marvel Universe, or provide an avenue to prey on new victims?
The solicitation for Ravencroft and the Ruins of Ravencroft one-shots can be found below.
RUINS OF RAVENCROFT (One-shots)
RUINS OF RAVENCROFT: CARNAGE #1
- Writer: FRANK TIERI
- Artist: To be announced
- CARNAGE, USA!
- In the aftermath of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, the Marvel Universe still needs a place to treat and rehabilitate the criminally insane, and efforts to reconstruct RAVENCROFT are well underway. But Ravencroft is no ordinary facility, and untold secrets may yet be waiting to be unearthed in the destruction Carnage left after his attack on the facility.
RUINS OF RAVENCROFT: SABRETOOTH #1
- Writer: FRANK TIERI
- Artist: To be announced· The history of the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane has been shrouded in mystery for years. NO LONGER! In the wake of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, the facility’s past has started to unravel, and in doing so has revealed hidden chapters in the lives of some of the Marvel Universe’s most recognizable heroes and villains!
RUINS OF RAVENCROFT: DRACULA #1
- Writer: FRANK TIERI
- Artist: To be announced
- To the men and women of the Marvel Universe, Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane appeared to be a hospital devoted to the rehabilitation of society’s most violent offenders. But appearances can be deceptive, and -- as Captain America learned the hard way – some secrets have teeth.
RAVENCROFT #1 (OF 5)
- Writer: FRANK TIERI
- Artist: To be announced
- RAVENCROFT REOPENED!
- After the hellish horrors of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, the Ravencroft Institute has received a much-needed facelift and is open for business with a new staff, including JOHN JAMESON, looking to atone for the part he played in ABSOLUTE CARNAGE. But will Ravencroft return the mentally unstable villains of the Marvel Universe to upstanding citizens and give John the redemption he’s looking for, or will they fall prey to the hospital’s seemingly sinister nature?