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'''The Heroic Age''' is a 2010 [[comic book]] [[brand]]ing that ran through a number of books published by [[Marvel Comics]]. It began in |
'''The Heroic Age''' is a 2010 [[comic book]] [[brand]]ing that ran through a number of books published by [[Marvel Comics]]. It began in April 2010 and ended in April 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heroic Age |url=https://www.marvel.com/comics/events/287/heroic_age |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}</ref> It marked a major change in the [[status quo]] of the [[Marvel Universe]] after the events of the "[[Siege (comics)|Siege]]" crossover event, similarly to how "[[Civil War: The Initiative|The Initiative]]" and "[[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign]]" dealt with the aftermath of "[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]" and "[[Secret Invasion]]", respectively. |
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==Publication history== |
==Publication history== |
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Marvel publisher [[Dan Buckley]] stated that the Heroic Age was intended to be more constrained in its scope than previous initiatives: |
Marvel publisher [[Dan Buckley]] stated that the Heroic Age was intended to be more constrained in its scope than previous initiatives: |
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{{quote|We're trying to get a little bit more into the families of publishing, not as line-wide, to provide people with very digestible beginning, middle, and end content with top characters and top creators in conjunction with the Marvel Universe... It's not going across the line in the books. You’ll see that with the X-Men books, you'll see it with Spider-Man.<ref>{{cite web |
{{quote|We're trying to get a little bit more into the families of publishing, not as line-wide, to provide people with very digestible beginning, middle, and end content with top characters and top creators in conjunction with the Marvel Universe... It's not going across the line in the books. You’ll see that with the X-Men books, you'll see it with Spider-Man.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16452.html |title=Interview with Marvel's Dan Buckley, Part 2 |publisher=ICv2 |date=December 10, 2009 |access-date=January 27, 2010 }}</ref>}} |
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The initiative began in May 2010's ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' #1, which reunited [[Iron Man]], [[Captain America]], [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]], and [[Hawkeye ( |
The initiative began in May 2010's ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' #1, which reunited [[Iron Man]], [[Captain America]] (both Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes), [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]], and [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]] as teammates.<ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Colton |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/2010-01-27-marvel27_ST_N.htm |title=First look: Marvel Comics' 'heroes will be heroes again' |work=[[USA Today]] |date=January 27, 2010 |access-date=January 27, 2010 }}</ref> The same month saw the start of a four-issue [[comics anthology]] [[limited series (comics)|limited series]] called ''Age of Heroes'', with [[Kurt Busiek]] writing the lead story. The idea behind the series is that, according to [[Tom Brevoort]], "seeing as how Heroic Age will impact on characters both large and small, we thought it might be fun to do an anthology to delve into some of these stories and to touch upon some of these characters".<ref>{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24798 |title=Brevoort and Busiek Usher In an "Age of Heroes" |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=February 10, 2010 |access-date=February 10, 2010 }}</ref> Busiek's story involves [[J. Jonah Jameson]], whereas [[Rick Remender]]'s stars [[Brother Voodoo|Doctor Voodoo]], and [[Paul Cornell]] features [[Captain Britain and MI13]] and the [[Young Masters]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Jim|last=Beard |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.11247.the_heroic_age~colon~_age_of_heroes |title=The Heroic Age: Age of Heroes |publisher=Marvel.com |date=February 10, 2010 |access-date=February 16, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Pepose |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Age-of-Heroes-Marvel-100210.html |title=From Marvel's Heroic Age Comes AGE OF HEROES Anthology |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=February 10, 2010 |access-date=February 16, 2010 }}</ref> |
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The initiative also saw the debut of a new series, ''Atlas'', featuring the [[Agents of Atlas]], written by [[Jeff Parker (comics)|Jeff Parker]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24795 |title=Parker Remaps Marvel's "Atlas" |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=February 10, 2010 | |
The initiative also saw the debut of a new series, ''Atlas'', featuring the [[Agents of Atlas]], written by [[Jeff Parker (comics)|Jeff Parker]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24795 |title=Parker Remaps Marvel's "Atlas" |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=February 10, 2010 |access-date=February 10, 2010 }}</ref> The ''[[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]'' series, also written by Parker, featured a new Heroic Age line-up, led by [[Luke Cage]] (who is also in the lineup of the [[The New Avengers (comics)|New Avengers]]), [[Crossbones (comics)|Crossbones]], [[Juggernaut (comics)|Juggernaut]], [[Ghost (Marvel Comics)|Ghost]], [[Moonstone (comics)|Moonstone]], [[Songbird (comics)|Songbird]] and [[Man-Thing]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Arrant |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Thunderbolts-Luke-Cage-100209.html |title=Luke Cage Powers Into THUNDERBOLTS as Heroic Age Leader |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=February 9, 2010 |access-date=February 9, 2010 }}</ref> Another series launched was ''[[Secret Avengers]]'' by writer [[Ed Brubaker]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Vaneta |last=Rogers |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/secret-avengers-ed-brubaker-100209.html |title=Ed Brubaker Tries to Keep the SECRET AVENGERS' Secrets |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=February 9, 2010 |access-date=February 16, 2010 }}</ref> The [[The New Avengers (comics)|New Avengers]] series was relaunched in June 2010, written by [[Brian Michael Bendis]] and drawn by [[Stuart Immonen]].<ref>{{cite web |author=CBR News Team |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25026 |title=Luke Cage Is A New Avenger Again |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=March 1, 2010 |access-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> A new series called ''[[Avengers Academy]]'' by [[Christos Gage]] and [[Mike McKone]] debuted in June 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.11568.i_am_in_avengers_academy |title=I Am In Avengers Academy |publisher=[[Marvel.com]] |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=March 8, 2010}}</ref> as well as a new ''[[Young Allies (Marvel Comics)#Heroic Age|Young Allies]]'' series written by [[Sean McKeever]] and [[David Baldeon]].<ref name=cbr25147>{{cite web |first=Kiel |last=Phegley |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25147 |title=McKeever Enlists "Young Allies" |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=March 9, 2010 |access-date=March 10, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=newsarama100309>{{cite web |first=Vaneta |last=Rogers|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Young-Allies-McKeever-100309.html |title=YOUNG ALLIES Joins Marvel's Summer Youth Movement |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |date=March 9, 2010 |access-date=March 10, 2010 }}</ref> |
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==Series== |
==Series== |
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===Cancelled series=== |
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* ''[[Dark Avengers]]'' |
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* ''[[The New Avengers (comics)|New Avengers]]'' Vol. 1 |
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* ''[[The Mighty Avengers|Mighty Avengers]]'' |
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|''[[Dark Avengers]]''||''[[Avengers (comics)#Heroic Age|The Avengers]]'' Vol. 4 #1–6||''Avengers Prime'' #1||''Enter the Heroic Age'' #1 |
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* ''[[Avengers: The Initiative]]'' |
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* ''[[Incredible Hercules]]'' |
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|''[[The New Avengers (comics)|New Avengers]]'' Vol. 1||''[[The New Avengers (comics)#Cancellation and Relaunch|New Avengers]]'' Vol. 2 #1-6||''[[Young_Avengers#Avengers:_The_Children.27s_Crusade|Avengers: The Children's Crusade]]'' #1–9||''Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age'' #1 |
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* ''[[Agents of Atlas]]'' |
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|''[[The Mighty Avengers|Mighty Avengers]]''||''[[Secret Avengers]]'' #1–5||''Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier'' #1–4||''The Death of Dracula'' #1 |
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|''[[Avengers: The Initiative]]''||''[[Avengers Academy]]'' #1–2||''[[Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine]]'' #1–6||Heroic Age Heroes #1 |
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|''[[Agents of Atlas]]''||''[[Agents of Atlas|Atlas]]'' #1||''Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis'' #1–5||''Heroic Age Villains'' #1 |
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===New series=== |
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* ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers]]'' Vol. 4 #1–6 |
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* ''[[The New Avengers (comics)#Cancellation and Relaunch|New Avengers]]'' Vol. 2 #1–6 |
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* ''[[Secret Avengers]]'' #1–5 |
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* ''[[Avengers Academy]]'' #1–2 |
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* ''[[Hawkeye & Mockingbird]]'' #1 |
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* ''[[Agents of Atlas|Atlas]]'' #1 |
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* ''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'' Vol. 1 #579-582 |
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* ''[[Secret Warriors (comic book)|Secret Warriors]]'' Vol. 1 #17-19 |
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* ''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' Vol. 1 #606-610 |
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* ''[[The New Mutants (comic book)|New Mutants]]'' Vol. 3 #15 |
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* ''[[The Invincible Iron Man (comics)|Invincible Iron Man]]'' Vol. 2 #25-27 |
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* ''[[Deadpool (comic book)|Deadpool]]'' Vol. 4 #23 |
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Following issues or variant of respective comic book series were also bannered Heroic Age. |
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* ''Avengers Prime'' #1 |
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* ''[[Young_Avengers#Avengers:_The_Children.27s_Crusade|Avengers: The Children's Crusade]]'' #1–9 |
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* ''Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier'' #1–4 |
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* ''[[Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine]]'' #1-6 |
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* ''Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis'' #1–5 |
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* ''Age of Heroes'' #1–4 |
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* ''Heroic Age: One Month to Live'' #1–5 |
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===One-shots=== |
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* ''Enter the Heroic Age'' #1 |
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* Avengers The Origin #02(variant) |
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* ''Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age'' #1 |
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* Captain America #606–610 |
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* ''Death of Dracula'' #1 |
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* Invincible Iron Man #25,27,26(Variant) |
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* ''Heroic Age Heroes'' #1 |
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* Iron Man Legacy #02(variant) |
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* ''Heroic Age X-Men'' #1 |
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* Thor #610(variant) |
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* ''Heroic Age Villains'' #1 |
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* ''Avengers Spotlight'' Vol. 2 #1 |
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* ''Heroic Age Previews'' #1 |
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* Origins of Marvel Universe 1 |
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* ''FDNY Custom Comic'' #1 |
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* Dark Wolverine #86(variant) |
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* Deadpool #23 |
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* Deadpool Team Up #893(variant) |
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* New Mutants #13(Variant),15 |
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* Wolverine Origins #48(variant) |
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* X-Factor #205(variant) |
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* X-Force #27(variant) |
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====Others==== |
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* Amazing Spider-Man 631–633(Variant) |
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* Doomwar #04(variant) |
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* Fall of the Hulks Savage She-Hulk #03(variant) |
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* Fantastic Four #579–582 |
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* Franken-castle #17 |
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* Marvel Zombies 5 #03(variant) |
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* Secret Warriors #17–19 |
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* Web of Spider-Man #08(variant) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
{{Reflist}} |
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{{Marvel events}} |
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{{Thunderbolts}} |
{{Thunderbolts}} |
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{{New Avengers}} |
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Latest revision as of 18:04, 26 February 2024
"The Heroic Age" | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Publication date | April 2010 – April 2012 |
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Main character(s) | Avengers |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Various |
Artist(s) | Various |
The Heroic Age is a 2010 comic book branding that ran through a number of books published by Marvel Comics. It began in April 2010 and ended in April 2012.[1] It marked a major change in the status quo of the Marvel Universe after the events of the "Siege" crossover event, similarly to how "The Initiative" and "Dark Reign" dealt with the aftermath of "Civil War" and "Secret Invasion", respectively.
Publication history
[edit]Marvel publisher Dan Buckley stated that the Heroic Age was intended to be more constrained in its scope than previous initiatives:
We're trying to get a little bit more into the families of publishing, not as line-wide, to provide people with very digestible beginning, middle, and end content with top characters and top creators in conjunction with the Marvel Universe... It's not going across the line in the books. You’ll see that with the X-Men books, you'll see it with Spider-Man.[2]
The initiative began in May 2010's Avengers #1, which reunited Iron Man, Captain America (both Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes), Thor, and Hawkeye as teammates.[3] The same month saw the start of a four-issue comics anthology limited series called Age of Heroes, with Kurt Busiek writing the lead story. The idea behind the series is that, according to Tom Brevoort, "seeing as how Heroic Age will impact on characters both large and small, we thought it might be fun to do an anthology to delve into some of these stories and to touch upon some of these characters".[4] Busiek's story involves J. Jonah Jameson, whereas Rick Remender's stars Doctor Voodoo, and Paul Cornell features Captain Britain and MI13 and the Young Masters.[5][6]
The initiative also saw the debut of a new series, Atlas, featuring the Agents of Atlas, written by Jeff Parker.[7] The Thunderbolts series, also written by Parker, featured a new Heroic Age line-up, led by Luke Cage (who is also in the lineup of the New Avengers), Crossbones, Juggernaut, Ghost, Moonstone, Songbird and Man-Thing.[8] Another series launched was Secret Avengers by writer Ed Brubaker.[9] The New Avengers series was relaunched in June 2010, written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Stuart Immonen.[10] A new series called Avengers Academy by Christos Gage and Mike McKone debuted in June 2010,[11] as well as a new Young Allies series written by Sean McKeever and David Baldeon.[12][13]
Series
[edit]Cancelled series
[edit]- Dark Avengers
- New Avengers Vol. 1
- Mighty Avengers
- Avengers: The Initiative
- Incredible Hercules
- Agents of Atlas
New series
[edit]- The Avengers Vol. 4 #1–6
- New Avengers Vol. 2 #1–6
- Secret Avengers #1–5
- Avengers Academy #1–2
- Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1
- Atlas #1
- Black Widow Vol. 4 #2
- Young Allies #1
- Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #579-582
- Thunderbolts Vol. 1 #144-146
- Secret Warriors Vol. 1 #17-19
- Captain America Vol. 1 #606-610
- Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 #526
- New Mutants Vol. 3 #15
- X-Men: Legacy #238
- Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 #25-27
- Deadpool Vol. 4 #23
- Vengeance of the Moon Knight #8-10
Limited series
[edit]- Avengers Prime #1
- Avengers: The Children's Crusade #1–9
- Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier #1–4
- Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #1-6
- Heroic Age: Prince of Power #1–4
- Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis #1–5
- Age of Heroes #1–4
- Heroic Age: One Month to Live #1–5
- I Am an Avenger #1–5
One-shots
[edit]- Enter the Heroic Age #1
- Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age #1
- Death of Dracula #1
- Heroic Age Heroes #1
- Heroic Age X-Men #1
- Heroic Age Villains #1
- Avengers Spotlight Vol. 2 #1
- Heroic Age Previews #1
- FDNY Custom Comic #1
References
[edit]- ^ "Heroic Age". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "Interview with Marvel's Dan Buckley, Part 2". ICv2. December 10, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
- ^ Colton, David (January 27, 2010). "First look: Marvel Comics' 'heroes will be heroes again'". USA Today. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
- ^ Richards, Dave (February 10, 2010). "Brevoort and Busiek Usher In an "Age of Heroes"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ^ Beard, Jim (February 10, 2010). "The Heroic Age: Age of Heroes". Marvel.com. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ Pepose, David (February 10, 2010). "From Marvel's Heroic Age Comes AGE OF HEROES Anthology". Newsarama. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ Richards, Dave (February 10, 2010). "Parker Remaps Marvel's "Atlas"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ^ Arrant, Chris (February 9, 2010). "Luke Cage Powers Into THUNDERBOLTS as Heroic Age Leader". Newsarama. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (February 9, 2010). "Ed Brubaker Tries to Keep the SECRET AVENGERS' Secrets". Newsarama. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ CBR News Team (March 1, 2010). "Luke Cage Is A New Avenger Again". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
- ^ "I Am In Avengers Academy". Marvel.com. March 8, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ Phegley, Kiel (March 9, 2010). "McKeever Enlists "Young Allies"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (March 9, 2010). "YOUNG ALLIES Joins Marvel's Summer Youth Movement". Newsarama. Retrieved March 10, 2010.