WEBVTT 00:00.512 --> 00:08.226 [SPEAKER_00]: New Avengers lineup revealed alongside new creative team, controversial writer Moro Montella back on Bloodshot. 00:08.607 --> 00:10.670 [SPEAKER_00]: This is Comic Book Club News for June 8, 2026. 00:29.343 --> 00:36.487 [SPEAKER_00]: Writer Gypsidarsky and Artist Marko Chichetto are relaunching the Avengers with a new number one issue in the wake of Avengers Armageddon. 00:36.587 --> 00:45.713 [SPEAKER_00]: And that lineup, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain Marvel, Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Quote, and all new heroes set to make their explosive debut soon. 00:45.813 --> 00:51.175 [SPEAKER_00]: Which come on, it's David Colton, aka the Captain America of the 2000s, aka Superdate. 00:51.255 --> 00:54.217 [SPEAKER_00]: Editors don't not as actual hero names, and our skis mission? 00:54.477 --> 01:00.620 [SPEAKER_00]: He thinks Avengers should be a book that, quote, leads the Marvel Universe, where big things happen and surprises keep hitting. 01:00.800 --> 01:03.841 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, please pass that note to Justice League as well. 01:04.021 --> 01:12.705 [SPEAKER_00]: If you're a little lost here, Avengers Armageddon is the new five-issue event launching this week, and we'll find Red Hulk taking over Lot Varian fighting the rest of the world for control. 01:12.945 --> 01:17.287 [SPEAKER_00]: So that, when the mix are David Colton, aka Super Dave, don't know that his actual name. 01:17.427 --> 01:24.410 [SPEAKER_00]: And Wolverine, and Marvel has been teasing that this new Avengers title will be the biggest shake-up since Avengers Disassembled. 01:24.530 --> 01:31.233 [SPEAKER_00]: And I guess that's technically accurate because the team that came out of that event called the New Avengers is very similar to this team. 01:31.313 --> 01:41.177 [SPEAKER_00]: New Avengers number one introduced an out of the wreckage team that various points included Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Daredevil and Wolverine, as well as Spider-Woman Captain America and Century. 01:41.257 --> 01:42.398 [SPEAKER_00]: Also, Focke Nelson. 01:42.558 --> 01:44.099 [SPEAKER_00]: Where's Focke on this new team? 01:44.199 --> 01:45.559 [SPEAKER_00]: Darzki loves Focke. 01:45.599 --> 01:50.581 [SPEAKER_00]: Sure enough, the new book will feature true believers' blind bags featuring exclusive and sketch variants. 02:02.279 --> 02:10.223 [SPEAKER_00]: Nearly a year after valiant Ann published her alien books where it was serious blowback online thanks to what was seen as anti-trans text and bloodshot number one. 02:10.323 --> 02:19.367 [SPEAKER_00]: Right here in Moro Montella is back on the book with the June release of bloodshot number four man-made hell number one, a new three-issue series with art by Christian Rossi. 02:19.587 --> 02:28.357 [SPEAKER_00]: To briefly review what went down in August of 2025, a rebooted bloodshot featured a storyline about vampires fighting the nanotech powered warrior with his own nanites. 02:28.517 --> 02:37.448 [SPEAKER_00]: While a lot of it skirted cultural commentary slash santaire, one-bit in particular stuck in readers' claws, were it seemed to be specifically aping anti-trans messaging. 02:37.548 --> 02:40.891 [SPEAKER_00]: An Argentinian writer Mantella came under fire for including it. 02:40.931 --> 02:53.204 [SPEAKER_00]: For their part, Alien books immediately offered a statement of the dialogue and laid out several steps for addressing the issue, including updating the dialogue for the trade and undergoing quote, a more intense review by our proofreaders as part of our editorial process. 02:53.444 --> 02:57.588 [SPEAKER_00]: Unfortunately, immediately following that, it came to light that Mantella had repeatedly retweeted, 02:57.788 --> 03:10.735 [SPEAKER_00]: anti-trans and anti-vaccine memes multiple times in the past and in response to that Mantella deleted his Twitter account and posted a lengthy response explanation about his reposts as well as the offending line of dialogue in Bloodshot. 03:10.855 --> 03:15.317 [SPEAKER_00]: While the next two issues of Bloodshot were absent from valiant solicits for the rest of the year, 03:15.477 --> 03:22.099 [SPEAKER_00]: Bloodshot number 2 was released in stores in October of 2025, with issue number 3 hitting a December, wrapping up the arc. 03:22.179 --> 03:25.580 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, after that absence, bloodshot is back and so is Madtella. 03:25.600 --> 03:28.521 [SPEAKER_00]: The new issue hitting stores on June 24, 2026. 03:28.701 --> 03:35.863 [SPEAKER_00]: While this is pure speculation, it seems likely this fourth issue is the first completely craft since the fallout from everything we detailed previously. 03:36.023 --> 03:40.606 [SPEAKER_00]: Whether this controversy will be addressed in the issue or referenced in any way, TBD. 03:40.747 --> 03:42.848 [SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Alvin. 03:42.888 --> 03:44.910 [SPEAKER_00]: And yes, that was only two stories today. 03:45.210 --> 03:45.990 [SPEAKER_00]: Leave me alone. 03:46.891 --> 03:48.852 [SPEAKER_00]: Got tips or stories you'd like us to cover? 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