Marvel Unveil Neil Gaiman’s Angela Redesign

angela marvel Back in March, Marvel announced that Neil Gaiman€™s character Angela would become a part of the Marvel Universe, making her debut in the final instalment of the Marvel Event, Age of Ultron #10. From there she will appear in Guardians of the Galaxy #5 with Gaiman co-writing the issue with series writer Brian Michael Bendis. Angela €“ a bounty hunter from heaven and one-time love interest of Spawn€™s €“ first appeared in Spawn #9 written by Gaiman in 1993. Angela has been the subject of a legal dispute between McFarlane and Gaiman over who owns the character with a court ruling in 2002 that both writers were to be credited as co-creators. Last year, McFarlane and Gaiman settled their dispute with Gaiman having full ownership. Of Angela€™s forthcoming appearance in Age of Ultron #10, Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada said:
€œAngela is going to make her mark rather quickly. She's going to hit the ground running and cut a large swath through the Marvel Universe €“ both literally and metaphorically,€ Quesada said. €œ We have huge plans for her, and the mystery of who she is and where she comes from is something I think Marvel fans are going to be blown away by. Actually, I know they will!€
Marvel€™s Editor-in-Chief, Axel Alonso, said:
€œWe took what Neil had laid down for the character and found a way to collaboratively fold her into the Marvel Universe in a seamless way,€ Alonso said. €œWhat€™s fascinating to me about what we have done is Angela is clearly a part of the Marvel universe by the time people understand her back-story. It€™s as if she€™s always been there. It doesn€™t feel like we€™ve just opened some portal and brought something new and strange and completely different into our universe.€
Gaiman said of his character€™s inclusion in the Marvel Universe:
€œI€™m ridiculously proud of Angela: a hunter, a warrior, a take-no-prisoners kick-ass lady angel with whom you would never want to mess,€ he said. €œCreating her was fun, writing her early exploits was a delight. It made me sad that her time in comics was cut short, and that people who loved her (including me) thought they€™d never see her again. I am happy that, after a long time in the wilderness of non-existence, she has come back to us again.€
Quesada€™s re-design of Angela was unveiled yesterday: Guardians of the Galaxy #5 will be Gaiman€™s first comic in 4 years since €œBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?€ with DC. Gaiman will also be writing a prequel to his critically acclaimed, bestselling Vertigo comics series €œThe Sandman€ with artist JH Williams III with publication expected later this year. Age of Ultron #10 and Gaiman€™s new prose novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane are both out in June
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