Marvel Comics has announced the formation of an All-New, All-Different Savage Avengers title, complete with a new line-up consisting of Anti-Venom, Weapon H/Hulkverine, Daredevil/Elektra, Black Knight, Cloak & Dagger, and Conan the Barbarian.
And then there's Deathlok, included in Leinil Yu's cover for All-New, All-Different Savage Avengers #1 alongside the team, but billed in Marvel's full announcement as the story's villain, pursuing the Savage Avengers as they accompany Conan to the Hyborian Age.
All-New, All-Different Savage Avengers was announced in a series of teasers that first revealed several pairs of heroes, along with the words "All-New" and "All-Different," with the third (and seemingly last) image revealing the new super-team as a new incarnation of the Savage Avengers.
Marvel hasn't specified if Savage Avengers is a one-shot, limited series, or ongoing title.
Now Marvel has named the title's creative team of writer David Pepose, known for his creator-owned comics including Spencer & Locke, Scout's Honor, and the Ringo Award-winning The O.Z. (and as a former Newsarama writer/editor!), along with Marvel Comics staple artist Carlos Magno, fresh off his work on the recent Kang the Conqueror limited series.
As for the team themselves, Hulkverine (better known as Weapon H) is Clay Cortez, a super-soldier subject with all the abilities of Hulk and Wolverine combined.
Meanwhile, Agent Anti-Venom is classic Spider-Man supporting character Flash Thompson, who was resurrected in the Venom-centric King in Black event with a new Anti-Venom symbiote.
Dane Whitman is fresh off two storylines - one crossing over with the X-Men - which revealed that his daughter, Jackie "Jacks" Chopra, is a mutant (she's also a Black
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