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Revision as of 01:11, 6 October 2005 by 65.220.54.20 (talk) (rv to last non fan-biased version)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Heroes Reborn is the name of several comic book mini-series and one-shots published by Marvel Comics after the Onslaught megacrossover.
Following the apparent "deaths" of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four during the Onslaught affair, their series were restarted from #1, with the intent of telling their adventures anew for modern generations. This was explained, in-story, as their having been transported into a pocket universe by Franklin Richards, the near-omnipotent son of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, to save them, where they lived their lives again in new, different ways, oblivious to their pasts.
For this reworking, Marvel "farmed out" the properties to some of their former employees who had left the company to form Image Comics; Jim Lee's studios handled Fantastic Four and Iron Man, while Rob Liefeld took the reins of Avengers and Captain America. However, after six issues, Liefeld was not pulling his weight, and his titles were given to Lee, where they finished their runs. Overall, Fantastic Four was considered to be the best of the series, with Iron Man coming in second. Captain America was a critical disaster, and while Avengers performed poorly with fans for Liefeld's issues, Walt Simonson took over the book when it moved to Lee's studios, and produced a decent conclusion. Despite being mostly critically lambasted and considered by most fans to have been a terrible idea (some fans have semi-seriously blamed Liefeld's Captain America for the death of Mark Gruenwald), Heroes Reborn was still an unqualified financial success. At the end of the Heroes Reborn storyline, the Fantastic Four and Avengers were returned to the mainstream Marvel Universe, again through the intervention of Franklin Richards.
Bibliography
- Fantastic Four Vol. 2 #1-13
- Avengers Vol. 2 #1-13
- Iron Man Vol. 2 #1-13
- Captain America Vol. 2 #1-13
- Heroes Reborn: The Return #1-4 (December 1997)
- Heroes Reborn fifth week event, (January 2000)
- Heroes Reborn: Doomsday
- Heroes Reborn: Rebel
- Heroes Reborn: Masters of Evil
- Heroes Reborn: Ashema
- Heroes Reborn: Remnants
- Heroes Reborn: Young Allies
- Heroes Reborn: Doom