The pop culture clock is counting down, heading into the month of May, at a pace that makes the heart skip a beat (or two).
Why? Because on May 1st, one of this year’s most eagerly anticipated summer movies drops into our cinema-going laps.
That’s right! Your favourite Marvel Comics superheroes return for another big-budget adventure in Avengers: Age of Ultron!
But who, exactly, is this Ultron character – a comic book villain that most people around the globe would probably mistake for the main protagonist in the 1999 animated sci-fi flick, The Iron Giant? No worries. This month, Marvel has got you covered. You’ll know exactly who Ultron is – and the threat he poses to mankind everywhere with Avengers: Ultron Forever #1.
Follow me after the jump for the menacing scoop!
Avengers: Ultron Forever #1
Written by: Al Ewing
Illustrated by: Alan Davis
Published by: Marvel Comics
Sometimes films and the comic books they’re based on sync up perfectly. Other times, story elements change. And that’s what’s happened with the origin of Ultron in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron movie. As a sentient robot originally created by Hank Pym (the first Ant-Man – who just so happens to make an appearance, as played by actor Michael Douglas, in the Ant-Man film released later this year) in the new Avengers movie, Ultron’s origins lie on the lab tables of Tony Stark, Iron Man.
I’m sure that change will allow for greater animosity between Stark and his Avenger teammates – specifically Captain America. Those relationship elements will certainly play out over upcoming films. I’m betting that the Avengers get “disassembled” in May’s film.
But I digress.
To remind you about how evil and how powerful a machination Ultron is, Marvel is releasing a number of themed comics this month and next that all tie in, in some way or another, to the characters and plot elements of Avengers: Age of Ultron. It’s pretty powerful stuff when the film studio and the comic book publishing think tank operate tightly under the umbrella of the same parent company, isn’t it?
Avengers: Ultron Forever #1 is the first chapter of a three issue series that is meant to remind – or introduce – readers to the character of Ultron. Here, we get the 500-years-in-the-future story of Ultron’s ultimate victory: eradicating the scourge of the human species.
But Doctor Doom has a plan: seven Avengers are brought forward through time to save the future of the earth – and defeat Ultron for the sake of the cosmos! That’s senses-shattering stuff! (Marvel should put those words on the cover of the comic!)
One of the most exciting elements of this series is that renowned (and favourite) artist, Alan Davis, is lending his legendary skill to the art chores. You just don’t get Avengers comics much better than that!
You can get a sneak peek of the comic right here.
Make the run to your local comic book store today and pick up the first issue of Avengers: Ultron Forever in advance of the Avengers: Age of Ultron film.
Discover what the Ultron threat is all about!
