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Angela (from SPAWN) and Neil Gaiman Prepare for the AGE OF ULTRON

How the former Image character will enter and fit into the Marvel Universe remains to be seen.

AGE OF ULTRON is underway and there are lots of questions after the first two issues. Despite the story taking place "now," readers are left unsure how this fits into the rest of the Marvel Universe, the repercussions the story will have and how it will all end. It was announced earlier that Marvel CCO Joe Quesada would be drawing the final pages to the story. It's been said that this is in part with keeping the ending a secret.

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It turns out there's another secret they've kept under wraps but this apparently doesn't deal with the ending. This morning in the New York Times it was revealed that not only was Neil Gaiman making his return to Marvel Comics, he's also bringing his character, the angel Angela, first seen in Todd McFarlane's SPAWN comic.

Despite appearing in SPAWN, Gaiman was the copyright holder for several characters that appeared in the issue he wrote. It was in 2012 McFarlane and Gaiman reached a confidential settlement over the ownership and royalties owed to Gaiman for the characters he created. With full ownership awarded to Gaiman, the plans are to now bring her into the Marvel Universe.

It's mentioned that the plans for Angela to crossover to the Marvel Universe have been underway for "quite some time." It was decided that AGE OF ULTRON would be a good "entry point" for the character.

Some may complain about spoilers over this news but Marvel Editor in Cheif Axel Alonso insists this doesn't count as a spoiler. He refers to her presence as a bonus, similar to the "post-credit scenes in one of our Marvel Studio movies."

AGE OF ULTRON will not be her only appearance. It's been revealed that her next appearance will be in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #5 by Brian Michael Bendis and co-written by Gaiman. What this means for the character and the Marvel Universe remains to be seen.

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this is stupid...uggh! Another reason to hate marvel!

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The only way this makes sense is if Gaiman is planning on writing an Angela title at Marvel.

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This seems very interesting Angela is in my mind one of the sexy comic heroines but Marvel will tone down her outfit which will suck. But for other appearances after Age of Ultron she would most likely be a good match and rival to Valkrie.

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Well, i'm not happy w this but I have a feeling Gaiman has already found a great way to fit her in. I mean, he could reboot the character anytime he wants. It's that simple yet.... Still not happy. And about spawn.... I LOVED it but the story needs to end and give al peace or a definitive story. I hate the fact that the series is going down especially if it's one of my all time favorite comicbook series.

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I don't know to me shes like a Christian version of Valkyrie

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Awesome, yet really random.

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That's interesting, but wouldn't Marvel then have rights to use the character? Seems strange they would put a character in a comic that they don't own the rights to.

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Great writers should be given free reign

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@EdBlank: Same thing as you can't copyright a detective, but you can copyright a detective that wears a bat suit, is a billionaire and mastered hundreds of martial arts.

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@Dragonborn_CT said:

WUT.

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They must have a contest to see who can crap out the fastest comic character. I don't even see how someone could copyright an angel. I think the original author wrote about angels thousands of years ago. But anyway I'm bored now.

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Honestly, if you are Neil Gaiman you can probably get away with anything. Also, this sounds awesome, I can't be the only person that thinks the more Gaiman in comics the better.

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@sEsposito7: yeah Marvel has no demons or angels derp

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i'd rather spawn

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I hope age of ultron is just a good story and nothing like One More Day.

I doubt it could ever be as terrible as One More Day. At least it's pretty good so far.

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I had to check the date to be sure....it isn't April 1st is it?

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YES!

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Isn't she dead ?

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Interesting to say the least! I like her!

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I love Angela

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This is so weird... I mean, I loved Angela back when I was reading Spawn--one of the first series I ever followed!--but I don't see how she's really going to fit in the Marvel Universe. She worked in Spawn because the rest of the Spawn cast were plays of other mythical/spiritual characters and the story line was very much built on the existence of heaven, hell, angels and demons, etc. and driven by the conflicts between those elements. The Marvel Universe is so much bigger in scope and breadth... I just don't see how a warrior angel fits into everything. But, I suppose time will tell... I've been enjoying AoU thus far, so I'll wait and see what happens.

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I hope age of ultron is just a good story and nothing like One More Day.

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O.o

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I'm not okay with this. If you want your character to be creator owned, then keep him/her out of the universe of other creators so you don't screw it up when you don't want to work with them anymore.

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Lol

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Huh. Does Gaiman still retain the rights to the character after putting her in a Marvel book? If so, when will he put the character in a DC book as well? Because that'd be mildly nuts.

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WUT.

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