If the thought of a Marvel and Star Wars crossover, where the heroes and villains of the GFFA take on the mighty Avengers and Doctor Doom doesn’t float your boat, then you might want to start rowing in the opposite direction, as a rumour that Bleeding Cool supremo Rich Johnston believes is further down the line than many might expect could see Earth’s Mightiest Heroes heading to the galaxy far, far away.
Alex Ross, artist on a number of Star Wars projects but most notably Marvels from Marvel, and Kingdom Come from DC, once pitched a DC / Star Wars crossover, so this idea does have precedent, not to mention the numerous Star Wars comedy crossovers (Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Club Penguin, Angry Birds etc).
Recently, Marvel Comics published a new comic book series taking advantage of its Fox license, courtesy of Disney having bought Fox, with the Fantastic Four Vs The Planet Of The Apes comic book. Marvel critic Rob Liefeld brought attention to the new comic, posting to X, “Just wait until Star Wars/Avengers next year… yeesh.” Well, I don’t know about next year, it may even be this year, but yes, as a result of the conversation Rob’s post triggered, I hear it’s happening. The first full-blown cross-continuity Star Wars project, thanks to Disney owning both Lucasfilm and Marvel Comics and Marvel holding the license. And yes, as the headline of this article suggests, that means Mark Millar returning to Marvel Comics for such a project. And has been working on it for a little while. At least that’s what I am told by people who should know. And not just Mark Millar. And it is ComicsPRO next week, where last time Marvel EIC CB Cebulski and DC EIC Marie Javins announced the DC/Marvel crossovers.
So, might writing a Star Wars/Avengers comic, a first for such a thing in Star Wars history, be enough to tempt him back for one last job, before setting up Mark Millar Studios? That’s what I’m hearing… and he sees it as something bigger than Civil War. But then again, as with previous stories, it might just be what Mark Millar is telling people as a profile lifter. In which case, it has worked. Again.
