A new New Warriors series is coming!

Hard to believe but it looks like the New Warriors will have a new title coming out this year. The folks of Syfy Wire dropped the news! A special thanks to Ross Hutchinson who made us aware on our Facebook Group.

The new book will be written by Daniel Kibblesmith, with art by Luciano Vecchio. Daniel said:

…We’re going with most of the original members, plus Rage and Silhouette with Night Thrasher, Namorita, Firestar, Speedball!

He also mentioned that Justice would be a part of it, with some interactions bouncing against Night Thrasher, due to Justice’s roll in the series Outlawed, which essentially deals with teenagers who possess powers of any kind can not be allowed to use their powers (as I understand it). He also noted that the exlcusion of Nova is because Nova is out there doing things in the Universe that keep him busy and away from Earth.

The core concept of the book is that during the events of Outlawed, the New Warriors have chosen a side and are recruiting unaffiliated new New Warriors to get the proper training that they need to survive in the world. The recruits (seen on both covers) are new characters developed for this series.

That being said; with what appears to be five new characters – plus Rage, Silhouette, Night Thrasher, Namorita, Firestar and Speedball; it does sound like it’s going to be a very heavy book in terms of characters.

Things I am already looking forward to, just based on the covers is the fact that Night Thrasher is once again back in his armored look rather than the trench coat. (No offense to whoever designed that, but the armor was very much a part of Night Thrasher). And that fact that Namorita will be appearing once again. Namorita’s state is one that’s been rather puzzling because of her demise in Civil War, then her time displaced version being brought back to the “regular” Marvel Universe (with pink skin), then a blue skinned Namorita being seen at the end of Christopher Yost’s run (a reference to a story he didn’t get to finish), then seeing Namorita with pink skin again in the pages of Fantastic Four and subsequent appearances. I am curious if there’s going to be any attempt to explain Namorita or just accept it and move on.

I am definitely looking forward to what this has to offer!

UPDATE: Marvel confirmed that the New Warriors and Power Pack series will both be 5 issues, and Champions will be ongoing in this updated article.

Now, that said – might I recommend you tell everyone under the sun to buy copies of New Warriors (and Power Pack) so that Marvel sees that they have a fanbase and consider launching an ongoing series.