A-Next
| A-Next | |
|---|---|
 The A-Next Team | |
| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics' MC2 |
| First appearance | What If? #105 |
| Created by | Tom DeFalco Ron Frenz |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Avengers Mansion |
| Agent(s) | Current roster American Dream Bluestreak J2 Kate Power Sabreclaw Thena Thunderstrike Warp Reserve members Argo the Almighty Blacklight Coal Tiger Earth Sentry Spider-Girl Former members Ant-Man Captain America Crimson Curse Freebooter Hawkeye Mainframe Scarlet Witch Stinger Vision |
| A-Next | |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | (A-Next) Oct. 1998 – Sept. 1999 (Avengers Next) Jan. – March 2007 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Tom DeFalco Ron Frenz (A-Next) Ron Lim (Avengers Next) |
| Penciller(s) | Ron Frenz (A-Next) Ron Lim (Avengers Next) |
| Inker(s) | Brett Breeding, Al Milgrom (A-Next) Scott Koblish (Avengers Next) |
| Letterer(s) | Jim Novak (A-Next) Dave Sharpe (Avengers Next) |
| Colourist(s) | Bob Sharen (A-Next) Rob Ro, Avalon Studio (Avengers Next) |
| Creator(s) | Tom DeFalco Ron Frenz |
| Editor(s) | Bob Harras (A-Next) Molly Lazar (Avengers Next) |
A-Next is a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is the Marvel Comics 2 universe version of the Avengers. The team made its first appearance in What If? #105, the first comic featuring Spider-Girl, and the team's origin story was told in A-Next #1 (Oct. 1998).[1]
Publication history
[edit]The first issue of A-Next paid homage to The Avengers #1, with an Asgardian menace prompting new superheroes to band together, all of them analogues to the original team. Future stories introduced new heroes and villains, most of them based on pre-existing Marvel characters. Characters and story elements created by DeFalco in the comic were used in other comics in the MC2 Universe.
A five issue miniseries entitled Avengers Next ran from November 2006 to January 2007, written by Tom DeFalco and with artwork by Ron Lim, that followed on from the events of Last Hero Standing and Last Planet Standing. It reunited the remaining members of A-Next and added new members to the team, namely Sabreclaw, Kate Power (of Power Pack), Thena, the daughter of Thor, and a former criminal teleporter called Warp.
