GW/Marvel Collaboration

I'm sure a number of you have been checking the Warhammer Community site as of late, but in case you haven't been keeping up, Games Workshop is now collaborating with Marvel to create Warhammer comics.

 

Aaaaarrrgh.


It is an obvious thing to do. Since many Indy shops that sold comics also sold Warhammer. But Aaarrgh.

 

Personally, my initial thoughts on the matter revolved around crossover fanfiction involving the Emperor "hiding" among humanity in the MCU.

...Well, "hiding" in the only way a demigod can hide:

 

It is obvious indeed. I hope that this does not result in lack of focus on the actual hobby

Gr, Imrahil

 

I am kinda facinated by this collaboration but i don't think it is going to be anything special. GW will probaly put some hefty restrictions on what the writers can and can't do, and unless they get writers that are invested in 40k, such as Dan Abnett, they might not be able to do the universe that much Justice and just be bland. Though we don't know much right now besides a release date, so it might be worth checking out when it arrives. Marvel has had a good track record with IPs that weren't their own such as Conan and the Vader comics.
One thing i hope right now is that this doesn't turn into another warhammer adventures incident, and by incident i mean how a large chunk of the 40k fanbase threw a massive hissy fit and claimed the franchise was going to be ruined forever, and it all turned out to not effect the larger warhammer universe at all.

 

Fantasy was blown up and AoS is still too new, so that only leaves 40k left. They could expand into some of the specialist 40k games such as Necromunda (gang warfare) and Gorkamorka ( Mad Max but with orkz).

 

New might not have been the right word to use, but i just think that AoS is still something that needs to be fleshed out more in terms of lore, factions and have a bigger name to it than it has now. Most "Geek" communities have an understanding or at the very least know of 40k, AoS still needs to be a bigger and more recognisable brand in it's own right. But all of that is just my opinion, maybe throwing AoS out there in the world might be what the game needs.

 

Now I picture Kroq-Gar coming back in a suit made of his improved Hand of the Gods, meaning he is now Iron Lizard

 

Impressively done

Gr, Imrahil

 

meh, not a fan of american style superhero comics, does marvel do much besides that?

 

Spoiler

It doesn't end well for them.

 

Is this to compete with the Iron Rat that is Ikkit Claw? He did make his inventions in a cave with a box of scraps, after all.

 

Another one for the Disney oblivion pot...