"He had these months to do it between 'Young Avengers' arcs. It's definitely a plus to have a co-writer on something like this especially with so much research that needs to be done by both of us."īendis and his co-writer Reed were looking to collaborate on something, but it was the availability of artist Jim Cheung that turned "New Avengers: The Illuminati" into a reality. It's nice to have someone who has a different point of view and that way all points of view can be looked at more carefully. Particularly in those heavy Marvel continuity projects because I think when you're dealing with the shared history of the Marvel Universe, sometimes it can be better to have more than you and your editor looking at it. He's a really good guy and we work well together. We did the 'Ultimate Spider-Man' video game together and we did 'Spider-Woman: Origin' together, which worked out really well.
"Marvel was like, 'Hey! Do that thing you we're going to do!' I was like, 'Oh, let me think about it' and Tom Brevoort said, 'Why don't you and Brian Reed write it together?' We had been writing a lot of stuff together. It's in its second printing now," Bendis continued. "So, the special came out and thanks everybody for making it such a big hit. The place for it and what it would do in 'New Avengers' was kind of inappropriate because there are new stories being told there, but it was definitely a story I wanted to tell. "I was going to go back to it and I was thinking it might be my summer for 'New Avengers.' But 'Civil War' completely changed the Marvel Universe. "It was during pre-'Civil War' Marvel that the germ of it was on my list of things to do in 'New Avengers,'" Bendis told CBR News. The plans to reveal the secret history of the Illuminati actually predate the "Illuminati" special. CBR News spoke with Brian Bendis about the mini-series. Beginning this December, in the five-issue " New Avengers: The Illuminati" mini-series, writers Brian Michael Bendis and Brian Reed and artist Jim Cheung will reveal what roles the group played in shaping the history of the Marvel Universe and show how their actions in the past will come back to haunt them in the present day. Earlier this year, readers got to learn more about the group's history and witness their break up in the pages of "New Avengers Special: The Illuminati," but if you think you know all there is to know about this secret faction, you're wrong.
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