The Director of S.H.I.E.L.D has a new director.
Announced Saturday at Wizard World Philadelphia, veteran television and comic writer Christos Gage ("Avengers: The Initiative" and "Man with No Name") will pen a three-issue "Secret Invasion" arc on "Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D" beginning with #33.
Marvel Editor Bill Rosemann confirmed that a new regular creative team will be named shortly for #36 and beyond that will replace the outgoing writing tandem of Daniel and Charles Knauf.
Gage shared some major plot points from his arc with CBR News with a warning for the Skrulls to watch out for War Machine.
"As we've seen in 'Secret Invasion' #1, Iron Man has fallen to a Skrull virus that has crippled all StarkTech worldwide. When he goes down, it activates a failsafe, and his best friend, James Rhodes, a.k.a. War Machine, gets a message asking him to carry on the fight," explained Gage. "Unbeknownst even to Rhodey himself, Tony designed the new War Machine armor not to use any StarkTech in case of just such a situation. Now Rhodey is left alone to take the battle to the Skrulls. And he does!"
And Gage said War Machine isn't fooling around.
"You're going to see War Machine taking on the Skrull armada and really cutting loose," said Gage, who also noted James Rhodes is now a cyborg, as seen in the pages of "Avengers: The Initiative" #11.
Gage considers Tony Stark one of the most fascinating characters currently active in the Marvel Universe, especially since the events surrounding "Civil War."
"Tony's very purposefully put himself in a position where he has to make very difficult decisions, often with no absolutely good outcome," said Gage. "That's really admirable and impressive; I wouldn't want to be in his shoes."
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