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ILLUMINATING THE ILLUMINATI WITH BRIAN BENDIS

Most recently, they played a major role in the fate of The Sentry in the pages of New Avengers: Reed Richards, Black Bolt, Namor, Professor Xavier, and Dr. Strange. Together, the five are known as the Illuminati, and in March, Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev will show their history in New Avengers Special: The Illuminati.

We caught up with Bendis to talk secrets, cabals, how it starts to come apart, and similarities.

First off, the special was originally planned out to be an arc of New Avengers but moved into its own special as circumstances called for it to be something more than an arc. Rather than a multi-part story in an ongoing series, the special will now serve as a prelude to 2006’s major storyline that will run through the Marvel Universe.

Key in this stage-setting: explain the history of the Illuminati.

As revealed in the special, the five first joined forces after the Kree-Skrull War (Avengers #89-#97), and have had a hand in many of the major events that have rocked the Marvel Universe over the years. “We’re going to unfold their history in the special – how it happened that they got together in the first place, why it was these guys rather than other guys, say, why Black Panther isn’t in there, which is actually a very good point for the story, and we’re going to take it from there,” Bendis said.

Backing up, it’s easy to see that the five represent five larger groups within the Marvel Universe, Bendis acknowledged. “They each represent a certain something that is very special to the Marvel Universe – Namor, of course, is the king of 75% of the planet and represents a certain mindset; Tony Stark represents a certain type of hero – the Avenger type of hero, one who understands and appreciates that heroes can work with the government, rather than outside of it; Reed is the ‘science’ side of the heroes; Black Bolt represents the Inhumans, which are an important part of Marvel history and an important part of things that are to come, as was hinted at in House of M; Dr. Strange speaks for the mystical side of the Marvel universe, and Professor Xavier is there for the mutants. They all bring with them a unique viewpoint and perspective that isn’t shard by the others.”

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Originally posted by Scoobless
"As revealed in the special, the five first joined forces after the Kree-Skrull War"

I counted six....

"Tony Stark represents a certain type of hero – the Avenger type of hero"

he also represents humans without powers

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"s plus i wanna see how black bolt contributes since medusa isnt there."

He probably walks around with a little chalk board around his neck like Awesome Andy.

Namor: "Anything you wanna say about this Black Bolt"

Black Bolt: (writing on the chalk board) "HAHA very funny Namor, you ass"

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Originally posted by Scoobless
"As revealed in the special, the five first joined forces after the Kree-Skrull War"

I counted six....

"Tony Stark represents a certain type of hero – the Avenger type of hero"

he also represents humans without powers

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Originally posted by K Von Doom
You'd think, with Xavier and Dr Strange there, they'd all just mind link or something so Bolt can say stuff.

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Originally posted by DarkCrawler
What is rest of the heroes turn on them? We might see Namor and Black Bolt kicking ass...(please log in to view the image)

I'm gonna fall in luv babeh

~wickerman~