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Marvel Says It’s Not Trying To Align Comic, Movie Continuities

By Nick Tylwalk

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Marvel has a big announcement of some sort to make during its Secret Wars livestream from New York’s Midtown Comics later today. No one knows exactly what it might be, but one thing fans shouldn’t expect is that the company is ending all of its current comics and rebooting things to match the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

That word comes from Marvel publisher Dan Buckley, who told ICv2 that it would be a “venture into madness” to make the characters in the comics and movies exactly the same.

"People can see what Marvel’s done over the years. It’s pretty complex what we’ve pulled off from a continuity and context standpoint through the last 50 to 75 years. It’s pretty impressive. To try to take comic continuity and tie it into movie continuity? Believe me, I work in both the movies and live-action television shows, and it is hard enough to synch those two things up. I’m not looking to invite 70 books a month into the equation."

Buckley does admit the obvious, which is that the MCU does have some influence on its source material. He uses Thor as an example, pointing out that Asgard is drawn to have more of a sci-fi look than it previously had since the movies have established that feel.

I’d also argue that until his recent Inversion, the comic book version of Tony Stark was absolutely affected by the Robert Downey Jr. characterization on the big screen. And it would be hard to say that was a bad thing.

That doesn’t mean that Secret Wars won’t lead to a reboot, or that some parts of Marvel comic book history might not be affected by the event. There are a number of interesting fan theories floating around out there. It’s just that no one should worry about the “All-New, All Different” Avengers series launching in May having a roster that looks exactly like the one the MCU leaves us with at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron, or that Hank Pym gets written out of being a founding member of the team. At least, it sure doesn’t sound like that.

Here’s another reassurance from Buckley:

"Because in the publishing universe there’s all sorts of superheroes around. They’re really who they are, and you can do certain things, so their continuity in that comic universe will be those characters in that universe. But they’re going to act, breathe and operate in the comics universe in the continuity of the comics universe. In the television universe they’ll still be in the Cinematic Universe doing what they’re doing."

(via CBR’s Robot 6)

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