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Captain America
By Thomas Deja

What You Should Know: After defeating the Fourth Sleeper in issues #22-23, Jack Flag has taken his leave of his mentor, leaving Nomad and Cap to rush to Avengers Mansion just as the Stark Invasion hits.

What's Gonna Happen: Issue #24 is our Stark Invasion crossover, with Cap, Nomad, The Falcon and Luke Cage battling the Stark in Harlem!

Down The Road: Post-Stark Invasion, we begin "Like Swimming" in issue #25, a murder mystery set in a white supremecist group's grounds. This story features what may be the most contreversial character I've ever created, a hero called Jotun, who firmly believes in the white supremecy precepts. After that, expect to see a trip to Jerusalem to prevent a third party from blowing up the Gaza Strip.


Great Lakes Avengers
By Thomas Deja

What You Should Know: The GLA'ers fired Deadpool as their trainer and hired The Swordsman. Together, they defeated a clone-happy Jackal and his minions.

What's Gonna Happen: Issue #12, the GLA's Stark Invasion crossover, features Hawkeye and Sandman temporarily replacing Door Man as DeMarr goes off on a highly classified mission to disable the Stark's troops.

Down The Road: Issue #12 will be the final issue of GLA from me.


Iron Man
By Thomas Deja

What You Should Know: Tony Stark recently donned the all-new, cybernetically-interfaced Living Iron Armor, armor that is plugged directly into his artificial nervous system. He has been seeing software designer Karyn Celeste, who is feeling threatened by the arrival on the scene of Bethany Cabe. Tony has found himself at the mercy of Satsujin Moomji, now revealed to be a creature genetically engineered from the DNA of Indries Moomji and one of Tony's greatest enemies, Obediah Stane--whose spirit has been retrieved from the other side and is now housed in the Teen Tony 'Retro Armor.' And all the while, the Stark Armada draws closer....

What's Gonna Happen: Issue #29 is the end of "The Rules of The Game," the storyline that answers all the questions in this title since issue #1! A prisoner of Stane, Tony is prepped for a mind transference procedure that will implant Obediah Stane's soul into his mind. Little do either men know that their confrontation will be interrupted both by the Stark Elite and a mysterious figure that's been hiding in the fringes of Av2K's titles for a while now. Then in issue #30, a tie-in to THE STARK INVASION, Tony fights for his life against the Stark Elite, who are determined to destroy Tony, the man they consider their God. This issue will lead directly into SENTINELS OF LIBERTY's entry in the crossover.

Down The Road: After the Stark Invasion, expect a lighthearted change of pace with the return of the most unexpected Iron Man villian of all. Then Tony and guest star Wonder Man will encounter N-Synner-8, who's run afoul of a familiar group of hunters. I'll be finishing up my run with a story involving the Spymistress, Midas and Tony's bid to reclaim Stark International.


Swordsman
By Thomas Deja

What You Should Know: After helping the Great Lakes Avengers, the Swordsman and Magdalene are sent on a mission by their employers at Landau, Luckman and Lake.

What's Gonna Happen: #7 is a prelude to The Stark Invasion, as Philip and Maggie are sent to retrieve information on the Uncreated from the ruins of Project: Easy Tiger...and runs afoul of a special guest star. No telling who it is, but he is one of the characters most demanded by fans of my work. Then is issue #8, the Power couple is split up, as Swordsman goes on a stealth mission to squash the Stark along with Spider-Man, Mockingbird, Ant-Man, Door-Man and others while Maggie lends her muscles to the Avengers' mission to repel Nebula.

Down The Road: We're going to start learning more about what's going on inside the heads of Zoe and Chloe as the real reason for Philip being hired is slowly revealed. There's an ulterior motive in their monitoring of the lovebirds, and the reason behind their hiring may upset both of them. Also expect to see Philip visit The Savage Land once the smoke from SI clears leaving.


Wolverine/Highlander
By David Wheatley

What You Should Know: Logan and Connor MacLeod have crossed paths twice and the last time resulted in both being captured by a rogue element of Department H.

What's Gonna Happen: Wolverine and MacLeod fight to keep the Prize out of the hands of Director X

Down The Road: Nada, it's a mini-series.