User blog:ARTaylor/Comic-Con 2016 Wrap Up

Marvel Animation held yet another panel at San Diego's famous Comic-Con.

First up, Avengers Assemble will be renamed once again. This time it will become Avengers: Secret wars. The new team of Avengers will feature Black Panther, Ms. Marvel, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man, Wasp, and Vision when some of the Avengers go missing. It was stated that at some point Black Panther would lead the team. The Jane Foster-Thor will also be appearing.

Guardians of the Galaxy has been renewed for a second season. An unspecified cosmic character that "fans have demanded the most" will appear.

Guardians of the Galaxy will spin off into a series of shorts featuring Rocket Racoon and Groot. They will be created by Passion Pictures and directed by Arnauld Delord. Newsarama has the footage shown at Comic-Con.

On Ultimate Spider-Man, the amazing Spider-Gwen was hinted to appear.

Something with Deadpool was suggested as coming next year.

Finally, Marvel will release another animated feature focusing on Hulk called Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell. It will follow the jade giant as he teams up with Doctor Strange and the Howling Commandos. The movie is said to be more adult-oriented, similar to Batman: The Killing Joke.

Perhaps most troubling for Marvel fans is the lack of mutants in the animation line-up. When asked, animation vice-president Stephen Wacker said "No, no mutants." Actor Fred Tatasciore said it was nothing person, however, Wacker responded with "It's very personal, actually." Marvel has long been accused of shortchanging the children of the atom due to a feud with Fox Entertainment, particularly in favor of the Inhumans who are growing closer to how mutants originally were portrayed. This, combined with the upcoming vast reduction of mutant-related comics, does little to assuage those fears.