Marvel Reveals Squadron Sinister Secret Wars Series

Marc Guggenheim and Carlos Pacheco are bringing the bad guys to Battleworld in Squadron Sinisters, a new Secret Wars Warzones series.

The Squadron has be reimagined over time as a team of heroes, but Guggenheim plans to bring them back to their origin as supervillains.

"The version of Squadron Sinister I am doing is very, very close to the original version of Squadron Sinister," Guggenheim tell Marvel.com. "They started out as, essentially, this JLA analogue to fight the Avengers. So those early stories were the Avengers versus a version of the Justice League that were all villains, which is really cool. So I'm running with that concept."

In keeping with that spirit, the Squadron Sinister's lineup will consist of the original four members - Hyperion, Nighthawk, Whizzer, and Doctor Spectrum – plus newcomer Warrior Woman.

The Squadron calls the region of Battleworld known as Utopolis their home, and Guggenheim teases a series that deals a lot with the power balance of Battleworld as a whole.

"This series is really rooted heavily in the new politics of Battleworld, which you'll really get more of a sense of in Secret Wars," Guggenheim explains. "Our guys live in a province called Utopolis which they rule with an iron thumb. Basically the ruler of Battleworld gives the barons of the provinces pretty wide birth, but at the same time, if you screw up the repercussions are pretty severe."

Secret Wars begins in May. Squadron Sinister #1 ships in June.