Marvel Comics is using the run-up to the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo this weekend to push a number of their new projects–but without giving much in the way of details.Yesterday, the company issued a press release saying that April 14th’s Cup o’ Joe panel would be the setting for a major announcement this weekend revealing the new book that former Iron Fist collaborators Matt Fraction and David Aja are working together on in the near future.Today comes the announcement–with no creative team or other context attached–that Gambit will be featured in a new series, beginning in August and set to be announced at Sunday’s Next Big Thing panel.For fans who can’t travel to Chicago this weekend, Marvel offers another option; included in each of the two releases is the following:
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