New Marvel Generations Story Details Revealed

Marvel Comics‘ solicitations for August 2017 have finally shed some light on the highly anticipated Generations event, which will see some of Marvel’s young and legacy characters teaming up with the forebears and mentors.

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Each issue of Generations is a 40-page one-shots story focusing on a single pairing of characters. Augusts’ Generations releases include The Unworthy Thor & The Mighty Thor, Phoenix & Jean Grey, Banner Hulk & Totally Awesome Hulk, Wolverine & All-New Wolverine, and Hawkeye & Hawkeye.

There’s been much speculation about how these team-ups would occur, with many fans wondering if this meant the return of characters like Logan to mainstream continuity. While the end result of these stories remains undetermined, the return of these original characters is not inherent in the plot. Instead, the modern and legacy versions of these characters will be traveling back in time to join their predecessors during their heyday.

That doesn’t mean that these stories won’t have ramifications in the modern Marvel era. These one-shots are being written by the writer of each character’s current ongoing series – Jason Aaron for Thor, Cullen Bunn for Jean Grey (X-Men Blue), Greg Pak for Totally Awesome Hulk, Tom Taylor for All-New Wolverine, and Kelly Thompson for Hawkeye. That means these means there’s every reason to believe that these stories will have something to say about each characters current story.

Some of the solicitations hint at additional story details and consequences as well. The Mighty Thor joins the original Thor in ancient Egypt to battle Apocalypse. Laura Kinney teams with Logan to fight ninjas in Madripoor. Kate Bishop joins Clint Barton in a competition to see who the greatest archer on Earth is.

Keep reading to see the full solicitations for all of Marvel’s Generations titles coming in August, and look for more coming in September ahead of the Marvel Legacy relaunch this fall.

GENERATIONS: THE UNWORTHY THOR & THE MIGHTY THOR #1

JASON AARON (W) • MAHMUD ASRAR (A/C)

Variant Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL

Variant Cover by Das Pastoras

Marvel vs. Capcom Variant Cover by TBA

Kirby 100th Anniversary Variant Cover by JACK KIRBY

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER D BY ALEX ROSS

HER HAMMER, HIS AX: A WORTHY APOCALYPSE.

• When a battle goes south, Thor finds herself in ancient Egypt – facing a young Odinson!

• A misguided party of Vikings has bitten off way more than they can spear. But when the prince of Asgard answers their cries for help, he ends up in a fight no axe alone can win! And Apocalypse is not one for mercy.

• Can a not-yet-worthy god and a time-lost hero take on one of the world’s most powerful mutants at the height of his empire? And what does their encounter mean for the future of two Thors?

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

GENERATIONS: PHOENIX & JEAN GREY #1

CULLEN BUNN (W) • R.B. SILVA (A)

Cover by STEPHANIE HANS

VARIANT COVER BY TERRY DODSON

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER A BY ALEX ROSS

VARIANT COVER B BY TBA

• Teenage Jean Grey is willing to do whatever it takes to avoid the fate that befell her predecessor.

• But when Jean is cast through time and comes face-to-face with the newly possessed Phoenix, will she find the key to saving herself…or learn that her fate is sealed?

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

GENERATIONS: BANNER HULK & THE TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #1

GREG PAK (W) • MATTEO BUFFAGNI (A/C)

Variant Cover by DALE KEOWN

VARIANT COVER BY JORGE MOLINA

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER E BY ALEX ROSS

Marvel vs. Capcom Variant Cover by TBA

• BRUCE BANNER. AMADEUS CHO. Both have carried the curse of the Hulk. Now they come face-to-face at last – but will they meet as friends or foes?

• Fan-favorite Hulk scribe GREG PAK is joined by red-hot artist MATTEO BUFFAGNI (X-MEN BLUE) for a time-bending tale that will finally answer the question on everyone’s minds: WHO IS THE STRONGEST ONE THERE IS?

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

GENERATIONS: WOLVERINE & ALL-NEW WOLVERINE #1

TOM TAYLOR (W) • RAMON ROSANAS (A)

Cover by Jorge Molina

Variant cover by Olivier Coipel

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER C BY ALEX ROSS

Variant cover by TBA

THE TEAM-UP YOU’VE ALL BEEN ASKING FOR!

• The death of WOLVERINE shook the Marvel Universe… And the ascension of the ALL-NEW WOLVERINE reimagined what a healing factor and some Adamantium claws can do!

• But the amazing combination of LOGAN and LAURA is the duo you’ve been waiting for! Tom Taylor, the mind behind ALL-NEW WOLVERINE, brings you Generations…a double-Wolverine team-up for the ages!

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

GENERATIONS: HAWKEYE & HAWKEYE #1

KELLY THOMPSON (W) • Stefano Raffaele (A)

Cover by GREG SMALLWOOD

VARIANT COVER BY ELIZABETH TORQUE

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER B BY ALEX ROSS

Variant Cover by TBA

TWO ARCHERS. ONE-SHOT.

• Kate Bishop, A.K.A. Hawkeye, finds herself smack-dab in the middle of a battle royal between the world’s most skilled sharpshooters — including an inexplicably young Clint Barton, A.K.A. the OTHER Hawkeye.

• The prize? Bragging rights for being named the best, of course — oh, and you get to stay alive!

• Unfortunately for Clint, several of his competitors are villains he’s taken down, making HIM a primary target.

• So, on top of figuring out where and WHEN she is, Kate’s got to find a way to win this little contest of skills and keep her not-so-old pal Clint out of the crosshairs… easy, peasy.

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99