The Avengers (and sequels)

[Nicklab]

Kevin Feige recently stated that the Skrulls are NOT involved in the Avengers.  But the aliens in The Avengers are a race of aliens that have previously appeared in Marvel comics.

[Brian]

I thought the the Skrulls (or at least the name) couldn't be used due to them being somehow tied into the Fantastic Four movie rights at Fox.  Not sure if that is true or not.  I believe there were shape-shifting, skrull-like aliens in the Ultimates books (which a lot of the movie stuff seems to come from), but I can't recall their name right now without digging out my books.  Regardless, all signs point to it being some sort of alien race - hadn't heard anything about Frost giants previously, but I guess that is possible too.

[JediJman]

The Avengers have encountered lots of alien races.  Those do not look like Skrulls to me - if they were, you'd think they would be many different shapes and sizes in the midst of battle.  The picture looks like three-toed big blue feet...I would guess that these are some kind of Frost Giant in armor.  If so, there may also be an alien race not pictured - maybe someone like the Kree?

[Nicklab]

Kevin Feige also mentioned that the Kree aren't in the mix, either.  Apparently someone had been hypothesizing about a Kree-Skrull war that spills over to Earth.  This apparently isn't in the mix.

[BillCable]

The invaders from Avengers REVEALED!!!

[McMetal]

Nice, now we're robbing from other comic franchises?

SKRULLS = FANTASTIC FOUR

C'mon people! Is it really SO hard to find a compelling adversary from the hundreds of Avengers comics they have to draw from?

[Scott]

Well, the Kree Skrull War arc is considered by many to be one of the greatest Avengers stories ever

I personally would have liked to have them kept with the Hulk/Loki thing and have Wasp and Doc Pym instead of Black Widow and Hawkeye so they could get to a Ultron/Vision.  Although Vision would probably be a immobile Supercomputer or something lame

[JediJman]

I Think it's already been covered in this thread, but I'm with Scott.  The Skrulls a big part of Avengers history, both past and present.  The Skrull invasion of Earth a few years ago was mainly an Avengers storyline, with Yellowjacket turning out to be a Skrull, finding out Mockingbird (thought deceased) was really a Skrull, The Skrull invasion resulting in the death of the Wasp, Iron Man being fired as Security Director and head of SHEILD because of the Skrulls, the end of the Skrull invasion resulting in the formation of the Dark Avengers...they have been far more involved with the Avengers lately than with the FF.  And yeah, the old Kree/Skrull war was a big chapter in Avengers history (and a great story available in trade if you haven't read it).

[BillCable]

It's pretty obvious they're using the first Ultimates books as the basis for this movie.  In series 1, the Skrulls invade.  In series 2, Loki leads an invasion.  Seems like a marriage of the two.

[JediJman]

It's pretty obvious they're using the first Ultimates books as the basis for this movie.  In series 1, the Skrulls invade.  In series 2, Loki leads an invasion.  Seems like a marriage of the two.

Yeah, but if that were true then Hawkeye wouldn't have his purple costu....er, okay but then Nick Fury would blac...Hmn.  Guess so.

[BillCable]

BTW, the Skrulls were referred to as "Chitauri" in the Ultimates books, so Feige has something of an out for his comments.

[BillCable]

A couple new Avengers photos

I gotta say - the Cap costume is starting to grow on me.  I'm not 100% sold... something about the helmet looks off... but it's not a train wreck.

[efranks]

Yeah, these new photos of Cap aren't as bad as I orignially thought.  I didn't like the new uniform from the start but it may not actually be that bad.  The helmet, though?  I still don't know about that.

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[Nicklab]

I wasn't a fan of the new Cap uniform as much, too.  I thought the original uni was actually pretty awesome.  But seeing it in context now, it seems to work.

[JediJman]

I don't mind the helmet.  The spandex head-gear might work for spiderman or the X-Men as a way to protect your identity, but it's common knowledge who most of the Avengers are and half the team doesn't wear headgear.  The only rationale for Cap putting something on his head is added protection, in which case a helmet probably makes more sense.