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monition : carry potential plunderer forAvengers : Twilight#1TheAvengersdebut theWatcher’sdark opposite , change Marvel traditional knowledge incessantly . TheWatcher has been a constant presencein the Marvel Universe for over 60 years , honor and recording its major events , and plight to never interfere . However , in the future world depicted inAvengers : Twilight#1,fans see a dour spin on the construct of the Watcher , one that grossly perverts his missionary station .
Avengers : Twilight#1 is written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Daniel Acuna . The preview open up in the future , where an age Captain America meets up with an elderly Luke Cage and Matt Murdock . Along the way , a sports fan asks to take a exposure of Cap , but he waffle . Arriving at the green , Murdock rails against a fresh law call “ the Watcher Act , ” which has turn people with old - style smartphones into “ criminals . ” Matt also refer “ little terror curfews . ”
The preview ends there , only giving sports fan a glance of the Marvel Universe to come .
The Watcher’s Arrival Always Signals Trouble Is on the Horizon
Springing from the fertile imaginations of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , the Watcher was one of the unique concepts that helped set up the Marvel Age of Comics . Hailing from one of the old races in the population , the Watcher ( also known as Uatu ) observes events open on Earth . This has brought him into contact with many of Earth ’s heroes , let in the Fantastic Four . While Uatu is sworn to a toast of non - interference , he has helped Earth ’s heroes on more than one occasion . Uatu is a good-hearted cosmic figure , even if his arrival intend risk is on the purview .
The trailer forAvengers : Twilight#1 remains coy about what exactly constitutes the “ Watcher Act , ” but whatever it is , Matt Murdock is not happy with it , reopening his sound clinic to help with the inflow of cases it has make . It involves smartphones , meaning there could be a surveillance component to it . In the preview , Captain America was reluctant to take a photo with a rooter on her headphone . Why Cap hesitated to do so is not intend , but for him to sprain down a devotee , it must be dire . When compound with the panic curfew , this new Watcher Act paint a bleak word-painting of the future of the Marvel Universe .
Marvel ’s favorite all - hefty Watcher could have stop Galactus eons ago , but choose not to - and now the galaxy is paying the Leontyne Price .
Did Uatu Influence Marvel’s Most Repressive Law?
The prevue also remains mum on whether Uatu himself inspire this deed , or if the name is simply coincidental . What is clear , however , is that the act corrupts what Uatu tolerate for . He records historic events for posterity , whereas the Watcher Act is about surveillance and mastery . The Act has even rattle Captain America and Daredevil , so much they have apparently abandoned their heroic careers . The world ofAvengers : Twilightis a dark-skinned and grievous one , where hope and joy have been squelch , and theWatcher’sdark diametrical is introduced .
Avengers : Twilight#1 is on sale January 17 from Marvel Comics !
