Save for the now deceased Nova, the lineup remains the same. Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning are debuting a new ongoing series called The Annihilators featuring the team of heavy-hitters introduced during the course of The Thanos Imperative. Luckily, we now know what the publisher has planned for 2011, and it looks promising. The Annihilators Publisher: Marvel Release Date: March 2011 Even in the weeks after The Thanos Imperative ended, Marvel remained surprisingly quiet on the future of its cosmic line.

The fact that we're about to get a double-dose of American Vampire this spring is just icing on the cake. It's still a title everyone on the Review Crew looks forward to each month. American Vampire was easily one of our favorite new books from 2010. This spinoff will team Snyder with Joe the Barbarian artist Sean Murphy.

Alongside this arc from Snyder and artist Rafael Albuquerque, Vertigo will also publish a companion mini-series. Beginning with issue #13, the series begins a major new story arc set during World War II. Scott Snyder's American Vampire is growing bigger this spring. American Vampire Spinoff Publisher: DC Release Date: Spring 2011 One of the first big industry announcements of the year came from Vertigo.

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