What writer could say no? I would have said yes to whatever, though.

My way of getting work at Marvel is waiting for them to call me up and say either, “Derek, we’d like a pitch from you on this” or “Derek, start writing this.” I was coming to the end of CAPTAIN AMERICA/IRON MAN (2021) and I got the call from Tom saying “I want the experience of being plunged into a story in every issue, I want to share that sensation-would you be interested?” He also said it was going to be a new Avengers book. I know that the idea for ALL-OUT AVENGERS came from editor Tom Brevoort, but where in the process did you come onboard?ĭEREK LANDY: I come from the world of books and got my start in comics on little stories that Marvel threw at me to test me. In anticipation of its debut, we spoke with the Land/Landy connection on their big plans for Captain America and company! Joined by iconic artist Greg Land, Landy has launched the new ongoing ALL-OUT AVENGERS series in stores now. The story is always in full flow, everybody is always hurtling towards the finish line every single issue, which is a feat in itself.” It’s not constant action, it’s constant momentum. “You’re thrown into the second part of the story, but the first part is never even written. You had to wait until you were a grownup and they invented Marvel Unlimited so you could find out how that story started.” We didn’t have the option to back order, we didn’t have comic shops. “Invariably it landed you in the middle of a story. “This is basically that feeling that readers of a certain age have of walking into a corner store as a kid and picking up whatever comic was on the rack,” explains Derek Landy, writer of ALL-OUT AVENGERS, the new comic with a high concept of starting every issue in the midst of an adventure.

It’s like no Avengers comic you’ve ever seen before-sort of.

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