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Marvel is unleashing a new graphic symbol name Morningstar at New York Comic Con , which take berth this weekend . Morningstar will be roll out onContest of Championslater this month , but fan at NYCC can try out the fiber early at booth # 1466.Contest of Champions , of course , is a free - to - play mobile combat biz from Kabam , which Marvel initially eject on iOS and Android in 2014 .
Marvel is rich in video biz IPs right now : LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2is gather ballyhoo for its upcoming release with variouscooltrailers ; Square Enix is working on a heatedly - anticipatedAvengersaction - adventure game ; 20th Century Fox is said to develop aMarvel - based RPG ; there ’s aSpider - ManPS4 gamecoming up soon ; and rumor has it that aSecret Warsvideo gameis in the works , as well .
With all that cash in one’s chips on , it ’s pretty telling that Marvel has also found time to add newfangled content to aContest of Champions , which has been on the market place for almost three years now . Newsaramashared the Morningstar tidings from NYCC online , alongside some middle - catching mental imagery and this description of the character :
" She started out as a bloody-minded and tyrannical queen at the turn of the tenth hundred who was override and remand in a especially - build ' iron maiden ' torture gimmick made to pin down the individual of the tortured beyond death . After many eld , she has been given the chance for retaliation by Mephisto , Lord of Lies , and her iron maid prison house has been metamorphose into automaton - like armour as she thread the land in search of her infamous demon blade - La Fleur du Mal - presently in the possession of Guillotine , another Marvel fiber that debuted in Marvel Contest of Champions . "
It ’s very cool thatContest of Championsgets to introduce its own raw fiber to the much - loved Marvel canon . It ’ll be interesting to see Morningstar in her amply deliver soma , and to get an idea of her fighting dash . The magnate - that - be have certainly come up with a visually impressive design , and hopefully , the in - play take will be just as strong .
However , exit - knockout Marvel fans will remember that there have already been a couple similarly - named quality in the comics : a cult leader list Schuyler Belial took the alias Morning Star in a 1983Moon Knightrun ; and a Russian superhuman named Marya Meshkov used Morning Star as her superhero name in a train ofAvengerscomics , starting in 1992 . It is something of a shame thatContest of Champions ’ brand new role could n’t have a brand new name , sans Marvel Universe baggage . But still , Morningstar looks fairly cool , and she should be a fun increase to the plot .
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To get an early look at Morningstar , head to booth # 1466 at NYCC .
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