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Update : in response to overwhelming fan outcry , Marvel Entertainment has followed its original tweet simply saying " This event has been canceled . " It ’s not yet decipherable if this will impact Marvel ’s relationship with Northrop Grumman or if the New York Comic - Con issue is only being canceled , but we can hopefully expect a more exhaustive explanation soon .
This event has been canceled . — Marvel Entertainment ( @Marvel)October 7 , 2017
Update 2 : Marvel has relinquish the undermentioned assertion :
“ The activation with Northrop Grumman at New York Comic Con was think of to focus on aerospace technology and exploration in a positive agency . However , as the sprightliness of that purport has not come across , we will not be go along with this partnership include this weekend ’s upshot programming . Marvel and Northrop Grumman continue to be give to elevating , and introducing , STEM to a broad audience . ”
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Marvel Entertainment ’s announcement of a team - up with defense declarer Northrop Grumman has stirred up controversy , with many fans criticizing the company for going against the core subject matter of the Marvel marque .
The reveal come during New York Comic - Con 2017 , one of the large events of the year for laughable book fans . It had been a relatively subdued event for Marvel so far , with the biggest declaration include anew character call Morningstar , who will be introduced in the Mobile River gameContest of Champions , and newMarvel Legends action figures .
Things rise a little less light , however , when Marvel Entertainment announced the partnership with Northrop Grumman via Twitter on Friday . The two ship’s company have teamed up for an Avengers comic that also features saucily - made superintendent - squad N.G.E.N. ( Northrop Grumman Elite Nexus ) , and have invited fans to find out more at the Marvel kiosk on Saturday , show that the partnership may extend beyond this comic book .
Marvel and@northropgrummanjoin forces ! Come check out the#MarvelNYCCbooth tomorrow at 3 pm EST.pic.twitter.com/pb5V1tj19L — Marvel Entertainment ( @Marvel)October 6 , 2017
Do n’t know if you saw it , but it ’s an all - ages promo comic . Disgusting.pic.twitter.com/XP8fSjDrhT — Zack ' O Lantern ? ( @Blankzilla)October 6 , 2017
Yes , confirmed Sean Chen . Just open it up , first page is a full page Northrop Grumman adpic.twitter.com/4XEqjaQs0Y — Steve float Face ( @StAdkison)October 6 , 2017
Northrop Grumman is , essentially , a substantial - man version of Stark Industries as it was at the beginning ofIron humanity . The defense contractile organ develops and manufactures weapon system technology , aerospace engineering science and cybersecurity systems for commercial client and the U.S. armed force . It ’s a uncanny partnership for a ship’s company best known for folk - favorable comic books and render nestling superhero role models to depend up to , and the Iron Man parallels were n’t overleap by angry Marvel fans .
Every Pakistani funeral we bomb , we ’ll give the survivors a free transcript of Secret Empire — ? OctoberLincoln ? ( @NovemberLincoln)October 6 , 2017
Hey y' all remember how Tony Stark stop sell weapons because he realized he was contributing to spherical human misery ? — Geoffrey Marshall ( @geoffamarshall)October 6 , 2017
This give suck and is a exceedingly worrisome partnership . You ’re partnering with state of war mongering weapon system merchants that are villains in your movies . — It ’s KFG ( @KungFu_Grip)October 6 , 2017
It ’s worth noting that despite the seemingly obvious connexion to Tony Stark ’s first on - screen fictitious character arc , Marvel Entertainment has been largely disjoined from Marvel Studios since 2015 , with the latter now answering directly to Disney rather than to Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac Perlmutter . With that articulate , Tony Stark ’s determination to abandon munitions manufacturing was part of amusing book canyon long before it became a part of the movies .
While Marvel Studios has become a apparently indestructible force in Hollywood , Marvel Entertainment has experienced some late stumbles , include the rather flat vital and fan reception of TV showsIron FistandThe Defenders , and the pretty bizarre decision to give ABC ’s new Marvel TV showInhumansa short theatrical run in IMAX theaters . The partnership with Northrop Grumman , however , is especially bizarre , and it ’s hard to imagine the " N.G.E.N.s " really catching on as a superhero squad .
We ’ll find out more about the team - up between Marvel Entertainment and Northrop Grumman tomorrow , so rest tuned to Screen Rant for more intelligence from New York Comic Con .
