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Uncanny Avengers #29 - Full Script (Patreon)

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2017-11-10 16:57:36
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This issue looked like it was going to be easy but ended up a bit more difficult than anticipated.

Marvel has multiple editorial offices and, when characters are shared across lines, each office checks it for approvals. Uncanny Avengers is a bit of an oddball because it's an Avengers office book that has prominent X-Men characters involved (currently just Rogue, but previous also Wolverine, Havok, Cable, and Deadpool).

I pitched bringing in an X-villain and we went back and forth with the X-office working out who that would be. Finally, we agreed on Juggernaut. His previous appearance was in X-Men: Blue #1 and at the end of that encounter young Beast sent him through a magic portal through Hell.

I thought it would be fun to show where Juggernaut was during Secret Empire, tromping through Hell beating up demons, and then have him emerge through a new portal back on Earth - raging, crazy and looking for revenge. The issue was written and approved ahead of schedule.

Then, things fell through the cracks and suddenly Juggernaut was approved to show up in an issue of Iceman that took place before our Uncanny issue. Not only that, but it was already written and drawn. Oops!

I had to go back and re-write the opening to tie things together with the Iceman issue and make sure it all fit. A few days later I found out that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been disbanded in current Marvel continuity, so we had to change the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents guarding Juggernaut to a generic military ops unit. I don't think it's as strong an opening as my Juggernaut in Hell scene (*sigh*), but that's the way things go sometimes when you play in the shared sandbox of a superhero universe. 

All in all, I'm still really proud of this issue. Lots of action and character drama.

Both drafts of the script are attached so you can see the differences between them. Alterations are highlighted in green on the revised version. I do that so the editor can zero-in on requested changes and approve it more quickly.

You can read the final printed version of the issue here on comiXology:

https://www.comixology.com/Uncanny-Avengers-2015-29/digital-comic/571190 

Enjoy!

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Comments

Eric Gahagan

Hey Jim awesome stuff. I have another writer's question. If as a new writer you had the opportunity to have some of your work looked at by one of the editors at one of the well known publishers what would you send and when do you feel is the right time as far as where you are skill wise to do so?

Jim Zub
>>8348852

Hi Eric. I wish I could give you a solid answer on this. It's so variable depending on what you've written, who is reviewing it, and what kind of feedback they're able to give. I'd send the work I felt exemplified my strengths as a writer and, ideally, synced up closest to the sensibilities of that editor (which you can usually tell by reading a bunch of the work they've edited on).

Eric Gahagan

would you reccommend sending full completed issues or maybe a few completed short comics that would show some range? All my work is on my own characters and from what I understand one would want to stay away from a companies licensed characters correct?

Jim Zub
>>8352620

Full stories tend to work better than just sections. Yes, original stories tend to work better than fan fiction-ish stuff, which can be problematic. In the end it comes down to quality and making a strong impression.