Marvel Comics Announces Big Plans for 2007 at NY Comic Con

Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada had plenty to bring to the table during the two-hour Cup O' Joe panel on Saturday afternoon at the second annual New York Comic Book Convention. While the panel served primarily as a sounding board for Marvel's readership, Quesada kicked off the event with a grab bag of big project announcements for 2007.

First up was a pair of rather apocalyptic-sounding announcements concerning two of Marvel's most beloved: Spider-Man and Daredevil.

Though little was revealed about the plot, the panel revealed art from J. Michael Straczynski's Spider-Man: One More Day, penciled by Quesada himself. The story will likely deal with the fallout of Spider-Man's true identity being revealed to the world in Marvel's recent blockbuster event, Civil War.

Daredevil: End of Days is being billed as the last Daredevil story that will ever be told, essentially setting in stone the character's destiny, an editorial move virtually without precedent in mainstream comics. Brian Michael Bendis and David Mack, both Eisner award-winners for their respective runs on Daredevil, will co-write with pencils provided by DD vets Klaus Janson, Alex Maleev, Bill Sienkewicz. Mack will contribute art, as well.

Quesada also previewed the follow-up to last year's Annihilation, a sprawling event that restored Marvel's cosmic characters to a prominent spot on retailers' shelves. Annihilation: Conquest titles will follow Annihilation's framework, with things being kicked off with a one-shot prologue (Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning) in June that will lead into three simultaneous mini-series shipping the following month. The Nova series from Annihilation will also carry over into Conquest.