[4] In early June 2015, Marvel unveiled two photos depicting many of its iconic and lesser known characters post-"Secret Wars".
Among these were Gwen Stacy's Spider-Woman counterpart, X-23 as the new Wolverine, Old Man Logan, Phil Coulson, Vision, Spider-Woman, Doctor Strange (wielding an axe), Black Panther, Thing in a Guardians of the Galaxy uniform, Red Wolf, Miles Morales, Peter Parker, Ant-Man, Steve Rogers' elderly appearance, Kamala Khan, Doctor Spectrum, Rocket Raccoon, Star-Lord, Iron Man, Daredevil, Hyperion, Inferno, a Citizen V, and Medusa.
Sam Wilson and Jane Foster remained in their adopted roles of Captain America and Thor, respectively.
[8] Three more titles were announced at San Diego Comic-Con the following month, after which Marvel began sparsely revealing even more comics.
[9] Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort stated that the relaunch is timed to coincide with "Civil War II" as means to "refresh and revitalize" the titles explaining, "One of the things a big event story is judged on, rightly or wrongly, is what kind of an impact it has on the Marvel Universe in its aftermath.