Summary: This Weeks News StoriesMarvel promised "the announcement to end all announcements" at today's "Secret Wars" press conference at Midtown Comics in New York City with Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso and Senior Vice President of Publishing Tom Brevoort both discussing the May-debuting event series from Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic.http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=articleid=58625On Wednesday, Marvel revealed "Last Days," set to depict characters reacting to the end of the Marvel Universe as they know it. Today, Marvel revealed "Battleworld," named after the primary setting of "Secret Wars," and the result of the merged Marvel Universe and Ultimate Universe -- as described in the press release, "a new, patchwork planet made up of the remains of decimated universes."http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=articleid=58686"Uncle Scrooge" #1 will start a new era of monthly Walt Disney character-helmed comics since BOOM! Studios released its last Disney-licensed books in late 2011, following the purchase of Marvel Comics by Disney. While Marvel has been releasing miniseries such as "Figment" and "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad," based on a variety of Disney theme park rides and attractions under the Disney Kingdoms label, the publisher never made the foray into the realm populated by Donald, Mickey and the rest of Walt Disney's creations.http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=articleid=58660So a few months ago X-Men Days of Future Past Director Bryan Singer announced that they were looking to recast Storm, Jean Grey and Cyclops for ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’. Reasons being that the age of the current cast members and the age they need to be after the “reboot” which was X-Men First Class was many years apart.This Weeks BooksStar Wars #1Burning Fields #1Powers #1
