Board Thread:Promotions/@comment-5927539-20140928192710

Greetings, fellow Fanonites! I’m Uncanny X-Factor, and welcome to the FanCon of September 2014! Today, I will present some information on the project known as Banished.

The first thing I wish to acknowledge is that I called it a project specifically. As of this announcement (and some days prior), Banished is no longer an animated television series. It is no longer a television series at all. The reason I did this was because I didn’t want to take any shine off of Assemble!, arguably the site’s greatest show. I also wanted to have covers and synopsis, and it’s fun to go back and read comics you love over and over again. I hope that’s what Banished becomes for all of you.

As for the other news, I decided to develop this panel with a theme. This theme is “We’re not alone in the multiverse…” This focuses around two aspects: other reality-hopping teams, and their missions/other foes they face. On the first aspect, there are currently five teams that make their way around the Marvel Multiverse. The Banished and Weapon eXiles are pretty well-established. For now, I’ll have to leave the Exiles, the Illuminati (yes, you heard correctly), and the Legion a secret for now. OK, that’s totally not the Con spirit. Let’s say the Exiles are named after their founder, a foe the Exiles have faced, a rather unusual enemy, who recruits the known universe’s most notorious baddies. He ends up becoming a thorn in the team’s side, and relatively unbeatable. But, when banished (as in dimensionally placed, not as in given the Banished treatment) to an alternate universe, the teams splits apart at the seams. The Illuminati are representatives of the classic Illuminati in a bold new way. And as for the Legion, let’s just say they’re the biggest composite threat to the known Marvel multiverse, established and fan-made.

*What if America never came to be?

*What if Mister Fantastic took the space flight alone?

*What if Thing began a crime syndicate in his rage?

*What if the Phoenix spread its influence around?

*What if Galactus had multiple Heralds?

*What if nobody died? (in regards to Spider-Man)

And More!

Obviously, you can tell I like What If's? Well, don't worry, not all realities are like that. We see some fearsome villains and their alliances. And there's going to be more Banished members as the originals perish and/or continue their missions. So I don't want to directly give away the members, but since they're on a first-name basis with each other, might as well give their first names. They are Jonathan, Peter, William, and Henry. Among others. ;)

And the last thing to show is a teaser. Wonder what it means?  