The Age of Doom! lol jk it's Ultron Bitches

On this glorious evening, Brian Bendis took to the Marvel Next Big Thing Liveblog to finally impart some knowledge to us lowly beings about the 'Age of Ultron'. Not only has this made us so much more excited about the re-arrival of Hank Pym's favourite son, but it has also cemented our faith in Marvel NOW.
Big and great things are happening peoples.

Check out below what the man had to say from himself...you might even spot a small cameo from everyone's favourite metal-faced sorcerer...

3:03	UltimateKidNova:  We have got Mr. Brian Michael Bendis with us live!

3:03	UltimateKidNova:  And yes...we are talking Age of Ultron!

3:06	UltimateKidNova:  Age of Ultron will be a 10-issue limited series beginning in March running through June written by Brian Bendis with issues #1-5 art by Bryan Hitch and Brandon Peterson and Carlos Pacheco taking over for the back half.

3:07

UltimateKidNova:  "Age of Ultron is about Ultron, one of our biggest villains ever, finally fulfilling his destiny, which is taking the Earth. From the very first page, Ultron has taken the Marvel Universe and everything is changed. There is a shocking amount of destruction and devastation. It started in Avengers, but it's meant to be a Marvel Universe book. It starts everyone." - Brian Bendis

3:07	Comment From Jay  Pacheco = quality. Back half of the series will be visually stunning.

3:08	UltimateKidNova:  "This was never supposed to be my last Avengers story, it was always meant to be a Marvel Universe event." - Brian Bendis

3:09	UltimateKidNova:  "We wanted to give a unique Bryan Hitch experience, which was rather than having him draw a couple issues and then wait, we didn't solicit until he had all his stuff done, so you can get it in explosive fashion. It's some of the best work of his career." - Brian Bendis

3:10

UltimateKidNova:  "We came up with a schedule that allowed us to tell the whole story is a shorter amount of time and get to the big stuff. The last pages are so shocking that only six people in the world know what is happening. The artists don't know. People from Marvel on this call don't know. Some of my best friends are going to call me after this and ask me and I will not tell them." - Brian Bendis

3:10	Comment From exusarmyranger  Will the "Age of Ultron" extend to other current Marvel titles?

3:11	UltimateKidNova:  "I've been having such a great time with Brandon Peterson on Avengers and I've been a fan of Carlos Pacheco since he started in comics." - Brian Bendis

3:11	UltimateKidNova:  "What would it be like to wake up one morning and have one of the Marvel Universe's biggest villains have just taken over? How will people react?" - Brian Bendis

3:12	Comment From David  I smell big things for Pym and Janet

3:12	UltimateKidNova:  "All five of Bryan Hitch's issues are completely inked and done. There will be three issues in March and three issues in April. We have 150 pages of beautiful, expansive, top of his game Bryan Hitch art ready to roll out." - Tom Brevoort

3:12	Comment From Jay  Oh hell - I missed Peterson's name in the mix, this series will look fantastic.

3:13	Comment From AnMikeNeel  will this ship monthly or bimonthly?

3:13	UltimateKidNova:  @AnMikeNeel Three issues a month for the first two months.

3:16	Age of Ultron Cover

3:16	Comment From AnMikeNeel  Oh wow that hawkeye reflection is a fantastic touch on the cover!

3:17

UltimateKidNova:  "This isn't a story where the Skrulls are invading. We cut right to the chase. We're already past that and Ultron is already here. He's already put his footprints on the landscape. You're immediately thrust into the heart of crazy events and things are going a million miles an hour." - Tom Brevoort

3:17	Comment From Sambo  I feel sorry for Hawkeye

3:17	Comment From Orsie  That art is SO awesome! I spot Iron Fist!

3:17	UltimateKidNova:  "And you see who survived." - Brian Bendis

3:17	UltimateKidNova:  "This is happening in the contemporary Marvel NOW! Marvel Universe, not the future." - Tom Brevoort

3:17	UltimateKidNova:  "This is in continuity." - Brian Bendis

3:17	Age of Ultron Preview

3:18	UltimateKidNova:  The seeds of this story goes all the way back to the first arc of Mighty Avengers by Brian and Frank Cho, but the most direct prologue is Avengers #12.1, which was also released as a Free Comic Book Day issue.

3:18	UltimateKidNova:  "Tony Stark knew the next time Ultron came back we wouldn't be ready. This is that time." - Brian Bendis

3:19	Comment From Tony  That Hitch artwork is gorgeous

3:19	Age of Ultron Preview

3:19	UltimateKidNova:  Two issues in May, two in June, an epilogue to follow. There will be about six to seven tie-ins.

3:20	UltimateKidNova:  There will be Fantastic Four and Superior Spider-Man tie-ins in March.

3:20	UltimateKidNova:  To clarify, six to seven tie-ins in total, most one-shots, a couple two-three issue limited series.

3:20	UltimateKidNova:  The tie-ins will fit into the numbering of the ongoing series, but have AU after them, ala Point One issues.

3:21	Comment From whatwoulddoomdo  This looks A-Mazing. Doom approves

3:21	Age of Ultron Preview

3:22	UltimateKidNova:  "It's fair to say this is an Avengers Vs. X-Men level event. That doesn't mean we won't be doing other things later in 2013, but it's Brian, Bryan, Brandon, Carlos and all the ingredients needed for a big deal project." - Tom Brevoort

3:23	UltimateKidNova:  "The things debuting after Age of Ultron are things we're very excited about." - Brian Bendis

3:25

UltimateKidNova:  "If you go back to the earliest Ultron stuff, he has severe daddy issues, even for a Marvel character, and they all have daddy issues. His logic is that the only thing standing in the way of the Earth being what it can be is humanity. I'm kind of obsessed with artificial intelligence in the real world and why people are scared of it. If there were a Marvel Singularity, it would be from Ultron. This is the moment technology takes over in a hostile way." - Brian Bendis

3:26	Age of Ultron Preview

3:26	UltimateKidNova:  "To write a story like this is incredibly scary, because Ultron coming at us with everything he has is the end of the Marvel Universe. We're doing it." - Brian Bendis

3:28	UltimateKidNova:  "There is some stuff that happens in the back half of the series that lends some shading to why the event is called Age of Ultron." - Tom Brevoort

3:28	UltimateKidNova:  Blake asking about Hank Pym, Wasp and Vision...

3:28	UltimateKidNova:  "We're hesitant to say who survives, but you can count on Vision being a pretty big part of the story. Some surprising people survive." - Brian Bendis

3:29	Age of Ultron Variant

3:30	UltimateKidNova:  "The cast is from all over the Marvel Universe. Moon Knight, Spider-Man, Hawkeye...it's all over the place." - Brian Bendis

3:32	UltimateKidNova:  Age of Ultron will fall in line with changes brought to the Marvel Universe by Marvel NOW!, specifically in Superior Spider-Man and Fantastic Four.

3:33	UltimateKidNova:  "There are a few characters who as the story evolves they take over as the foot on the ground characters for the reader." - Brian Bendis

3:33	UltimateKidNova:  "This ending is a whopper. And I'll go ahead and say it: You can't guess it. I'm involved in it and even I am going 'Really?'" - Brian Bendis

3:34	UltimateKidNova:  "It will take a very lucky person to guess the end of this." - Tom Brevoort

3:34	Comment From Juan Cornejo.  Is Bryan Hitch the artist of the whole event?

3:34	UltimateKidNova:  @Juan Cornejo Hitch on issues #1-5, Brandon Peterson and Carlos Pacheco splitting duties on the second five.

3:35	UltimateKidNova:  "Obviously as soon as you hear the name Ultron, you wonder where Hank Pym is and what's going on." - Brian Bendis

3:38	UltimateKidNova:  Blake asking about Moon Knight...

3:38	UltimateKidNova:  "Not everybody survived, but Moon Knight is as shocked as anybody that he does. He's in the right place at the right time. He digs his way out of the rubble to try and piece together what has happened and what he can do about it." - Brian Bendis

3:39	UltimateKidNova:  A lot of the storyline Brian told in Moon Knight comes back in Age of Ultron. You don't have to have read it, but it's a nice prologue for those who read it.

3:41

UltimateKidNova:  "I could not be more excited for this book to hit the stands. Literally not a day has gone by over the last year where people haven't asked me when it was coming. I know that people are looking forward to it, so to finally debut it and for it to be, I imagine, much more than people thought it was going to be, is great. It's beautiful. It takes one of Marvel's classic villains to a level he's never been before, takes the heroes to a place they've never had to go, and ends in a way you will never guess." - Brian Bendis

3:43	UltimateKidNova:  Age of Ultron kicks off with three issues in March by Brian Michael Bendis and Bryan Hitch!

March can't come soon enough!

What Would Doom Do
Come March he'd get the hell out of dodge and keep himself nice and cosy in Latveria...but hey, he's happy to let Ultron do all the hard work. It's only a matter of time