The series, set in the shared Marvel Universe, is a spin-off from the Marvel's Voices comics, which aim to showcase diverse storytellers and characters. The webcomic was launched with an Iceman story, to accompany Pride month 2022, but as with the original Marvel's Voices, the scope of the series is far wider, celebrating characters and creators from a range of different backgrounds.
As with Marvel's other Infinity Comic webcomics, it's a single-column vertically scrolling comic that's designed to be readable on a phone screen, rather than using a traditional comic book approach to panels and pages.
As an Infinity Comic, the series is initially only available via the Marvel Unlimited app.
The first issue was released on June 1, 2022.
Storylines
- Iceman (#1-4), starring the titular Iceman, one of the original X-Men. Iceman is one of Marvel's highest profile gay characters and the story focuses on his relationships and identity. The arc is written and illustrated by Luciano Vecchio.
- Young Avengers (#5-10), revisiting former members of the titular team. The arc is written by Anthony Oliveira, with art by Jethro Morales and color by Dijjo Lima and Yen Nitro.
- Amadeus Cho (#11). Tiger Division ask Amadeus to deal with a magical manifestation in Seoul, which has already captured his friend White Fox. Written by Jon Tsuei and illustrated by Lynne Yoshii with color art by Erick Arciniega.
- America Chavez (#12-17). Loki asks America to help steal something from Asgard. The Warrior Three intervene. And then things get worse. Written by Juan Ponce and illustrated by Alba Glez and Jose Marzan Jr., with color art by Pete Pantazis.
- Miles Morales (#18)
- Werewolf by Night (#19)
- Nova: "Restoration" (#20-25)
- Black Panther (#26)
- "The Family Snikt" (#27-32)
- Crescent and Io (#33-37)
- Moon Girl (#38-43)
- Negasonic Teenage Warhead (#44-49)
- Wave (#50)
- Pei: Wayward Warrior (#51-56)
- Ayo & Aneka (#57)
- The Runaways (#58-63).
- Echo (#64-69)
- Miles Morales (#70)
- Nightshade (#71-74)
- "Loki Presents" (#75-84)
- A-Force (#85-94)
Marvel's Voices contains examples of the following tropes:
Iceman
- The Bus Came Back: Romeo, last seen in 2017's Iceman series, reappears for the first time in five years.
- Clue from Ed.: Not generally used, but the final issue of the first Iceman arc features the Black Winter, first seen in The Mighty Thor, and a note explains its origin.
- Continuity Nod:
- Loki guest stars in the third issue. Bobby hasn't forgotten the time that Loki supercharged his powers and used him as a weapon.
- One of Bobby's first comments after being reunited with Romeo is "please don't be Raven".
- Tyros is armed with a fragment of the Black Winter, last seen in Thor.
- Good Thing You Can Heal: Tyros severs both of Bobby's arms. As he's in ice form he just recreates them, though.
- Magic Feather: The supposed power boost Loki provides to Bobby is just a hoax to give him the confidence he needs.
- Plot-Relevant Age-Up: Romeo was originally introduced as a love interest for teen Bobby, who'd been displaced in time. Bobby eventually returned to his own time and is now much older - but, handily, Romeo was lost in parallel realities for a decade after an Inhuman diplomatic mission went wrong, so is also older, avoiding an awkward age gap when they rekindle their relationship.
Young Avengers
- Arrow Catch: Exploited, mirroring the Hawkeye and Loki moment in the first Avengers film. Eleanor, a vampire, easily catches Kate's arrow before it reaches her face. And then it explodes into liquid sunlight.
- Art Shift: Flashbacks to Martin's past and TV screens showing his film are both illustrated in a different style that emphasises their place in the past, with Ben Day dots replacing modern colouring.
- Bad Future: The end of the War Aeternum, seen at the start of the arc, where armies serving Kristoff (the successor to Doctor Doom) destroy the Arakii-Shi'ar Alliance, the League of Free Realities and the Council of Kangs.
- Bastard Understudy: Implied by Iron Lad's comments in the Bad Future, when he mentions Kristoff stabbing Doom in the back to take his place.
- Continuity Nod: When Antalya, Hulkling's adoptive mother, appears from the past, Billy asks what they'll do if it's not really her. Hulkling bluntly replies that they'll handle it, they have before, a nod to the magical parasite "Mother", which impersonates her in Young Avengers.
- Falling Chandelier of Doom: Kate uses a well-placed arrow to drop a chandelier on the vampires she faces in Venice. It's got real candles, so swiftly leads to Kill It with Fire.
- Given Name Reveal: Hulkling's adoptive mother finally gets her real Skrull name revealed. She's Antalya the Sun-Clothed.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Nate arrives in the present and Kristoff immediately appears to stab him In the Back with a sword. It goes right up to the hilt, with most of the blade protruding from Nate's chest.
- In the Back: When Nate arrives in the present, Kristoff steps immediately steps out of a portal behind him and he's Impaled with Extreme Prejudice on Kristoff's sword.
- I See Dead People: America is able to see the spirits of Tommy and Billy, as well as the demons chasing them. Mephisto is a little surprised by this.
- My Future Self and Me:
- He's too young to remember it, but baby Teddy gets to meet his adult self.
- Kristoff's Bad Future variant briefly meets the modern-day Kristoff in the final issue.
- Punch Catch: America tries to punch Mephisto in the face. He catches her fist in his hand.
- Retired Badass: Master Pandemonium may be a Scatterbrained Senior, but he's still pretty powerful as well.
- Rule 63: Discussed. Kate describes her mother as a Rule 63 version of The Vampire Chronicles' protagonist Lestat.
- Scatterbrained Senior: Martin Preston, aka Master Pandemonium, is now a frail old man who loses track of things and needs day-to-day help with life. He's also a Retired Badass with demonic powers who puts himself in the way when the Patriot-thing - which he identifies as an embodiment of death - comes for Tommy. And he kicks its ass.
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Nate's grand plan, sending the M'kraan crystal fragment back into the past in the hope that he can avert the Bad Future where Kristoff triumphs.
- Shout-Out:
- When living on Earth, Antalya was apparently a huge fan of Quantum Leap.
- One to The Vampire Chronicles in the Hawkeye story - Kate describes her mother, now a vampire, as a Rule 63 Lestat.
- Title, Please!: The arc is apparently titled Paradox Lost, but as of July 2022 that's not displayed anywhere in the app or the comic itself.
- You All Share My Story: Each issue focuses on different characters. The Young Avengers team has effectively split before the story starts, and most of the cast never interact with the others or find out what's really going on. The exceptions are America (who meets younger, ghostly versions of Billy and Tommy) and Cassie (who meets the Bad Future Nate and Kristoff in the final issue.
America Chavez
- Bling of War: The Armor of Sol is literally shining armor. Which is pretty useful when you're being attacked by undead superheroes.
- Enemy Mine: Hildegarde is trying to stop Loki and America, but once they're trapped on a zombie world, she reluctantly joins forces with them.
- Power Nullifier: Loki's captors are equipped with handcuffs that nullify magic.
Nova
The Family Snikt
Crescent and Io
- Fusion Dance: Not only can the Two Brothers duplicate objects, they can merge into a single super-powered humanoid form.
Moon Girl
Tropes from other stories and more general tropes
- Brainwashed and Crazy: In the Amadeus Cho story, White Fox is magically controlled, with her thoughts and memories warped to turn her anger on her teammates.
- Infinite Canvas: As with Marvel's other Infinity Comics, it’s presented in the vertical scrolling variant. Each issue is a single long page, with one column of panels.
- Rotating Protagonist: Each story stands alone and centres on one or more different Marvel characters. Some have reappeared (e.g. America Chavez appears in the Young Avengers arc, then reappears as star of her own arc), but that's very much the exception.
