Update 10/7/2017: During the Marvel Legacy: Avengers panel at New York Comic Con, a fan asked Marvel CCO Joe Quesada about the Northrop Grumman comic. Quesada said, “I’ll be honest with you, I saw it for the first time as you guys. I think there were some messaging issues. It was really about science and education.” And he finished by saying that he felt the issue was dealt with satisfactorily.
The original story is below.
There has been considerable fan backlash after Marvel teamed up with arms manufacturer Northop Grumman.
Business Insider reports that fans have been vocally upset after Marvel announced a partnership with the world's fifth-largest defense contractor for New York Comic-Con on Twitter.
While Marvel didn't reveal any details about the deal and encouraged fans to attend to the NYCC booth, it apparently was going to have a potential promotional Avengers comic featuring Northrop Grumman Elite Nexus.
Marvel appears to be responding to fan feedback on the issue, and has since canceled the proposed event. The company issued the following statement regarding the partnership event at NYCC.
The activation with Northrop Grumman at New York Comic Con was meant to focus on aerospace technology and exploration in a positive way. However, as the spirit of that intent has not come across, we will not be proceeding with this partnership including this weekend's event programming. Marvel and Northrop Grumman continue to be committed to elevating, and introducing, STEM to a broad audience.
Earlier this week, Marvel and Netflix canceled the NYCC Punisher panel and postponed the TV show premiere after the Las Vegas shootings.
Hope Corrigan is an Australian freelance writer for IGN. You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
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