Spaced Invaders: Perhaps I should file this under "Be Careful What You Wish For." As a kid, I'd found ratty copies of Roy Thomas' Invaders series at a yard sale, and for whatever reasons, loved the title. From time to time, elements of Marvel's World War II-era team have cropped up in Captain America or the stray miniseries, igniting nostalgia and involuntary thoughts of "wouldn't it be cool if ...?"

When Marvel's May solicitations were leaked earlier this week, there was mention of the Avengers #82-83 storyline spinning off into an "all-new Invaders series!" Now word is out that Chuck Austen will be co-writing the series with fellow King of the Hill writer Allan Jacobsen (link via Newsarama).

Here's Jacobsen: "I think one of the true strengths of the project is the blending of Chuck's modernist approach and my traditionalist orientation."