New York, NY—January 26, 2016—
This spring, a special Marvel Comics storyline will delve into the
trials, perseverance, and eventual triumph of wounded veterans aided and
informed by one
of the leading non-profit organizations dedicated to these wounded
service members – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP). The upcoming arc of
Marvel Comics’
VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT will take readers through a powerful story that sees Flash Thompson abandon the alien suit, which has afforded him the ability to walk, to receive prosthetic
legs. Writer Robbie Thompson consulted with WWP spokesperson and double amputee Dan Nevins to
portray an eye-opening look at the everyday struggles and
incremental victories that wounded veterans face as depicted through
Flash Thompson’s rehabilitation process in the story.
“Working with Wounded Warrior Project has been an invaluable part of the process of writing
Venom: Space Knight,” says writer Robbie Thompson. “Dan Nevins'
insight was inspiring, generous and deeply moving, allowing us to create
a more realistic character and story for the book. I'm forever grateful
for their ongoing help and guidance."
Venom fights the most dangerous threats to the universe alongside Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, but
now host Flash Thompson is about to encounter his greatest
personal challenge to date. He’s breaking free from the alien suit that
provides him with not only immense power, but the ability to walk,
despite the loss of his legs during the war in Iraq.
Flash will face major physical and mental adjustments during the
rehabilitation process that other veterans and service members like him
go through every day in the real world.
“Marvel’s team has put so
much time and consideration into the development of the Flash Thompson
character as he faces this physical and emotional battle that many
combat veterans have faced and are facing right
now,” says Dan Nevins, WWP spokesperson, who consulted on the Venom: Space Knight
script. “While the story itself is clearly sci-fi/fantasy, this
storyline will bring awareness to the very real struggle of the obvious
and not-so-obvious challenges in
having lost limbs in combat, and to ultimately showcase the fortitude
and resilience of the warriors Flash Thompson represents.”
This storyline continues a
tradition of Marvel characters facing real-life obstacles and
adversity. In collaboration with Wounded Warrior Project,
VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT’s Flash Thompson will overcome co-dependency in the cosmos and navigate through his mobility limitations beginning within
VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT #3.
Marvel Comics, a
subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is proud to continue the efforts
that Disney has been tirelessly contributing towards to recognize and
support those who have provided military service. Disney
has hired more than 6,500 veterans since the launch of Disney’s Heroes
Work Here program, and an additional 10,000 veterans have found jobs
with companies who have attended Disney’s Veterans Institute, a one day
no-cost program that helps companies build their
own veteran hiring initiatives.
Join Flash Thompson as he
sets foot on new and foreign ground, the Marvel Universe’s first ever
collaboration with Wounded Warrior Project with
VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT #3!
VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT #3
Written by ROBBIE THOMPSON
Art & Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
On sale January 27, 2016
Art & Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
On sale January 27, 2016
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About Marvel Entertainment
About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel
Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney
Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based
entertainment companies,
built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a
variety of media over seventy-five years. Marvel utilizes its character
franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing.
For more information visit marvel.com.
© 2015 MARVEL
About Wounded Warrior Project:
The
mission of Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is to honor and empower
Wounded Warriors. WWP's purpose is to raise awareness and to enlist
the public's aid for the needs of injured service members, to help
injured servicemen and women aid and assist each other, and to provide
unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. WWP is a
national, nonpartisan organization headquartered in
Jacksonville, Florida. To get involved and learn more, visit woundedwarriorproject.org.
About Disney’s Heroes Work Here
Supporting
the U.S. Armed Forces has long been a Disney tradition, and Disney’s
Heroes Work Here continues that proud legacy with a companywide
initiative to hire, train and support military veterans. Disney
introduced the program in March 2012 with a commitment to hire at least
1,000 veterans by 2015. Having exceeded that goal in the first year
alone, with 1,300 veterans hired, the company announced
in March 2013 that it would create opportunities for another 1,000
former service members over the next two years. To date, Disney has
hired more than 5,000 veterans through Heroes Work Here.
Disney’s
Heroes Work Here initiative also features a public awareness campaign
to encourage employers across the U.S. to hire former military
service members. The campaign includes the free Veterans Institute
workshops, as well as public service announcements highlighting the
skills and experience of veterans who work at Disney. The PSAs direct
viewers to the White House’s
Joining Forces
website and have aired across Disney’s media properties including ESPN,
ABC and ABC Family, making more than 500 million impressions.
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