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"Marvel Comics will relaunch its Marvel Knights imprint with three new miniseries. Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Hulk will be the subjects of the new five-issue &amp;#039;indie-influenced&amp;#039;, in-continuity titles.  Marvel Knights: Spider-Man will arrive in October from writer Matt Kindt and artist Marco Rudy, with Guerillas creator Brahm Revel&amp;#039;s Marvel Knights: X-Men following in November and writer Joe Keatinge and artist Piotr Kowalski&amp;#039;s Marvel Knights: Hulk in December. &amp;quot;I think when franchises are successful it can be very easy for them to become stagnant, and I think it&amp;#039;s very smart of Marvel to create a line where indie creators have a chance to infuse some new ideas into their brand,&amp;quot; Revel told Newsarama. &amp;quot;And don&amp;#039;t get me wrong, I don&amp;#039;t think any of the Marvel books are coming off as stagnant right now. On the contrary, I think the X-books that are coming out right now are some of the best that have come out in a long time, but you have to replenish your talent pool, and I think it&amp;#039;s very wise of Marvel to create a venue for that.  &amp;quot;As far as my foray into the Marvel Knights line goes, I&amp;#039;ve been given almost no restrictions. It&amp;#039;s almost a case of too much freedom! One of the only caveats early on was that the story should stay in continuity. &amp;quot;Beyond that, I had the luxury of picking whichever X-Men I wanted to use and the carte blanche to take them wherever I wanted them to go. It&amp;#039;s actually kind of ridiculous when I think about it.&amp;quot; Marvel Knights is credited with helping to revive the flagging fortunes of Marvel when it launched in 1998. The imprint has been all but dormant over the last few years. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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