'1602 Witch Hunter Angela' #1 Preview/Spoilers: Will Thor & Loki's Angela Change 'Secret Wars?'

Thor and Loki's estranged sister plays a major role in the biggest Marvel Comics event, Secret Wars. Angela fights magic and monsters in this sneak preview of writers Marguerite Bennett, Kieron Gillen and artist Stephanie Hans, Marguerite Sauvage's 1602: Witch Hunter Angela. 

As we previously mentioned, Secret Wars features the Marvel superheroes from alternate realities coming together to meet in an epic standoff. The Marvel's superheroes and super-villains will be forced to defend themselves for the survival of their universe. There will be no Marvel Universe, no Ultimate Universe, or any other, just Battleworld.

In the plot synopsis, during the time of King James' England, two names are feared above all else. Angela and Sera are the scourges of all creatures that haunt their Battleworld domain. They seek a new, seductive evil - not witchbreed, but deal-making Faustians. The Faustians bargain with ancient creatures in return for unnatural power. As an evil and malicious shadow creeps over the land, will Angela and Sera destroy their enemy, or will they succumb to its seduction?

In an interview with Comic Book Resources, Bennett reveals the twist to Neil Gaiman's original 1602 series, "So we decided that we were just going to have a lot of fun with it and make it more of an alternate history. So as opposed to making it exceedingly and off puttingly monocultural it's much more multiethnic. I'm a huge fan of the North African influences, Stephanie [Hans] included. We've got a lot of things that maybe, logically should not appear but we think adds to the richness of the story and we think it's going to be a lot more fun to get to explore in that capacity. It's an alternate history of a way this place could have arisen. So we have the Guardians of the Galaxy being this sort of traveling troupe." 

Bennett describes the relationship between Angela and Sera, "As far as their dynamic, being members of this holy witch-hunting order creates an interesting strain on their relationship. It's something that fuels their affection and passion for one another and it's also something that distracts them, pulls at their loyalties -- which vow do you hold more dear? Your love or your God?"

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1602: Witch Hunter Angela #1 will hit stores June 10, 2015.