'Secret Avengers' gets Rick Remender, Gabriel Hardman

Secret Avengers will be taken over by Rick Remender and Gabriel Hardman.

Marvel Comics announced the new creative team at New York Comic-Con.

Uncanny X-Force and Venom writer Remender will join the series from issue #21.1, with artist Hardman (Hulk) following on issue #22.

The team will experience a roster change which will see Hawkeye take on the role of leader and Giant Man and Captain Britain also joining the team.

"Yeah, it's going to be a fun year," Remender told Newsarama.

"I'm definitely planning on interconnecting [my] three titles, and having a lot of things hopping from one to the other, which is fun. I can create my own little covert universe."

Remender's run will introduce two new threats - the Descendents, a race descended from robots across the galaxy, and a new iteration of the Masters of Evil.

Secret Avengers #21.1 will be illustrated by guest artist Patrick Zircher and acts as a bridge between Warren Ellis's current run on the title and the new aspects Remender and Hardman will be introducing.

The run will begin next year.