The relaunch saw the return of Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Logan, Odinson and Bruce Banner to their classic identities of
Iron Man,
Captain America,
Wolverine,
Thor and
Hulk respectively after all these characters had been replaced by
legacy heroes in recent times. For example, Tony Stark ended up in a coma in
Civil War II, and his armor was donned by both reborn-villain
Doctor Doom in
Infamous Iron Man and fifteen-year-old genius Riri Williams (who took on the codename
Ironheart) in
Invincible Iron Man; Sam Wilson, a longtime ally of Captain America as
Falcon, had taken the mantle in
All-New Captain America;
Laura Kinney, the female clone of Logan who is also viewed as Logan's daughter, became the Wolverine in
All-New Wolverine;
Jane Foster, a longtime love interest of Thor, became 'Mighty Thor' in
Thor vol. 4; Bruce Banner died in
Civil War II, with
Amadeus Cho becoming the 'Totally Awesome Hulk'. The relaunch also saw the return of Marvel's first family, the
Fantastic Four, which had broken up following the conclusion of the 2015
Secret Wars storyline. The relaunch marked Peter Parker and
Mary Jane Watson resuming their relationship for the first time since their marriage was retconned out of existence in the "
One More Day" storyline. The Fresh Start initiative also includes a new incarnation of the
West Coast Avengers, consisting of
Hawkeye,
Kate Bishop,
Gwenpool,
America Chavez,
Quentin Quire, and Kate's boyfriend Johnny. The teaser poster featured
Jessica Jones and
Miles Morales, characters created by
Brian Michael Bendis. Bendis had recently moved to
DC Comics; the poster was seen as confirmation that Marvel would keep publishing those characters. On April 18, 2018, a sampler collection –
Marvel Universe Magazine – was published, similar to
Marvel Legacy #1 from the previous year. It included previews from several forthcoming new #1 issues. Many writers have been assigned with new titles;
The Amazing Spider-Mans
Dan Slott,
Deadpool's
Gerry Duggan and
The Avengers'
Mark Waid and others left their title due to the Fresh Start relaunch. The
X-Men line was relaunched with six new titles as part of the
Dawn of X relaunch in 2019. The time-displaced original X-Men who were brought into the present day during Bendis' run on the 2012
All-New X-Men series before starring in their own
X-Men Blue title, were returned to the past during the
Extermination miniseries. ==Criticism==