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As well as co-creating Alphas and writing the story for the upcoming Avengers movie, superhero film screenwriter Zak Penn has decided to branch out in comic book writing.

His series Hero Worship will launch in July. The six issues will be co-written with Star Wars: The Clone Wars screenwriter Scott Murphy with artwork by Michael DiPascale. According to Avatar Press, it  “introduces the ultimate celebrity, an indestructible superhero called Zenith, and the rabid fans that worship him. These legions of adoring admirers follow every disaster, trying to speculate where they can catch a glimpse of their modern messiah – even risking their own lives in the process. But what happens when one fan’s unhealthy obsession leads to the development of powers all his own?”

“We couldn’t be more thrilled about Zak Penn bringing his debut comic project to Avatar,” publisher William Christensen noted.  “Zak is an incredibly gifted and inventive writer, and Hero Worship is a fresh perspective on the entire genre. It’s slick and innovative, taking risks like every great Avatar title should.  Let the other Brand-X companies tell the same-old, ‘Guy-in-Tights-Punches-Another-Guy-in-Tights’ stories; here at Avatar, Zak’s got the freedom to blow all the doors off their hinges.”