Bleeding Cool have pointed out that on February 11th Marvel Trademarked the title 'Northstar' which is generally an indication of an upcoming series.
Now, the last time Alpha related-trademarks were made, they related to the digital versions of the original Byrne run so this could be for a digital version of the 90's Northstar limited series, however a quick look at TESS gives the following details:
"Comic books; printed periodicals in the field of comic book stories and artwork" indicates specifically printed material, which does suggest a new series... or possibly just a physical reprint.
However, the Trademark appears to be a continuation of one made 4 years ago and there's been no Northstar series during that time, which could suggest that Marvel is re-trademarking to stop other companies from using the name, even if they have no intention of using it:
We hope this means something though...
UPDATE
Bleeding Cool have since discovered and reported on Marvel's Trademark of 'Northstar' being suspended, which gives us an insight as to why the name was (attempted to be) trademarked in the first place:
On January 12th, Simon & Schuster had made an application for the words “North Star Way” for “Series of fiction and non-fiction books”
Again, according to BC "Marvel’s application has been suspended for “likelihood of confusion”"
TESS seems to support this, with all the public documentation available.
So while they could still put out a Northstar solo title without the TM it seems unlikely now.
Although this is all still speculation and hearsay at this point.
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