Friday March 14 Jeph Loeb hosted a Marvel panel at the Wizard World Los Angeles 2008 Comic Book Convention.
During the Q&A session, inevitably, fans asked question about NBC’s Heroes, and Jeph graciously answered and gave fans some updates on the TV series. Tim Sale (the artist behind Isaac’s paintings) was also present at the panel

Tim Sale said he was hoping to continue working on Heroes, even if Isaac is dead. It was implied that Skrulls (shapeshifters) would be a part of Heroes storyline, which Loeb quickly denied: “The NBC lawyers are nodding over there” About the strike, Jeph said: “One of the [few] benefits of the strike is that one of our actors went off to play Spock, and it would have been hard to do a series called ‘Villains’ without Sylar. He will be back, the first episode.”

Heroes: Origins? “The idea was that since we had a three month forced vacation, we wanna come back and really focus on the show. Do I think Origins will come back in some form? Yes. Is it on the table now? No.”

Tim Sale said he’d love to work on Doctor Strange and Silver Surfer, but hasn’t had a chance…yet (later that evening, still at WWLA, was announced that Tim Sale is now exclusive to Marvel Comics - who owns Doctor Strange and Silver Surfer, among the others )