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Hopeless's next work for Marvel was 2013's ''[[Avengers Arena]]'', an 18-issue comic series in which the villain [[Arcade (Marvel Comics)|Arcade]] kidnaps 16 teenage superheroes and forces them to fight each other to the death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/avengers-arena/4050-54622/|website=Comic Vine|title=Review: X-Men: Season One|accessdate=April 26, 2016}}</ref> The series starred characters from [[Avengers Academy]], the [[Runaways (comics)|Runaways]] and Hopeless's newly created Braddock Academy and featured covers referencing ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'', ''[[The Hunger Games (film series)|The Hunger Games]]'' series, the game show ''[[Survivor (U.S. TV series)|Survivor]]'', and the Japanese film ''[[Battle Royale (film)|Battle Royale]]''. The comic won Hopeless the 2013 [[Harvey Awards|Harvey Award]] for Most Promising New Talent. That same year, Hopeless wrote ''[[Cable and X-Force]]'' (with artist [[Salvador Larroca]]), a 19-issue series that ran concurrently and eventually crossed over with [[Sam Humphries]] and [[Ron Garney]]'s ''[[Uncanny X-Force|Uncanny X-Force Vol. 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/cable-and-x-force/4050-54644/|website=Comic Vine|title=Cable and X-Force|accessdate=April 26, 2016}}</ref> Also in 2013, Hopeless co-wrote a 4-issue series called ''The Answer!'' with [[Eisner Award]] winning creator [[Mike Nolan]] for [[Dark Horse Comics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=5594|website=Comic Book Resources|title=Review: The Answer #1|accessdate=April 26, 2016}}</ref> In 2014, Hopeless and artist Kevin Walker authored ''[[Avengers Undercover]]'', a direct follow-up series to ''[[Avengers Arena]]'' with many of the same characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/avengers-undercover/4050-72271/|website=Comic Vine|title=Avengers Undercover|accessdate=April 26, 2016}}</ref>
 
Hopeless's next project was the limited series ''All-New Captain America: Fear Him'' (with co-writer [[Rick Remender]]). Part of Marvel's [[Infinite Comics]] series, it starred [[Falcon (comics)|Sam Wilson]] in his new role as [[List of incarnations of Captain America|Captain America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/allnew-captain-america-fear-him-infinite-comic/4050-77871/|website=Comic Vine|title=All-New Captain America: Fear Him|accessdate=April 26, 2016}}</ref> The following year, Hopeless began working on the fifth volume of Marvel's ''[[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]]'' comic with penciler [[Greg Land]] and ''Big Thunder Mountain Railroad'' (with artist Tigh Walker), an all-ages western adventure comic based on the classic [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] theme park [[Big Thunder Mountain Railroad|attraction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/spider-woman-1/4000-470434/|website=Comic Vine|title=Spider-Woman #1 (Issue)|accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/big-thunder-mountain-railroad-1/4000-483343/|website=Comic Vine|title=Big Thunder Mountain Railroad #1 (Issue)|accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref> That summer, Marvel began their ''[[Secret Wars (2015 comic book)|Secret Wars]]'' crossover event and Hopeless wrote two books in the storyline, ''[[Inferno (Marvel Comics)|Inferno]]'' (with Javier Garron) and ''[[House of M]]'' (with Mark Failla), both based on both based on previous Marvel events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/inferno-1/4000-489901/|website=Comic Vine|title=Inferno #1 (Issue)|accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/house-of-m-1/4000-497944/|website=Comic Vine|title=House of M #1 (Issue)|accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref>
 
Upon the conclusion of the Secret Wars event, Marvel relaunched their ''[[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]]'' comic in January 2016 with Hopeless now joined by artist [[Javier Rodríguez (artist)|Javier Rodríguez]] who had worked with Hopeless on the previous volume after Land's departure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/spider-woman-1/4000-506182/|website=Comic Vine|title=Spider-Woman #1 (Issue)|accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref> The relaunched series centered on Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew's newly announced pregnancy and impending motherhood. Critics praised the relatable, fun storytelling of the comic with IGN calling it, "laid back at times and outlandish at others" while scoring it an 8.6 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/11/16/spider-woman-1-review-3|website=IGN|title=Spider-Woman #1 Review|accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref> The following month, Hopeless served as writer for another relaunched series, the second volume of [[All-New X-Men]], a comic starring the time-displaced original [[X-Men]] now traveling the country with three young [[X-Mansion|Jean Grey School]] students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/all-new-x-men-1/4000-507175/|website=Comic Vine|title=All-New X-Men #1|accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref>