In case you’ve been too busy watching the Winter Olympics, there was a little bit of industry news Thursday: The new senior executive team includes Jim Lee and Dan DiDio, who have been named Co-Publishers of DC Comics, and Geoff Johns, who will serve as Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment. Additionally… DC’s The Source blog has the full press release.
Highlights This Week: Flash Rebirth #6 finishes the mini-series; Green Arrow #30 joins the Black Lantern Corps; Image United #0 collects the preludes in one easy-to-read issue; Siege tie-ins and Deadpool variant covers are running roughshod over the Marvel books, but not X-Force #24; fans of all-ages action should check out Ben Ten Alien Force Graphic Novel Volume 01 Doom Dimension; Cover Girls Of The DCU Power Girl Statue; Marvel Scarlet Witch Bishoujo Statue; Uncle Scrooge Comic Character #6 Beagle Boy; Marvel Heroes Capsule Assortment Build A Figure Series #2; Deadpool Icon Black T-Shirt; and more!
New this week from the barking-mad mind of Warren Ellis, the creator of Ignition City and Planetary, comes Captain Swing & The Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island #1 (of 4). The mini-series Illustrated by Raulo Caceres in a woodcut style, and presented in full color, is set in 1830 London. The newly-minted copper Charlie Gravel keeps seeing things he’s not supposed to.
A crooked Bow Street Runner with a flintlock revolver, flying things that are not supposed to fly, and the violent Scientific Phantasmagoria that is christened Spring-Heeled Jack, but is known by other
Manga artist Torajiro Kishi (Maka-Maka) and blockbuster anime studio Madhouse (Trigun, Paprika, Ninja Scroll) love comics. So much so that they’ve decided to publish an original, Western-style comic with Dark Horse beginning this week. Devil #1 (of 4) begins a new, sci-fi take on the vampire genre.
A virus is raging across the planet, turning people into bloodsucking superhumans referred to as “Devils.” Most victims die within days, sometimes months, but there’s a new strain, a new class of Devil that threatens to overtake mankind with power and bloodthirst…
Check the Dark Horse website for a preview of Devil #1
*Marvel has finally announced another Jane Austen adaptation Sense & Sensiblity #1 for May;
*The Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network is adding another hour of programming in 2011;
*Dark Horse is doing an all-new Bettie Page Statue based on the late Dave Stevens‘ artwork;
*In other statue news, DC has announced a Michael Keaton as Batman Statue;
*The Onion’s AV Club recently reviewed a number of recent comic releases including Mike Oeming’s God Complex; IDW’s new Rocketeer Hardcover Collection and the relaunch of Powers.
Highlights This Week: The saga of Zayne Carrick comes to an end this week with the release of the final issue of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #50; important Blackest Night titles this week include Green Lantern #50; Green Lantern Corps #45 and Blackest Night: Flash #3 (of 3); patient and loyal Marvel fans will finally be able to finish Marvels: Eye of the Camera #6 (of 6); after the horrifying events of Siege #2, what’s up with The Sentry in Dark Avengers #14?; click here to see what other important stuff is coming out this week!
Highlights This Week: Tim Seeley’s Colt Noble and the Megalords one-shot is a great homage to our favorite 80’s toys; even if you don’t watch the new tv series, be sure to check out Human Target #1; amazing animals return in Tails of the Pet Avengers #1 ; Kathryn Immonen writes another runaway in X-Men Pixie Strikes Back #1; joined by a new Doctor and new logo is Dr Who Magazine #417; and numerous other great items are being released, too!
Novelty Highlights This Week: The Batman Mad Love Collectors Set; the Marvel Legends Icons Colossus Action Figure; and click for more!
This week bear witness to the first appearance of a new outrageous character written by Daniel Way and drawn by Dalibor Talajić. The Hit-Monkey #1 one-shot tells the tale of a troubled soul, set upon a path of vengeance he does not understand. An assassin without equal, trained in the most secret of killing techniques. A flesh and blood spectre, haunting the killers of the world. A monkey…with a gun. Bear witness as the legend is born and then catch his first appearance in the Marvel Universe proper in Deadpool #20 (where else?).
Click here to read a recent interview with Daniel Way on his plans for Deadpool and Hit-Monkey
Out of print since 2006, King has been one of Fantagraphics Books’ most-requested reprints. In recognition of the advances made in American social equality that has made it possible to elect America’s first black President, this week Fantagraphics is publishing it’s King: The Special Edition hardcover, a newly designed volume that includes the original 240-page graphic biography, as well as nearly a hundred additional pages of extra material.
Creator Ho Che Anderson spent over 10 years researching, writing, and drawing King, a graphic biography that separates Martin Luther King Jr. from the usual saintly, one-dimensional image.
This week artist Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night; Welcome to Hoxford) teams up with writer Ben McCool for Choker #1 (of 6) for this new hardboiled noir from Image Comics featuring Johnny “Choker” Jackson, once one of Shotgun City’s most promising police officers. Choker is a bitter private detective with a terrible case of Alien Hand Syndrome, an unusual neurological disorder in which one of the sufferer’s hands seem to take on a mind of its own. (Check it out folks, it’s real and that’s what it’s called!) Because of his disorder he found himself out of work, but now he’s unexpectedly been offered a job back on the force: provided he can nail a twisted drug dealer selling a very exclusive product.
