Comic Book Highs, Lows, Misses and More for 2009!
Get out the champagne, party horns and confetti! The new year is soon upon us, and like most other people who are out there reflecting on the year that was, we’re taking stock of the triumphs, the tragedies, the highs and the lows. Of course there are those “did that just happen” moments as well, just to keep things interesting. Let’s take a trip back over the past twelve months, shall we, to see the highs, lows and wth’s over this year in comics, using our own unique system of categories, labels and examples! Read more
Comic Book Previews for September 30th, 2009
For those who get paid at the end of the month, this Wednesday is your lucky day! Go green and save some gas by running to the back with your check and then head over to your local comic book shop to pick up this week’s latest and greatest new releases! DC this week features an 80-page GIANT special titled Justice League of America, which shows the super team scattered throughout time and battling various foes from across times, locations and forms of combat. Teen Titans reaches a milestone this week with issue #75, and be sure to jump aboard here, as new writer Felicia D. Henderson makes her mark on this DC staple. Also look for Justice Society of America #31, as the traitor in the team’s midst stands revealed! Superman #692 continues a new direction for the title, as the Science Police become more of a force! Read more
Barroom Brawlers: Seven Comic Book Tough Guys (and Gals) We’d Want in a Fight
While we here at comicbook.com are generally a peaceful, live and let live kind of lot, we also enjoy a good drink now and then! Saying that, even we recognize the need now and then to have people around who, if the occasion ever called for it, would definitely be the ones who we would want to have our back if a barroom brawl were to ensue. Here are some characters that could certainly fill that role, and a few doorframes. Read more
Tyrese Gibson Bringing Mayhem To Image Comics
Tyrese Gibson, the Multi-Platinum selling R&B singer and mega-star behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Death Race, and 2 Fast 2 Furious, is teaming up with Angel artist Tone Rodriguez and co-writers Mike Le and William Wilson to create Mayhem for Image Comics.
“I’m extremely excited to be working with Image Comics on the launching of my debut comic book Mayhem,” Gibson said. “Image has a long and rich history of great titles and I am honored to be a part of that history. Robert Kirkman’s and Eric Stephenson’s input throughout this creative process has been invaluable and I know we’ve produced a special comic book for all fans to enjoy.”
Tyrese Gibson’s Mayhem begins on the streets of Los Angeles, where a brutal crime wave led by the mysterious Big X has the entire city in a state of paralyzed fear. With even the police force incapable of stopping him, Mayhem, a faceless vigilante with only his partner Malice and never ending vengeance to back him up, strikes back against the criminal masses. They will take on Big X to take apart his organization in hopes of restoring peace to the City of Angels.
Spawn Engame Is Selling Out
Todd McFarlane’s Spawn series is hot again. The Spawn saga was recently relaunched by series creator Todd McFarlane and fellow Image Founder Whilce Portacio. The relaunch storyline called “Endgame” is now at its halfway point and the latest issue was a distribution-level sell out.
“Our goal is to slowly build up momentum and the sellout of issue #191 is another indication that we’re accomplishing that goal,” McFarlane said. “With a majority of our single issues out of print, the release of the first Endgame collection couldn’t be more timely.”
“Endgame” has seen the original Hellspawn, Al Simmons, end his life as the amnesiac Patient 47 awakens with Al’s powers. Also, new horrors and allies have come into play with familiar faces, including Al’s widow, Wanda and his nemesis, The Violator.
