It’s a common complaint from creators working on canceled titles at Marvel and DC that the publishers didn’t do enough to market their comics, contributing in some way to the book’s demise. Even in the context of the New 52–where creators and editors have spoken of the democratizing effects of the launch itself being an Event–some titles have gotten much more of a push than others. Some disappointed fans have speculated that the recently-canceled DC titles may have had somewhat less support than equally unpredictable books that are still hanging around.Not so with G.I. Combat, which launches in May with the recently-announced second wave of New 52 titles. In the last two days, the war anthology–which seems to be poised to replace the outgoing Men of War and Blackhawks on DC’s slate–has been featured twice on DC’s blog The Source.The first story ran as a companion piece to an interview with Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray which ran at Newsarama yesterday and focused on the Unknown Soldier, including these two pieces of previously-unseen art by Dan Panosian. “Within this 4-part story we will be introducing new readers to our take of one of the coolest and enigmatic characters ever presented, adding our own personal twist and turns to the legacy that we think will thrill the readers,” said Palmiotti. “We are so thrilled to have working with us Dan Panosian and Rob Schwager , two masters of the craft. Comics are a collaboration in every sense of the word and we think with Dan on art and Rob on color, we have raised the bar once
