USA Today, as part of DC Comics’ New 52 media blitz, has a preview of Supergirl #1 this week. Along with the five page preview of the comic, there’s an interview with Supergirl #1 co-writers Michael Green and Mike Johnson. Head on over there for some info on the new series!
Supergirl #1, written by Michael Green & Mike Johnson and illustrated by Mahmud Asrar & Dan Green is available at comic book stores on Wednesday September 21st, 2011.
This week Comics Alliance has the exclusive preview for Birds of Prey #1 as part of DC Comics’ media push to promote their New 52 relaunch efforts. The promotions seem to be working as many of the New 52 #1 issues are generating unprecedented buzz before they are released. This is causing sell outs at comics shops across the country and forcing DC to go back to press, in several cases multiple times, to satisfy consumer demand.
The cover and four pages of Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. were posted today in the Comic Book Resources forums. Jeff Lemire is riding the wave of of acclaim from last week’s Animal Man #1 into this week’s possible sleeper title. The book looks like it’s in good hands with art by Alberto Ponticelli as well.
Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1 is written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Alberto Ponticelli. The book will be available in comic book shops and for digital download on Wednesday September 14th, 2011.
iFanboy debuted the exclusive preview to Grifter #1 today. They were provided with pages #7 through #11 of the first issue which is shipping as part of week 2 of the New 52 relaunch effort.
Grifter #1 is written by Nathan Edmondson and features art by Cafu. The issue will be available for print purchase or digital download on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011.
Another exclusive preview has shown up this week, this time from popular comics website Comic Book Resources. While Legion Lost and Superboy were given to science fiction related outlets, Batman and Robin went, of course, to a comic book related one.
Batman and Robin #1 is written by Peter J. Tomasi and features art and a cover by Patrick Gleason and Mick Gray. The issue will be available for print purchase or digital download on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011.
Blastr, part of the SYFY online network, was given the exclusive preview of Superboy #1 this week. DC is currently promoting their relaunch across many different media outlets and between Legion Lost and Superboy, they are targeting the science fiction crowd.
Superboy #1 is written by Scott Lobdell and illustrated by RB Silva and Rob Lean and will be available on Wednesday September 14th, 2011.
DC Comics has been busy spreading exclusive previews of their NEW 52 books across a wide spectrum of mainstream and niche outlets. This week ScienceFiction.com gets an exclusive preview of Legion Lost #1.
Legion Lost #1 is written by Fabian Nicieza and features art and a cover by Pete Woods. It will be available in comic book stores and online on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011.
This Fall, several retailers will host artists involved in DC’s The New 52 reboot series of books. This won’t just be a simple meet and greet in-store event. According to DC, this will be a showcase event:
Showcasing the creative process behind such titles as WONDER WOMAN, THE FLASH, ACTION COMICS, GREEN LANTERN, SWAMP THING and BATWOMAN retailers will be hosting events with DC Comics-The New 52 artists. Framed art will be on display to illustrate the artists’ process—from script, to pencils, to inks, to the final colored and lettered page. And in many instances, art from other DC Comics-The New 52 #1s will be on display in a gallery type atmosphere.
Writer: Scott Snyder
Artist: Yanick Paquette
Colors: Nathan Fairbairn
Letters: John J. Hill
Cover: Yanick Paquette, Nathan Fairbairn
Editor: Chris Conroy, Matt Idelson
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Date: November 2011
Cover Price: $2.99
Title: “Raise Dem Bones”
Scott Snyder is no stranger to horror stories; he’s won an Eisner and a Harvey Award for his work on DC’s American Vampire and his current work also includes Image’s Severed miniseries. So it seems fitting that he’d be chosen to take on a character who was first introduced in the horror anthology title House of Secrets.
Created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, the character was conceived as Alec Holland mutating into Swamp Thing after being dowsed by an experimental formula and being burned alive. When Alan Moore reinvented Swamp Thing in the 1980’s, he explained that Swamp Thing was an elemental entity that absorbed Holland’s memories and personality upon death. Therefore removing all human aspects from the creature and, in essence, making him an elemental god as it were.
Writer: Jeff Lemire
Pencils: Travel Foreman
Inks: Travel Foreman, Dan Green
Colors: Lovern Kindzierski
Letters: Jared K. Fletcher
Cover: Travel Foreman, Lovern Kindzierski
Editor: Kate Stewart, Joey Cavalieri
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Date: November 2011
Cover Price: $2.99
Title: “The Hunt – Part One: Warning From The Red”
Animal Man is one of those DC superheroes that wasn’t initially a big hit. That all changed in the 1980’s when Grant Morrison and Chas Truog revamped the character. Morrison started to integrate Buddy Baker’s family into the title and when Jamie Delano took over, the book took on a horror slant.