Archie Comics has gotten a lot of publicity with its realistic interpretations of the Archie gang, and the latest installment to get this treatment is Pals-n-Gals Double Digest #125, that features the break up of Midge and Moose – and you aren’t going to believe who Midge is dating.
Imagine a world where the Autobots lost the battle to the Decepticons and the world was taken over by Megatron. That’s the premise behind IDW’s new 12-issue maxi-series The Transformers: All Hail Megatron. writen by Shane McCarthy, with art by Guido Guidi will hit store shelves July 9, 2008 and will arrive monthly after that.
Top Cow Productions has announced Jorge Lucas will take over the art duties for issues #7 and #8 of The Darkness.
“I’m looking forward to working on The Darkness because he is my favorite Top Cow character,†said Lucas, who remembers reading The Darkness issues in Spanish in Argentina, where he still makes his home. “I like the horror genre a lot, and the darker the character, the better. Jackie Estacado is a soul tortured by his demons, a cursed being, and I love this about him.â€
Take the jump for the cover and a two page sneak peek of the art changes to come.
According to Marvel, Skaar: Son of Hulk smashed its way through Diamond Comic Distributors in just two days. While no reprints are currently scheduled at this time, Marvel did send the cover to issue #2 that arrives in stores July 30, 2008.
Marvel Comics sent us the variant cover to Ultimate Origins #1. Yes, it is another Wolverine cover, but man, it looks good done up as a pencil sketch by Gabriele Dell’Otto.
or the Beginning of the End?
I’ve heard rumors that the Marvel Ultimate line may be ending, or at least getting a big shakeup. The Ultimate Origins five-part mini-series will hopefully reveal all when it arrives June 4, 2008.
Red5 Comics let Major Spoilers know it has a brand new mini-series coming our way this July that features everyone’s favorite undead brought to life (no pun intended) in a whole different way – Zombies fighting our battles.
Air-dropped into the deadliest hot zones, the walking dead of ZMD: ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION indiscriminately infect every last warring insurgent — on either side of the conflict. Specifically engineered to be photosensitive, once enemy infection becomes complete by dawn, both the originals and newly created zombies dissolve as a means to control widespread and accidental zombification. This allows live soldiers to enter and safely occupy the now-combatant-free territory. However, this plan takes a deadly turn when one of the U.S. zombies, dubbed — ZOMBIE ZERO — fails to dissolve at the expected time, and begins to wreak havoc in the Middle East by creating others like him. This leads the U.S. military brass to send in a special operative to quietly take out Zombie Zero and his minions before their existence becomes known to the rest of the world.
YES! If you are going to compete in the zombie genre, this is a great take on the theme.
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (code MAY084097) is written by Kevin Grevioux with art by Geraldo Borges. Red5 Comics sent us a peek at the six part bi-monthly series that kicks off in July.
Check it out! Not only does everyone’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man have to worry about Venom, he now has to contend with the Anti-Venom.
Entertainment Weekly has the full photo, and a peek at the “New Ways To Die” story arc coming this summer.
Marvel has sent Major Spoilers the covers to the upcoming Marvel: 1985 #1 that arrives May 14, 2008.
What do those silly Skrulls want with the heroes from the UK? We’ll find out in Captain Britan and MI: 13 #1, Marvel’s latest ongoing series spinning out of Secret Invasion.
Marvel has previously announced the series, but today sent Major Spoilers the variant cover by Brandon Peterson.
Take the jump for the full cover featuring a winged skrullified Ghost Rider – no wonder Marvel is the House of Ideas.
Mark Millar and Tony Harris have already announced their latest collaboration War Heroes, but all previews of the issue have come in the form of black and white pencil work. Fans of Harris’ work will get a chance to see the the art in color come April 30th when Wizard #200 Platinum arrives in stores.
“Thus far we’ve been pretty coy with the art by only showing my pencils,” Harris said. “But WIZARD #200 PLATINUM will be the first place to see the art fully fleshed out, including Cliff Rathburn’s inks and colorist JD Mettler’s gorgeous palette. I think the final results will surprise a lot of people. It’s truly a huge leap from my previous superhero work, in the best of ways.”
Of course you see the cover to War Heroes in glorious color if you just take the jump.
Image Comics has teamed up with Tori Amos to bring the themes and ideas behind her songs to the comic pages. Comic Book Tattoo will be a 480-page book and will arrive July 30, 2008.
“I have been surprised, excited and pleasantly shocked by these comics that are extensions of the songs that I have loved and therefore welcome these amazing stories of pictures and words because they are uncompromisingly inspiring,†says Amos. “It shows you thought is a powerful formidable essence and can have a breathtaking domino effect. “