SO much to say about the Hawk and the Dove and the chaos and the order in which they are connected. With many incarnations attached the two heroes, both female and male, they are interesting characters that could use a bit more shiny stories on the forefront. Brightest day? Blackest night? Birds of Prey anyone?
Birds of Prey Variant Cover by Cliff Chiang
(Cover by Rodolfo Migliari, DC Comics)
Emerald Warriors 3 continues the new Green Lantern tale as Guy Gardner and the Throbbing, Red Rockets continue their stop on the Blue Lantern Corps home planet. Brother Ganesha Warth has a special task for our ginger-flavored protagonist but let’s hope it doesn’t delay his arrival in the Unknown Sectors.
Generation Lost 11 splits the newly-minted (and totally lovable) JLI into two groups to track down leads on Maxwell Lord. It’s Beetle, Booster & Atom chasing down a secret OMAC cell while Fire, Ice & Rocket Red take on the Metal Men! Did you know Mercury is the only metal that’s a liquid at room temperature?
(Cover by Doug Mahnke & Christian Alamy, DC Comics)
Green Lantern 58 is so full of hope, you guys. BRIMMING WITH HOPE! Good thing Marvel can’t copyright an emotion, right? Anyways, the Hope entity finds a human host! Whether that’s a good thing or a bad one we’ve yet to see but the Corps continue to settle around the earth and the White Lantern. Hopefully, the human host isn’t fried to cinders since Hal Jordan is going on some kind of spiritual quest? AND the Spectre is about to lay some serious hurt on the Rage entity. A jam-packed week for the Lanterns!
(Cover by Jesus Merino, DC Comics)
I can never get enough JSA and the JSA 80-Page Giant out this week hits that sweet spot! It’s seven stories about Cyclone, Doctor Fate, Jesse Quick, Mr. Terrific, Obsidian, Sand and Tomcat bein’ all familial and junk. Seriously, these are always a bunch of fun and a good way for even non-readers of the main series to get a glimpse of these characters.
(Cover by Fabrizio Fiorentino, DC Comics)
Titans 28 has the team of anti-heroes (which is a generous term) breaking an Arkham inmate onto the streets of Gotham! Osiris also gets closer to discovering how to finally free Isis. As pretty as the art has been I would suggest this title to Brightest Day completionists only, I’m sorry to say.
(Cover by Tyler Kirkham, DC Comics)
Untold Tales of Blackest Night boasts some pretty awesome ideas that never made it into the main Blackest Night storyline (or the the countless spin-offs generated from it). Ragman’s suit of souls is under attack from Black Lantern rings, Scarecrow gets suuuuuper-creepy as he explores the possibilities of wielding true Fear, Donna Troy finds herself unwillingly taken hostage by the dark light of Death and Animal Man has to deal with the crushing emotional weight of the dying planet! A great October treat!
-windiebird
We were not able to attend the San Diego Comic Con, but we do have some SDCC updates. First off Batman Beyond will be returning to comics some time in the future, once the current miniseries wraps.
Art by Dustin Nguyen
In other DC news Grant Morrison will take on the character Captain Marvel in a title called Thunder World. Morrison will also be writing for a new Bat-title which will team Batman with many unlikely allies, called Batman INC. Then Geoff John announced Bightest Day will not be the end to the events of Blackest Night, there will be another story arc after Brightest Day. Plus we will be seeing a Green Lantern video game and a Suicide Squad video game.
In Marvel news it’s finally official Joss Whedon will be directing the Avengers movie. Also there will be a new X-title called Generation Hope. This title will focus on Hope and the five new mutants born at the end of the Second Coming story arc. This is a break down of what has happened thus far, we will try to keep you updated as always.
-Aaron M
Photo from Kelson on Flickr
The [Comic Book Legal Defense Fund] CBLDF is auctioning off a lunch with the amazing Geoff Johns. Johns has worked titles such as Teen Titans, The Flash, JSA, Superman, and Green Lantern just to name a few. He also is responsible for the popular Blackest Night and Brightest Day Story arcs. He is DC’s Chief Creative Officer and is the man who wrote the “Absolute Justice” and “Legion” episodes of Smallville. All proceeds will go to protect first amendment rights and to stop censorship in comics. Now you can have the chance to ask Mr. Johns anything that’s on your mind, and contribute to stop censorship at the same time. Bidding has already started and will end July 21st, so click here to probe the recesses of Geoff Johns mind.
-Aaron M
(Art by David Finch, DC Comics)
The Source has posted a teaser image of an October event called the Return of the Black Lanterns. Could this possibly explain why Brightest Day has been so…well, dark up to this point? We’ll be tuning in to find out but how this ties in to the purportedly pivotal 7th issue of the main Brightest Day remains to be seen. More disgusting zombie kisses to come, that’s for certain!
-windiebird
According to CEO and Chairman of Turner Broadcasting Phil Kent we will be seeing a Green Lantern Animated Series in the near future. The series will air a year after the live action movie on Cartoon Network. This is very exciting news, how great would it be if they did a Blackest Night Arc!
Aaron M
Art by Ethan Van
In celebration of Brightest Day I have chosen Hawkgirl for the Mutant of the Day. We have featured her as the Mutant of the Week on our MAD Podcast, but she is so damn awesome she deserves to be featured again.
Art by Bruce Timm
Shiera Hall is the reincarnation of Egyptian princess Chay-Ara. Her and her lover Prince Khufu were murdered by Egyptian priest Hath-Set with a knife made of alien substance known as the Nth Metal. The combination of their love and the alien properties of the metal has caused them to be reborn several times. Prince Khufu is reborn as Carter Hall an archeologist, who uses the properties of the Nth metal to create a belt allowing him to fly. With the belt and a costume he created he becomes Hawkman and Shiera becomes Hawkgirl. Shiera dies after the events of Zero Hour and a new Hawgirl is born in Kendra Saunders who has none of Shiera’s memories. Recently in the events of Blackest Night Kendra Saunders dies and Shiera is resurrected by the power of the white light. You can currently see Shiera kicking ass in the pages of Brightest Day.
-Aaron M
This Wednesday is not only new comicbook day but IT’S NEW EVERYTHING DAY!
Tomorrow, X-Men Second Coming #1 hits stores!
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We have all been waiting for what is to be the start something amazing [we Hope]. There will be an abundance of tie-ins & though we might have seen some of these story elements before (this has NEVER happened to Kitty Pryde, promise), Uncanny #522 sold me on the set-up. Bookmark our handy checklist so you don’t miss an issue!
Also if you are a Tokidoki art/clothing/design fan, Zeus comics [see the sidebar for a link] has a plethora of shirts on sale tomorrow!
Images: Tokidoki.com
Last but not least Blackest Night #8 will also go on sale!
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The rainbow coalition of shiny emotions is finally reaching its conclusion tomorrow! While we don’t know if any of the Lanterns will be wearing White after labor day, we do expect this to be one hell of an epic boss fight. With all of this promise of good tidings & hope from both of the big publishers, I can’t help but feel a swell (downtown) of anticipation.
This is going to be a Wednesday to remember, Easter comes early!
(image from Marvel’s Siege #1)
Ladies & gentles, I have a confession. I am a teenage drama queen. And more importantly, Siege is blowing my mind! Siege is Marvel’s four-part miniseries culminating in seven full years of drama and setup on good ol’ Earth 616, focusing on Norman Osborn’s attack on the newly-materialized Asgard. There are, as always, tie-ins and one-shots that fully flesh out the details and background of the story but the meat of the conflict is contained in the main series. We prefer all meats to be well-contained.
Anyways, I love many Marvel characters but I have certainly been spotty in my following of the Marvel U’s story in the past few years. I’ve picked up a few collections (House of M, Death of Cap, things like that) but I haven’t been a True Believer. With talks about the dawn of a new Heroic Age for many of our favorite marvelous heroes it had me thinking about jumping back into the fray of collecting.
Siege, if you had any doubts, is THE perfect place to jump in on. The reader is given a brief introduction in the beginning of the book and it is more than enough to follow the story contained in Siege. THEN at the end of the first issue, we’re given a special round of Cup O’ Joe wherein Joe Quesada explains all of the threads that have led to Siege and what might come next. Honestly, it’s like this series was made for me. Not only am I feeling up-to-speed with the rest of the readership but I’m truly (and sexually) excited for what’s to come and what I might be able to get in on with this bright age approaching. I’m recommending Siege for anyone with the ability to read and an interest in Marvel. Which should be everyone. I’ve been catching bits of Blackest Night as well and we’re quite “stoked” (we ams so straight, y’allz) about Brightest Day and what that could mean for the DCU as well but I had to share my newfound, polyamorous attraction to Marvel!
Looks like everyone is headed towards the light (Italian dressing at the salad bar).
Happy Olympics Day & enjoy your Valentine’s!
-windiebird
