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FREE! Take One! Volume 13 #3 “News, reviews and opinions from the world of comics” July 2009 Captain America: Reborn #1 What exactly is Reborn you say? Reborn is a Marvel Comics miniseries The Dead Shall Rise! about… umm… Marvel won’t say what Reborn is or why they are keeping it a Blackest Night #1 biggest Green Lantern secret. Let’s examine the clues: 1) Marvel “The Blackest Night falls story in years. says they can’t talk about Reborn until from the skies...” “...the darkness grows as Captain America #600 hits the stands. 2) It’s all been leading all light dies..”. It’s written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by up to this! As the Spec- But it’s not just the Bryan Hitch. 3) There is a Captain America trum of Lanterns grows Lanterns that will be movie in the works. Now, I and the Black Hand gains affected by this event. may be grasping at straws here, control of the black Blackest Night but I get the sneaking suspicion power battery (and is all about that this miniseries Batman’s skull?!), the dead will be all about the the Blackest Night r i s i n g return of Captain grows closer. from the America. Not Bucky Considered by g r a v e , Cap or US Agent or writer Geoff Johns and a the Black Cap (see: to be the final part few high- Captain America: of the War of Light p r o f i l e Truth), but THE Trilogy (following d e a d “...we crave your hearts Captain America: Rebirth and The folks will and your demise...” Steve Rogers, baby!! Sinestro Corps be returning Whomever we see return At first you may feel, like I did, that War), Blackest to the DCU as during Blackest Night, the maybe it’s too soon after Steve’s death Night prom- Black Lantern eyes of the comics world to bring him back and that Bucky Cap ises to be the “zombies”. Fire- will be looking toward the deserves more time to shine, but I have storm, Earth-2 Green Lantern books this two words for you: ED BRUBAKER! He’s Superman, Martian summer, and if Johns and done some things that sounded like bad Manhunter, and Company hav e proven ideas on paper: no other writer could have Aquaman have all been anything over the past few brought back Bucky and killed Cap without confirmed, and hints have years, it’s that we won’t be it being horrendous. Now imagine how been dropped about char- disappointed. terrible it would have been if Marvel waited acters ranging for Conner ...by my Black Hand--the another year or two to bring Steve back and Kent to Bruce Wayne. dead shall rise!” Brubaker was no longer writing the book! Wednesday Comics #1 inches wide and 20 inches tall! and the creators. I’ll just list a few DC is trying a new format this month, Imagine your newspaper Sunday here for ya to drool over: Batman by a 12 issue weekly series where each color comic, but each page is one Azzarello/Risso, Adam Strange by issue has one page of 15 different strip, and you get the idea! Comics Paul Pope, Metamorpho by Gaiman comics. That sounds annoying, until in the paper used to be this size WAY and Allred, Kamandi by Gibbons and you realize that each page of a series back in the day, so it’s a nice throw- Sook, Hawkman by Kyle Baker and is after you fold out the comic to make back idea. Sgt. Rock by Joe and Adam Kubert. it quadruple-sized, with each page 14 But here’s the kicker – the titles, Plus Deadman, the Flash and more! 2 | www.bigplanetcomics.com Hotline: 301.718.1890 it all… Plus I hear rumors that there may be some Blackest Night hijinks! Everyone loves Blackest Night! North 40 #1 Aaron Williams, from PS238 and Nodwick, writes a darker tale, in which an Midwest town is turned into a place of monsters and nightmares. Some of the residents start adapting to this new supernaturnal madness in unusual ways as well. Immortal Weapons #1 Fave new pulpy writer Jason Aaron brings a new series out of Iron Fist – the Immortal W e a p o n s ! Star Wars Invasion #1 first series was great! Sure, it And why not Incredible Hulk #600 Star Wars comics return to the was written by Bendis with art start with Fat If you’re confused by the timeline that people actually by Alex Maleev, but this Cobra! Plus numbering, join the club. The care about! Taking place 25 series is written by Peter Danny Rand is important bit is that the Incred- years after Return of the David with art by Eric off on his own ible Hulk is back, written by Jeph Jedi, Star Wars: Invasion Nguyen! Halo, FTW! mission. Do Loeb, with art by Ed McGuinness. features the escapades you think your Red Hulk, Green Hulk, Spider- of none other than Luke Doctor Who #1 devil’s skullcrusher can defeat my man, and a surprise ending. What Skywalker! Remember Through mini-series sumo thunder stomp?! more do you want? A She-Hulk that guy? He’s the one that after mini-series, the backup story? Got that too. WASN’T in the Clone Wars! Doctor Who comic franchise has Marvel Divas #1 been a jumbled mess over the Alright, it’s no Millie the Model, Amazing Spider-Man Greek Street #1 last year. IDW looks to remedy but you do get Hellcat, Black #600 Peter Milligan catches a lot of that situation by doing what they Cat, Firestar and Photon dealing This numbering is slightly more flak from comics fans. I think it’s should’ve done in the first place: with drama, romance, action, clear-cut, right? The important mostly his X-Men run, what with putting out an ongoing monthly ex-boyfriends, and more drama. thing is that this issue features a the brain slugs Doctor Who series! Fabulous! main story featuring Daredevil and all. But and Doctor Octopus by Dan Slott fear not! Peter Citizen Rex #1 Witchfinder: In the and John Romita Jr, a backup Millgan has also Gilbert Hernandez has scifi Service of Angels #1 career retrospective story by Stan written a ton of weirdness with hot women. Plus Mike Mignola presents the 19th (“The Man”) Lee and Marcos GREAT comics. co-written by century adven- Martin, and covers by Romita Jr From the under- the elusive Bro tures of Edward and Alex Ross. In the words of rated Shade the H e r n a n d e z , Grey, in service Stan, “’Nuff said”. Changing Man Mario! The to the Queen, to the under- h u m a n l i k e as he battles Creepy #1 selling X-Statix, Milligan has robot CTZ-RX the Heliopic The horror anthology is back, proven that he knows how to is arrested and B r o t h e r h o o d with a line- turn comics conventions on their d e a c t i v a t e d of Ra secret up including heads. His new Vertigo series, after a terrible society! Plus W r i g h t s o n , Greek Street, promises to do just scandal, so spectral assas- Torres and that when he transplants the throw in robot vs. human rights, sins, mediums, murder, and Jason Alex- bloody and treacherous tales of investigative reporters, the mob, conspiracy most foul! ander. Dionysus to modern-day London. and more hot women! The Stuff of Plus, it’s only $1.00! Dethklok vs. The Goon Legend #1 Justice League: Cry For Everyone’s favorite Scandinavian One of the hits 28 Days Later #1 Justice #1 Death-Metal of Free Comic Tired of the slow “roamers” in You’ve probably seen the preview, band vs the Book Day, a Walking Dead? Satisfy your need with Cascioli’s amazing art, but Goon. Who group of kid’s toys fight to save for fast zombies with the new James Robinson will win? him from The Boogeyman and ongoing 28 Days Later comic! will be telling My money’s his army of cast off toys lurking Bridging the gap between the two an impressive on the Goon, in The Dark. movies, 28 Days Later: The Comic story too. Green cuz from is sure to be a “Rage”-ing good Lantern leads the cover it Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer time. (Sorry about that one, but it the JLA to deal looks like #1 had to be done!) with the villains he’s got two Mark Waid finally returns to who have been axes! And Hunter-Killer with a crossover Halo: Helljumper #1 killing off the if you’ve when the team is directed to strike An obvious attempt by Marvel heroes, but got a hankering for more Goon, against Cyberforce. But hey, it’s a and Bungie to cash in on the when Prometheus is involved, the new paperback, Goon Vol.8: team-up book, they’ll probably entertainment giant that is Halo. and an army of supervillains, and Those That Is Damned comes out fight the bad guys together soon The weird thing, though? The maybe a greater villain behind this month too! enough. Hotline: 301.718.1890 www.bigplanetcomics.com | 3 Show to perfection. If you’ve ever different media to create his orig- like a dog, this book is for you. loved a terrible joke that Fozzy has inal style.