Avengers #5.1
(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Barry Kitson
Rated T+
In Shops: Mar 29, 2017
SRP: $3.99
THE SHOCKING CONCLUSION TO THE TALE OF THE ORIGINAL NEW AVENGERS!
Avenger X isn’t who she’s been pretending to be! Will the rest of the Avengers learn the truth about her in time to prevent disaster? Don’t count on it.
Avengers #3.1
(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Barry Kitson
Rated T+
In Shops: Jan 18, 2017
SRP: $3.99
Labeled “The Mighty Pretenders” by an unforgiving public, Captain America redoubles his efforts to revive the Avengers’ reputation – only to face an unbeatable foe.
Avengers #2.1
(W) Mark Waid (A) Mark Farmer (A/CA) Barry Kitson
Rated T+
In Shops: Dec 21, 2016
SRP: $3.99
More on the Secret History of the Avengers! A stranger has come to New York – and the Avengers may have to draft a new member to help them defeat him!
My first thoughts as I saw Avengers #1.1 was who is this comic aimed for, and what is its purpose? We have the current Avengers team, and then the young upstart Champions which are also both penned by Mark Waid. Don’t get me wrong, I think returning to the old days of Marvel is an interesting place to tell a few stories from, but I am hoping this book is much more than that. It would be cool if Waid touched on the lack of diversity on the team back then. I would love a book that wasn’t afraid to confront that topic.
The book starts with the founding members taking some time off and handing the reigns over to Captain America, and three other members they selected. Cap plays the usual boy scout, and not the Hydra Cap we are seeing currently. He is struggling with Hawkeye, who seems to be challenging him as the leader, and two former criminals, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, who are the children of Magneto. I am curious to see if this will be a rehashing of some things for a younger audience, or a retelling of some things from the old days. Will Waid use all of these titles to retcon some things? Only time will tell.
Barry Kitson does a good job on art in making the book feel authentic to its time period. It was fun to see Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Wasp, Scarlet Witch, and more in their old costumes. There was a few moments that I felt like I was looking at a book by Jack Kirby, so that’s a good thing for what the title is going for. Our heroes look sharp and straight out of the Silver Age of comics. It was fun to see some old school over the top villains fighting our heroes, and they’re drawn well. Even the lettering was well done to the time period. Character names and plot points are in bold and capital letters to show the reader what is going on in that old heavy handed way that comics from this era used.
It is claimed that this series will have direct ramifications to the current Avengers title Waid is writing, and I cannot help but think it will have to do with their current conflict with Kang. That makes me a little excited for this series, and immediately changes things as we may not just see some isolated story set in Marvel’s past, but something where the heroes of old could meet the heroes of the current team. I must say if that is done well, it would make me immediately more excited for this series. It helps that Waid is writing all of these books and could find a way to tie them together.
This was an okay book, and it could get interesting if it truly ties into the current team, or it could be a fun little break from everything else Marvel is doing. I plan to keep my eye on this title, and I want to see where Waid is taking all of our Avengers, both new and old.
Story: Mark Waid Art: Barry Kitson
Story: 6 Art: 8 Overall: 7 Recommendation: Read
Marvel provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Avengers #1.1
(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Barry Kitson
Rated T+
In Shops: Nov 09, 2016
SRP: $3.99
The Old Order Changeth – more than you ever suspected! For the first time ever, learn what really happened all those years ago when the founding Avengers turned their membership over to a set of new recruits. The recently thawed Captain America is joined by three reformed super villains – Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch – and a new group of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes takes shape – in a story that has direct ramifications for the Avengers of today!
The old order changeth – more than you ever suspected! Marvel has released a first look at Avengers #1.1 – a new 5 part story running alongside the highly anticipated Avengers ongoing series! From writer Mark Waid and artist Barry Kitson comes a secret from the Avengers past long since buried.
For the first time ever, learn what really happened all those years ago when the founding Avengers turned their membership over to a set of new recruits. The recently thawed Captain America is joined by three reformed super villains – Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Yet as a new group of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes takes shape, uncover the story you were never told. A story that will have direct ramifications on the Avengers of today in Mark Waid and Mike Del Mundo’s Avengers ongoing series!
AVENGERS #1.1 (SEP160925)
Written by MARK WAID
Art & Cover by BARRY KITSON
Variant Covers by ALEX MALEEV (SEP160927) and ALAN DAVIS (SEP160926)
Action Figure Variant by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER (SEP160928)
FOC – 10/17/16, On-Sale – 11/09/16
Archie Comics is marking their 75th anniversary in 2016. And to help ring in this monumental occasion, IDW Publishing is celebrating their publishing partner in the form of Archie tribute covers throughout the month of December. Eight different IDW titles will feature variant Archie tribute covers, many of which are illustrated by fan-favorite Archie artists.
Look for these very special IDW December releases featuring the commemorative IDW/Archie Comics mash-up covers:
Back to the Future #3 by Fernando Ruiz
Empire: Uprising #7 by Barry Kitson
Jem & The Holograms #10 by Tania del Rio
Judge Dredd: Mega-City Zero #1 by Francesco Francavilla
Star Trek #52 by Dan Parent
Transformers #48 by Andrew Pepoy
The X-Files: Season 11 #5 by Robert Hack
Angry Birds: Super Angry Birds #4 by Dan Parent
The weekend of September 25-27 is the 2015 Baltimore Comic-Con in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Head to the Baltimore Convention Center for all of the excitement! Buy your VIP, General Admission, and Harvey Award tickets now to avoid the lines. The Baltimore Comic-Con welcomes industry giants David Finch, Barry Kitson, John Ostrander, Ethan Van Sciver, and Bernie Wrightson.
Joining the convention from Canada, David Finch received recognition for his early work at Top Cow Productions on titles such as Cyberforce, Ascension, and Aphrodite IX. He then went on to spend a number of years at Marvel Comics, working on blockbuster titles including Ultimate X-Men, Avengers (and the relaunched New Avengers), and Moon Knight before jumping into an exclusive contract with DC Comics in 2010 where he flexed his writing muscles as well as his drawing skills on Batman: The Dark Knight. He also worked on DC’s Forever Evil, and is currently providing art on Wonder Woman (with his wife Meredith on writing duties).
British comic artist Barry Kitson broke into the industry while drawing Spider-Man for Marvel UK in 1985. Throughout his career, he has worked on such titles as Amazing Spider-Man, Legion of Superheroes, 2000 AD, Batman, and Incredible Hulks. He recently handled art duties for Marvel’s Captain America and Iron Man and can be seen working on IDW’s Star Trek/Green Lantern covers, Valiant’s Ivar, Timewalker covers, and interiors and covers for his creator-owned Empire: Uprising with Mark Waid, also published by IDW.
Multiple Eisner Award nominee John Ostrander received his published credits in First Comics’ Warp in the 1980s. He is co-creator of the character Grimjack with Timothy Truman, published originally in First Comics’ Starslayer before going on to appear in its own title. He has worked on DC Comics’ Firestorm, Hawkman, Justice League, Martian Manhunter, Manhunter, The Spectre, Suicide Squad (currently in the midst of becoming a major motion picture!), and Wasteland, and on Marvel Comics’ Bishop, Blaze of Glory, Heroes for Hire, The Punisher, Quicksilver, and X-Men. At Dark Horse Comics, he has written numerous Star Wars titles, and has also done work on Lady Death for Chaos! Comics, and Magnus, Robot Fighter, Rai and the Future Force, and Eternal Warrior for Valiant Comics. He has recently penned a Conan story in Robert E. Howard’s Savage Sword from Dark Horse comics.
Ethan Van Sciver has been an exclusive artist for DC Comics for 12 years, with runs on Green Lantern, Flash, Batman the Dark Knight, and Firestorm. He’s also worked on Sinestro, Justice League, Convergence, Impulse, Sensation Comics Presents Wonder Woman, and too many more titles to name! Plus, he’s a cover artist, with numerous contributions to both DC and Marvel, where he assisted Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely as fill-in artist on New X-Men. He co-created Green Lantern’s Emotional Spectrum, designed all of those lovely symbols associated with it, and created Atrocitus, Saint Walker, Larfleeze, Indigo-1, and lots of others. These days he’s back in the Lanternverse, providing fill-ins for Green Lantern. He lives in New Jersey with his girlfriend and two kids.
Originally from the Baltimore area, Bernie Wrightson got his first break in comics at DC in 1968, drawing a story that appeared in House of Mystery. His work grew to include titles at Marvel Comics, including Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows, where he continued to develop his lush art style. Wrightson is co-creator of Swamp Thing from DC’s House of Secrets. He moved onto Warren Publishing’s black and white horror magazines, Heavy Metal magazine, and even National Lampoon. He has since returned to comics, including the Marvel Graphic Novels Spider-Man: Hooky and The Incredible Hulk and the Thing: The Big Change, DC’s The Weird and Batman: The Cult, and IDW’s Frankenstein Alive, Alive!
Justice, Inc. Avenger #1
Mark Waid (w)
Ronilson Freire (a)
Alex Ross (30%), Walter Simonson (30%), Francesco Francavilla (30%), Marc Laming (10%) (c)
SHIPS WITH 4 COVERS IN A 3:3:3:1 RATIO
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
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Meet Richard Henry Benson–the Avenger! His pallid features forever deadened by a criminal act, he is the ultimate master of disguise and uses his skills to mete out retribution to those who would prey on the innocent! But can even Benson triumph over an Invisible Man…? Fan-favorite writer Mark Waid – who is hotter than ever thanks to his work on Daredevil and Star Wars: Princess Leia – brings his personal favorite pulp hero back to comics with all-new, explosive adventures!
Dynamite Entertainment has announced that Mark Waid, one of the comic book industry’s most accomplished writers, will be scripting the upcoming Justice, Inc.: The Avenger series. Joined by Dynamite artist Ronilson Freire, Waid will expand the Justice, Inc. universe of pulp heroes that include Condé Nast’s The Shadow and Doc Savage. The new series will debut with a #1 issue in June 2015 and focus on wealthy industrialist Richard Henry Benson, the tragic, relentless vigilante and master of disguise known as The Avenger.
In Justice, Inc.: The Avenger #1, Waid and Freire continue the adventures of Richard Henry Benson, a victim of a criminal attack that left his facial features forever deadened, gray in color and incapable of showing genuine emotion. And yet, the harsh stroke of fate gave him the ability to mold his face to match the appearance of anyone… a skill he could employ as the ultimate master of disguise. Driven to mete out retribution against those who would prey on the innocent, The Avenger finds himself on a collision course with a villain even more secretive, brutal, and unrelenting than himself: an Invisible Man.
Justice, Inc.: The Avenger #1 will feature variant editions by Alex Ross, Walter Simonson, Francesco Francavilla, Marc Laming, and Barry Kitson.
The Avenger originally debuted in September 1939 as the lead character in an eponymous pulp magazine, published by Street and Smith Publications. Writer Paul Ernst is credited with creating many of the earliest Avenger tales (published under the house writer pseudonym “Kenneth Robeson”), blending the qualities of contemporary pulp heroes like Doc Savage and The Shadow, as well as his own creations that included Seekay, The Wraith, Dick Bullitt, Old Stone Face, the Gray Marauder, and Karlu the Mystic. The Avenger appeared in numerous prose novels, radio programs, and comic books throughout the decades, most recently in Dynamite Entertainment’s 2014 revival of the Justice, Inc. series written by acclaimed author Michael Uslan and illustrated by Giovanni Timpano.
