MARK WAID’S THE GREEN HORNET #10
Mark Waid (w)
Ronilson Freire (a)
Paolo Rivera (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
The dragnet is closing around the Green Hornet–in no small part because crusading radio journalist Britt Reid is leading the hunt! But–isn’t Britt Reid the Hornet…?
MARK WAID’S THE GREEN HORNET VOL. 1: BULLY PULPIT TPB
Mark Waid (w)
Daniel Indro, Ronilson Freire (a)
Paolo Rivera (c)
FC • 184 pages • $19.99 • Teen+
The Green Hornet faces the most dangerous enemy in the his long and storied career: his egotistical and arrogant alter-ego, Britt Reid! A journalist with great influence in his city, Reid takes on the public persona of a social crusader, but he’s far too sure of himself and his judgment. When he finally oversteps his bounds, an innocent man pays a terrible price… and the legend of the Green Hornet may be forever tarnished! From the mind of superstar writer Mark Waid (Kingdom Come) comes a new era for the classic pulp hero!
MARK WAID’S THE GREEN HORNET #7
Mark Waid (w)
Ronilson Freire (a)
Paolo Rivera (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
Now that The Voice has been silenced, a new menace threatens the city–and without the Hornet around to protect the citizens, can Kato survive as a solo agent?
GREEN HORNET: LEGACY #42
Jai Nitz (w)
Jethro Morales (a)
Phil Hester (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
FINAL ISSUE!!! This is it! Every hero (even the dead ones!) and every villain (especially the dead ones!) come back for the final showdown in Century City. Who will make the ultimate sacrifice for Century City? This is the ending everyone will be talking about.
MARK WAID’S THE GREEN HORNET #6
Mark Waid (w)
Ronilson Frere (a)
Paolo Rivera (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
Stripped of his resources, the Green Hornet is in danger of being exposed by the underworld–and they won’t take kindly to Hornet’s acts of gangland espionage!
Mark Waid’s The Green Hornet #1
The Hornet faces his most dangerous enemy ever–an egotistical, arrogant Britt Reid! In his alter-ego as a powerful newspaper publisher, the Hornet has lost control, becoming a social crusader far too sure of himself and of his judgment. But when he finally goes too far, an innocent man pays a terrible price–and the legend of the Green Hornet begins its cataclysmic collapse!
I had been a fan of Dynamite‘s updated Green Hornet series kicked off by Kevin Smith. It felt like a nice update to the character and was an entertaining read until recently. The book took a dive in quality and I was a bit bummed. Then I heard a new series was launching with the original team of Britt and Kato and it’d be written by the talented Mark Waid. I was psyched.
Waid is a master writer of the pulp variety. His Daredevil run has been a modern classic and one of the best ever for the character. He’s taken long-standing icons and reinvigorated them, and in this first issue he brings a solid voice that gets the Hornet back to the basics.
This first issue is two-fold. It introduces the Green Hornet to new readers and also sets the character upon his path in a new, but familiar, way for the old fans. It’s a tricky balance and Waid pulls it off. Through a mix of dialogue and thought bubbles/caption boxes he lays out where this Hornet stands and what his mission is. Though I felt like I’ve seen this a bunch, Waid’s voice was new and interesting. It feels fresh and entertaining.
I’m convinced we’ll see some amazing things on Waid’s run. He’s already setting up a character, but most importantly a world, that’ll keep us entertained and engaged. Mark Waid is a master of the pulp genre, but overall he’s a master storyteller.
Story: Mark Waid Art: Daniel Indro Cover: Paolo Rivera
Story: 8.5 Art: 7.75 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy
Garth Ennis’ Red Team #2
The Rules: in which our heroes take a further step down a very dangerous road and lay out their battle plan. But not everyone is happy with the unit’s new direction, especially some of the other players in the game…
Garth Ennis, I generally think is a brilliant writer. The man can often make you think and at the same time present over the top violence to the point of satire. Red Team is a serious voice for the writer, about a team of cops who become corrupt and dish out justice on their own terms. Yes, this is a crooked/vigilante cop story, and it’s amazing.
Two issues in and this is gearing up to be one of the best new series of the year. It’s just amazing in every aspect. The presentation stands out to me. Each story is unveiled with both the narrative of the action, but also in an interrogation room. We know this rouge squad of cops goes wrong, we just don’t know when. We’re also presented how they went off the rails from the cops themselves. It’s an amazing presentation and narrative that’s worthy of a television series.
I’m a sucker for cop stories, so that only makes me more excited for this series. We’re two issues in and this is quickly becoming a series I need to immediately read when I get it in my hands.
If you’re a fan of police drama or crooked/rogue cop movies, this comic is a must have. It’s also a perfect comic to hand to people who are new to the entertainment medium.
Story: Garth Ennis Art: Craig Cermak Cover: Howard Chaykin
Story: 8.75 Art: 8 Overall: 8.75 Recommendation: Buy
Dynamite provided Graphic Policy with FREE copies for review
The weekend is almost here. I’m spending it doing touristy stuff with some incoming guests, how are you spending it? And remember we have tons of geeky things as far as tv goes. There’s Doctor Who, The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones! Good times to be a geek.
Around the Tubes Reviews
ComicsAlliance – B.P.R.D.: Vampire #1
Comicvine – The Black Bat #1
ComicsAlliance – East of West #1
Comicvine – East of West #1
Comicvine – Fatale #13
Comicvine – FF #5
Comicvine – Five Weapons #2
Comicvine – The Flash #18
Comicvine – The Green Hornet #1
Comicvine – Justice League Dark #18
Comicvine – Superman #18
The Beat – Time Warp #1
Comicvine – Uncanny X-Force #3
THE GREEN HORNET #33
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by JAI NITZ
Art by JETHRO MORALES
Covers by PHIL HESTER (50%), STEPHEN SADOWSKI (50%)
NEW CREATIVE TEAM! NEW STORY ARC!
The events of Arms Race leave the Green Hornet family in ruin. Beaten, broken, dead, and missing, the vigilantes of Century City sink into the shadows. But the city still stands, and it still needs a champion. A new Green Hornet flies across the skyline. A new chapter begins here!
MASKS #1 (of 8)
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by CHRIS ROBERSON
Fully painted art by ALEX ROSS
Covers by ALEX ROSS (25%), JAE LEE (25%), FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (25%), ARDIAN SYAF (25%)
Fans, ask your retailer for these variant incentive covers!
• SEAN PHILIPS “The Shadow wrap-around” cover retailer incentive
• ARDIAN SYAF black & white art cover retailer incentive
• ALEX ROSS “virgin art” cover retailer incentive
• ALEX ROSS “sketch art” cover retailer incentive
THE CROSSOVER YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
Before superheroes, there were Masks!
The Shadow, the Green Hornet, Kato, the Spider and more in a story that only Dynamite could tell! For the first time EVER, these masked vigilantes are joining together in one EPIC series! It’s 1938, and the Justice Party has swept into office in New York State. But the newly-elected officials are in the control of powerful criminals, who quickly corrupt the law to their own advantage. When a fascist police state is instituted, the only ones who stand in defense of the innocent are masked vigilantes like the Shadow, the Green Hornet, Kato, and the Spider. As the confrontation builds, more masked heroes will join the fight including Black Bat, Miss Fury, Black Terror, Green Lama and many more! When the law is unjust, justice must be an outlaw!
PROPHECY #5
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by RON MARZ
Art by WALTER GEOVANI
Cover by PAUL RENAUD
Fans, ask your retailer for the variant incentive cover!
RENAUD black & white art cover retailer incentive
The battle for Earth’s survival continues! Mankind must depend upon champions including Red Sonja, Vampirella, Dracula, Pantha, Herbert West the Reanimator and Athena to stand against sorcerer Kulan Gath and his doomsday gods! Will our heroes have to sacrifice themselves in order to save the world? Only the all-star team of writer Ron Marz and artist Walter Geovani know for sure!
CHOSEN #2 (of 3)
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Created by MARCUS NISPEL, GOTHAM CHOPRA, SHARAD DEVARAJAN
Written by CHUCK DIXON
Art by EDISON GEORGE
Cover by DIEGO LATORRE
A Detroit teen’s mystical odyssey plunges down an even darker path after he breaks out of the juvenile detention center where he’d unwittingly been placed by forces far greater than anything he could have ever imagined. Now, although from his jail cell and the cruel indulgences of the warden, Ryan finds himself imprisoned by a prophecy that places him square in the crosshairs of a dangerous age old conflict between the forces of light and dark. Worst of all, the one mentor he’s had guiding him through a mystery he can barely conceive, may not be as noble as he seems and ultimately become the greatest danger Ryan will ever face.
THUN’DA #4
40 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by Robert Place Napton
Art by Cliff Richards
Covers by Jae Lee
The little peace Roger Drum has found among the peaceful Shareen is shattered when the feared Monkey Men invade the valley. Drum comes face to face with the speaking primates who are known for their ruthless savagery and insatiable blood lust!
WARLORD OF MARS #22
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Mature
Written by ARVID NELSON
Art by LEANDRO OLIVEIRA
Cover by JOE JUSKO (50%), LUCIO PARRILLO (50%)
Fans, ask your retailer for these variant incentive covers!
• LUCIO PARRILLO “Virgin art” cover retailer incentive
• ”RISQUÉ ART” cover retailer incentive
John Carter smashed the power of the Therns, the evil priests who enslaved Mars for thousands of years with their false religion. But Matai Shang, the Holy Father of their order, has found the perfect way to strike back – Dejah Thoris. Shang has kidnapped Carter’s princess and is heading for a remote kingdom that still blindly clings to his discredited faith. Unfortunately for him, John Carter is hot on his trail! Tag along in Warlord of Mars #22: The Jungles of Kaol.
THE GREEN HORNET #31
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by JAI NITZ
Art by JETHRO MORALES
Covers by PHIL HESTER (50%), STEPHEN SADOWSKI (50%)
The Hornet’s Nest assaulted by high-tech killing machines! International arms dealer Gravilov has made his fight with Green Hornet and the Kato family very personal. Now, Century City’s most dangerous new criminal raises the stakes again. Using a vast network of surveillance drones, Gravilov pinpoints the location of Green Hornet’s hidden base of operations and attacks. Britt Reid will be forced to compromise his own principles, striking against everything Gravilov holds dear. But first, Green Hornet has to survive the war zone in his own living room. Part Three of the Arms Race arc.
THE BOYS VOL. 12: THE BLOODY DOORS OFF TP
176 pages FC • $19.99 • Mature
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Russ Braun, Darick Robertson
Cover by Darick Robertson
WHEN SOMEONE GIVES YOU A WEAPON, SON: YOU USE IT
In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilantes prowl the night, someone’s got to make sure the “supes” don’t get out of line. And someone will. Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, Mother’s Milk, The Frenchman and The Female are The Boys: a CIA-backed team of very dangerous people, each one dedicated to the struggle against the most lethal force on Earth- superpower. Some superheroes have to be watched. Some have to be controlled. And some of them- sometimes- need to be taken out of the picture. That’s when you call in The Boys. The war is over and the world is saved. The supes have been beaten down so far they’ll never get up again. So why would anyone want one hundred and eighteen metric tons of the only substance on earth that can kill them all stone dead? Bad days start coming thick and fast, as the Boys are caught in the last throes of the battle they were recruited to fight so long ago. Hughie, all on his own and out of luck, finds himself walking down one last bloody trail- and the truth he finds waiting for him at the end of it will be nothing short of shattering. Billy Butcher’s vengeance comes full circle, in this twelfth and final entry in the story of The Boys. This volume collects issues 66-72 of the hit series The Boys by Garth Ennis, Russ Braun and Darick Robertson, and features all of the covers by Darick Robertson and pin-ups by Russ Braun, John McCrea, Carlos Ezquerra, Petr Snejbjerg and John Higgins.
THE SHADOW VOL. 1: THE FIRE OF CREATION HIGH-END HC SIGNED BY GARTH ENNIS & ALEX ROSS
200 pages FC • $49.99 • Teen +
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Aaron Campbell
Cover by Alex Ross
It’s 1938 and The Shadow returns in a tale of blazing action and deadly intrigue, as a night of carnage on the New York waterfront plunges the mysterious vigilante into a conspiracy involving the fate of the world itself. As storm clouds gather across the globe, American military intelligence meets with a certain Lamont Cranston, determined to beat a host of spies and assassins to the greatest prize of all… but what that might be, only the Shadow knows. This 200 page collection reprints issues 1-6 of the hit series written by GARTH ENNIS (co-creator of Preacher and The Boys) and drawn by AARON CAMPBELL (Green Hornet: Year One), and features Garth Ennis’ script to issue #1 as well as a complete cover gallery featuring art by ALEX ROSS, JAE LEE, JOHN CASSADAY, RYAN SOOK, HOWARD CHAYKIN and more!
Now you can own this beautiful hardcover with a signed tip-in sheet by writer Garth Ennis and cover artist Alex Ross!
“If you are a fan of Ennis, you’ll enjoy this book, no doubt. It’s the perfect character for his dark mentality and it looks like it’s going to be one hell of a ride. If you’re a fan of The Shadow, then you’ll be happy to know that the character is in great hands. Ennis obviously loves him as much as we do.” – IGN
“The Shadow is powerful, scary and full of crazy new powers of which most people are probably unaware. And under Garth Ennis’ crafty pen, he is intimidating and interesting, both in and out of costume. I look forward to reading about the evil lurking in the hearts of men, especially if this version of the Shadow is on the case” – NEWSARAMA
“Above all else, Garth Ennis’ new Shadow title is fun.” – BROKEN FRONTIER
“This is a great comic, and you’re going to love it. Ennis is introducing The Shadow for a whole new generation of fans who didn’t know what they missed the first time around. Pick it up……… or HE’LL KNOW!” – GEEKS OF DOOM
“Readers will not be able to help themselves from getting pulled into this world of The Shadow. The Shadow is a book I will easily recommend to everyone I meet.“ – JUST ABOUT COMICS
From midnight until midnight on Labor Day, Monday September 3, Encore is having a superheroes marathon of superhero movies. This includes all four of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. It’s a nice line up, but The Green Hornet twice!?
Here’s the full list of movies:
12:00 am – Flash Gordon
2:00 am – The Shadow
3:50 am – Spawn
5:35 am – Darkman
7:20 am – Hulk
9:45 am – The Green Hornet
11:45 am – Superman
2:10 pm – Superman II
4:20 pm – Superman III
6:30 pm – Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
8:00 pm – The Green Hornet
10:00pm – Batman Returns
