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New Champions, Giveaways, Valentine’s Day and Lunar New Year Activities on Marvel Contest of Champion

Kabam is celebrating an array of holidays and Super Heroes this month, kicking off with the reveal of two new Champions to its popular mobile fighter MARVEL Contest of Champions – the young prodigy Ironheart, and transmorph mutant Dust! Ironheart arrives in-game on February 15 and Dust on February 29. Players will have the opportunity to earn a 2 & 3-Ironheart with an in-game giveaway beginning on February 12th. You can catch up on The Battlerealm with character Deep Dive and Special Moves trailers for Ironheart and Dust on the official MARVEL Contest of Champions YouTube channel.  

In celebration of Black History Month, Kabam is spotlighting Black Super Heroes on their official Marvel Contest of Champions Social Media Channels HERE. Check in every week for a new Super Hero highlight!

This month also brings many treats and rewards. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, players can participate in the “Listen To Your Ironheart” in-game event to build their own special romance-seeking-suits–Gather materials for these suits by cracking their code with Heart-Coded Keys!

Kabam is also celebrating the Year of the Dragon with a special Lunar New Year Quest–Earn Red Envelope Crystals containing lucky rewards!

Other Marvel Contest of Champions updates, including bug fixes, balance updates, Winter of Woe challenge, Champion Bios and more can be found HERE.

Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel, and Rod Reis’ Hadrian Wall Has Been Optioned as a Film

Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi label DUST announced today that it has acquired the rights to Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel,and Rod Reis’ interstellar noir comic, Hadrian’s Wall, and has partnered with Higgins to develop into a feature film that he will write and direct.

Billed as a locked-room murder mystery in space, Hadrian’s Wall follows a pill-popping detective sent to interview the crew of a distant survey ship, when his ex-wife’s new husband dies in suspicious circumstances amidst a broiling cold war between Earth and her distant colony.

The deal marks the first adaptation for creator Higgins, a New York Times #1 best-selling author and fan favorite, best-known for his work on DC Comics’ Batman line and the recent BOOM! Studios comic book crossover event, Power Rangers: Shattered Grid. Higgins also directed a live-action trailer for Shattered Grid that earned more than 12 million cross-platform views in the first two weeks of release.

Hadrian’s Wall is published by Image Comics and Glénat Editions, in conjunction with Omar Spahi and OSSM Comics.

Hadrian's Wall

Brett Register’s Dust Comes from Scout in 2019

Created by Brett Register, with artwork by Zack Finfrock, Dust is a brand new comic series being published by Scout Comics in 2019.

Dust is set in the distant future where Jupiter has ignited, creating a second sun in our solar system. As a result, the polar ice caps melted and the Earth dried out. The rich and powerful have built a utopia underground to escape the harsh conditions on the surface. They call it The Echo. The rest of humanity has been left to either die or face a harsh existence in a barren, godforsaken land. They call this place… The Dust.

Preview – Dust: Withered Earth

Dust: Withered Earth

Written by JAMES NINNESS
Art by JOHN NARCOMEY
172 pgs, FC, $19.99 (PRINT) $5.99 (DIGITAL) – RATED 18+

If you haven’t heard of DUST, it’s a post-apocalyptic tale that follows Jim Dust as he aids Deborah Adams through a dystopian landscape full of cannibals, pirates, mercenaries, and mutants. While thematically a Western, DUST teeters on the edge of sci-fi and horror on more than one occasion. There is violence and nudity and cussing and violence. And violence. It is most certainly intended for those of an age to purchase cigarettes.

DUST-WE Cover Preview

Dust: Withered Earth Announced

Keyleaf Comics has announced the release of Dust: Withered Earth which collects the complete arc, from issue zero through six. Dust was created and written by James Ninness with art by John Narcomey. The collection will be available November 7th with a discount on preorders available on October 10th.

Written by JAMES NINNESS
Art by JOHN NARCOMEY
172 pgs, FC, $24.99 US (PREORDER $22.99) – RATED 18+

Preview – Dust #6

Dust #6

Written by JAMES NINNESS
Art and cover by JOHN NARCOMEY
22 pg, FC, $0.99 US – RATED 18+

It is the end. Deborah has arrived (in mostly fine condition) in San Diego. Jim remains alive…barely. Behind them is a trail of dead cannibals, mercenaries, pirates and mutants, and yet one enemy remains. Blue, consumed by hatred, is about to get what he wants, for better or worse…

When purchased from our Keyleaf Comics Store, customers receive a .pdf that is theirs to do with what they will.

Keyleaf Announces $10 Bundle

From today until the end of September, Keyleaf Comics will be offering all of their books (produced to date) as a bundle package for only ten dollars. This includes the MYTHOI Birth series, MYTHOI #1-9, Sim-I #0-4, DUST #0-5, The Heaven’s #0-3, and Drace Grey #0-2. That is all 32 comics ($23 worth), 614 pages, at over 50% off – $10.

MYTHOI (Birth and proper) is written by James Ninness, with illustrations by Jed Sorlano, Brian Soriano, and Kevin Warwick. . Sim-I is written by Joe Pezzula, with illustrations by Daniel Touchet. DUST, The Heaven’s, and Drace Grey are also written by James Ninness, with illustrations from John Narcomey, Turbo Qualls and Brian Soriano respectively. Colorists on these books include Daylen Wright, Chris Man and Andrew Rakestraw.

The Keyleaf Bundle can be purchased at the Keyleaf Comics Store at keyleafcomics.com between August 24 and September 30.

Preview – Dust #5

Dust #5

Written by JAMES NINNESS
Art and cover by JOHN NARCOMEY
22 pg, FC, $0.99 US – RATED 18+

Jim and Deborah have evaded cannibals, transient American leftovers, wild animals, Blue, his mercenaries and Tijuana pirates. Something far more treacherous than anything they have yet faced awaits them in the remnants of San Diego…MUTANTS!

When purchased from our Keyleaf Comics Store, customers receive a .pdf that is theirs to do with what they will.

Why Do Conservatives Hate Superman?


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On Saturday I dove in for the second time and commented on the conservative outcry over an Algerian Muslim being recruited for the Batman franchise in France.  But this feigned anger from the right got me thinking about all the other immigrant super heroes defending their adopted country.  It made me ask, why do conservatives hate Superman?

You see, Superman is an immigrant.  On top of that, he’s an illegal immigrant from the planet Krypton.  He’s raised the “American way” by a simple family and defends his adoptive country (and world).  Superman might have been raised Methodist, but really he’s Kryptonian and was born into that religion.  Do conservatives hate Superman?  If not, isn’t that hypocrisy or does it show their bigotry towards Muslims?

On top of Superman what other immigrant characters defend their adopted nation?

  • Superman – see above as to why he’s the poster boy for immigration and defending your adoptive country.
  • Wolverine – James Howlett was born a Canadian.  That didn’t stop the man called Logan and Wolverine to work for the C.I.A. or fight side by side with Captain America.  On numerous times he’s defended and saved the United States, his adopted country.
  • Martian Manhunter – Another illegal alien (an actual alien, the guy is from Mars) who laid low and hid in his adoptive world.  On numerous occasions he’s saved the United States and the world.
  • Dust – Sooraya Qadir was born in Afghanistan and legally immigrated to the United States.  As part of the X-Men, she’s saved the world and United States on so many occasions.  Oh yeah, she’s Muslim.  Just taking up a slot meant for a good read blooded American I guess.
  • Blue Agave – He’s an immigrant from Mexico and lives in the US, no idea his religion.
  • Colossus – He’s Russian, he currently lives in the United States, has for a while.  He was a commie, and foreign, guess he’s not qualified to protect us.
  • Banshee – An Irish mutant was living in Tennessee when he was recruited to be a part of the international team of X-Men.
  • Blade – Did you know Blade was British?  Yeah, I didn’t either, Wesley Snipes didn’t do the accent well at all.  He’s the only thing protecting us from being overrun by Vampires.  Guess he can only do that for the UK according to conservatives.
  • Deadpool – Another Canadian (they look just like us!) was recruited to be part of a joint US/Canadian program.  What no Americans good enough!?
  • Doc Voodoo – He’s from Haiti.  He lives in the United States.  He was the Sorcerer Supreme.  He’s saved the world.  No go back to Haiti!
  • Thor – Recently in the news for a whole other protest, in his newest comic series volume we see the Odinson and the rest of the Asgardians set up Asgard in Broxton, Oklahoma.  Not only is he an original Avenger and saved the world and United States numerous times but he’s a god, not exactly an American.  But, more importantly, where’s the outrage for the land grab by a foreign nation?  Would conservatives be so quiet if Doctor Doom did the same?

There’s so many more examples of characters who are immigrants (some are even Muslims!) defending nations of which they were not born.  Where’s the outrage been?