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The War For Survival Begins in Your First Look at Inhumans Vs. X-Men #1!

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Two super-powered races clash this December as Mutantkind and Inhumanity collide with the fates of their species at stake! Prepare for battle as Charles Soule, Jeff Lemire and Leinil Yu bring you the two groups to war in the explosive Inhumans Vs. X-Men #1!

The Terrigen Mists roll across the planet, birthing new Inhumans and poisoning the planet’s Mutants. Tensions are about to reach their boiling point as time is running out! Terrigen is on the verge of reaching a saturation point in the Earth’s atmosphere. The ultimatum is clear – the X-Men must destroy the mists, or risk Earth becoming forever poisonous to their kind. With their backs to the wall, it’s win now…or go extinct. Only one problem – the Inhumans won’t go down without a fight! And they’re calling in everyone!

Time for these two Marvel mainstays to put it all on the line as they go head to head. Neither can survive while the other persists. Who will be left standing? It’s all been leading to this! The ultimate war for survival kicks off on December 14th!

INHUMANS VS. X-MEN #1 (SEP160868)
INHUMANS VS. X-MEN LAUNCH PARTY OPT-IN (SEP160878)
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER (SEP160871)
BLACK PANTHER 50TH ANNIVERSARY COVER BY MIKE DEL MUNDO (JUL168644)
VARIANT COVER BY MICHAEL CHO (SEP160871)
VARIANT COVER BY KENNETH ROCAFORT (SEP160872)
PARTY VARIANT BY CHIP ZDARSKY (SEP160876)
PARTY SKETCH VARIANT BY CHIP ZDARSKY ALSO AVAILABLE
HIP-HOP VARIANT BY WILFRED SANTIAGO (SEP160875)
INHUMANS VARIANT BY TERRY DODSON (SEP160873)
PREMIERE VARIANT BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU (SEP160877)
X-MEN VARIANT BY ARDIAN SYAF (SEP160874)
BLANK COVER VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE (SEP160870)
Written by CHARLES SOULE & JEFF LEMIRE
Art & Cover by LEINIL YU
FOC – 10/24/16, On-Sale – 12/14/16

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Inhumans vs. X-Men Gets a Launch Party

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Marvel has announced they’re throwing a party for Inhumans vs. X-Men #1 which comes out this December. Not only is your local retailer the place to be on December 14th for the release of the first issue, but you’ll also be able get your hands on some special items exclusive to these launch parties!

Each participating retailer will get a kit containing the below:

IVX Invitational Postcard
Deep Ordering Discounts
Access to Exclusive First Looks & Previews
IVX 2017 Calendar Promotional Item
IVX Leinil Yu Lithographs
IVX Chip Zdarsky Party Sketch Variant
Downloadable Cake Toppers

But that’s not all! Retailers who qualify will also be eligible to order the Inhumans vs. X-Men #1 Zdarsky Party Variant! From Eisner Award-winning artist Chip Zdarsky brings Inhumans and X-Men together for a can’t-miss cover!

Inhumans vs. X-Men is written by Charles Soule and Jeff Lemire with art by Leinil Yu. Variants include covers by John Tyler Christopher, Mike Del Mundo, Michael Cho, Kenneth Rocafort, Chip Zdarsky, Wilfred Santiago, Terry Dodson, Leinil Francis Yu, and Adrian Syaf.

There’s a New Team in Town in Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1!

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This October, to fight the monsters of this world, we need the monsters of the night! Marvel has released a first look at Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 – the brand new series from writer Frank Barbierie and Brent Schoonover!

Hidden deep beneath Area 13 lies the clandestine headquarters of S.T.A.K.E. – a top-secret division of S.H.I.E.L.D. housing aliens, mythical beasts and all manner of extra-normal entities. Under the command of the legendary soldier Dum Dum Dugan, these monsters will step out of the shadows to defend the world against all things that go bump in the night. Supernatural threats may be too much to handle for ordinary men and women, but this top-secret squad is anything but ordinary. Strap in, hold on, and get ready to meet the all-new, all-different Howling Commandos.

HOWLING COMMANDOS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 (AUG150776)
Written by FRANK BARBIERE
Art & Cover by BRENT SCHOONOVER
Variant Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY (AUG150777) & SKOTTIE YOUNG (AUG150778)
Kirby Monster Variant by MIKE DEL MUNDO (AUG150779)
Hip-Hop Variant by WILFRED SANTIAGO (AUG150780)
Design Variant by BRENT SCHOONOVER (AUG150781)
FOC – 10/05/15, On-Sale 10/28/15

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Review: Michael Jordan: Bull on Parade

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Michael Jordan Bull on ParadeEveryone knows the legend of Michael Jordan: The Chicago Bulls, Nike shoes, minor league baseball. In Bull on Parade, Wilfred Santiago digs in a bit and lifts the veil of the man behind the legend. The graphic novel, published by Fantagraphics, is Santiago’s follow up to 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente.

15 seasons. 1,072 games. 41,011 minutes of basketball. That alone could fill up volumes of exciting graphic novels, as Jordan rose from team reject to basketball god. Santiago has a lot to work with, and takes the man’s legendary life and condenses it into a one big theme, how Jordan went from basketball player to as much of a product as the items he later was paid to endorse.

Santiago also has no problem showing that it’s not all shine, and touches upon the more controversial aspects of Jordan’s life including his infidelity and gambling habits, things that are often overlooked at when discussing his rise. There’s also the failure of his baseball career, and retirement and return to basketball. None of it is very deep, instead touching upon key aspects of his career and life.  From his sometimes scandalous and tragic private life to Jordan’s intense battles with the “bad boy” Pistons, Clyde Drexler’s Trailblazers, and the unrelenting Utah Jazz of the late ’90s, Santiago is able to induce a sense of dynamism and awe as he takes on Jordan’s life on and off the court.

The excitement that was Jordan and his Chicago Bulls is brought to life with Santiago’s style that’s beautiful to look at. It’s a kinetic style for a kinetic personality, and the graphic novel is as entertaining to read as it is to look at.

For all those who have strapped on a pair of Air Jordans, donned the number 23, or wished they could be “like Mike,” the graphic novel is a must read. So just sit back, let your tongue hang out, and marvel at Wilfred Santiago’s mastery of the life and times of Michael Jordan in Bull on Parade.

Story and Art: Wilfred Santiago
Story: 8.25 Art: 9 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

Fantagraphics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Michael Jordan: Bull on Parade by Santiago

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Michael Jordan Bull on ParadeEveryone knows the legend of Michael Jordan: The Chicago Bulls, Nike shoes, minor league baseball.

You’ve all heard the stories, and now, in Bull on Parade, Wilfred Santiago shows you the man behind the legend. A follow up to 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente, award-winning cartoonist Santiago delivers the story of the greatest athlete of all time, as only he can.

With each painstakingly painted panel, Bull on Parade gives Jordan, and basketball, the graphic novel they truly deserve.

Kinetic and visceral, a biography of this magnitude has never been done. From his sometimes scandalous and tragic private life to Jordan’s intense battles with the “bad boy” Pistons, Clyde Drexler’s Trailblazers, and the unrelenting Utah Jazz of the late ’90s, Santiago is able to induce a sense of dynamism and awe as he takes on Jordan’s life on and off the court.

For all those who have strapped on a pair of Air Jordans, donned the number 23, or wished they could be “like Mike.”

Sit back, let your tongue hang out, and marvel at Wilfred Santiago’s mastery of the life and times of Michael Jordan in Bull on Parade.

Michael Jordan: Bull on Parade 
by: Wilfred Santiago
February 2015
$24.99 | 200 Pages | Full Color
ISBN: 978-1-60699-711-6