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Preview: Creed: The Next Round #1

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Creed: The Next Round #1

(W) LaToya Morgan, Jai Jamison (A) Wilton Santos (CA) Mateus Manhanini
In Shops: Jun 28, 2023
SRP: $4.99

Ten years after the events of the blockbuster Creed III, Amara Creed is on her own path, stepping outside her father Adonis Creed’s shadow and training like there’s no tomorrow.

But when her division opponents no longer present a challenge, Amara’s drive will have her following in her father’s footsteps, going underground.

She’ll also need the perfect trainer, but perfection comes with tangled strings attached.

Superstar writers LaToya Morgan (Dark Blood, AMC’s The Walking Dead) and Jai Jamison (Superman & Lois), artist Wilton Santos (Break Out), alongside Creed III director and star Michael B. Jordan bring Creed to comics in a story no fan of the franchise can afford to miss!

Creed: The Next Round #1

Superstar creators tap into the heart of the X-Men with Marvel’s Voices: X-Men #1

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All year long, Marvel proudly spotlights diverse storytelling in various, star-studded Marvel’s Voices anthologies! Whether focused on certain communities or zooming in on specific corners of the Marvel Universe, Marvel’s Voices proves that the Marvel Universe truly is the world outside your window. This July, Marvel’s Voices continues this tradition with a batch of all-new stories celebrating Marvel’s mightiest mutants in Marvel’s Voices: X-Men #1!

Over the last few decades, the X-Men franchise has shined as a beacon of diversity with its incredible cast of characters from different backgrounds and cultures and its thought-provoking approach to social issues. Join an exciting lineup of fan-favorite creators and fresh new talent in celebrating the franchise’s groundbreaking legacy and bright future in a wide range of thrilling tales.

From the exhilarating days of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters to the current halcyon days of Krakoa, these stories span the gamut of the X-Men’s history – delving into the past of some of your favorite X-Men as well as looking toward their future. Here’s some of what fans can look forward to:

  • Jay Edidin, co-host of the hit X-Men podcast “Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men” and known for his acclaimed work on Marvel titles like Marvels Snapshots: X-Men #1 and the Captain America Infinity Comic on Marvel Unlimited, tells a heartfelt tale about Mystique and Destiny set during the couple’s time leading the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
  • Raphael Draccon & Carolina Munhóz, best-selling Brazilian fantasy novelists and screenwriters, take one Marvel’s most iconic couples out on a date in their first Marvel story! Gambit drags Rogue out for a romantic night out to… rob the Thieves Guild?!
  • Plus an all-new story by current X-Men architect Al Ewing, superstar writer Greg Pak’s return to the X-Men with a touching tale centered around Jubilee and some unexpected guest stars, and much more!

The all-star lineup will also include a group of the industry’s hottest art talents and rising stars including Marvel’s Stormbreaker artist Jan Bazaldua, Nina Vakueva, Wilton Santos, and Jethro Morales, plus newcomers to the Marvel Universe like Daniel Bayliss, Gustavo Vargas, and more! Check out Bernard Chang’s cover below and stay tuned for more information, including additional story details and creator announcements, in the coming weeks!

Marvel's Voices: X-Men #1

Creed enters the comic ring in June 2023

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BOOM! Studio has announced an upcoming four-issue limited comic book series based on the Creed franchise.

Creed III’s director, producer and star Michael B. Jordan serves as the creative director on the new story. He joins superstar co-writers LaToya Morgan and Jai Jamison, highly acclaimed artist Wilton Santos, colorist DJ Chavis, and executive producer Elizabeth Raposo, associate producer Christina Raquel of Outlier Society and Chartoff-Winkler to bring the future legacy of the legendary boxer to life within the pages of a comic book for the very first time in June 2023. The announcement comes following the record-breaking theatrical release of MGM’s Creed III.

The Creed comic book series begins ten years after the events of Creed III. Adonis Creed is out of the ring but not out of the game as he trains – along with his manager-wife Bianca – the next champion—his daughter Amara, now an amateur boxer. But with Adonis and Bianca reluctant to pit their daughter against more dangerous opponents, Amara feels like her career is at a standstill, and she’s hungry for more. Amara will have to find another trainer. Someone who’s not afraid of defying Adonis but still knows how to teach her to fight like a Creed. Who’s up for the challenge of training a young boxer to become the next champion fighter?

The first issue features cover art by highly acclaimed artists Mateus Manhanini, Valentine de Landro, Paris Alleyne, and more.

Print copies of the first issue will be available for sale in June 2023 exclusively at comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest comic book shop) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.  

Review: Break Out #1

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Break Out #1

Sci-fi and horror do a great job of examining our world. Beyond the surface level storytelling, there’s often deeper meaning exploring society, politics, and so much more. Break Out #1 delivers a new sci-fi story about a world where mysterious alien cubes have appeared and regularly abduct individuals under the age of 21 to put them in a jail on their ship. The concept is definitely an interesting one but as presented, it’s underlying themes can be debated pushing the comic beyond simple pop entertainment, to worthy of deeper dissection.

Written by Zack Kaplan, Break Out #1 presents a world that in many ways have given up. With adults not impacted, they’ve moved on and settled on a philosophy of just living with the current status-quo. Due to that, over 200,000 kids have been abducted by the mysterious cubes. The story focuses in on a group who have a plan to break out one kid from a local cube.

A world that has given up on trying and moved on accepting the results of their actions. Those actions screw over the next generation. That attitude and real life actions can be applied to so many things, the environment, COVID, economy, threats of violence in schools. Really, it feels like the attitude of adults to kids in general. I got mine, whatever. The looming threat of that abduction doesn’t narrow things down as it again applies to any of those topics where the kids have been thrown under the bus. And what’s interesting is that Kaplan is turning to kids for solutions. Guns, the environment, and even COVID to some extent, kids are rising up to make the voices heard to create a better world for themselves. They haven’t given up and have a fighting spirit. That’s what Kaplan taps into here.

Wilton Santos handles the art with color by Jason Wordie and lettering by Jim Campbell. The art is interesting in that it presents a world that’s very much like ours now. There’s something slightly off. You can see the changes but at the same time it’s all very normal. The kids thankfully look like kids. Each is full of personality in their style and body language. You get a sense of who they are from the visuals as much as what they say. Overall, this feels like our world but something slightly ominous is present… so exactly like our world.

Break Out #1 is a fantastic start to the series that can be enjoyed for its jailbreak story and appreciated for its underlying exploration of our current times. It does what so many good sci-fi stories do, entertain and examine our world.

Story: Zack Kaplan Art: Wilton Santos
Color: Jason Wordie Letterer: Jim Campbell
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.1 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: comiXology/Kindle – Zeus Comics – TFAW

Break Out from Zack Kaplan, Wilton Santos, Jason Wordie, and Jim Campbell is coming from Dark Horse

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When massive Cube spaceships from another dimension materialize over our cities and routinely abduct teenagers to be held inside their mysterious floating prisons, Liam Watt’s younger brother, Tommy, is taken. But while governments and adults across the world accept this loss as inevitable, Liam refuses to give up hope. Now, in a “take back our future” anthem, Liam assembles a skilled team of ordinary high school students to risk it all–but can they pull off the impossible and succeed in an out-of-this-world prison break?

Break Out is a new comic series from writer Zack Kaplan, art by Wilton Santos, colored by Jason Wordie, and lettering by Jim Campbell. The main series cover artist is Adam Gorham and the first issue features a variant by Rafael Albuquerque.

Break Out comes to comic shops on April 13, 2022.

Preview: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #36

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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #36

(W) Si Spurrier (A) Wilton Santos, Cris Loureiro Bolson (CA) Ashley Witter
Rated T
In Shops: Sep 18, 2019
SRP: $3.99

UNSPEAKABLE REBEL SUPERWEAPON PART V!

• The sinister propagandists of the COALITION FOR PROGRESS keep a vast gallery of the EMPIRE’S priceless victory trophies – and notorious thief DOCTOR APHRA just got in…
• But she won’t get the chance to pinch anything. She’s here to be initiated into the web of secret schemes she’s unwittingly tangled herself in. Can you say “coup”?
• (IF yes: don’t. Round here, there’s always someone listening…)

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #36

Exclusive Preview: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #34

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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #34

(W) Si Spurrier (A) Wilton Santos (CA) Ashley Witter
Rated T
In Shops: Jul 17, 2019
SRP: $3.99

“UNSPEAKABLE REBEL SUPERWEAPON” CONTINUES! Hiding out on the world where she grew up, everyone’s favorite scoundreless, DOCTOR APHRA, takes a trip down memory lane. NB: Turns out memory lane is a hellhole covered in the agonizing thermal landmines of emotional honesty and family dysfunction. NB (2): Also bounty hunters. Lots and lots of bounty hunters.

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #34

Preview: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #33

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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #33

(W) Si Spurrier (A) Wilton Santos (CA) Ashley Witter
Rated T
In Shops: Jun 19, 2019
SRP: $3.99

“UNSPEAKABLE REBEL SUPERWEAPON” PART 2
• Counting the cost of her incorrigible thievery, sticky-fingered archaeologist DOCTOR APHRA is at the mercy of REBEL HIGH COMMAND.
• But things are about to get stickier. What’s the one thing every galactic treasure hunter knows for sure?
• EXES NEVER MARK THE SPOT.

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #33
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