Fred will appear in the next chapter of Joss Whedon’s ANGEL #2.
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Media release — BOOM! Studios in partnership with 20th Century Fox consumer products today revealed cover art and story details for ANGEL #2, the newest issue in the game changing series by an all-star creative team of acclaimed writer Bryan Edward hill (Batman, American Carnage) and artist Gleb Melnikov (Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers), along with visionary writer and director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Marvel’s The Avengers), available June 26, 2019.

ANGEL #2 features the first appearance of fan favorite character Winifred “Fred” Burkle, a math and science prodigy whose mysterious link to the demonic world connects her to the supernatural monster hunting her every step and Angel’s search for his humanity. Angel, the vampire with a soul, has been walking the streets of Los Angeles for years, neither human nor vampire but surviving in the shadows of both worlds. After losing his protege to a demon, Angel has made a decision to find a way to finally return himself to his human form so that he can escape the guilt of his past, dark actions as the murderous Angelus.

The search for a option to his cursed, tormented existence has led Angel to a sleepy little town in California known as Sunnydale. but as soon as he arrives and begins stalking the shadows to find a way to restore his humanity, a monstrous new danger emerges to hunt down and torture teens all across town. now Angel’s got two missions on his hands. but will tracking down this new monster indicate he loses the chance to become human forever? and what happens when he runs into the demon’s most current prey, a troubled young woman named Winifred Burkle?

This issue has a main cover by artist Dan Panosian (Slots, Batman: Arkham Knight) and a variant cover by illustrator Scott Buoncristiano (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) featuring Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan aka “Lorne” the musically inclined demon from another dimension, introduced in the Angel season one episode “Judgment.”

Created by visionary writer and director Joss Whedon (Marvel’s The Avengers film franchise), Angel premiered on the WB Network on October 5th, 1999 and was a spin-off from Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The series ran for five seasons from 1999-2004, starring David Boreanaz as “Angel,” the tortured vampire destined to walk the earth with a soul who moved to LA to set up shop as a supernatural private investigator. despite Angel’s best efforts to deal with the sins of his past all by himself, Angel Investigations soon became home to other lost souls searching for redemption and ready to fight by his side.

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The Marvels job was an eight-issue miniseries originally published in 2009 as well as collected in 2010. It was written by Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Daredevil, Gotham Central) as well as illustrated by Steve Epting (Avengers, Captain America (w/Brubaker), amazing Four). Apparently, it was “the centerpiece of Marvel’s 70th anniversary celebration”, according to somebody in their advertising department.

Actually, it is truly good! Here’s why…

The Marvels job #1

The series is set in the late 1930s/early 1940s of the marvel world in the pre-WWII days where costumed characters (“Masked Men” in the vernacular of the day) very first started making both clandestine as well as in-your-face appearances — mainly in the new York City area. marvel fans who understand their pre-history are conscious of the huge three characters of the age (the original Human Torch, Namor the Sub-Mariner, as well as Captain America), so much of the action revolves around them, however The Marvels job likewise focuses on a few of the lesser-known characters from that time. most notably, they are the Angel (the central character of the piece), professor Phineas Horton (the creator of the android Human Torch), a pre-Sgt. Nick Fury as well as his finest friend/partner Red Hargrove, the Super-Soldier Serum creator professor Erskine, as well as a few others who should stay a surprise. Not all of them make it to the end of the story.

The most interesting thing about the series is that Brubaker weaves a great deal of characters as well as seemingly random events into what visitors will ultimately find is the birth of the contemporary pre-WWII marvel Universe.

IT STARTS AT THE BEGINNING

The Marvels job #2 cover by Steve Epting

One of the very best bits that Brubaker given the story (as well as a fitting, touching moment) is that the prologue to the story features one of the most fascinating time-displaced characters in the marvel Universe, who just occurred to have a loose end that needed to be addressed. The secret time traveler is none other than Matt Hawk (AKA the Two-Gun Kid).

Avengers fans recall that Two-Gun started time-hopping to the present-day marvel world as well as palled around with Hawkeye for a while after an Avengers time-visit to the old west. And, well, Hawk joined up with Hawk for a series of adventures together in the present-day MU. (One of their adventures appeared as a new short story in an otherwise marvel reprint mag. desire I might keep in mind which one…)

If you ever wondered exactly how that bit long-forgotten storyline resolved, you’ll discover out in the least likely location ever — the opening pages of The Marvels Project. Plus, Brubaker put a bit twist (actually, a couple) on it as well. one of the very best as well as most subtle methods of establishing that this story is not set in “our” time. as well as also, bring a hanky.

For an added treat, after you checked out the whole book, go back as well as re-read the prologue one more time. You’ll most likely pick up on something else you may have missed the very first time. You gotta like comics this smart.

THE NEAR-ANONYMOUS NARRATOR

Instead of utilizing a better-known character as the series narrator, Brubaker utilizes one of the more obscure: The Angel. In an interview with Comic book resources in 2009, Brubaker explained: “Superheroes grew out of the pulp magazines, particularly the character of the Angel. one of the reasons the Angel is the narrator of this series is that he as well as Ka-Zar were the only characters to make the leap from Martin Goodman’s pulp publishing line of the ’30s to marvel Comics. as well as the Angel had such a great origin. I can’t believe of a great deal of heroes that were increased in a prison by their father, who was the warden, as well as made to checked out every book in the prison library.”

From the exact same interview: “The premise of the story is that you’re reading something written by the Angel at some point in time,” Brubaker explained. “In the very first problem he says, ‘Namor wouldn’t talk about this till years later.’ So it’s remove the Angel is providing you his version of the story, as well as it’s being written after the fact.”

The Marvels job #3 cover by Steve Epting

Brubaker continues, explaining his handle the Sub-Mariner. “With Namor, the coolest thing about his earliest appearances was that he was the very first antihero in comics. He shows up, as well as he’s quite much the poor guy in the story, as well as we’ll see more of that in upcoming issues, however I wished to link that story to the truth that the Nazis had the edge on the super soldier project. That’s since physician Erskine, the guy who produced Captain America, was an escaped German scientist. So I thought, ‘That’s a story right there!’ like a light bulb going off, it occurred to me to link Erskine’s reasons for escaping Germany to Namor’s hatred of the surface people. According to early Namor comics, the surface people from Europe had found pockets of Atlanteans right here as well as there, so I thought, what if the Nazis are basically fishing for them as well as then experimenting on them? I believed it would be a truly evocative method to introduce Namor as well as provide him a stronger motive for hating surface people.”

EVOCATIVE ARTWORK

Steve Epting is the perfect artist for this type of story. similarly proficient with both action as well as peaceful narrative scenes, his artwork is amazingly modern, yet extremely evocative of the commonly pulp-like crudity of the golden Age superhero style, except that Epting has absorbed its power, rounded it off, as well as smoothed it down to its finest elements. It extremely much serves the story rather than detracts from it. His covers for the series (some somewhat experimental) are exemplary.

The Marvels job #4 cover by Steve Epting

Brubaker likewise had excellent things to state about Epting’s artwork: “I believe this is just what Steve needed after working with him for four years on Captain America. He gets to go off as well as do this job where he gets to show his versions of all these excellent characters. He’s so faithful to them however handles to make them look realistic even when they have the goofiest of costumes on. Steve is likewise trying to do some different things with his art on the book. It’s incredibly hyper researched. All the period detail is extremely accurate.”

DETAILS: NO DEVILS

The Marvels job #8 cover by Alan Davis

Another major factor in the presentation of this story is that “real” events are likewise depicted — as it should be when utilizing real-life characters like president Franklin D. Roosevelt. other historical aspects depicted include Vincent Astor as well as his trick intelligence group, The Room, which likewise had ties to FDR.

Also, watch for fun cameos like “Happy” Sam Sawyer as well as even Steve Rogers in one panel of problem #1 — three problems before Captain America debuts in #4. (There’s likewise at least one future “Captain America” lurking about right here — they don’t really “debut” up until after Cap’s “death” at the hands of Baron Zemo, however before the Avengers discover him in suspended animation.) It’s likewise fascinating to note that Brubaker did his research study on Nick Fury. It may look like he as well as his good friend Red Hargrove are performing actual armed forces missions throughout the story. however they’re not. Fury does not really go into the armed forces appropriate up until after the events at Pearl Harbor. Here, he as well as Red are just tough guys willing to do the right thing.

EXTRAS! EXTRAS! checked out ALL about IT!

The Marvels job collection. Cover by Steve McNiven.

Extras include all of the variant covers (some by these folks: Gerald Parel, Phil Jimenez, as well as Alan Davis) ALL printed at full-size (none of that four-to-a-page nonsense). There’s likewise an eight-page reproduction of a 1939 everyday Bugle supplement (originally published as an actual newsprint marketing product for the event) headlined “Who Are The Marvels?” It contains short articles about most of the super-characters in this book, plus a couple who were “kinda” around however not included — like a pre-fame Wolverine as well as Kang the Conqueror, plus articles about flying saucers, Rawhide Kid, Blaine as well as Amelia van Dyne, the Hanover Modeling Agency, as well as bit miss Brisket: Patsy Walker. (Also, don’t fail to remember to inspect out the Birth Notices!) All the articles were written by the people who composed articles for Marvel’s marketing magazines at the time, with research study provided by Westfield’s own “Robert” Bob Greenberger!

The Marvels job was very first collected into a hardcover (which I wholeheartedly suggest — although it’s now out of print, copies may still be offered at your regional comic shop, or somewhere else on the secondary book market). This version is somewhat larger than your common comic, which I appreciated to much better enjoy the art. The common paperback version, comic-sized, is still in print as well as quickly discovered (ask at your LCS!).

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KC CARLSON truly enjoys reading about comic book stories that occurred before he was born. He’s weird that way.

BTW, as guaranteed earlier, he’s still looking for all the Dominic ton of money pieces. There are a great deal of boxes to look through, as well as not all of them properly labeled. This would be so much easier if marvel just created an Omnibus of all the Dominic ton of money stuff. as well as since I’m dreaming, perhaps they’ll permit the Scorpion material from Atlas/Seaboard (or whoever, these days) to boot!

WESTFIELD COMICS is not accountable for the stupid things that KC says. particularly that thing that truly irritated you. So sad, the Phantom Bullet…

The Marvels job #3 cover from the Grand Comics Database.

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The Manly Mechanics Of beau Smith and His popular Science.

by beau Smith

I’m not a tech wizard and I certainly don’t claim to be an expert on video games, even though I’ve written a couple, but I do read a lot and with reading comes knowledge. As I cruise the various trades and Internet sites of technology as well as check in with my science minded friends, I have found that the real world of creating your own entertainment properties is just being formed. My research is showing some remarkable things about to happen in the not so distant future.

Popular Science. “Where’s MY Jet Pack?”

When I was a kid, I used to read my dad’s copies of popular science and popular Mechanics magazines (when I couldn’t find his issues of Playboy). most of the time they had diagrams of machines, a jet, or a shot of a new car on the cover. but every once in a while, they would have a fantastic, futuristic painted cover of something out of science fiction, such as a guy with a jet pack, a moving sidewalk and, of course, the always popular flying car with TV screen dashboard.

I used to dream of these things becoming a reality within my lifetime, and back then at the age of ten, you figured your lifetime was forever, so it would happen. I have to admit, some of these things have happened. Our cars DO have computers and TV screens in the dashboard. We CAN watch TV and more from a small device in our hand that also doubles as a phone. It’s remarkable to think how far we’ve come in technology in the last 20 years.

Smith music Company: My dad’s card and pen.

My dad was the owner of Smith music and Amusement. He owned pinball machines, juke boxes, pool tables, and other games of amusement that we all used to toss money into. As time went on, that graduated into video arcade games as well; Pong, Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong. think about how far video games have come since then, in the arcades and even on your computer and devices. I seriously think the day is coming when you will be able to mesh video games, film, comic books, and writing into creating and playing your own comic book, video, or movie.

Yes, I’m sure you’ll be able to play Superman, Spider-Man, or wonder woman as your character; that will come after the technology is invented. but first, and possibly all you’ll care about, is the character YOU created. You might play the marvel or DC character as a lark now and then, but where your real passion is going to lie is with characters YOU create.

Please note, I don’t have all this down pat, but it or something like it will happen in the near future. For X amount of money, you will be able to have the base made for YOUR character and YOUR stories. marvel and DC with their corporate backing will have this as a major money maker for their cash coffers, but someone will also develop this set up for your own creator owned properties as well. Presentation-wise, this could be the next thing to building entertainment empires and options to distribution. In fact, a whole new outlet of distribution will be set up from this. new ideas equate into more avenues of profits.

This can and will happen at some point, mark my manly words.

I realize that some of this can be done with video games now to a certain point, but not nearly to the scale it will transform into. This is going to truly change things for creative people doing creative things. It will cover the field of writing, artwork, animation, and film. once the platform is devised, it will become without limits. You will be able to write your own characters and stories and then make them come alive on a screen or device. I don’t need to tell you how much social media will play into this. My hope is that you’ll be able to translate your work into money to support it and make it grow.

Dick Tracy: “Find me some beau Smith Comics!”

This is not the rant of a madman (I’m in a good mood today). I speak the future truth here. keep your eyes on technology trends and you’ll also start to see the beginnings of this moving sidewalk I speak of. I’ll have you in that bubble car yet with your own stories coming to you from your video wristwatch, or my name isn’t Dick Tracy! (It’s not, but you get the reference.)

The only thing I ask of you is when all of this is happening, and the world explodes with the creativity that I speak of, tell ‘em you heard it here first, from the titan of technology, beau Smith!

Popular Mechanics. “I’d be flyin’ high with this car.”

The man with the original hard drive,

Beau Smith

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Queen Sonja #1 cover by Lucio Parrillo

Joshua Ortega is the writer of such books as DC/WildStorm‘s Gears of war as well as Image‘s Frank Frazetta’s death Dealer. This month, his new project, Queen Sonja, pertains to you from Dynamite Entertainment. Westfield’s Roger Ash just recently contacted Ortega to discover a lot more about the book.

Westfield: What drawn in you to the Queen Sonja project?

Joshua Ortega: The character of Red Sonja, her history as well as her legacy, as well as the possibility to do something wholly unique… as a kid, I liked King Conan, as well as it’s excellent to have a possibility to tell a story about Sonja’s ascension to the throne. To be a queen or a emperor is a significant responsibility, as well as I’m truly looking ahead to checking out her challenges, triumphs, as well as victories.

Westfield: Is this a great jumping on point for people who are unfamiliar with Red Sonja?

Ortega: Yeah, definitely… we want to make sure that people can pick up problem #1 as well as get ideal into the story.

Westfield: What can people look ahead to in the series? Anything you can state about the story

Ortega: Can’t truly state as well much at this stage, however we truly want people to take pleasure in the story, as well as we’ll make sure to provide them stories that are action-packed as well as memorable.

Queen Sonja #1 cover by Mel Rubi

Westfield: You’re working with artist Mel Rubi on the book. Are you enjoying your collaboration?

Ortega: No doubt, Mel is an exceptionally skilled individual, as well as I’m honored to be working with somebody of his caliber.

Westfield: any type of closing comments you’d like to make?

Ortega: Sure, inspect out Queen Sonja later this year, as well as let us understand what you believe of the very first few issues.

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