Friday 13 February 2015

Pre-Crisis Earth-2 Convergence Solicitations: May 2015

CONVERGENCE: ACTION COMICS #2
Written by JUSTIN GRAY
Art by CLAUDE ST-AUBIN and SEAN PARSONS
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
Variant cover designed by CHIP KIDD
On sale MAY 27 • 40 pg, FC, 2 of 2, $3.99 US • RATED T
STARRING HEROES FROM CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS! Will Superman and Power Girl meet their demise at the hands of Red Son Wonder Woman?
This extra-sized issue includes a sneak peek at what’s coming up in the DC Universe!

CONVERGENCE: DETECTIVE COMICS #2
Written by LEN WEIN
Art by DENYS COWAN and BILL SIENKIEWICZ
Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
Variant cover designed by CHIP KIDD
On sale MAY 27 • 40 pg, FC, 2 of 2, $3.99 US • RATED T
STARRING HEROES FROM CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS! Helena Wayne and Dick Grayson attempt to keep Bruce Wayne’s memory alive as they come to blows with the powerful Superman Red Son characters!
This extra-sized issue includes a sneak peek at what’s coming up in the DC Universe!

CONVERGENCE: INFINITY INC. #2
Written by JERRY ORDWAY
Art and cover by BEN CALDWELL
Variant cover designed by CHIP KIDD
On sale MAY 27 • 40 pg, FC, 2 of 2, $3.99 US • RATED T
STARRING HEROES FROM CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS! Jade, Obsidian, Nuklon and the rest of the Infinity Inc. team try to prove that they deserve their place among the Earth-2 heroes as they fight the post-apocalyptic Jonah Hex!
This extra-sized issue includes a sneak peek at what’s coming up in the DC Universe!

CONVERGENCE: JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #2
Written by DAN ABNETT
Art by TOM DERENICK and TREVOR SCOTT
Cover by DAN PANOSIAN
Variant cover designed by CHIP KIDD
On sale MAY 27 • 40 pg, FC, 2 of 2, $3.99 US • RATED T
STARRING HEROES FROM CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS! The original Justice Society is powered up and ready to fight the Weaponers of Qward – but with youth and power comes the ultimate cost!
This extra-sized issue includes a sneak peek at what’s coming up in the DC Universe!

CONVERGENCE: WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #2
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by JIM FERN, JOE RUBINSTEIN and SHANNON WHEELER
Cover by AARON LOPRESTI
Variant cover designed by CHIP KIDD
On sale MAY 27 • 40 pg, FC, 2 of 2, $3.99 US • RATED T
STARRING HEROES FROM CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS! Cartoonist Scribbly Jibbet chronicles the battle of the reformed Seven Soldiers of Victory against the Qward invasion in the most unusual story in all of Convergence!
This extra-sized issue includes a sneak peek at what’s coming up in the DC Universe!








DC Comics ‘Love Letter’ to old DC fans translated:

"We brought your favourite characters back so that we could brutally kill them again, this time for good."

Why, thank you DC Comics for this very thoughtful gift of a (once again) dead (possibly fridged) pre-Crisis Helena Wayne. It was truly all I could ask for after you've traded your current version of her for her grandad, and even fridged her in World's End to really solidify her new place on your new 'Earth-2.' You even went out of your way to give your current Helena Wayne a nicely polished coffin in the form of Daniel H. Wilson to finish burying her. I am truly feeling the love this Valentine's Day!

That being said, DC Comics, I regret to inform you I am finalising our divorce this May. I wish I could get custody of Huntress and Power Girl so that they can end up in a much better place than in this dark and dingy hellhole you call 'a home.' But sadly, our broken system has allowed you to keep them, where they are bound to endure more abuse for more years to come. I am truly sad about that. 

If the DC Universe was itself the Mjölnir, it would have deemed you unworthy aeons ago. On that note, enjoy being second fiddle to Marvel for the rest of your publishing life. At this point--after you've botched your rebooted universe twice (third time's a charm)--I'm pretty confident now you've reached the point of no return. You've officially arrived at the event horizon of your future financial success, and there's no turning back from that now.

From this point forward, I will have to honour the spirit of Huntress and Power Girl in some other way that doesn't call for my supporting your abusive behaviour. But on the bright side, at least this will force me to exercise my more creative brain. I do have stories of my own to tell.

さよなら!

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Worlds' Finest #31 Preview

WORLDS' FINEST #31
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by JED DOUGHERTY
Cover by YILDIRAY CINAR
Death and destruction are increasing on Earth-2, and only the watchful eye of Batman sees how the patterns fit. Can he persuade Superman to take precautions before the price becomes very personal?
FEBRUARY 11 | RATED T | $2.99 | PRINT | DIGITAL










Sunday 8 February 2015

The Best of the Huntress: All-Star Comics #69 Review

Title: All-Star Comics #69
Story: United We Fall
Characters: Batman (Bruce Wayne), Power Girl (Kara Zor-L), Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Flash (Jay Garrick), Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), Huntress (Helena Wayne)
Creators: Paul Levitz (writer), Joe Staton (artist)
Publication Date: December 1977
Available In: Print | Digital

Introduction: In the same month that the Huntress made her comic debut in DC Super-Stars #17, she also made her first appearance in All-Star Comics #69 as a mysterious Bat person who's identity wasn't revealed until two issues later (or in DC Super-Stars where she was first outed as Helena Wayne). Consistent with Paul Levitz' earlier discussion of the character in 1977, Helena Wayne was intended from the beginning to succeed Bruce Wayne as the second generation Batman of Earth-2, and to occupy his seat in the Justice Society as the Huntress. The seeds for both ideas are present in this first issue of All-Star to feature the character.