If you could choose, would you want to live in Metropolis or Gotham City? Here’s the thing. I live in both. Chicago is the template for both of those iconic cities in recent films (The Dark Knight and Man of Steel), but rarely seen just as itself in comic book form, and even less frequently when…
Preview: POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #4
POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #4 Written by David F. Walker Art by Sandford Greene and Lee Loughridge Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: May 18, 2016 IT’S TIME TO ROLL ON ROYCE! Former Heroes for Hire office manager Jennie Royce’s resentment for LUKE and DANNY, and her power from the stolen SUPERSOUL STONE, is…
First Look: DEADPOOL #13
New York, NY—May 5th, 2016 — What do you get when you take a Merc With a Mouth, two Heroes for Hire and a Man Without Fear and mash ‘em together? Why, the massively oversized DEADPOOL #13 of course! This June, this quartet of heroes collide in the first-ever 4-part crossover in one issue! We’re…
C2E2 Interview: David F. Walker Gives Us the SHAFT
He’s written Cyborg. He’s writing Luke Cage. But no character David F. Walker has tackled is as famous — or as influential in mass media — as John Shaft. On his second mini-series (with the novel Shaft’s Revenge under his belt as well), Walker sat down to chat all things Shaft and Blaxploitation at C2E2…
Review: CYBORG VOLUME 1: UNPLUGGED
CYBORG VOLUME 1: UNPLUGGED Written by David F. Walker Art by Ivan Reis, Eduardo Pansica, Felipe Watanabe, Daniel HDR, Cliff Richards, Joe Prado, Ray McCarthy, Scott Hanna, Oclair Albert, Wayne Faucher, Julio Ferreira, Andy Owens, Juan Castro, Adriano Lucs, Pete Pantazis Published by DC Comics Release Date: March 23, 2016 (comic shops)/March 29, 2016 (bookstores)…
Representation and Health 101: Black Creators
It’s sad to say, but it’s the last day of the Representation and Health Black History Spectacular. For the twenty-eight days prior, I’ve looked at some astounding Black characters, from Monica Rambeau to Anissa Pierce and Isaiah Bradley to Virgil Hawkins. Today, though, I wanted to take a slightly different spin. For the last day…
Review: CYBORG #3
CYBORG #3 Written by David F. Walker Art by Ivan Reis, Eduardo Pansica, Scott Hanna, Albert Oclair, and Adriano Lucas Published by DC Comics Release Date: October 7, 2015 Holy alien bio-organic madness, Cyborg! Vic and his friends are caught in the middle of an assault from an extremely Borg-like alien race. As S.T.A.R. Labs…
Review: CYBORG #2
CYBORG #2 Written by David F. Walker Art by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, and Adriano Lucas Published by DC Comics Release Date: August 26, 2015 Does Victor Stone sleep? And if he does, what does he dream about? Nothing good, it seems. As Vic starts to get a sense of the danger he’s facing from…
Review: CYBORG #1
CYBORG #1 Written by David F. Walker Art by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, and Adriano Lucas Published by DC Comics Release Date: July 22, 2015 Finally. In his own ongoing series at last, Cyborg is experiencing a transformation anew. But whom will he turn to for help? Welcome to a brand new set of…
Interview: David F. Walker Builds a New CYBORG
Cyborg may not be DC’s first African-American super-hero, but today he is certainly the most prominent. Introduced in 1980 by Marv Wolfman and George Perez with the New Teen Titans, Victor Stone is now one of DC Comics’ Big 7 Justice Leaguers and helming his own ongoing series for the very first time. Taking the…