heroes reborn

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NEWS

1. Rob Liefeld's Captain America 'Heroes Reborn' cover-up for auction and up to 13K!
2. X-Men: Forever’ promises to answer Krakoa’s darkest truths starting March 20th
3. ‘Black Widow & Hawkeye’ coming March 2024
4. Read Peach Momoko’s X-Men backup story from ‘Ultimate Universe’ #1 for free
5. Vault Comics and Aethon partner to publish new comics, ebooks, audiobooks and graphic novels
6. DC Comics announces DC Compact Comics graphic novels starting June 2024
7. DC to release 64-page ‘Wonder Woman: Outlaw’ issues collecting issue 1 and 2

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Detective Comics #1076 (Ram V, Dan Watters, Jason Shawn Alexander, Liam Sharp, Christopher Mitten)
2. Spider-Boy #1 (Dan Slott, Paco Medina, Ty Templeton)

Nathan:

1. Canary #1 (Scott Snyder, Dan Panosian)
2. Blood Commandment #1 (Szymon Kudranski)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Detective Comics (2016) #1076 (Dan Watters, Liam Sharp)

Dave - Detective Comics (2016) #1076 (Ram V, Jason Shawn Alexander)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Zawa + The Belly of the Beast #1 (Michael Dialynas)
2. Nathan: What If…? Dark: Tomb of Dracula #1 (Marv Wolfman, David Cutler)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Dark Ride #9 (Riley Rossmo)
2. Nathan: Army of Darkness Forever #2 (Arthur Suydam)

Interview: Rob Williams and Pye Parr ‘Petrol Head’ out November 8

1. What is the fascination with fast cars and racing in our world’s culture, do you think?
2. What was the first bud of an idea for Petrol Head, and how did it evolve once Pye finished the first issue?
3. What other extreme sports have happened before the Petrol Head races?
4. Humans would definitely still go for the old types of entertainment, regardless of the environmental cost, right? 
5. I love Head’s design. Where did the idea for two different eye shapes come from?
6. Are there any challenges to getting a character like PH to emote?
7. I imagine there are some fun brainstorming sessions to come up with the car and bot designs. Walk us through your collaboration process!
8. The colors in this book are insane in the best possible way. How did you come up with the palette of this world?
9. Is there anything you learned about your own work after working on this project? 
10. If Petrol Head was adapted into TV or film, who would you love see direct?
11. Anything else to plug?

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NEWS

• Marvel Comics reveals Al Ewing, Ram V, and Bryan Hitch taking over ‘Venom’ ongoing
• Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley join forces for Hulk this November
• Marvel reveals new details on X-Men series 'Inferno' by Jonathan Hickman
• Heavy Metal Entertainment announces partnership with GlobalComix digital platform
• Dark Horse Comics to launch Dark Horse Games gaming and digital division
• Kodansha Comics adds over 800 manga to Nintendo Switch app InkyPen
• ‘Marvel Multiverse’ tabletop role-playing game coming in 2022
• Batman: Secret Files – The Signal #1 announced
• Marvel reveals new Captain America Ari Agbayani for ‘The United States of Captain America’ #4
• Marvel announces ‘The Death of Doctor Strange.’ 

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Heroes Reborn (2021): Double Action #1 (W: Tim Seeley, A: Dan Jurgens)
2. Catwoman: Soulstealer (W: Sarah J. Maas’ Adapted by: Louise Simonson A: Samantha Dodge)

Nathan:

1. The Swamp Thing #4 (W: Ram V, A: Mike Perkins)
2. Out of Body #1 (W: Peter Milligan, A: Inaki Miranda)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Batman: The Adventures Continue - Season Two #1 (W: Paul Dini & Alan Burnett, A: Ty Templeton)

Dave - Hellions #12 (W: Zeb Wells, A: Stephen Segovia)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: X-Men #21 (W: Jonathan Hickman, A: Russell Dauterman and more)
• Nathan: DC Pride #1 (W/A: various)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Magic: The Gathering #3 (100 Copy Del Mundo Cover)
• Nathan: Heroes Reborn: Squadron Savage #1 (David Blatt variant)

Segment: Interview: Robbie Thompson - Suicide Squad!

NEWS

• Former DC comic book artist fetches $1.85M auctioning Wonder Woman NFTs
  • Also https://twitter.com/slitheryss/status/1370476985001119750?s=21
  • DC launches ‘Batman Black & White’ NFT statues — Marsha Cooke, Gary Frank respond: https://www.gamesradar.com/darwyn-cookes-widow-asks-dc-not-to-use-her-husbands-work-in-batman-nft-crypto-art/
• BOOM! reveals ‘BRZRKR’ #1 sells out and goes back to print
• Marvel reveals Spider-Man story arc ‘The Chameleon Conspiracy’ for June 2021
• Marvel announces ‘Planet-Size X-Men’ #1 for June 16th
• Marvel Comics to wrap up ‘Heroes Reborn’ with ‘Heroes Return’ #1 in June
• Marvel Comics reveals Pride Month special 'Marvel's Voices: Pride' #1
• DC news:
  • DC Comics announces ‘DC Pride’ anthology comic for June 8
  • DC Comics announces ‘Crush & Lobo’ comic miniseries launching June 1
  • DC Comics announces ‘Batman: The Adventures Continue - Season 2’ launching in May
  • DC Comics sets June 22nd for ‘Wonder Woman Black & Gold’ #1
  • DC Comics reveals more ‘Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point’ covers
  • DC Black Label to release creator owned horror comic ‘The Nice House on the Lake’
  • DC Black Label series Batman: Reptilian
  • Green Arrow’s 80th anniversary spectacular

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Non-Stop Spider-Man (2021) #1 (W: Joe Kelly, A: Chris Bachalo)
2. Home Sick Pilots #4 (W: Dan Watters, A: Caspar Wijngaard)

Nathan:

1. Batman: Urban Legends #1 (various)
2. Home Sick Pilots #4 (W: Dan Watters, A: Caspar Wijngaard)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Orphan And The Five Beasts #1 (W/A: James Stokoe)
• Nathan: Ultramega #1 (W/A: James Harren)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: King in Black: Spider-Man #1 (Carlos E. Gomez)
• Nathan: Ultramega #1 (1:10 incentive variant cover)

Segment: Pornsak Pichetshote Interview - The Good Asian #1 - May 5th artist Alexandre Tefenkgi

1. Thanks for coming on the AIPT Comics podcast! The Good Asian is out this May and Nathan and I can’t be any more excited, in part because we adore Film Noir. Can you talk about your relationship to noir and why the genre speaks to you?
2. What was the onus on kicking off this project, was it the genre, the Chinese Exclusion Act and how it fit into the story, something else?
3. Was there anything you were surprised by or that Alexandre Tefenkgi went above and beyond with?
4. How do you approach staying creative while quarantined? Do you have a set routine?
5. The Good Asian is rooted deep in American history, but it also reads like a classic noir. What led you to combining the two? - i think we covered this.
6. From hard-boiled dialogue to shadowy street corners, what do you think is the key to creating the right atmosphere for noir? Color artist lee loughridge
7. It’s clear that a lot of research went into telling this story. Did you discover anything in your research that genuinely surprised you?
8. Something that made reading the first issue of The Good Asian so strong for me, was how it captures a lo tof the hidden American history we don’t talk about. If readers wanted to explore more about this kind of history, do you have any resources fans might pick up?
9. There are so many great indie publishers today, more than ever, what made Image Comics the right fit for this project?
10. Are there any other books you’d like to discuss today?

Off-Topic Top Shelf - Pichetshote - Rewatching first two seasons of Fargo, Inside Chinatown

NEWS

• San Diego Comic-Con cancels in-person event for Comic-Con@Home 2021
• 'Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters' documentary now on kickstarter
• DC Comics announces 6-issue 'Infinite Frontier' summer event!
  • DC announces ‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’ coming this June
• Marvel to celebrate Captain America with ‘The United States of Captain America’
• Marvel reveals new ‘Heroes Reborn’ covers by Carlos Pacheco hinting at heroic origins and even more
  • Also reveals Heroes Reborn tie-in comics
• Reedpop issues delay of Chris Claremont Premiere X-Men Bundle 
• Vault Comics announces agreement with Simon & Schuster
• Dark Horse sets September 8th for Neil Gaiman’s ‘Chivalry’

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Fire Power #9 (W: Robert Kirkman, A: Chris Samnee)
2. Nocterra #1 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Tony Daniel)

Nathan:

1. The Swamp Thing #1 (W: Ram V, A: Mike Perkins)
2. Nocterra #1 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Tony Daniel)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Non-Stop Spider-Man #1 (W: Joe Kelly, A: Chris Bachalo)
• Nathan: Specter Inspectors #2 (W: Bowen McCurdy, Kaitlyn Musto A: Bowen McCurdy)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Autumnal #5 (Chris Shehan)
• Nathan: Non-Stop Spider-Man #1 (Chris Bachalo)

Segment: Cullen Bunn Interview - Shadowman #1 - April 28th Jon Davis-Hunt

1. Congratz on Shadowman, I understand speaking to Dennis Hopeless (twice now on this podcast!) Shadowman has been in the works for some time?
2. At this point it’s safe to say you’re a horror maestro, with Harrow County as just one of your works that’s a shoe in for classic, you have Eden at AfterShock coming in May, how has writing great horror for so long shaped your vision of Shadowman?
3. How do you approach staying creative while quarantined? Do you have a set routine? 
4. When you approach a comics script, what are some goals you try to achieve by book's end?
5. Jon-Davis Hunt has been killing it for years, what made him right for this project?
6. Has there been any panels or pages Hunt’s done that topped anything you could imagine?
7. What is something a Shadowman comic MUST DO to be a Shadowman comic?
8. It’s still early yet, but Dennis Hopeless pointed out an event tying into X-O Manowar was in the cards, is that still a possibility?
9. Your Punk Mambo miniseries was a blast - any chance we’ll be seeing her turn up in the near future?
10. You've been making comics for many years, congratz on that, if this were a 100 meter dash, where are you now, what were your record-beating moments (still on the metaphor), and what goals do you see yourself at 75, 95, and 100 meters?
11. Are there any other books you’d like to discuss today?

Off-Topic Top Shelf - Cullen Bunn Dungeons and Dragons - Sandy Peterson Games Cthulu Mythos games

NEWS

• The graphic novel category had a huge week, with sales soaring 110%.
• Tynion and Jimenez introduce Miracle Molly villain in Batman 108
• Marvel throwing a birthday party for Deadpool February 25th
• Early Marvel Solicit news:
  • Marvel officially announces ‘X-Corp’ by Tini Howard and Alberto Foche
  • Marvel unveils Mark Bagley trading card covers for ‘Heroes Reborn’ for May 2021
  • Marvel teases incomplete ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ roster…until Thursday
  • Marvel’s Doctor Strange turns to tarot for new ‘Defenders’ lineup
• DC Comics solicitations for May 2021!
  • DC Comics relaunching ‘Legends of the Dark Knight’ April 2nd
  • DC Comics reveals first wave of Milestone comics starting February 26th
  • Chip Zdarsky is taking a “Last Ride” with digital-first DC Comics series
  • DC Comics launching ‘DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration’

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #3 (Various)
2. Home Sick Pilots #3 (W: Dan Watters, A: Caspar Wijngaard)

Nathan:

1. Radiant Black #1 (W: Kyle Higgins, A: Marcelo Costa)
2. Home Sick Pilots #3 (W: Dan Watters, A: Caspar Wijngaard)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #3 (W: Jordan Blum, Patton Oswalt, A: Scott Hepburn)
• Nathan: The Last Ronin #2 (W: Tom Waltz & Kevin Eastman, A: Esau & Isaac Escorza)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Spider-Woman #9 (Besch Cover)
• Nathan: Sabrina: Something Wicked #5 (Veronica Fish)

Segment: Off topic Top Shelf: Friday the 13th  movies!

NEWS

• Heroes Reborn revealed as Jason Aaron & Ed McGuinness  project
• Marvel Comics opens up fan-voting for their next X-Men team lineup
• Marvel to launch new line of graphic novels called ‘Mighty Marvel Masterworks’
• Marvel and Scholastic have announced Spider-Ham: Great Power, No Responsibility, an original graphic novel by Steve Foxe and Shadia Amin.
• Saga Writer Brian K. Vaughan Confirms Series Will Return Soon
• Brian Bendis No Longer Exclusive At DC Comics
• Comic con on a cruise ship? Image and Skybound planning one for next year
• Dark Horse to publish entire YouNeek Studios line of graphic novels

Segment: WHO IS NATHAN SIMMONS - 3 truths and a lie (we reveal the answer after judging?)

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Wolverine #9 (W: Ben Percy, A: Adam Kubert)
2. Strange Adventures #8: (W:  Tom King, Artist: Mitch Gerads, Evan Shaner)

Nathan:

1. The Department of Truth #5 (W: James Tynion IV, A: Martin Simmonds)
2. We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #5 (W: Al Ewing, A: Simone Di Meo)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: The Dreaming: Waking Hours #7 (W: G. Willow Wilson, A: Javier Rodriguez)
• Nathan: Future State: Swamp Thing #2 (W: Ram V, A: Mike Perkins)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: King In Black: Gwenom Vs. Carnage #2 (Flaviano Design Cover)
• Nathan: Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #3 (Cover B: Sean Phillips)

Segment: Interview - Josh Williamson - Infinite Frontier, Robin, Future State: Justice League, Nailbiter Returns

1. Josh, you’re very busy, with Robin coming as well as Infinite Frontier, and Nailbiter Returns, and Future State Justice League... is this the busiest year for you in comics, or are you just getting started?
2. Earlier this week you spoke to CBR and you talk a bit about Wonder Woman and Spectre playing a big part in teasing the future DC Comics stories. What makes these two characters the right choice to push forward?
3. There have been many cases where a big event or cliffhanger teases the “future events” at the big-two, but in many cases, some of those events don’t happen or fall off. Can you say with certainty what we see in Infinite Frontier will be used and explored down the line?
4. What goes into writing an overarching structure for a comic like Infinite Frontier? Is it an outline, a rough script, a treatment, an abstract painting they riff off of?
5. As a writer for the big-two, soon to be publishing a book you’re spearheading in Infinite Frontier, how do you navigate ambition, approaching the size and scope, but also what you want to achieve personally? - i think he’s kinda covered this ok!
6. It’s not evident if you’ve written or will write Dr. Manhattan, but I must know, is there any extra stress or anxiety around writing a character or exploring the consequences of a character that is so iconically part of one of the most famous comics in existence?
7. It might be because folks are still figuring out Future State and aren’t quite ready for Infinite Frontier, but I swear there’s even more hype around Robin. What do you think makes Robin aka Damian Wayne such an alluring character for fans?
8. Can you talk a little bit about Gleb Melnikov’s work on Robin, was there any specific page in the first issue that went above and beyond what you could have anticipated?
9. The pandemic has affected the entire industry, I was curious if it helped or hindered the development of Infinite Frontier and Robin? 
10. SUPERFIGHT: Spectre vs. Wonder Woman -  

Infinite Frontier #0 - RELEASES MAR 2ND, 2021 FOC - February 7th

ROBIN #1 arrives in April Gleb Melnikov

NEWS

• The Old Guard gets a star-studded anthology sequel in Tales Through Time - Kelly Sue DeConnick, Brian Michael Bendis, and more lend their services to a new 6-issue series
• Michael Walsh, Kelly Thompson, Chip Zdarsky, Ed Brisson working on...SOMETHING and IGN had the scoop
• Image/Top Cow coming out with Helm Greycastle, Lighthouse, and Home.
• BOOM! Studios First Look: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1
• DC Comics replaces DC Universe with DC Universe Infinite comics reading app
• Marvel Solicits April 2021 are here
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates’ ‘Black Panther’ run comes to an end with ‘Black Panther’ #25
  • ‘Venom’ #200 is ‘final’ chapter for Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman
  • Spider’s Shadow coming soon
  • ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ #13 kicks off Marvel’s new space age
• “Worlds Least Sober hero” coming from Dark Horse in April
• Marvel Comics launching ‘Heroes Reborn’ in 2021
• 1.25 Million copies of Dog Man Grime and Punishment sold in 4 months

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Future State: Superman - Worlds Of War #1 (Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mikel Janin, Brandon Easton, Valentine de Landro, Becky Cloonan Michael Conrad, Gleb Melnikov)
2. Future State: Catwoman #1 (W: Ram V. A: Otto Schmidt)

Forrest:

1. I Breathed A Body #1 (W: Zac Thompson, A: Andy Macdonald)
2. King in Black #3 (W: Donny Cates, A: Ryan Stegman)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: The Department Of Truth #5 (W: James Tynion IV, A: Martin Simmonds)
• Forrest: Spawn #314 (W: Todd McFarlane, A: Carlo Barberi)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Daredevil #26 variant Rahzza
• Forrest: Department of Truth #5 (Dani, Bonvillain)

Segment - One thing Forrest is looking forward to in 2021

Segment: Interview - Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo on Afterlift Eisner Winner February 2nd

1. Congratulations on your Eisner win! Afterlift is going to have a reincarnation of sorts in February when Dark Horse teams up with Comixology to send this to print, but the journey started before the first issue came out in October 2019. Was the series originally being set for digital-only a pro or a con in your mind?
2. Aferlift takes readers to many...realms of the afterlife. Can you speak to any inspirations for these realms like Hell and Heaven that influenced this work?
3. Comixology head of content Chip Mosher was on this show last May and he’s a super guy, I was curious how Afterlift ended up at Comixology or if it was always a project set up there?
4. I love the naming in Afterlift, “Gornaux the grievous, slayer of all of grenroveria” or the demon Zeniakra, how do you come up with these so they sound right but then are also completely original?
5. Have either of you played Rocket League? You should get a deal to write a comic about that game, the ability to flip cars is taken to the max in Afterlift!
6. It’s funny, but it almost seems like the Fast and the Furious series has owned car chase and car stunt movies for too long. That said, would you ever be open to a Fast and the Furious crossover?
7. Janice Chen talks about her father joining a “weird christian church” as someone who grew up with a born again christian father, I was curious if that detail was from your personal lives something you added for a specific reason?
8. The book ends on an interesting cliffhanger of sorts, is a sequel in the cards for Afterlift?
9. After there any other projects in 2021 you’d like to discuss?

Off topic Top Shelf: 

Jason Loo: Building furniture for Star Wars diaromas 

Chip Zdarsky: Novels and comics for work, post Afterlift learning to drive

Heroes Reborn: NBC, 2015–2016. Starring Jack Coleman, Robbie Kay, Gatlin Green, Rya Kihlstedt, Clé Bennett, Gren Gunberg, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Zachary Levi, Judith Shekoni, Kiki Sukezane, Ryan Guzman, Aislinn Paul, Henry Zabrowski, and am I really still adding names to this list? Jesus. MMtP featuring Dave Wagner and Colin Whiting.