Alright, this one already dropped a few weeks ago, but it's getting a second printing and I'm an old-school Archie head who loves what the current slew of creative teams have been doing with these properties, so I gotta give it some love. Chip Zdarsky's Jughead and Mark Waid's Archie have been solid reads, so I can't imagine them dropping the ball with this one, especially with Adam Hughes on art duties.
I love patriotic heroes like Captain America and I especially love when other countries throw their hat in the ring and debut a flag-wearing hero of their own. (Maybe it's a symptom of Olympic fever.) Apparently this is a reboot of the old Captain Canuck character by writer Anthony Falcone and artist Ron Salas. I look forward to seeing the Great White North's take on superheroic fisticuffs, and the Aurora Dawn cult he's battling in this first arc sounds interesting as well.
Six-Pack And Dogwelder: Hard-Travelin' Heroz #1 (DC Comics)
Garth Ennis has been getting a ton of mileage out of his old Hitman supporting cast. Count on low brow humor and gobs of debauchery in this new mini. Also, as a nice nod to the subtitle of this series, there's a variant cover by the legendary Neal Adams. Because why not?
This is a localized import of some strange Scrooge McDuck comic that was a hit overseas. I'm down for all things Disney ducks, being a big fan of both Ducktales and Darkwing Duck. I'm not sure why IDW has this instead of Marvel, but who cares?
I'll just copypasta the solicitation copy here: "SERIES PREMIERE It is 1220 AD, and the gears of the Albigensian Crusade grind on. When an alien mining-craft infested with a horde of bloodthirsty predators crash-lands in the remote wilderness of the French Pyrenees, a small band of crusaders and a Cathar heretic are all that stand between God's Kingdom and Hell on Earth." I'm in. And that's before I noticed that Nathan Fairbairn and Matt Smith were the creative team.
Valiant, like Archie who I mentioned above, is a publisher that can do no wrong right now. They have been the alternative to Marvel and DC when it comes to costumes heroes and sci-fi stuff. Frad Van Lente leads the creative team pack in this new X-Men/Inhumans-inspired series spinning out of the recent Harbinger Wars mini. Francis Portella provides the art. High school drama with angsty psychic soldiers? It could only be the latest manga or Generation Zero.
Some interesting debuts this week, especially that Lake of Fire series. What looks good to you? You can let me know in the comments below or on Twitter (@ChrisBComics). Thanks for reading!
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