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ICv2 reported September 3 that the Defenders of the Earth Complete Collection combines Dan DiDio's initial miniseries and Dark Destiny in a 320-page trade paperback. The US$29.99 volume, with art by Jim Calafiore, Alex Sanchez and others, is scheduled for November 17. The report identifies no bonus material, restoration, digital edition or availability outside the US.
Read this story →Ahead of Tales of Wonder's September 2 launch, Skroce said the comic follows two estranged fictional creators whose reunion collides with a commercialized convention world. A friendship ended after one of his own ideas was taken helped shape the grievance, but he explicitly rejects reading the pair as disguised versions of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Read this story →Van Poelgeest said September 1 that the narration deliberately combines Shakespearean, Victorian and contemporary registers, making the book more literary than his Doom Patrol work. Although his scripts are detailed, he says the project was designed around Bertram's strengths; protagonist Anatta remains distant and morally ambiguous rather than a conventional heroic guide.
Read this story →Mad Cave Studios published Denver #1 on August 26. Palmiotti and Gray write, Pier Brito supplies art and colors and Bill Tortolini letters the issue; border officer Max Flynn must betray the closed city after an enemy kidnaps his wife.
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