Revolutionary War hits Marvel's January Solicits

So, Marvel's January solicits have come out. And that means we finally get see confirmed details of three Revolutionary War titles and their creative teams.

Plus Covers.

Check these out (and Click for a larger image):

REVOLUTIONARY WAR: ALPHA #1
ANDY LANNING AND ALAN COWSILL (W) • RICH ELSON (A)
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Variant Cover by TBD
Part 1 of “Revolutionary War”
• Marvel UK’s greatest heroes come together for the first time in 20 years to face a threat that could destroy the world.
• Featuring Captain Britain, Pete Wisdom, Death’s Head II, Motormouth and Killpower, the Warheads and a host of British heroes.
32 PGS./ ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$3.99


So... I'm seeing Captain Britain, Dark Angel, Motormouth, Killpower, Death's Head II, Digitek, Stacy and Col Tigon Liger from Warheads, Dai Thomas, the android Sir Gawain, Pete Wisdom, and is that intended to be... Blade? I'm not sure.

I like the logo. The Lion looks like it may have come from Captain Britain & MI13.

All looking good. Mark Brooks on art gives it some real clout on the cover.  And Rich Elson on interior art, as was announced at London Film & Comic Con.

Secondly....

 

 

 

REVOLUTIONARY WAR: DARK ANGEL #1
KIERON GILLEN (W) • DIETRICH SMITH (A)
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Variant Cover by Salvador Larroca
Part 2 of “Revolutionary War”
• When Shevaun Haldane experiences a troubling vision in Darkmoor Castle, she realizes danger may be coming for the heroes of Marvel UK.
• With time running out, Shevaun has no choice but to suit up as Dark Angel once again.
• An adventure that will take fans through the past, present, and future of Marvel UK!
32 PGS./ ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$3.99

It's Kieron Gillen writing Dark Angel. If ever there were a better fit for writing Shevaun Haldane I can't think of one off the top of my head. Great choice. I actually don't know anything about Dietrich Smith, but I have confidence.

The guns are an addition, but lets be honest Shevaun can pull out pretty much anything from that void created by her costume. It's the kind of dynamic looking cover which should grab people's attention, and it's great that they've chosen to stick with Shevaun's original Dark Angel costume. I've always much preferred it, compared next to the Larroca redesign. Which is of course interesting, because Larroca *is* doing the variant cover. I wonder which costume he'll be drawing her in.

It certainly sounds like despite her brief appearance in Captain Britain & MI13 Shevaun has mostly been retired from heroing since the end of the Imprint Years. I hope she gets to play a significant part in this story. I always thought that she was a character with a great amount of potential.

And thirdly...

 

 

 

REVOLUTIONARY WAR: KNIGHTS OF PENDRAGON #1
ROB WILLIAMS (W) • SIMON COLEBY (A)
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Variant Cover by TBD
Part 3 of “Revolutionary War”
• A corporate deep-mining setup unearths an old MYS-TECH base, where magical cloning experiments have been taking place.
• What mysteries or monsters are waiting in Britain’s subterranean bones?
• Featuring fan-favorite Marvel UK characters Dai Thomas, Pete Wisdom, and Union Jack!
32 PGS./ ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$3.99

 

 

Rob Williams and Marvel UK stalwart Simon Coleby! Excellent news.

 

Albion (Peter Hunter) appears to be back, accompanied by former Knights Union Jack and Dai Thomas. That certainly appears to be the android Sir Gawain on the right, in full armour, and is that actually Kate McClellan returning on the left hand side of the image? I really hope so.

 

The new addition appears to be Pete Wisdom. Which might seem a little odd, but we have seen him and Dai interacting in the past. And it's Wisdom. You can't go wrong with Pete Wisdom.

 

Unearthing some long since forgotten MYS-TECH monster cloning facility?

 

Well, I'm in!

 

So there you have it. The first three titles. They start reprinting Alan Moore's Miracleman stories in January, too. I am going to be SO broke, aren't I?

ICFD Cover of the Week - 7th April 2009

Yeah, it seems like a lifetime since I last did one of these...

This week's (Laugh all you like) cover features Motormouth, in honour of her recent return to Comics in the pages of Captain Britain & MI13, and is from Overkill #5 running back all the way to June 1992.


The cover art was done by Simon Coleby. Simon is currently doing the artwork on Wildstorm's The Authority, with fellow Marvel UKers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Back in the early 90s, though, he was doing artwork spells on Warheads, Death's Head II, and did the link artwork for The Incomplete Death's Head which I was talking about not so long ago.

I'm not sure if anybody else drew Motormouth with that pony tail, now that I think about it. But it's certainly an interesting take on the character. And with a focus on those MOPED boots - very useful dimension hopping footwear that they were.

Currently, as readers of the last CB&MI13 issue will know, Harley's been hospitalised, and her partner Killpower is now imprisoned by Dracula.

Which leads us to that time of the month again. No, crass jokes, please. You know what I mean.

Tomorrow is CAP WEDNESDAY.

Wednesday 8th of April (Or Thursday 9th in the UK) is when you can get your hands on a copy of Captain Britain & MI13 #12. I can't guarantee Motormouth and Killpower are in it, but it CAN guarantee it will be good. So hunt it down.

As has become tradition, you can also acquire the latest animated forum banner I've done:


here: http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8799/issuetwelvefinal.gif

Sorry, not had time to do a proper preview of the image this month. Things have been a little bit mental.

But before I go, I'd suggest all Death's Head II fans, if you are not already, try to track down a copy of Nova #23. The ongoing story of Evelyn Necker takes an interesting twist this issue, which readers of DHII will find eerily familiar...

Right, I'm off to get some shut-eye now.

Speak soon

Mark
(Sword)