Forthcoming titles:
Gutsville is the bizarre tale of the decedents of an ocean liner swallowed by a mysterious creature. They live inside the monster and one of them wants out. Simon Spurrier teams up with talented artist Frazer Irving to bring us what must be the strangest story of the year so far. Gutsville is published by Image on 30th May. Anticipation factor: 7
Strange Embrace comes to Image comics in digitally re-mastered form with colours by Rob Steen and lettering by Comicraft ensuring David Hine’s dark tale of sexual desire, obsession and damnation looks better than ever before. Issue 1 is out on May 16th. Anticipation factor: 7
Ward of the State is about an assassination business, the twist is the ringleader is a foster mother and the assassins are the kids she’s put in charge of. This three issue series is written by Christopher Long with art from Chee. Published 2nd May. Anticipation factor: 8
Warlash: Zombie Mutant Genesis is the opening shot of a three part series from Frank Forte. Set in Pittsburgh (the spiritual home of zombies) and featuring mad scientists and genetically engineered warriors plus lots of the undead this promises to be great fun. Coming in March from Asylum Press. Anticipation factor: 7
Painkiller Jane gets a new comic series from Dynamite. The comics character will shortly be seen in a new Sci Fi Channel series and this re-launch must be hoping to capitalise on that. Written by Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Lee Moder this should be out in May. Anticipation factor: 6
Legion of Monsters: Morbius is another one-shot featuring some of Marvel’s horror characters. As well as a tale of the Living Vampire by Brendan Cahill and Michael Gaydos we also get a Dracula story by C.B. Cebulski and David Finch. In stores 30th May. Anticipation factor: 8
Marvel Zombies: Dead Days is a prequel to the mega hit Marvel Zombies and is once again written by Robert Kirkman and illustrated by Sean Phillips. See how it all began on the 9th May. Anticipation factor: 9
This month’s reading:
The Amazing Spider-Man 537 & 538
The Civil War reaches its climax and Spider-Man’s world changes forever as someone close to him dies. Well I’m assuming Aunt May dies, we only see her shot at the end of issue 538 but it would explain why he goes back to the black costume. Garney’s art improves with the larger panels suiting his style, while Straczynski’s script is spot on. There have been rumours JMS is to leave this title and perhaps the time is right as, after several years as the best of the Spider-Man titles, it’s now lost that top spot, at least for this reader. “What to?” you ask, keep reading and all will be revealed. Grade: B
Article comments
1 - Q
Dude, invest in a spellchecker.
2 - Ian Woolstencroft
Thanks for the insightful comment.
3 - manfred
The Spiderman series are great and JMS is really leaving the title. The rumours are confirmed. The Spiderman teams are losing their top artists / writers with Mark Bagley and JMS leaving. Hopefully the next team will do grand as well but it's going to be tough to live up to the legacy left behind.