Category: Independent Iron Age

THB (1994)

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Paul Pope introduced THB in 1994, the same year he began work for Kodansha, Japan’s best-known manga publisher. Pope eventually developed the manga Supertrouble for Kodansha, which mined the “cutie-pie” girl adventure vein that THB exists in. Pope has self-published some of his work through his own Horse Press, with other work such as One-Trick Ripoff coming from Dark Horse Comics and Heavy Liquid and 100% published under DC Comics‘ Vertigo imprint.

Pope’s work combines the precision and romance of the European artists he studies with the energy and page design of the manga tradition. His storytelling narratives continue to mature with well-paced, deftly-shaded combinations of science fiction, hardboiled crime stories and the Romeo and Juliet archetype. Pope’s two protagonist types are the silent, lanky outsider male of One-Trick Ripoff, Escapo and Heavy Liquid, or the resourceful, aggressive, humorous young teenage girls of THB.

Harbinger V1 (1992)

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Harbinger is a series published by Valiant Comics about a group of teenage super-powered outcasts known as Harbingers.

Harbinger initially featured writing and art by Jim Shooter and David Lapham. After Acclaim Entertainment purchased the rights to the Valiant catalog for $65 million in 1994, the characters were rebooted in Harbinger: Acts of God to make them more easily adaptable to video games. They continued to appear in many Valiant titles, most prominently the Unity 2000 series. Harbinger was one of the best selling Valiant titles with total sales in all languages of over five million comics.

Evil Ernie: Straight to Hell (1995)

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Evil Ernie has lost contact with his love the Lady Death. Distracted from his mission of Megadeath he goes in search of his missing mistress and will move all of Hell and Earth in order to find her. Read as old friends are reunited and Ernie makes bargains with his oldest enemies in order to be reunited with his one true love.

Birthright: The Serpent’s Eye (1996)

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The Serpent‘s Eye is a limited edition Birthright comic book that is set in the Khinasi land of Khourane and on the Isle of the Serpent. The story, written by Ed Stark, revolves around Jehan, the new emir of Khourane, Marlae Roesone baroness of Roesone, Khalil El-Faran, Jehan’s uncle, who is half Masetian, and a mysterious woman named Corina who escaped from the Isle of the Serpent with a tale of an artifact called The Serpent’s Eye.

The Serpent’s Eye is said to provide the Serpent with his power. The group sets off on the dangerous mission to the Isle of the Serpent in an attempt to recover the artifact and end the Serpent’s tyranny.

Lady Death: A Medieval Tale (CrossGen)

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Into the darkness of a medieval world comes the ghost-haired woman bearing the sword of vengeance–Lady Death. This popular comic book series has been re-created as a Young Adult sword and sorcery fantasy, where Lady Death is caught in a war between humanity and the Eldritch races.

Cerebus in Hell (2017)

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Cerebus is back! Everyone wants to know “What happened to Cerebus after he died in issue #300?” Well, here’s the answer. Sort of. Introducing a brand-new cast of characters including Virgil and Dante! Sex and The City Fandom! Frank Sinatra! Freddie Mercury! King Minos! Snakes! Suicides! The Manticore Who Thinks He Looks Exactly Like Charles Darwin! The Muskrat That Does Woody Allen Impressions! And fan-favorite “Jingles” the dog!

 

Radioactive Man V1 (1994)

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Radioactive Man was one of the four “premiere” series released by Bongo Comics in late 1993. The series has been released in two volumes, an early run from 1993–1994, and the current run that’s been going on since 2000. Smaller Radioactive Man stories have also been published in Simpsons Comics. As a tie-in promotion of The Simpsons Movie a special “Radioactive Man Comic Book Edition #711” was sold at 7-Elevens as part of their Kwik-E-Mart promotion.

Motor Girl (2016)

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The story is about Sam, an Iraq War veteran with posttraumatic stress disorder. She works alone in a junkyard and talks to her imaginary friend Mike, who is a gorilla. When she learns the junkyard’s owner might sell it, she begins to see friendly aliens visiting the junkyard. When the prospective buyer threatens the aliens, Sam resists him.

The series received generally positive reviews. Critics noted how different the tone in Motor Girl is from Moore’s other comic work. The ending was praised for being well-planned.

Graphique Musique (1990)

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Mike Allred followed up Dead Air with his similarly titled works Graphique Musique (1990) and Grafik Muzik (Caliber Comics 1990-1991), in which he set out the style that he was to become known for with his most famous character, Madman.

Warrior Nun Areala (1994)

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Warrior Nun Areala is a manga-style American comic book character created by Ben Dunn and published by Antarctic Press, first appearing in Warrior Nun Areala Vol. 1 #1 in December 1994. The story revolves around Sister Shannon Masters, a Joan of Arc like heroine of the Order of the Cruciform Sword, a fictional military order of Warrior Nuns and Magic Priests in service of the Catholic Church. The order was created in 1066 when a Valkyrie named Auria renounced her pagan ways and turned to Jesus Christ for salvation; ever since then, Auria, now Areala, has chosen an avatar every generation to carry on the mission. In modern times, this has grown to a world spanning organization in the service of the Catholic Church with the current Areala, Sister Shannon Masters as the best and brightest. With her friends beside her, Sister Shannon has led the forces of good against those of evil, ever serving the Lord with faith and humility.