Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez team up together to introduce THE OLD GUARD, the story of old soldiers who never die…and yet cannot seem to fade away. Trapped in an immortality without explanation, Andromache of Scythia – ‘Andy’ – and her comrades ply their trade for those who can find-and afford-their services. But in the 21st century, immortality is a hard secret to keep, and when you live long enough, you learn that there are many fates worse than death.
Created by Todd McFarlane and Robert Kirkman, the series debuted in October 2009 and ended in December 2012 after 28 issues. The comic was originally written by Kirkman with pencils by Ryan Ottley, layouts by Greg Capullo, and inks by McFarlane, to a mixed to positive critical reception. Joe Casey and Nathan Fox took over as the book’s creative team as of Haunt #19 to a universally negative reception, abandoning the original storyline and supporting cast and serving as a tie-in to the pair’s Spawn series, in which Haunt is featured as a supporting character.
Set in the Image Universe, the series’ eponymous fictional superhero is the merged form of Catholic priest Daniel Kilgore and the ghost of his murdered secret agent brother, Kurt, who physically manifests as an ectoplasm-based suit.
The series takes place in Jim Lee‘s Wildstorm Universe, and Gen¹³‘s stories and history intertwine with those from his own works, such as Wildcats and Team 7 (in fact, each of the main characters in Gen¹³ is the child of a Team 7 member).
The setup of the series is that a group of teens are invited to take part in a government project, which is in actuality a prison-like testing ground on “gen-active” teens. The teens make their escape, but not before they manifest superhuman powers, and are labelled dangerous fugitives. They rely on each other to fight their foes and unveil the personal secrets that linked them to Team 7 and International Operations.
After a very successful run ending with issue #20, co-creator and illustrator J. Scott Campbell handed the reins of Gen¹³ over to other creative teams, saying that leaving freed him up to work on both the Gen¹³/Batman crossover and his own new series (Danger Girl).
A tale of existential familial horror by James Tynion IV and Gavin Fullerton. Thom is moving cross-country with his family and dragging the past along with them. When his child Jamie sees monsters in the bedroom closet Thom reassures him that the monsters will stay in the apartment after they move. But Thom is very wrong about many things and the monsters continue to find young Jamie.
Left on a small town orphanage’s doorstep, Huck was raised and cared for in the orphanage he was dropped off. Quiet, a slow learner, yet humble and gentle, Huck uses his special abilities to do a good deed everyday. In return, the people he has helped keeps his abilities a secret.
Gert is more jaded than ever when she discovers the secret behind the mystery man offering her a mission he doesn’t think she can refuse. Eisner Award-winning writer Skottie Young and artist Brett Bean continue the triumphant return of I HATE FAIRYLAND!
The eponymous “Rat Queens” are a rambunctious party of adventurers in a medieval fantasy setting. They comprise the rockabilly elven mage Hannah, the hipster dwarven warrior Violet who shaved her beard before it became cool, the atheist human cleric Dee, who hails from a family of Lovecraftian monster cultists, and the hippie halfling (here called “smidgen”) thief Betty, whose idea of a hearty meal is a bag of drugs and candy. They were later joined by Braga, a transgender Orc warrior.
The relative calm for Fairchild of a trip to Princeton is broken up by Mr. Lynch’s emergency pick-up of the whole team in “Desolation Row.” Mr. Lynch explains the origins of the terrifying metamorph creature that’s consuming everything in its path in “The Love You Take…” Appearance by Hammersquad leader Rebecca Hawkins. Story & pencils by Adam Hughes. Inks by Mark Farmer.
Kevin Eastman teamed up with Simon Bisley to spin a John Woo inspired story featuring Raphael and Casey Jones. Casey and Raphael find themselves caught up in the middle of an international family murder revenge assassination plot, complete with gangsters, thugs, agents, warriors and more……
The series follows the adventures of the titular hero both in the real world and in an alternate reality referred to as the Outback. In the real world, the Maxx is a vagrant, a “homeless man living in a box”, while in the Outback, he is the powerful protector of the Jungle Queen. The Jungle Queen exists in the real world as Julie Winters, a freelance social worker, who often bails the Maxx out of jail. While the Maxx is aware of the Outback, Julie is not, though it is integral to both of their stories.
The comic book, starring an eponymous purple hero, spawned an animated series on MTV. The first appearance of The Maxx was in Primer #5, published by Comico Comics.
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