Todd McFarlane Launching New Spawn Comics
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2021 will be The Year of Spawn, and by the time it s over, the character will have a much bigger footprint in the comics market and a bigger universe surrounding him. That s because this afternoon, Image Comics President and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane announced his intent creating his own multi-character, interconnected comic book universe. The goal, McFarlane and Image say, is to establish a shared fictional universe over time, in the vein of what the other comic industry giants, Marvel, and DC Comics, have accomplished with their comic book universes. The plan is to have four ongoing series set in the Spawn Universe by the end of 2021.
Before you watch the Invincible animated series on Amazon, read the Image Comics series that inspired it. It's a classic that redefined the modern superhero
ASM, plenty of romantic melodrama.
It got me to thinking how, during this Golden Age of Comic Book TV and its varying types of series, the one genre that hasn t been jumped on by the networks and streaming services is the soap opera. Sure, The CW s
Arrow had the Olicity ship powering the series for eight seasons. And I know
Riverdale has all kinds of drama happening each week. But for the sake of this column, let s focus on superhero comic adaptations. Because, as I noted above, comics have leaned on soaps for storytelling inspiration for years. Comics and soap operas share many traits, like long-running narratives, familiar settings (hospitals, newsrooms, secret lairs), romance, and often nonsensical twists and turns.
Comic Book Reviews for This Week: 1/13/2021
Welcome to this week in comic book reviews! The staff have come together to read and review nearly everything that released today. It isn t totally comprehensive, but it includes just about everything from DC and Marvel with the important books from the likes of Image, Boom, IDW, Valiant, and more.
The review blurbs you ll find contained herein are typically supplemented in part by longform individual reviews for significant issues. This week that includes
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Also, in case you were curious, our ratings are simple: we give a whole number out of five; that s it! If you d like to check out our previous reviews, they are all available here.
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Erik Larsen on Savage Dragon #256 and the Return(ish) of one of Dragon s Most Dangerous Villains
Savage Dragon history, got an upgrade in today s
Savage Dragon #256. The character, who was killed in
Savage Dragon #191, was implied by the cover on the issue to have returned from the dead.but that wasn t exactly the case. Instead, an obscure member of the Vicious Circle injected himself with Mako blood in order to regain powers following the mass-depowering that happened when the government rained Freak-Out down on the attacking Vicious Circle members last year. The character of Mako, who first appeared in Larsen s pre-Image Dragon comics, has been a constant presence in the title.