Comics News: Wizard World Philly Wrap-Up

[Kefkataran]

Rather than do a bunch of posts on all the news coming out of this week's Wizard World convention in Philadelphia, I thought I'd just do one big round-up news piece. Most of the news reported on here is gathered from Newsarama's (http://www.newsarama.com) coverage, so check them out if you want more specifics. There’s a TON of stuff here, so be sure to check it out. Check out the thread (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13471) for coverage!

[Kefkataran]

First, from Marvel's X-Men panel (http://www.newsarama.com/WWPhilly06/Marvel/XMenpanel/WWPhilXMen.html):

-Astonishing X-Men #16, the end of the current arc by Joss Whedon, will "redifine Kitty Pryde", Joss's favorite X-character. It was also reiterated that Astonishing X-Men will continue to be seperate from the big events and crossovers going on in the Marvel universe, despite being in continuity.

-New projects announced include X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong by Greg Pak and Tyler Kirkham and X-Men: First Class by Jeff Parker and Roger Cruz. First Class is an 8-issue mini that will take place during the X-Men's early years.

-It was teased that the Ultimate version of Cable will be making his debut in Ultimate X-Men #75. He will apparently be very different from the 616 version of Cable. The introduction of Ultimate Bishop was also mentioned, but nothing is currently planned.

-Orson Scott Card has finished the first two issues of an Ultimate Iron Man II five-issue mini-series, but this is currently on hold until his schedule clears up for him to finish the last three.

-Cable/Deadpool is going to continue as a series despite Cable joining one of the core X-Men teams.

-There are upcoming plans for Ultimate Venom and Carnage.

-It was hinted that Thor will be returning to the Marvel universe before year’s end. Fans are supposed to keep an eye on Fantastic Four #538

-It was also hinted that more will come of the recently introduced idea that Wolverine might have a brother. Quesada also said that there’s a secret connection between Wolverine and Sabretooth that will soon be revealed and explored.

Next, from the Mondo Marvel Panel (http://www.newsarama.com/WWPhilly06/Marvel/MondoMvl/MondoMvl.html):

-A handful of new projects were announced: a new Blade ongoing (likely to match the upcoming TV show), a Zombie miniseries by Raicht and Kyle Hortz, a Hellstorm: Son of Satan miniseries, a Union Jack four-issue mini by Christos Gage and Mike Perkins, and 1602: Fantastic Four, another continuation of Neil Gaiman’s mini. Both of the last two are going to be on Marvel’s MAX line of adult comics. Zombie is not connected in any ways to the successful Marvel Zombies series by Robert Kirkman – it was described by the writer as “a bank robbery gone about as wrong as it possibly can.”

-Robert Kirkman revealed that Ultimate X-Men Annual #2 will explain the reason why Professor X’s cat is named Mystique.

-It was said that there are seeds being planted for a conflict with the Inhumans to happen after Civil War is finished. This started in the Son of M mini-series, where the US refused to return Terigen crystals stolen from the Inhumans, and will heat up once Civil War is finished in a project too early to be announced yet.

-The Venom appearing in the upcoming Beyond mini-series was confirmed as not Eddie Brock, and he will be appearing in another major series after Civil War.

-Young Avengers season 2 is currently slated for a February start, but it could change depending on Allan Heinberg’s schedule.

-Dan Slott revealed that in an upcoming arc of She-Hulk, She-Hulk will fill in for the Hulk, fighting off his villains while he is away during the “Planet Hulk” storyline going on in his book.

-Marvel Zombies 2 has been confirmed!! As soon as Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips’s schedules can be matched up, this will happen.

-Ronin will appear in New Avengers again, playing a crucial role after Civil War.

An in-between story here: It was revealed during the show that Dan Didio has gone back on the recently announced cancellation of fan favorite DC series Manhunter. The series will continue for at least another five issues than the originally-intended end, issue #25, and apparently the new arc will deal with a major ramification of Infinite Crisis. Whether or not the series will continue past issue #30 remains to be seen.

[Kefkataran]

Next, we have the DC Nation ( http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72571):

-Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid are just now finishing up the script for 52 #26, the halfway point of the weekly series that everyone is watching and waiting for the ball to drop.

-The recently announced Batwoman will not be getting her own series or mini-series yet, but it definitely could happen if fans take to her.

-Originally announced in the final issue of Infinite Crisis, Mystery in Space will launch in September as an eight-issue mini-series by Jim Starlin and Shane Davis. It will star Captain Comet and feature a backup story written and drawn by Starlin starring The Weird. It was described as a “crime-noir space mystery” spinning out of 52.

-Didio made special note of the fact that the New Gods didn’t appear at all during Infinite Crisis, suggesting that something is going on with them to be revealed soon.

-Supergirl’s addition to the cast of Legion of Super-Heroes has pushed the books sales significantly, making it the best-selling of DC’s 1,001 Years Later books (ha ha, DC made a funny).

-Asked who he would’ve killed during Infinite Crisis if he had complete control, Didio said he wanted Nightwing dead, and said if you followed the Nightwing story through the mini he thought it was obvious that he was supposed to end up dead. This edict was changed later after a lot of arguing, but with the decision that if Nightwing stayed alive, he would have to be changed significantly. That change will be explained much further in the next arc of Nightwing’s series.

-Geoff Johns cleared up matters on the rumored Titans East series, saying it is actually an upcoming arc in Teen Titans, not a miniseries or new ongoing. Didio said that if fans demand it, the Titans East will get their own book.

-Connor Hawke, Green Arrow’s son, will be starring in a mini-series by Chuck Dixon and Daimon Scott this fall.

-Asked why DC doesn’t have more light-hearted books, Didio pointed out that their light-hearted books, such as Impulse, Young Justice, and Plastic Man, while often loved by fans online, have not sold well historically. He said fans seem to respond better to darker, more angsty stories, and he preferred having humor come from characters rather than forcing it on a title as a whole. He pointed to Blue Beetle as an example of one of DC’s more light-hearted titles currently, suggesting that it will continue emulating Ultimate Spider-Man (hopefully successfully).

Sidenote: In this week’s 5.2 About 52 with 52 editor Stephen Wacker, Wacker revealed that John Irons (Steel) from the series is in fact a lesbian. DC made another funny! Who said they weren’t light-hearted again?

Next, from the Cup O’ Joe Panel (http://www.newsarama.com/WWPhilly06/Marvel/CupJoe/CupOJoePanel.html):

-Greg Land was named as the artist of Ultimate Power, the October-launching mini-series that will cross over the Ultimate and Supreme Power universes. This will be a nine-issue series, with three issues by Jeph Loeb, three by Bendis, and three by Straczynski.

-Dan Slott said that once Thing wraps up and he gets She-Hulk back on track, there will be more projects from him at Marvel.

-Quesada said that Marvel does have more plans for doing comics online, saying he thinks there is a time coming in the future where people will want to get their comics online and suggesting that it may be part of a solution to the idea some people have that comics cost too much.

-The upcoming Punisher War Journal series will return the Punisher to Marvel continuity, seeing him fighting and interacting with Marvel heroes and villains rather than in his own pocket universe like in his MAX series.

-The two Daredevils mystery will be explained in the Daredevil series soon, possibly as soon as this summer.

-Quesada stated that after Civil War there will not be any crossovers/events of that size for at least a year or possibly longer. There may still be crossovers, but they will stick to certain groups or slightly larger, but not universe-wide.

-The upcoming Dr. Strange mini-series by Bryan K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin will launch in October.

-Quesada said there’s an event in the soon-to-be-released Civil War #2 that no Spider-Man fan should miss, claiming it to be a very significant event in Parker’s life.

-There are no more plans for annuals in the regular Marvel universe, but when Marvel does them they want them to be tied into the larger stories going on rather than just filler or disconnected side stories.

-Asked what side he’s on, Quesada said, “I’m on your side.”

[Kefkataran]

From the DC Universe Panel (http://www.newsarama.com/WWPhilly06/DC/DCUPanel.html)

-Didio started off this panel by saying that 52 #5 and #6 are where the series really takes off, dealing with the return of some of the heroes from space as seen at the end of #4.

-The upcoming Justice League of America #0 serves as a bridge between Infinite Crisis and the new Justice League of America[b] ongoing by Brad Meltzer. Didio described it as one of the most interesting JLA stories he’s ever read. The first few issues of the series will be the recruitment drive, so they are not yet revealing the member list.

-DC VP of Sales Bob Wayne joked that Didio had been confused when he spoke to the press and had meant to say that the new Batwoman is Lebanese. Didio went on to reiterate that her sexuality is part of her character, but her stories will not focus on that alone. “She’s a superhero that’s lesbian, not a lesbian superhero.”

-An upcoming three-issue arc of the normally one-issue story centered [b]Jonah Hex will explain the origin of Jonah, including how he got his scar.

-Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert’s upcoming arc in Batman, “Batman and Son”, will be tied in to the Batman: Son of the Demon story by Mike Barr and Jerry Bingham, which featured Batman marrying Ra’s Al Ghul’s daughter Talia at Ra’s behest.

-It was hinted that J’onn J’onnz, the Martian Manhunter, may soon discover that he’s not the only surviving Martian.

-Didio said they do already have a plan in regards to the future of Superboy Prime – they aren’t just leaving the character for the next Crisis 20 years from now.

-Details of the trip Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, and Tim Drake took off for at the end of Infinite Crisis will be touched on both in 52 and their own titles.

-Didio has spoken to James Robinson about the future of Starman, but nothing has been decided for sure yet.

Marvel Civil War Report (http://www.newsarama.com/WWPhilly06/Marvel/CivilWar/MvlCWPanel.html):

-Dr. Strange’s position in Civil War will be made clear in Civil War #3 as well as the upcoming Dr. Strange mini-series. He will be featured regularly post-Civil War in a mainstream Marvel title.

-Touching once again on the hot topic of Spider-Man’s marriage, Quesada defended his position that a married Spider-Man is a less interesting Spider-Man, saying he’s operating at 40% of what he could be if he was single. Apparently by accident, Quesada said something about how Peter “will get back with Mary Jane in a year or two,” and the main story would be about how he gets there, strongly suggesting that Quesada and Marvel are serious about the idea of separating Mary Jane and Peter Parker somehow.

-Civil War started as an attempt by Mark Millar to recapture the original Marvel universe’s “edginess”.

-It was confirmed that there will be a new New Avengers team after Civil War, that event completely affecting the line-up.

-Quesada said they are discussing a new whole universe-spanning event for the Ultimate universe, but any event that big would be at least six months away if not longer.

-The villains of the Marvel universe will enter into Civil War with issue #5. Also, supposedly the last page of Civil War #2 will bring your jaw to the floor and “the internet will be aflame”.

-Quesada says he thinks Iron Man has easily become the most interesting character in the Marvel universe, stating that his alcoholism used to define him, but now his choices in Civil War as well as the events in his ongoing are redefining him.

And finally, the Vertigo Panel (http://www.newsarama.com/WWPhilly06/Vertigo/VertigoPanel.html):

-The upcoming Fable: 1,001 Nights of Snowfall graphic novel will be released in October and be in the same format as Sandman: Endless Nights. The story is set in Fabletown’s early days.

-A new graphic novel by Bryan K. Vaughan, Pride of Baghdad, will be released in September. The novel is about a family of lions that escapes from a zoo in Baghdad during the US-led invasion of Iraq.

-In January 2007, Vertigo will see a new graphic novel titled God Save the Queen by Mike Carey and John Bolton. It’s described as “a coming of age story in the kingdom of Faerie”.

-In October, Vertigo will launch a five-issue miniseries called The Other Side by Jason Aaron and Cameron Stewart. It will feature side-by-side stories following a soldier in Vietnam and his Viatnamese counterpart as they work towards their inevitable meeting.

-The recently announced Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason five-issue mini by John Ney Rieber and Eric Nguyen will launch in December.

-100 Bullets and Y: The Last Man are set to end on issues #100 and #60 respectively. These numbers are not set in stone, but they are when the creators have expressed wanting to end.

-Harvey Pekar’s newest American Splendor mini-series will start in October. It will feature art by Dean Haspiel, Richard Corben, Leonardo Manco, Chris Weston, Eddie Campbell, Hilary Barta, Ty Templeton, longtime Pekar collaborate Gary Dumm and cover artist Glenn Fabry.

-Mike Carey also has an upcoming collaboration with Jock titled Faker.

-Absolute Sandman Vol. 1, the first of a four-volume set, will come out in November. It will feature the first 20 issues of the series, and they will be completely recolored. Extras include the original Sandman proposal by Gaiman and a gallery of Gaiman’s own character designs, among others. The book will retail for $99. There are no other current plans for the Sandman property beyond these Absolute volumes.

-Grant Morrison has some plans for a new Vertigo book once some of his DC projects are completed.

[Heretic Machine]

Sounds interesting... but here is to hoping that Marvel doesn't wimp out when it comes to the Civil War. I don't want the villains to attack at the end and "unite" the heroes against them. I want to see a knock-down, drag-out fight, and I want there to be a winner and a loser.

[SexualChoc]

Okay. Marvel Zombies 2?! Freaking sweet! Lots of nice Ultimate things going on. Wonder where they are going with Nightwing. Just picked up the book. Superboy out before 20 years? Nice. He never really got explored. And some New God action. Superman/Batman touched on where Darkseid was in the crisis, so it's time him and Orion had some pages. Martian Manhunter not alone? Well there was talk of the white martians making a return. That new JLA sounds good too.

[Dr.Finger]

It was also said at the show that Nightwing was originally slated to die during Infinite Crisis, but got a last minute reprieve. Dan DiDio said that if you look at the arc of the story he was clearly supposed to die. That makes me think that Jason Todd was scheduled to become the one and only Nightwing, and the present story was a mash-up of that with a surviving Dick Grayson.

[AspectVoid]

It was also said at the show that Nightwing was originally slated to die during Infinite Crisis, but got a last minute reprieve. Dan DiDio said that if you look at the arc of the story he was clearly supposed to die. That makes me think that Jason Todd was scheduled to become the one and only Nightwing, and the present story was a mash-up of that with a surviving Dick Grayson.

Yeah, I found that to be really interesting. I think Nightwing dying would have had some serious changes for Batman that could have been damn interesting. And, frankly, with how wretched the current Nightwing comic is, I think Dick would have been better off dead.

[Spigot]

Woohoo! Marvel Zombies 2.

I'm curious about it though. Given how things ended for the first series, where would they go from there?

Lots of neat news from both DC and Marvel though. I'm just happy to be back into comics at this point in time. Talk about good timing.

[Spigot]

Is Whedon done with Astonishing X-Men after issue #16 or is that just the end of the current arc? I thought he was doing at least until #24...

[MosBen]

Sweet, I totally went to the Cup 'O Joe talk. I went to Wizard World last year, but didn't go to any of the events, so this was a first. What Newsarama doesn't mention is that 1) 50% of the questions are rediculous fanboy crap, most of which he can't even answer (eg. *several* questions about Marvel movies, which are handled by Marvel West Coast and which Joe has little, if anything, to do with) and 2) that under that particular lighting Joe looks and sounds exactly like Kevin James (the guy from King of Queens, Hitch, and that golfing documentary with Ray Romano that's on HBO all the time).

I also bought a ton of comics, but I'll wait till the Comics day post to discuss them.

Finally, I got tons of pictures of people in costumes, which is my favorite part of the show.

[Dr.Finger]

Is Whedon done with Astonishing X-Men after issue #16 or is that just the end of the current arc? I thought he was doing at least until #24...
He's comitted to doing 24 issues and one giant sized special. I think Astonishing will be bi-monthly until #17, and monthly from there out.

[SexualChoc]

I wonder why they didn't kill Dick. I mean the revival of Jason clearly had some influence, but it's as if he was trading places with him. And how would this of affected Tim? I mean losing Superboy and Nightwing? That would hurt. I think it would be cool if Dick left the Nightwing title, and made a new one. Seeing as Jason has now screwed up this one.

[thecrazyd]

-Grant Morrison has some plans for a new Vertigo book once some of his DC projects are completed.
What did I tell you about Morrison wanting to do non-superhero stuff? You owe me five bucks.

[Kefkataran]

I'm curious about it though. Given how things ended for the first series, where would they go from there?

Did we read the same Marvel Zombies? :P He left himself the perfect point to pick up for a sequel.


What did I tell you about Morrison wanting to do non-superhero stuff? You owe me five bucks.

Bullshit. Maybe read that again: it says he has some plans for a Vertigo book after some of his DC projects are completed -- NOT that he wishes he could do a Vertigo book now but can't because fascist DC is forcing him to do superhero shit. He's Grant Morrison. He practically fucking runs DC. Pretty sure he can do whatever the fuck he wants (including throwing lots of his ideas off onto other writers who then explore them, as he's doing in the DCU).

[MosBen]

Vertigo isn't all non-super hero stuff either. It's certainly not mainstream DCU stuff, but Animal Man and Ex Machina prominently feature super heroes. It's also not saying that he doesn't like the stuff he's doing now, just that when he's done he's going to do something else.

[Kefkataran]

Good point, MosBen. Plenty of superhero stuff shows up on Vertigo. In fact a new Deadman series is starting there soon.

[thecrazyd]

Bullshit. Maybe read that again: it says he has some plans for a Vertigo book after some of his DC projects are completed -- NOT that he wishes he could do a Vertigo book now but can't because fascist DC is forcing him to do superhero shit. He's Grant Morrison. He practically fucking runs DC. Pretty sure he can do whatever the fuck he wants (including throwing lots of his ideas off onto other writers who then explore them, as he's doing in the DCU).
You are just trying to wimp out of the five bucks you owe me.

[Spigot]

Did we read the same Marvel Zombies? :P He left himself the perfect point to pick up for a sequel.
I don't know. I liked the way the ended it but unless they run into something that eats zombies AND has COSMIC POWER... or the rest of the stray shot from Reed's Big Bang Cannon, I'm not sure how they could continue that particular storyline without it being, "Hey, look! Zombies rule the universe."

[MosBen]

Ugh, spoilers i guess?


Yeah, granted I didn't really read the series, but from my understanding the zombies became galactus at the end. where do you go from there?

[Spigot]

Ugh, spoilers i guess?

Yeah, granted I didn't really read the series, but from my understanding the zombies became galactus at the end. where do you go from there?
My point exactly.

[Kefkataran]

You are just trying to wimp out of the five bucks you owe me.

You're trying to be a bitch and make me owe you money when I'm still right. ;)


Yeah, granted I didn't really read the series, but from my understanding the zombies became galactus at the end. where do you go from there?

You guys are just assuming the galaxy's gonna roll over. Did 616 Earth do nothing when Galactus came to eat us? Fuck no. They fought him. The zombies have a whole galaxy to go across, and you'd assume they'll run into trouble.

[Heretic Machine]

You guys are assuming that it won't be set on Earth, instead of off in space with the Cosmic-Zombies.

[thecrazyd]

You're trying to be a bitch and make me owe you money when I'm still right. ;)
Does Vertigo do company owned heroes?

[Kefkataran]

You guys are assuming that it won't be set on Earth, instead of off in space with the Cosmic-Zombies.

That too.

Does Vertigo do company owned heroes?

You completely ignored the other posts, huh? Yes. They did Animal Man, they did Sandman (which, while obviously VERY different from the DC Sandman, was still a take-off of it and is DC-owned, I believe), and they're starting a new Deadman series.

[thecrazyd]

You completely ignored the other posts, huh? Yes. They did Animal Man, they did Sandman (which, while obviously VERY different from the DC Sandman, was still a take-off of it and is DC-owned, I believe), and they're starting a new Deadman series.
Sorry, I never heard of Deadman, and assumed that he was at least partially creator owned. I know many Vertigo books are partially to completely creator owned.

[Kefkataran]

Sorry, I never heard of Deadman, and assumed that he was at least partially creator owned. I know many Vertigo books are partially to completely creator owned.

The vast majority of Vertigo books are creator-owned, but they do non-creator owned and even DC-related stuff as well (though usually once it goes to Vertigo, it's seperated from DC continuity). Deadman's an established DC character and has had his own DC series in the past. This new Deadman series will not be related to the old version of the character, though. Also, it's written by Bruce Jones, so it will probably suck. Unfortunately.

[MosBen]

Yeah, Deadman's made lots of appearances in various DC books from Swamp Thing in the 80s, to Kingdom Come, to Kevin Smith's run on Green Arrow. Though like Kef says, once a book goes Vertigo they usually quaranteen it from the rest of the DCU. A good example is John Constantine, who was created in Moore's Swamp Thing books and interacted with lots of mainstream DCU stuff, including the first Crisis, before he got his own book put on Vertigo whereafter they greatly restricted his appearances in mainstream DCU books. In fact, the editorial policy was so strict that there were several characters that are essentially Constantine carbon copies because the writers created a story with him in mind as a guest and then couldn't get the rights.

Personally, I think that's a really lame idea. I understand them wanting to make books like Hellblazer a little more based in the real world (though how real is a world with magic and magic-themed cults), and I even understand restricting the overlap between that character and the more super-heroey aspects of the universe, but I think it's a mistake to try and excise them like a tumor. I think it would be great to have a book set in, say, the DCU, that's not at all about super heroes and villains. I humbly submit my idea for a Ben Urich book, offered up in the last comic review thread, where we'd just follow Ben Urich around as he broke stories and whatnot. Sometimes a super hero would bump into the story and sometimes he'd even write a story about some super hero-related event (they do make news from time to time afterall), but most of the time it'd be strictly mundane stories. Police tracking down a regular human criminal. A mayoral race. Exposing a corporate polluter. One of the weaknesses of both of the main super hero universes as I see them are that it seems that by and large the only things that happen that are important relate to the things that super heroes do, but if Spiderman shows us that a super heroes regular life can be as interesting as their super heroics, then the next step should be the realization that even in a world of super heroes there are great and important things that happen that don't involve super heroes at all. Ugh, that got a little manifesto-tastic. Sorry, I was on a roll...

[Spigot]

You guys are just assuming the galaxy's gonna roll over. Did 616 Earth do nothing when Galactus came to eat us? Fuck no. They fought him. The zombies have a whole galaxy to go across, and you'd assume they'll run into trouble.
But they ate Zombie Earth... And since every superhero either comes from Earth or wanders by it at some point, it's safe to assume they ate them too. Hence the galaxy is now defenceless.

Unless... Unless the next series is centered around the illicit love child of Black Panther and Zombie-Janet's head.

[Spigot]

One of the weaknesses of both of the main super hero universes as I see them are that it seems that by and large the only things that happen that are important relate to the things that super heroes do, but if Spiderman shows us that a super heroes regular life can be as interesting as their super heroics, then the next step should be the realization that even in a world of super heroes there are great and important things that happen that don't involve super heroes at all. Ugh, that got a little manifesto-tastic. Sorry, I was on a roll...
Isn't Astro City a lot like this? It's been a bit since I read the trades, but I'm sure I recall a lot of the stories being rather everyman stories that just happened to have superheroes in the vicinity.

Actually, Powers is a lot like this. Centered on a normal cop who has to clean up after the heroes. I've only read a bit of the first HC volume of Powers, but that's my impression of it.

[Kefkataran]

I'm actually reviewing Powers Vol. 1: Who Killed Retro Girl? next week.

[MosBen]

Powers, and the book Marvels, at the same time a good example of what I'm talking about while also serving an almost opposite function. Both of those books give us a very "normal human" perspective on the universe. The reader gets to follow people just doing their jobs, living their lives, and getting by. On the other hand, those lives are inextricably bound up in the goings on of super beings. Rather than showing us that life exists without powers they serve merely to enhance the impact and importance of super heroes on the world. Normality in those books only serves to magnify exceptionalism rather than making normality exceptional. What I'd like to see is a world where we're aware that, for instance, Spiderman exists, but where our characters lives don't revolve around Spiderman and whatever he's doing at the moment. We get to see that, yeah, it's impossible to ignore something like a Skrull invasion, and that when it happens people talk about it a lot around water coolers and such, and for a reporter like Urich it's something you have to cover, but that most of the time normal people's lives aren't bound up in the exploits of super powered beings. Not all crime in the Marvel U is handled by Spiderman or the Avengers. That world still has cops and there have to be interesting stories to tell there. The world still has politics and there have to be interesting stories to tell there as well. The real world is full of interesting things for a reporter to cover and those things don't just dissapear with the existence of super heroes, but that's also a part of the Marvel U we rarely, if ever, get to see; the part of the world that doesn't involve super powers. Maybe the powered folks choose to ignore it, maybe it's an area where powers are irrelevant, but it's there and it has to be just as important to most people as the super powered world because if it's not than it becomes a very Kingdom Come world where super beings run the world and are above it rather than being a part of it.

God, I do ramble.

[Kefkataran]

And god we do appreciate it MosBen. ;) If I were to ever start a comic site would you be interested in writing for it?

[MosBen]

Sure thing man. I don't know this for sure, but I'm pretty certain I could ramble about comics in my sleep. Actually, these days I find myself reading and reading about comics more than I actually play video games. I know: strange but true.