Our chief protagonist is 13-year-old Theresa Gottlieb who has just entered Gear School to try and become on of the elite pilots of the three-story Gear ships. Being a teenager, Theresa has to juggle a tough exercise regime with academic pursuits and chasing boys.
Iron Fist is the tale of a fantastical martial artist who trained in a mystical city and is also a multi-millionaire.
Hot on the heels of Joss Whedon’s Buffy Season 8 comics from Dark Horse comes IDW’s Angel: After The Fall, which in the words of Joss Whedon himself “will definitely use Season 6’s proposed stories as inspiration, but its not exactly Season 6”.
Charley is back home in London after being wounded at the Battle of the Somme when a German Zeppelin conducts an aerial bombardment of the East End. Charley’s Mum is working in a munitions factory that gets bombed and Charley has to help her out.
Over the course of the book, Tomine uses Ben and his social circle to have a look at racial and sexual conventions and at the way they interact to define how the characters live their lives.
Angel: After the Fall #1
Howard the Duck #1
Shortcomings
Beowulf Issue 1
Omega the Unknown Issue 1
Charley’s War Vol 4
Gear School
Slott’s run definitely won’t be for everyone. Although most of the references to other titles and wider Marvel history are usually explained well enough to follow the story, it sometimes takes awareness of the stories being referenced to realise that it’s all there.
Coming Soon!
Kristy Bratton gives us a detailed look at Dragon*Con 2007
Rick McCallum on the future for Lucasfilm.