Comic News: Comics Legend NEAL ADAMS Graces Variant Cover for UNITY # 1

UNITY #1 Recruits Comics Legend NEAL ADAMS!

Valiant is proud to unveil two retailer incentive covers for UNITY #1 by legendary artist and comics iconNeal Adams (Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Batman: Odyssey)! Arriving in stores on November 13th, the UNITY #1 Adams Variant and UNITY #1 B&W Adams Sketch Variant feature X-O Manowar locked in combat against the combined forces of Valiant's first-ever super team – UNITY!

 

The first issue of an all-new ongoing monthly series by New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt(Mind MGMT, Justice League of America) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (Justice, Storm Dogs), start reading here to find out why UNITY #1 is the landmark comic book event of 2013!

"Any cover promotion you see for this book is a mere reflection of the work you will see inside. Valiant is climbing the ladder that will lead to a new pinnacle of success in your comic book reading. Don't pass this bad boy by," said Adams.

 

To kill a king…he has created an army. The world’s most dangerous man, Toyo Harada, has been struck by the one thing he never thought possible – fear. Halfway across the globe, a new power threatens to topple modern civilization and, to preempt the cataclysm that is to come, Harada will unite the most lethal, most volatile, most unforgiving team the world has ever known – UNITY. Their mission: defeat the threat responsible for the destruction of MI-6, the decimation of an alien world, and the occupation of Eastern Europe… Unseat the warrior king armed with the universe’s most powerful weapon… Kill X-O Manowar!

 

UNITY #1 will feature a standard cover by series artist Doug Braithwaite and five Pullbox Exclusive Variants from a "murderer's row" of comics' brightest talents – Bryan Hitch, J.G. Jones, Travel Foreman, Paolo Rivera and Clayton Crain – available only to those comic shop subscribers who pre-order UNITY #1 with their local retailer.

 

As announced previously, UNITY #1 will also be 100% returnable for qualifying retailers. Any retailer who meets the designated threshold will be able to return inventory at no cost, so, fans, make your voice heard and visit a local comic shop near you to reserve your copy of UNITY #1 today!

 

You’ve heard the buzz. You’ve seen the reviews. On November 13th, find out why Valiant is the must-read publisher of 2013 when UNITY #1 arrives in comic shops everywhere!

 

Attention retailers: In addition to full returnability, Valiant is also providing multiple sales incentives for UNITY and related titles. See your order form for details.

For more information on UNITY and the rest of the Valiant Universe, visit Valiant on Facebook, on Twitter and at ValiantUniverse.com.

 

UNITY #1

Written by MATT KINDT

Art & Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE

Pullbox Exclusive Variants by BRYAN HITCH, J.G. JONES, TRAVEL FOREMAN, PAOLO RIVERA and CLAYTON CRAIN

Variant Cover by NEAL ADAMS

B&W Sketch Variant by NEAL ADAMS

$3.99/T+/32 pgs.

ON SALE 11/13/13 (FOC – 10/21/13)

NEWS EDITION # 35 - THE END OF THE JLI, THIEF STEALS MORE PRINTINGS & THE FIRST X-MEN?!

Here is the news for the week of May 16th, 2012.


JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL .. . CANCELLED!!!

by Frankie Rodriguez 

    Early this week, it was announced that DC will be cutting another title. And while many had speculated that it would be either Resurrection Man, Voodoo or Captain Atom that would get the axe ... surprisingly, Justice League International will be the latest DC series meeting its end.

    The series has been a rollercoaster as they just formed in issue # 1 only to lose half it roster after bomb at the end of issue 6. Vixen, Ice and Fire were all critically injured while Batman has taken himself off the main roster only for Batwing and OMAC to help. Yet, even worse, the bomb ended up killing Rocket Red. While there has not been a reason as to why the book is being cancelled as of issue #12 and annual # 1, many speculate that JLI is ending due to poor sales.

  The current storyline will end the series with its climax in JLI annual # 1. Although, there is still speculation of news that it will have a Zero issue during the month of September, which serves as the company's second Zero Month in DC's existence.

   The final issue of JLI by Dan Jurgens and Aaron Lopresti will hit selves this August.


FIRST X-MEN ARE COMING 

by Frankie Rodriguez 

   As announced this past Monday, the reveal behind the First X-Men teasers from last week have come. Writer Christos Gage and legendary artist Neal Adam, who drew the X-Men back in the 60s and 70s,  will be doing a miniseries called First X-Men.

   The premise behind the series. Neal Adams revealed in CBR:

"Something must have happened before Professor X became Professor X," Adams said. "He could pass. He didn't look like a strange X-Man. He didn't look like a mutant. Maybe this was going on when Professor X was a teenager and mutants were being abused by the government … and somebody stepped out to protect these kids. … Who would he be and why would he go to Charles Xavier? … That became my premise."

Gage adds from an interview with CBR:

"Basically it takes place before the original X-Men and it's a time when mutants are coming [out in the country]," said Gage. "In this context, Wolverine is noticing this going on and says, 'Someone needs to protect these people.'" 


  The First X-Men cast is mixed as it has Wolverine,  a merc for hire Sabertooth, a Nazi killing Magneto and some new characters. The series, as promised by X-book Editor Nick Lowe, this book will reveal WHY people hate and fear mutants as well as lead to some questions. The 5 issue miniseries written by Christos Gage with art by Neal Adams will kick off this August.


THIEF OF THIEVES #1 GETS 4TH PRINTING

From Image Comics Website & Frankie Rodriguez.

The Image Comics/Skybound series THIEF OF THIEVES, Robert Kirkman's cinematic crime comic has no zombies, no superheroes, and no larger-than-life arsenal — and it has become one of the best-selling independent comics hits of the year. The first three issues are now entering their fourth printings, with the fourth issue not far behind with a third printing.

With a story overseen by Kirkman (THE WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE), scripts by Nick Spencer (MORNING GLORIES) and art by Shawn Martinbrough, THIEF OF THIEVES is the story of a master thief, "Redmond," who tries to leave a life of crime to reclaim his "real" life and family as Conrad Paulson. Or is it his real life? An estranged wife, a son set on following in his footsteps — Paulson is finding that identities can't be changed as easily as suits.

The third printing of THIEF OF THIEVES #1 will be in stores this week, on May 16, and the third printings of #2 and #3 and the second printing of #4 will be in stores the following week, on May 23. The most current printings will land on shelves on June 13 and can be pre-ordered from comic book stores now. THIEF OF THIEVES is an ongoing series, and issue #5 will be stores on June 6.

Previews of each new THIEF OF THIEVES, which is published by Image Comics under Kirkman's Skybound imprint, appear on The Hollywood Reporter website exclusively on the Friday before its release. It is available in comic book stores and digitally from multiple platforms. AMC has optioned the title as a series with Kirkman and Chic Eglee (Dexter) serving as Creators/Executive Producers/Writers.

  Thief of Thieves join the over a dozen books that have had reprints that include: Epic Kill # 1, Mind the Gap #1, Supreme # 63, Darkness # 101, Danger Club  #1, Saga # 1, Fatale # 1 (which has 5 printings) and many more. 

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