With a feature film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson due in a few months, DC is giving Black Adam a promotional push similar to other films of recent years, including "Justice League", "The Suicide Squad", and, of course, "Shazam!", the sequel of which is due next year.
Teth-Adam of Egypt was the wizard's original champion, or so it seems, but as the old saying goes, power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. DC has gone out of its way in recent years to make Adam a hero again, appearing JSA and Justice League, prior to the current 12 issue series.
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As Christopher Priest sees it, Adam is dying, and needs to pass his powers to a worthy successor. He finds one, who turns out to be a descendant of his. Oh, this is going to get interesting.
Rating: A-.
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Marvel has experienced some unforeseen delays with the concluding chapters to their Captain Carter miniseries. Issue 4, now overdue, should hit stores July 13, with the 5th and final issue to follow August 10. A large number of books solicited for August have been pushed back to September, but Marvel won't offer any sort of logical explanation as to why. About all we can figure is it has to do with supply chain issues at this point.
Archie Comics is marking a 60th anniversary of its own, specifically, Sabrina, who debuted in 1962 in the pages of Archie's Mad House, and was spun off into her own solo series nine years later, or, right around the time Filmation split her off from her made-for-TV cousins, the Groovie Goolies.
A 1-shot special marking the occasion hits stores in September, and artists Dan Parent and Mike DeCarlo have recreated the cover to that first Sabrina issue, but updating Sabrina's wardrobe. She's sipping on a cup of what we must assume is juice, laying on the sofa. The original cover had her wearing go-go boots, but, the 2022 version sees a pair of sneakers on the floor, and Sabrina now in a modest red top & blue skirt with black tights. If you've seen one of these $3 specials from Archie, you know what to expect. A new story, and 2 reprints to fill out the issue.
Filmmaker, comics shop owner, and all around geek Kevin Smith is back, this time at Dark Horse, which is launching a new imprint that bears the name of Smith's old New Jersey store.
Maskerade, out in September, launches Smith's Secret Stash imprint. The plot is rather simple. A social media star is seeking to avenge the murder of her brother. To do it, though, she has to adopt a secret identity with the ability to impersonate others, using today's technology. Andy McElfresh and artist John Spengelmeyer join Smith on this quest.
40 years ago, George Romero's "Creepshow" hit theatres, and led to a graphic novel adaptation that likely is now a collector's item. More recently, it was adapted into a TV series for the Shudder channel, and now, Image is adapting that into a 5 issue miniseries, out in September. Creative personnel working on the series include Paul Dini, John McCrea, and Chris Burnham. Romero & Stephen King's original movie should be available on DVD, and if you don't have it, you may need it.
David Duchovny (ex-The X-Files) is moving into comics.
Instead of writing a miniseries or a fill-in of a monthly, Duchovny's going for the downs with a graphic novel, Kepler, out in November from Dark Horse. Previews is hyping this as being in the tradition of sci-fi classics such as "Planet of The Apes". Judge for yourselves, as Kepler arrives a week before Thanksgiving.
Last item has to do with Archie, which is revisiting its short lived 1999 series, Archie's Weird Mysteries, with a 1-shot from their horror line in September. Weirder Mysteries likely will have the same one new story, two reprints format as the Sabrina anniversary volume, but for a dollar more.
The comics version of Weird Mysteries lost the "weird" and became Archie's Mysteries toward the end of the run. It has been collected in trade paperback before, but that's not being resolicited this time.
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