As you already know, DC is relaunching their Vertigo imprint in February, with three new releases, plus James Tynion IV's Nice House by The Sea shifting over to the imprint. As for the newbies......
Bleeding Hearts is a post-apocalyptic zombie story in which the undead rule the earth. Writer Deniz Camp comes over from Marvel.
End of Life is a 6 issue miniseries from writer Kyle Starks & artist Steve Pugh about a hitman who's been betrayed by his own employers. They give you the impression that you think you know how it's going to end, but will it?
Finally, Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery is an old school crime noir tale set in 1941. Writer Chris Condon envisions Cain as a Sam Spade type for the new generation. We'll see.
A local imprint, Koan Comics, has arrived on the scene, hoping to impress readers with their first project, the dystopian Confirmed, which is all about robots. The preview is 8 pages of story & art by writer Hobbes Wholihan and artist Keith Haugen, both based in the 518. Wholihan is hoping to crowd-fund (not croudfund, as he wrote on the back cover) to get more projects out on the shelves. Hey, it's a start.
Rating: A-.
Sure, Christmas was 2 weeks ago, but there's a pair of holiday specials out there, both from Dynamite.
Gargoyles Winter Special 2025 is the 2nd winter special in the series, the other coming out a couple of years earlier. Broadway fancies himself a detective, hoping to help Elisa Maza, Goliath's human girlfriend, solve a cold case. Chaos erupts, of course, but no villains.
Rating: A.
The ThunderCats have their own Ho(liday) treat, and it certainly seems as though Dynamite may be passing the baton on the series to ex-Marvel writer Ed Brisson, who will helm a ThunderCats-Silverhawks 1-shot out in March. Suffice to say, there is a representation of Santa in this story, and after initial conflict, accepts the help of the 'Cats.
Rating: B.
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