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Graphic Novel Roundup: New Superman, Old Star Wars, and Red Sonja
Occasionally, a comic-book movie will flop. It used to happen all the time, but we’re in a Golden Age. It’s hardly the end of the world—there are bigger and (hopefully) better things ahead (even if it is a little disappointing that one of the best superhero teams of all time can’t pull off an adaption). Here’s the thing: these movies come along every few months, at best, and are geared toward the broadest possible audience. Comics and graphic novels? There’s a ton of new stuff every single week, for every possible taste. Like this week, for example.
Superman: The Men of Tomorrow, by Geoff Johns, John Romita, and Klaus Janson
The last time that Geoff Johns wrote Superman, he produced classics like Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes and Brainiac. He’s back, alongside legendary artists John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson, doing some rare work for DC. This main thread finds Clark in conflict with Ulysses, who was sent from Earth a quarter-century ago by parents who believed their planet was doomed. The New 52 Superman has gone a few different directions, but there have been some bold moves, and this one offers big revelations and new powers that look like they’ll have legitimately long-term consequences for the Man of Steel.
Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back, by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson
Continuing its run of deluxe reprints meant to tide us over until The Force Awakens, Marvel releases this newly remastered and generally fancified hardcover edition of the original 1980 movie adaption from Archie Goodman and Al Williamson. Best Star Wars movie + vintage comics? Pure magic. 1977’s A New Hope is out as well.
Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse, by Dan Abnett and Tom Raney
DC’s earlier video-game adaption, Injustice: Gods Among Us, is way better than it has any right to be, so here’s hoping that they’ve pulled it off again. A Two-Face from an alternate dimension has stolen an artifact of unimaginable power, leading the heroes of the DC multiverse to team up and stop him. The action starts in the Gotham by Gaslight timeline that saw a Victorian Batman take down Jack the Ripper, and spreads to dozens of worlds with alternate, frequently evil, versions of our heroes.
Conan Red Sonja, by Gail Simone and Jim Zub
It’s been something like 15 years since the first couple of sword-and-sorcery has hung out, so it’s about time that we revisit their violent, if convoluted, tale. Red Sonja’s long been a favorite of writer Gail Simone, and together with Jim Zub, they’re wading through several eras in the lives of each character. There’s a sorcerer-priest (because of course there is), and a deadly plant capable of wiping out the entire Hyborian world, and you know there’s gonna be plenty of sword fights and tavern brawls. And probably very little in the way of clothing. It’s hot in Hyboria.
Teen Titans Vol. 1: Blinded by the Light (The New 52), by Will Pfeifer and Kenneth Rocafort
The gang gets a first volume to go along with a new, pop-inspired take on the Titans. Red Robin, Beast Boy, Wonder Girl, Raven, and Bunker aren’t just heroes, they’re internet celebrities who’ve just relocated to New York City. Their mission is to protect superpowered teens: help the good ones, and make sure that none of them go bad. Everything’s peachy until a new enemy named Algorithm pops up; he happens to have a mysterious connection with the gang’s old sometimes-pals at S.T.A.R. Labs.
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