Blackjack: Second Bite of the Cobra
"It is so pleasant to know that in an era that is still chock-a-block overflowing with superheroes Spandex-clad that there is still room for heroes from the old school." — Examiner.com
A tale of blood and vengeance set in the rip-roaring 1930s, this graphic novel stars Arron Day, alias Blackjack, an African-American soldier of fortune. Blackjack returns to his boyhood home in Cairo, joining forces with martial-arts expert Maryam and mercenaries Bo and Red to seek long-overdue revenge on a charismatic Bedouin warlord known as The Cobra.
Hailed by Publishers Weekly as a Notable African-American-Interest Title, this Dover graphic novel marks the first time that issues 1–3 of Blackjack: Book 1: Second Bite of the Cobra have been collected in one deluxe edition.
Exclusive Bonus Material:
New Foreword by Joseph Illidge, editor of Batman: No Man's Land
New Afterword by award-winning inker David Colley
New cover art by Scott Hanna
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Blackjack: Second Bite of the Cobra
"It is so pleasant to know that in an era that is still chock-a-block overflowing with superheroes Spandex-clad that there is still room for heroes from the old school." — Examiner.com
A tale of blood and vengeance set in the rip-roaring 1930s, this graphic novel stars Arron Day, alias Blackjack, an African-American soldier of fortune. Blackjack returns to his boyhood home in Cairo, joining forces with martial-arts expert Maryam and mercenaries Bo and Red to seek long-overdue revenge on a charismatic Bedouin warlord known as The Cobra.
Hailed by Publishers Weekly as a Notable African-American-Interest Title, this Dover graphic novel marks the first time that issues 1–3 of Blackjack: Book 1: Second Bite of the Cobra have been collected in one deluxe edition.
Exclusive Bonus Material:
New Foreword by Joseph Illidge, editor of Batman: No Man's Land
New Afterword by award-winning inker David Colley
New cover art by Scott Hanna
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Overview

"It is so pleasant to know that in an era that is still chock-a-block overflowing with superheroes Spandex-clad that there is still room for heroes from the old school." — Examiner.com
A tale of blood and vengeance set in the rip-roaring 1930s, this graphic novel stars Arron Day, alias Blackjack, an African-American soldier of fortune. Blackjack returns to his boyhood home in Cairo, joining forces with martial-arts expert Maryam and mercenaries Bo and Red to seek long-overdue revenge on a charismatic Bedouin warlord known as The Cobra.
Hailed by Publishers Weekly as a Notable African-American-Interest Title, this Dover graphic novel marks the first time that issues 1–3 of Blackjack: Book 1: Second Bite of the Cobra have been collected in one deluxe edition.
Exclusive Bonus Material:
New Foreword by Joseph Illidge, editor of Batman: No Man's Land
New Afterword by award-winning inker David Colley
New cover art by Scott Hanna

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780486798523
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 07/15/2015
Series: Dover Graphic Novels Series
Pages: 112
Sales rank: 930,823
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author


Alex Simmons is a freelance writer, teaching artist, and public speaker as well as an arts and education consultant. The author of more than 17 young adult novels, he is the co-creator of an African-American hero for DC Comics' Batman books and has chronicled several tales of Scooby-Doo.
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