Thursday 17 October 2013

Revolutionary War hits Marvel's January Solicits

So, Marvel's January solicits have come out. And that means we finally get see confirmed details of three Revolutionary War titles and their creative teams.

Plus Covers.

Check these out (and Click for a larger image):





REVOLUTIONARY WAR: ALPHA #1
ANDY LANNING AND ALAN COWSILL (W) • RICH ELSON (A)
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Variant Cover by TBD
Part 1 of “Revolutionary War”
• Marvel UK’s greatest heroes come together for the first time in 20 years to face a threat that could destroy the world.
• Featuring Captain Britain, Pete Wisdom, Death’s Head II, Motormouth and Killpower, the Warheads and a host of British heroes.
32 PGS./ ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$3.99


So... I'm seeing Captain Britain, Dark Angel, Motormouth, Killpower, Death's Head II, Digitek, Stacy and Col Tigon Liger from Warheads, Dai Thomas, the android Sir Gawain, Pete Wisdom, and is that intended to be... Blade? I'm not sure.

I like the logo. The Lion looks like it may have come from Captain Britain & MI13.

All looking good. Mark Brooks on art gives it some real clout on the cover.  And Rich Elson on interior art, as was announced at London Film & Comic Con.

Secondly....


 
 
 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR: DARK ANGEL #1
KIERON GILLEN (W) • DIETRICH SMITH (A)
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Variant Cover by Salvador Larroca
Part 2 of “Revolutionary War”
• When Shevaun Haldane experiences a troubling vision in Darkmoor Castle, she realizes danger may be coming for the heroes of Marvel UK.
• With time running out, Shevaun has no choice but to suit up as Dark Angel once again.
• An adventure that will take fans through the past, present, and future of Marvel UK!
32 PGS./ ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$3.99


It's Kieron Gillen writing Dark Angel. If ever there were a better fit for writing Shevaun Haldane I can't think of one off the top of my head. Great choice. I actually don't know anything about Dietrich Smith, but I have confidence.

The guns are an addition, but lets be honest Shevaun can pull out pretty much anything from that void created by her costume. It's the kind of dynamic looking cover which should grab people's attention, and it's great that they've chosen to stick with Shevaun's original Dark Angel costume. I've always much preferred it, compared next to the Larroca redesign. Which is of course interesting, because Larroca *is* doing the variant cover. I wonder which costume he'll be drawing her in.

It certainly sounds like despite her brief appearance in Captain Britain & MI13 Shevaun has mostly been retired from heroing since the end of the Imprint Years. I hope she gets to play a significant part in this story. I always thought that she was a character with a great amount of potential.

And thirdly...


 
 
 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR: KNIGHTS OF PENDRAGON #1
ROB WILLIAMS (W) • SIMON COLEBY (A)
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Variant Cover by TBD
Part 3 of “Revolutionary War”
• A corporate deep-mining setup unearths an old MYS-TECH base, where magical cloning experiments have been taking place.
• What mysteries or monsters are waiting in Britain’s subterranean bones?
• Featuring fan-favorite Marvel UK characters Dai Thomas, Pete Wisdom, and Union Jack!
32 PGS./ ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$3.99
 
 
Rob Williams and Marvel UK stalwart Simon Coleby! Excellent news.
 
Albion (Peter Hunter) appears to be back, accompanied by former Knights Union Jack and Dai Thomas. That certainly appears to be the android Sir Gawain on the right, in full armour, and is that actually Kate McClellan returning on the left hand side of the image? I really hope so.
 
The new addition appears to be Pete Wisdom. Which might seem a little odd, but we have seen him and Dai interacting in the past. And it's Wisdom. You can't go wrong with Pete Wisdom.
 
Unearthing some long since forgotten MYS-TECH monster cloning facility?
 
Well, I'm in!
 
So there you have it. The first three titles. They start reprinting Alan Moore's Miracleman stories in January, too. I am going to be SO broke, aren't I?

8 comments:

  1. Yeah!! Can't wait! Hopefully once this mini-event is done, we'll get a new Marvel UK team book or something. Or two. Or three. :)

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  2. It was mentioned at London Film and Comic Con that Marvel really have no set expectations for this series. Which makes it the perfect time for t to be a sleeper hit. But word needs to spread about it. If it does well there's no reason why we couldn't get more out of it.

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  3. Well, I've been spreading the word all around facebook since I found out yesterday (I'm FrogMan on the CBR forums). We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed. :)

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  4. Hey, FrogMan! :) Great to see you here. I have my fingers firmly crossed also.

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  5. I've been here forever! lol Just haven't posted before now. That I remember anyway.

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  6. i can't wait have spread the love throughout facebook ,i hope the series does really well and gives us more marvel action based in the uk with marvel uk characters

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  7. Likewise, Steve. The best option though, I suppose I should say, is that now the solicits are out for folks to go down to their local comic book store and place a pre-order. Books like this series are a little obscure. They're the kind of titles which some store owners *might* under order, or not order in at all in an absolute worst case scenario. By registering your interest early it may prompt them to order more, and it'll look healthy to Marvel too.

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  8. Been looking forward to this for months :D need i say more?

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