Dark Horse Solicitations for October!

orbitalshift · Post by **orbitalshift** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:16 pm

DOCTOR SOLAR #3
Jim Shooter (W), Roger Robinson (A), and Michael Komarck (Cover)
On sale Oct 6
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Ongoing

The dark god Moloch the Devourer pits his demonic hellfire against the thermonuclear fury of Doctor Solar. Whitmore Pickerel, whose power to bring his imagination into existence unleashed the Devourer, conjures the mighty sun-god Surya for protection. But instead, Surya bows before Moloch, and the Man of the Atom faces cosmic-scale war on a second front. With the power of Solar pitted against the god of the sun, can the planet survive?

All-new series written by Jim Shooter!

New artist: Roger Robinson (Azrael, Batman: Gotham Knights).

MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER #3
Jim Shooter (W), Bill Reinhold (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover)
On sale Oct 27
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Miniseries

In the year 4000, savage illegal prizefights operate in the shadows of the milespires. In one corner, the deadly, gen-enhanced number-one contender—Hyppolyta. In the other corner, the remorseless robotic champion—Steelhammer, who has annihilated every opponent he has faced, man or machine. Drawn unwillingly into the ring to save a life, Magnus must battle them both—steel-smashing man against super-woman, robot fighter vs. robot fighter—to the death.

All-new series written by Jim Shooter!

TUROK, SON OF STONE #1
Jim Shooter (W), Eduardo Francisco (A), TBD (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover)
On sale Oct 20
FC, 48 pages
$3.50
Ongoing

Turok returns! All-new series written by Jim Shooter! Turok, wandering warrior from a far land, rescues Andar, son of a Chiricahua chief, from the ruthless King Maxtla and his Aztec horde. Pursued into a vast cavern, prey and predators are swept away by an unimaginable force to a savage, timeless land of nightmares and miracles, where dinosaurs thunder and rampage. Beset by bloodthirsty enemies and beasts, Turok and Andar encounter an even deadlier threat—the fearsome Panther People and their mesmerizing goddess, Aasta.

Turok, Son of Stone returns, reimagined by legendary writer Jim Shooter and illustrated by hot new talent Eduardo Francisco (Victory, Executive Assistant: IRIS).

48-page first issue, includes the very first Turok story from 1954!

This is looking great, I can't wait. Looking forward to Roger Robinson on Solar.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:43 pm

whoa hot $#!T!

Turok now says ongoing, but Magnus is still mini

all 3 covers are just amazing, the best yet really

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:03 am

Dayum!!!!! These covers are awesome. If they don't attract new readers, I don't know what will !

UnknownTales · Post by **UnknownTales** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:47 am

Crow331 wrote:Dayum!!!!! These covers are awesome. If they don't attract new readers, I don't know what will !

X2

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:13 am

Turok is the best pic yet for me

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:45 am

I'm getting the feeling this could be Shooter at his best! Interesting Dennis Calero isn't still on Solar. Maybe the artist change delayed the third issue a bit.

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:38 am

Yeah I just noticed that! Looks like Shooter got his way when he said he was disappointed in the art.

"New artist: Roger Robinson (Azrael, Batman: Gotham Knights)."

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:33 am

The cover's for all these look sweeet!

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:05 am

Crow331 wrote:Yeah I just noticed that! Looks like Shooter got his way when he said he was disappointed in the art.

"New artist: Roger Robinson (Azrael, Batman: Gotham Knights)."

I really, really enjoyed Roger Robinson's work on the vastly overlooked The Web.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:55 am

They certainly are going all out with the cover art. Very eye catching.

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:21 am

Crow331 wrote:Yeah I just noticed that! Looks like Shooter got his way when he said he was disappointed in the art.

"New artist: Roger Robinson (Azrael, Batman: Gotham Knights)."

Calero's twitter feed mentioned that his wife was having a baby - perhaps that's the reason for the artist change?

I didn't really care for the art in the Solar FCBD issue, so I'm glad Robinson is on board.

Roger Robinson > Dennis Calero.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:23 am

Stunning covers.

UnknownTales · Post by **UnknownTales** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:51 am

As long as they keep putting out the comic, I don't care if they get MotA to draw it...

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:52 am

iggy101us wrote:Stunning covers.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:02 pm

leonmallett wrote:
Crow331 wrote:Yeah I just noticed that! Looks like Shooter got his way when he said he was disappointed in the art.

"New artist: Roger Robinson (Azrael, Batman: Gotham Knights)."
I really, really enjoyed Roger Robinson's work on the vastly overlooked The Web.

Oh sweet, I didn't realise that was who he was. That was really distinctive stuff.

jbtheo · Post by **jbtheo** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:10 pm

God, these painted covers are so awesome!

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:17 pm

amazing covers

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:46 am

ian_house wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Crow331 wrote:Yeah I just noticed that! Looks like Shooter got his way when he said he was disappointed in the art.

"New artist: Roger Robinson (Azrael, Batman: Gotham Knights)."
I really, really enjoyed Roger Robinson's work on the vastly overlooked The Web.
Oh sweet, I didn't realise that was who he was. That was really distinctive stuff.

Robinson did interiors on almost the entire run of the lead feature (except #5 I think), while the covers were by Stanley Lau (aka Artgerm).

He inked his own stuff on about half the issues, in a style that could suit Dr. Solar. On the Web I preferred Hilary Barta's inks, but that style might not suit the tone of Dr. Solar as well as his own inking.

damien308 · Post by **damien308** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:13 am

ok so i think the magnus covers look outstanding.
what about the interiors ? im not familiar with that persons work

the new solar art isnt much better then number one .

the interior work for turok is disgusting . but that cover looks amazing

i know its kind of early , but im starting to already feel like this re launch will be much like hoping for a new metallica cd that is actually good.

you hear about the new cd , you hear it's good . you buy it only to be dissapointed yet again.............. im feeling the same way about this re launch. just go back and enjoy your old valiant issues............. larry bird aint walking through that door

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:03 am

damien308 wrote:
the interior work for turok is disgusting . but that cover looks amazing

Quite a stark contrast, that's for sure.

damien308 · Post by **damien308** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:45 am

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this art is awful , in the seond panel the character to the left of turok looks like he has boobs

raymondsolar · Post by **raymondsolar** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:28 pm

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:07 am

The cover art on these are all nice!
My fav it probably the Magnus.
He looks rocked!
DAN

damien308 · Post by **damien308** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:44 am

raymondsolar wrote:
damien308 wrote:viewtopic.php?t=31316

this art is awful , in the seond panel the character to the left of turok looks like he has boobs
WOW! This is surreal. Like I stated in another post this is the same reception the artwork for the early Pre Unity Valiant comic books got when they were released. They were even bashing on BWS. I believe the writing and story arcs will keep most if not everyone around though and build interest in the line.

i also remember not being fond of the art when valiant began/ what drew me in was the story

im not giving up on this , just wish they would have gotten somewhat better artists.