Comic News Round-Up 8/31/10

Preview: Hulk #25

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Hulk #25, from fan-favorite writer Jeff Parker and rising star artist Gabriel Hardman! This all-new, red hot creative team is poised to take the Red Hulk to awesome new levels this September. Steve Rogers, America’s top cop, has brought Red Hulk into the Avengers with the goal of using his unique talents to face the world’s greatest threats. But Iron Man still thinks Red Hulk is a villain and heads out to intercept him. Prepare for a gamma-infused showdown of epic proportions in Hulk #25!

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Preview: Shadowland: Powerman #2

Marvel is pleased to announce your first look at Shadowland: Power Man #2, from red hot writer Fred Van Lente and up-and-coming artist Mahmud Asrar! Who is this new Power Man and how can he defeat both Luke Cage and Iron Fist? This newfound vigilante problem on the streets of Shadowland is worsened when the villains from Luke Cage and Iron Fist’s past show up to take the heroes down! The battle for the soul of New York continues in Shadowland: Power Man #2!

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IDW Announces Doorways by George R.R. Martin

Acclaimed novelist and Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of The Song of Ice and Fire series, George R.R. Martin, has teamed up with IDW Publishing, to release an all-new miniseries, entitled DOORWAYS. Based on his pilot script for a television series that never was,DOORWAYS offers Martin’s science-fiction genius in an initial four-issue series. Martin and artist Stefano Martino bring this reality-bending tale to life starting in November.

“DOORWAYS was the great ‘what if’ of my career, the television pilot that was right on the edge of being greenlit to series… but in the end was not.  I spent a year and a half of my life with Tom and Cat, writing about them, thinking about them, making plans for their adventures.  It broke my heart when it all came to naught,” said Martin.  “But now, at last, thanks to IDW and the talent of Stefano Martino, the world will get to share some of those adventures.  And even better, the comics format will allow us to do things with the story and the visuals that we would never have been able to do on television!  I couldn’t be more excited.”

Every issue of DOORWAYS treats Dr. Tom Mason, and fans, to the very definition of terrifyingly incredible, as doors open to worlds that are twisted mirror of ours. Said DOORWAYS editor Mariah Huehner, “One of the most interesting is a world with no oil. Which is pretty timely.”

DOORWAYS follows Dr. Tom Mason on a multi-dimensional journey as he tries to solve the mystery of Cat, a strange, feral young woman who pops up in his E.R. one night, injured and barely able to communicate, except by ripping off limbs.

Wearing rags that nearly disintegrate, Dr. Tom is drawn in the girl’s strange fears, until he discovers that “Cat” is a person of interest to the government, and a very odd group of  “people” that don’t seem to be from around here… “here” being our dimension…

“Working with George on this project is a lot of fun,” continued Huehner. “It’s a dark sci-fi/fantasy, that’s not unlike the Twilight Zone in terms of taking an ordinary person and suddenly confronting them with very bizarre events and people. Tom is a total “good” guy, loves his girlfriend, likes his job, and just wants to help people. But when Cat shows up she turns his comfortable world upside down.”

Artist Rebecca Wrigley will provide incentive covers for each issue of the initial DOORWAYS series.

Preview: Brightest Day #9

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Preview: Freedom Fighters #1

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Preview: Fantastic Four In… Ataque Del M.O.D.O.K.

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Fantastic Four In…Ataque Del M.O.D.O.K., from writer Tom Beland and artist Juan Doe, the team behind the acclaimedFantastic Four: Isla De La Muerte and Spider-Man/Human Torch: !Bahia De Los Muertos! Marvel’s Finest Family heads to Puerto Rico to get away from it all, but there’s no such thing as a vacation for the Fantastic Four! The monstrous evil genius M.O.D.O.K. hatches a plan involving genetically enhanced monkeys and the only ally the Fantastic Four can turn to is…El Vejigante? Can they make it back to the States in one piece? Find out in Fantastic Four In…Ataque Del M.O.D.O.K., also available in Spanish!

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Preview: Captain America: Patriot #2

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Captain America: Patriot #2, from Karl Kesel and Mitch Breitweiser! Jeff Mace was the Patriot, now he is Captain America, the Sentinel of Liberty! Now fighting alongside Cap’s old sidekick Bucky and ally Sub-Mariner, Mace finds it difficult to fill Captain America’s boots. When a face from the past comes to enact revenge on Jeff Mace, someone dear to him will pay the price! Don’t miss out on the exciting tale of a patriot who became a hero and a hero who became Captain America in Captain America: Patriot #2!

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