Review of The Strange Talent of Luther Strode Volume 1 by Justin Jordan

Volume 1

Paperback: 144 pgs.  | Digital: 162 pgs.

Publication: April 17th 2012 by Image Comics

Written by: Justin Jordan  | Art by: Tradd Moore

Publisher: Image Comics

Luther Strode is just your average geek until he sends for an exercise course from the back of an old comic book. What he gets is the instruction manual from a murder cult as old as mankind that does everything that it promised and more.

Collects THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE # 1-6

About the Author

Justin Jordan is from the wilds of Pennsylvania, and has been everything from a lumberjack to a librarian, but has settled on writing because it doesn't require an axe, which was a flaw in both lumberjackery and librarianhood.

In addition to Luther Strode, his comics work has appeared in a dozen or so anthologies, most of which aren't on Amazon.com. 

Review of The Last of The Greats Volume 1 by Joshua Fialkov

Volume 1

Print: 136 pgs.  | Digital: 137 pgs.

Publication: April 3rd 2012 by Image Comics

Writer: Joshua Hale Fialkov     Penciller: Brent Peeples

Publisher: Image Comics

MEET THE LAST - He's mankind's last hope and he HATES us! As the Earth stands on the brink of annihilation we must beg the last survivor of a family of superheroes to put aside his hatred and save our butts. From the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated writer of Echoes, Tumor, and I, Vampire comes the complete first volume of the critically-acclaimed vision of Super Heroes for the 21st century.

About the Author

Joshua Hale Fialkov is the creator (or co-creator, depending) of graphic novels, including the Harvey Nominated Elk’s Run, the Harvey and Eisner nominated Tumor, Punks the Comic, and the Harvey Nominated Echoes.

He has written Alibi and Cyblade for Top Cow, Superman/Batman for DC Comics, Rampaging Wolverine for Marvel, and Friday the 13th for Wildstorm. He’s writing the DC relaunch of I,Vampire, as well as debuting the new Marvel character The Monkey King. This fall sees the launch of The Last of the Greats from Image Comics with artist Brent Peeples.

He also served as a writer on the Emmy Award Nominated animated film Afro Samurai: Resurrection, and as Executive Producer of the cult hit LG15: The Resistance web series.

Review of Pariah Issue #3 by Aron Warner and Philip Gelatt

Issue #3:

Print: 32 pgs.  Digital: 27 pgs.

Publication: August 2011 by Sea Lion Books 

Writer: Aron Warner, Philip Gelatt     Artist: Brett Weldele

Cover by: Pat Lee

                                                           Publisher: Sea Lion Books
Robert Maudsley knows what makes us tick. He knows what people want, need, hate and love. He can use that knowledge to get us to do whatever he wants, no matter how dangerous, immoral or repugnant that might be. Maudsley has no moral compass. He has no compassion. But he's very curious about how far he can push people and what he can get away with. Maudsley wants to rule the world... to control us all. Maudsley is 15 years old.  

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Within this blog post: Pariah Issue #1 by Aron Warner and Philip Gelatt, Pariah Issue #2 by Aron Warner and Philip Gelatt, and The Dreaming Vol. 1 by Queenie Chan


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Review of DC Comics THE NEW 52! Grifter Issue #1 by Nathan Edmondson

Issue #1:

Print: 20 pgs.  

Publication: 1st Printing edition (2011) by DC Comics

Writer: Nathan Edmondson     Artist: CAFU

Publisher: DC Comics

The DCU’s most wanted man starts in an all-new series! Ex-black ops agent Cole Cash is a charming grifter that few can resist. And yet he’s about to be branded a serial killer when he begins hunting and exterminating inhuman creatures hidden in human form – creatures only he can see!

Can the biggest sweet talker of all time talk his way out of this one when even his brother thinks he’s gone over the edge?

See: The DC New 52 GRIFTER #1 Trailer! @ Newsarama 

            

Review of Pariah Issue #2 by Aron Warner and Philip Gelatt

Issue #2:

Print: 32 pgs.  Digital: 27 pgs.

Publication: August 2011 by Sea Lion Books 

Writer: Aron Warner, Philip Gelatt     Artist: Brett Weldele

Cover by: Pat Lee

Publisher: Sea Lion Books

Why are the most elite black-ops forces chasing a 16-year-old girl across the country? Why can't they find her? And why do they want to kill her? Because they think Lila Ellerman is a terrorist who released a deadly virus into the wild. But really, she's just a girl with a crush on a guy named Brandon. Yes, she's figured out the science of controlling anti-matter, but that doesn't make her a criminal. Will she be able to protect her friends and keep them from being taken prisoner, or worse? 

Review of Pariah Issue #1 by Aron Warner and Philip Gelatt

Issue #1:

Print: 32 pgs.  Digital: 27 pgs.

Publication: January 1, 2011 by Sea Lion Books 

Writer: Aron Warner, Philip Gelatt     Artist: Brett Weldele

Cover by: Pat Lee

Publisher: Sea Lion Books

Brent Marks is not a freak. He is one of the Pariah, a group of teens who become extremely intelligent after being cured of a genetic disorder. Although in most ways a normal teen, Brent is considered dangerous and is tracked down by the government who see these kids as an enormous threat. Can he evade them? What do they have planned for Brent and the others?

Titles To Look Forward To: Sea Lion Books Releases of Storm Born, Pariah, & Much More!