Latest News: Bendis and Oeming`s Powers Live Action Series Announced

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Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming`s Powers Series Announced

Brian Michael Bendis and Oeming`s Powers Live Action Series was announced by Deadline to be produced by Sony Pictures Television. The series will not appear on the big networks but be a original series on the Playstation Network. The critically acclaimed series created by Bendis and Oeming was originally pitched to FX but talks broke down.

Powers is a centered around two detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, who have the daunting task of policing super-powered beings called `Powers`. The series was originally published by Image Comics but now is published through the Marvel creator owned imprint Icon.

Tossing their hat into the growing list of comic related live action series such as Arrow, Gotham, Defenders, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Fox has tapped Charlie Huston to write the new series.  Huston has worked on comic book series such as Wolverine Best There Is and Moon Knight. The series will an hour long drama. Release date has yet to be announced.

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Comic Review: Criminal Volume 1 Coward

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Comic Review: Criminal Volume 1 Coward

Criminal Volume 1 Coward

Criminal Volume 1 Coward

Criminal is like an un-guilty guilty pleasure. I know that I should feel guilty for wanting to see/revel in the life of a criminal but I don’t feel bad about it at all. Icon has brought together two guys, Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Catwoman) and Sean Phillips (The Invisibles, Sleepers), a team-up that is  guaranteed to make an enjoyable story.

Leo is a professional criminal making sure everything is planned down to the last detail. If the heist is starting to go south, you can bet he has a plan to make a quick exit. Now his skills are needed when he runs into two crooked cops. They have a heist that can’t fail and will make them rich. Of course, there is always a chance that things won’t work out as planned.

With Criminal, you feel all the things associated with that word while reading. You feel the desperation and fear of a job gone wrong, the seedy bars and the dark alley’s. Each volume is a self contained story with new characters. Occasionally names and characters will cross over but not in a forceful way. If you’re looking for a comic with a pulp noir feel criminal is it.

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Comic Review: Nemesis

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Comic Review: Nemesis

Nemesis

Nemesis

Imagine that Bruce Wayne decided to take everything that he learned and put all this knowledge towards being evil and murderous just for kicks. Mark Millar (Sin City, Civil War) is back again with artist Steven McNiven (Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Marvel Knights) and have brought Nemesis to Icon.

 

Blake Morrow is a detective who has been picked to die. Nemesis has come into town following his usual M.O., he picks a law enforcement agent best suited to fight against him. This is usually followed by the death and destruction of said agent. With his life on the line will Blake be able survive or will he become one of the many left dead in the path of Nemesis.

This series is a fun cat and mouse between Nemesis and Blake Morrow. The action is intense and the deaths are awesomely bloody. Only down side is that it’s a quick read so just as your are getting into it’s over. But fear not this September Nemesis two is coming out.

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Comic Review: Incognito Volume 1

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Comic Review: Incognito Volume 1

Incognito Volume 1

Incognito Volume 1

What happens when supervillan’s decided to flip on their crime buddies. They join the Witness Protection Agency and start a crime free life of course. Ed Brubaker (Daredevil, Catwoman) and Sean Phillips (Wildcats, Fatale) tell the story of one such man in this Icon series.

Zack Overkill used to live the exciting life of a supervillian. Ever since he testified against his friends, he had to start a new life with the W.P.A.. Now he has a boring office job and is required to take medication to stop his powers. While getting high he finds out that the drugs interfere with his medication. He experiments at night with his powers returned. Now, more than ever, he needs to be careful not to be caught by the government or worse–his former friends.

Excellent series about super powered good guys and bad guys. But with a more modern realistic feel to it. It has that pulp noir appeal that is attributed to Ed and Sean. If you are a fan of these two it’s a definite must read.

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Comic Review: Superior

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Comic Review: Superior

Superior

Superior

When you were a kid didn’t you use to wish you could become your favorite superhero. What if that wish came true? What would you do? Well that’s exactly what Icon answers with Superior from Mark Millar (Wanted, Kick-Ass) and artist Leinil Yu (The New Avengers, X-Men).

Simon was just like every other 12 year old kid until the day he got multiple sclerosis. Every night he wished he would get better, until one night he did. He woke up to find a being in his room who granted him one wish. He chose to become his favorite superhero Superior. Now he is the opposite of everything he was.

Experiencing everything through a child’s eyes gives being a superhero a new feel. The characters are easy to relate to and you find yourself thinking that at one point or another you could be that person. For such a simple and seemingly straight forward storyline there’s an awesome twist that just adds a whole new dimension to story.

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Comic Review: Supercrooks The Heist

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Comic Review: Supercrooks The Heist

Supercrooks The Heist

Supercrooks The Heist

Pulling the ultimate heist with the baddest super-criminals around, what could go wrong? An Icon title written by Mark Millar (Ultimate X-Men, Swamp Thing) and illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu (Wolverine, The New Avengers).

Johnny, a super-criminal, is fresh out of jail and it doesn’t take long before he is breaking the law again. His friend and mentor The Heat has racked up a 100 million dollar debt and he needs Johnny’s help. They decide to get their old friends back together and blackmail those who aren’t willing. The job is to steal from a man known as The Bastard–the worlds most feared supervillan.

Another Millar mini-series that’s going to be made into a movie. It’s easy to see why they picked this one as it transitions into a movie pretty easily. Heavy on the drama and suspense it makes a damn fine comic.

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Comic Review: Kick-Ass

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Comic Review: Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass

What would you do if you wanted to be a superhero? Would you spend all your days thinking about it or would you actually do it. Icon’s Kick-Ass, written by Mark Millar (Secret Service, Jupiter’s Legacy) and illustrated by John Romita JR. (Iron Man, Spider Man), asks just that question.

It’s hard being a teenager, knowing how to fit in, getting the girl and all that fun adolescent stuff. To Dave Lizewski that’s all well and good, what’s really important, is being a superhero. Too bad for him that’s when he tried to be one, he got the sh*t kicked out of him and got stabbed. But, that’s not going to stop Dave and pretty soon people are starting to recognize the masked vigilante known as Kick-Ass.

When it first came out this is series was unbelievably popular and it’s easy to see why. It’s a super fun comic that never takes itself seriously at all; over the top violence, vibrant artwork, ridiculous high school situations, great characters and of course, a child who commits murder. What’s there not to love about this comic. Personally, I like the comic book ending more than the one in the movie because hey, you don’t always need a happy ending.

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