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By Steve Morris
There’s a preview page from AvX #10 coming up in a minute, so if you don’t want to be spoiled please close your eyes and read the rest of the article without looking at the image. Another breaking update has been brought to my attention, regarding cosmic pirate sleeve wearer shooty bang guns hero Hepzibah. Last seen heroically getting beaten up by She-Hulk in Uncanny X-Men, Hepz has apparently returned for another go in the spotlight. Because, it seems, Marvel are slowly catching on to the fact that she’s their most popular character. Well it’s about time.
Looking at the teaser image, from the next Aaron/Kubert-helmed issue of AvX, it looks like evil Phoenix Emma Frost has captured SOMEONE, Polaris, Velocidad, Boom Boom, Cannonball, Sunspot, Hepz and Magma. For some reason.
Now, it’s clear to all concerned that Hepzibah is only pretending to be captured here, and is likely one panel away from leaping up at shiny bird villainess and slashing her up in inimitable hipster pirate style. But doesn’t this scene look like something more than merely a group of captured X-Men? Doesn’t it look a bit like an execution line-up?
It’d be strange for Marvel to kill off Hepzibah when we’re surely only a few weeks from her getting an ongoing series in Marvel NOW! Unless, I suppose, she gets hold of the Phoenix and becomes the new Supreme Being of the Marvel Universe.
Uh… spoilers, sorry. Hepzibah is so great.
DC have finally confirmed what people have been whispering/typing misspelt into ALL CAPS headlines for months now – that September’s issues for all their New 52 titles will be ‘Zero’ issues, and wind back in time to reveal the origins of each character. What this will do for books like Action Comics or Demon Knights, which have already done that, is uncertain. I’m sure Grant’ll think of something.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Dan DiDio explains that this zero initiative is intended to help new readers who want to know the origin of each character (although it seems like an idea more geared towards satisfying long-term readers who want to know which classic stories are still in continuity). So September will have 52 origin stories released, before the titles all revert back to issue #13 in October.
….well, apart from four of them.
Yes, DC have announced that the third wave of their New 52 will start soon, with four titles being cancelled to make way for four new books. Start panicking for the future of your favourites! We already know that Justice League International is over with issue #12, and those who pay keen attention to sales (you know who you are) will likely be looking carefully at the future of Captain Atom and Blue Beetle, among others.
But what will the four new titles be? Well there aren’t many details yet – expect CBR or DC’s own ‘The Source’ blog to reveal more later today, no doubt – but we do know what the books will be, and roughly what they are about. They are:
Talon: A spin-off from the current Batmancentric ‘Court of Owls’ crossover, written by Scott Snyder.
Team Seven: The team Geoff Johns has been teasing for months in the main Justice League title, as Steve Trevor, Dinah Lance, Amanda Waller, John Lynch, Cole Cash, Alex Fairchild and Slade Wilson join forces to fight Superman or something. This announcement could suggest that Suicide Squad is facing cancellation, which will surely delight Harley Quinn fans if true.
Phantom Stranger, also launching out of the teases Geoff Johns made in DC’s Free Comic Book Day issue, although how they’ll string a story together out of him is anybody’s guess. DC promise that this is the book which will explain the origin of the New 52 Universe as a whole, so that could be the hook.
And the final book is Swords and Sorcery starring the return of Amethyst, bizarrely enough. Which means the market has no place for an ongoing Storm, Black Widow, Hepzibah or Spoiler series, but is happy to support Amethyst. Ah well! This book looks like the most fun of the four.
No creative teams announced for these books, by the way, aside from the Snyder/Talon announcement. We’ll likely have to wait a little longer for the lucky soul relaunching Amethyst to be revealed. I ruddy love Amethyst.
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Heidi MacDonald,
on 5/21/2012
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Kapow Comics Convention took place over the last weekend, with several major publishers attending in semi-full force. Certainly at least, Dan DiDio, Joe Quesada and Eric Stephenson were all there, along with 2000AD and (I think!) IDW’s Chris Ryall. Here’s a little rundown of all the things people were treated to over the course of the two days, alphabetised for your viewing comfort.
Artists’ Alley:
A little empty! The artists’ alley was situated on the high balcony around one side of the event hall, and while superhero artists like Barry Kitson and Adi Granov enjoyed queues, there were several tables which were barely attended. I spoke a little to Al Davison about his current projects (cavaliers and roundheads and vampires and incredibly detailed artwork abound!), and noted that nobody on the surrounding tables had anybody talking to them. A little bit of a shame, but maybe I was just there at the wrong times.
CB Cebulski:
Still on his never ending Bob Dylan-esque tour of the world, looking for promising new artists, a fun game to play from time to time was to walk past CB Cebulski’s review table, and see how tired he looked. That man suffers for art!
Cup O’ Joe:
With nothing to announce, Joe Quesada immediately turned his panel over to fan questions, which led to a very interesting trend – something which you could see throughout the convention, actually, as time went on. Rather than asking about Avengers Vs X-Men or Spider-Man or the comics, almost every question was about the movies, and their impact, and the future of Marvel properties in alternative media. The focus was strongly on movies and TV, although the audience did come to ask a few questions about The Ultimates towards the end. Kieron Gillen asked if Namor was still a Marvel property, or if he was classed as part of the Fantastic Four family - and therefore off-limits for any potential Marvel films. To his relief, Namor is still in the hands of Marvel studios.
DC:
Dan DiDio and Bob Wayne were present, and hosted a few panels and interviews. DiDio dropped a few hints, but seemed to be keeping most things up his sleeves for announcement at SDCC. Among the teases we did get were the hint that a classic DC character would return to the New 52 soon, and be outed as homosexual; that there were no plans whatsoever to bring Wally West back into monthly comics, at least for the long-term future; and an interesting bit of discussion about Wonder Woman. DiDio believes that the reason Wonder Woman has never been as defined as, say, Superman or Batman, is because every new relaunch of her book throws her in a radically different direction. She’s either a goddess or not a goddess, or a war hero, or a secret agent, or any number of different personas. “You don’t see a Batman series where suddenly he’s a taco waitress”, DiDio joked, and noted that the new direction for her was something they wanted to keep for as long as possible, and have that ground and define her for future creative teams.
After his last interview, DiDio then went and wandered around the small-press tables for a good few hours or so, chatting to creators and picking up a few comics, happily.
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by Steve Morris
When Heidi (or Her Royal Heidiness, as she insists we all call her) first invited me to write for The Beat, she made it very clear that PRIORITY ONE was to quickly report back whenever beloved iconic excellent awesome space pirate gun shooty X-Men character Hepzibah showed up in a comic preview, no matter how peripheral it may be. With that in mind, here is an image of Hepzibah flying through the air and shooting pistols in the Kieron Gillen-written Uncanny X-Men #12, out next week.
As you can see, Hepz has chosen to bring along her magic space guns to the battle, and has immediately taken up the role of tactical supervisor for the rest of her team. She is in charge of Sunspot and Namor, which seems about right. Although her plan to distract everybody from a sneak attack by Sunspot is unsuccessful due to Sunspot being useless, her hair looks lush and vibrant.
Hepzibah has been on quite the roll recently! You’ll all obviously recall that she appeared previously in this crossover in a cameo role – and subsequently caused the comic to repeatedly sell out all across the world. Look at this picture, you guys. Do you think she’s wearing heels? I bet she is.
H was great till she stopped talking like Yoda.
“What’s Hepzibah to him, or he to Hepzibah, that he should weep for her?”
-Hamlet. Act II. Scene 2.
Wait … Hepzibah? The skunk lady from Starjammers who got her name from Corsair because he read Pogo? She’s still around?
Marvel are slowly catching on to the fact that she’s their most popular character
This is sarcasm right?
Cannonball is one of my favorite characters but it seems like no one wants to actually do anything with him other than make him look dumb.
At least they write him in character ;)
Looks like the “Now Mutants”…