Joshua Williamson and Carmine Di Giandomenico began by unleashing the Speed Force on Central City, endowing dozens of citizens with their very own speed powers. But during DC’s line-wide Rebirth event, the publisher took him back to basics. Getting to know the Flash can be as hard as keeping up with him. Joshua Williamson, writer Carmine Di Giandomenico, artist Just as Carol is a Captain Marvel like no other, this is a superhero comic that aims to reinvent our idea of a hero and who gets to be one in the Marvel Universe. Dexter Soy and Emma Rios offer up unconventional and emotive art which only adds to the experimental feel of the story. Deconnick often spoke of the series imagining Carol as Chuck Yeager, so it’s not only a superhero story but also one about an ambitious test pilot. Make no mistake though, this is also a no holds barred action-adventure comic as Carol Danvers - under her new moniker - interrogated her own past and what the mantle of Captain Marvel truly meant to her. And even if you aren’t already a fan of Carol this is an interesting take on superhero storytelling, that grounds the hero in her humanity. In Pursuit of Flight is the first time the heroine took on the mantle, so it’s a perfect jumping on point for new readers. The series launched an entirely new generation of comic book fandom. It’s hard to overstate the impact of this reinvention of both Carol Danvers and the mantle of Captain Marvel. Kelly Sue Deconnick, writer Dexter Soy, Emma Rios, artists Image: Ed McGuinness, Dexter Vines, Javier Rodriguez/Marvel Comics Captain MarvelĬaptain Marvel Vol. And for all of us, it adds a realness, depth, and gravitas that the mantle of Captain America deserves. For a new reader, it opens a door to a more realistic and historically accurate introduction to the character. This is the kind of bold, moving, and visionary cartooning that often never makes it through the big two machine, and Robert Moralez and Kyle Baker’s seven issues that are as powerful today as they were in 2003 It’s the kind of book that will make you reconsider everything that you know about Captain America, and realigns the way you read any other comics about him. Just as in the atrocity that inspired Truth, the US government are torturing and killing unconsenting Black people to achieve it. Using the real life horrors of the Tuskegee Experiment as a basis, Truth: Red, White & Black centers on Isiah Bradley, the American government’s guinea pig in its attempts to replicate the serum that created Captain America. This brutal and brilliant comic asks the reader to reconsider that legend, and delve deeper into the nature of people who would want to create a super soldier in the first place. We all know the story of the Super Soldier Serum that turned Steve Rogers into the hero known as Captain America. If Steve Rogers was a real person, this is the Captain America book he’d tell you to read. Robert Morales, writer Kyle Baker, artist Image: Kyle Baker/Marvel Comics Captain America The fallout from the San Diego earthquake is a taster of the sprawling DC Universe, and it takes the reader on a human journey of loss, rebirth, and discovery. As Arthur traversed the seas and skies, we got to enjoy appearances from a roster of iconic DC characters like Martian Manhunter and Batman, while never distracting from the story at hand. Sub-Diego isn’t just an underwater adventure, it’s also a classic bit of cosmic storytelling. As Aquaman fans know, Arthur is a hero of both land and sea, and new readers even get introduced to a new Aquagirl with the brilliant and brave Lorena Marquez. Not only is this an immediately engaging tale with exhilarating art and a central mystery you’ll get sucked into, but it’s also a great jumping on point. Gleason channeled some big Mike Mignola on early Hellboy energy here as Arthur investigated a devastating earthquake that sank the city of San Diego into the ocean - and turned all its human inhabitants into water-breathers who couldn’t survive on land. But this 2005 series reimagined Arthur Curry and his adventures through a horror comics lens. He’s long been maligned as the man who can talk to fish. Will Pfeifer, writer Patrick Gleason, artist Image: Christian Alamy, Patrick Gleason/DC Comics Aquaman
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