New LUKE CAGE and JESSICA JONES This Week Of Course!
Netflix just dropped LUKE CAGE Season 1 so you can bet your chain-belt supported jeans Marvel will be debuting a new comic book in anticipation for all those fans that venture out to the comic shop wanting more. While the Netflix series modernizes our titular hero and tones down his look, the comic book world will do no such thing! CAGE #1 releases this week from creator Genndy Tartakovsky and looks to dive head first into the most iconic form of this character. And yes, that’s a good thing. No hate towards what Netflix is doing, but sometimes I just want my superheroes vibrant and iconic! CAGE #1 seems to be just what I’m looking for.
From the Award-Winning creator of Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack and Hotel Transylvania! On the mean streets of Harlem, shoes are big, shirts are large, bottoms are belled and crime is rampant! But in the heart of the city, the world’s hardest-working, smack-talking, chain-wearing super hero is on the street and on the case! And his rates are reasonable! He’s CAGE! and he’ll save your behind. Dig it!
It’s hard talking about Luke Cage these days without bringing up Jessica Jones who also happens to be getting a reboot this week from writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos simply titles JESSICA JONES #1. Bends hasn’t really been impressing me that much lately (**cough**X-Men**cough**), but he is a seasoned vet and has made plenty of great books so I will just settle for curiously skeptical.
She is back after a decade! A lot has changed in the Marvel Universe and there are still many secrets hiding in the shadows. Secrets only a special woman like Jessica Jones can hope to uncover. Discover the haunting secrets from Jessica’s past in this blistering new series. Alias Investigations is open for business.
You can always count on Marvel to reboot and relaunch characters when a big film or TV show debuts so all seems right with the world at the moment. I’ve been a bit saddened by the current state of Marvel in this post-SECRET WARS world we live in, but books like these can often prove to be hidden gems. Definitely worth a look.
Words by Jason Furie
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