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April 19, 2017

March comics / cómics de marzo

In March I had the opportunity to get my hands on some classic material like New Mutants and James Robinson’s The Golden Age. I also enjoyed reading Silver Surfer, Jessica Jones, Doctor Strange and Infamous Iron Man, and most especially Cinema Purgatorio (Alan Moore and Garth Ennis continue to deliver amazing stories). And I have to say that the first issue of American Gods was very good. However, my favorite issue of the month was Astro City #41, a touching story with a unique take on the superhero genre that only an author like Kurt Busiek could’ve created. And now without further ado here are March comics as per solicitations:

AMERICAN GODS: SHADOWS #1 
(W) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (A) P. Craig Russell (CA) Glenn Fabry. NEIL GAIMAN! P. CRAIG RUSSELL! SCOTT HAMPTON! Shadow Moon just got out of jail, only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain as to where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard - thrusting Shadow into a deadly world of the supernatural, where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a brewing war between old and new gods hits a boiling point. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning novel and upcoming Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series for the first time!

ASTRO CITY #41
(W) Kurt Busiek (A) Brent Eric Anderson (CA) Alex Ross
Who really is the Astro-Naut?

CINEMA PURGATORIO #8 
A deep seeded dread spreads over you as you sit in the otherworldly movie theatre. The smell of burnt popcorn is tinged with something else, something coppery… blood? As the first film starts to dance across the screen you hear a strangled choke from behind you. What have you gotten yourself into? This is the theatre of the surreal from the imagination of the one and only Alan Moore! Prepare yourself for twisted tales from the masters of the art form. Now showing: Cinema Purgatorio by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, A More Perfect Union by Max Brooks and Michael DiPascale, Code Pru by Garth Ennis and Raulo Caceres, Modded by Kieron Gillen and Ignacio Calero, and The Vast by Christos Gage and Gabriel Andrade. Each story has its own cover by the series artist and there is also an Ancient Tome Premium edition limited to 1000 copies.

DOCTOR STRANGE #18 
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Frazer Irving (CA) Kevin Nowlan. Mister Misery is looking to inflict maximum pain on Doctor Strange by attacking one the Sorcerer Supreme's closest allies. But Strange won't stand for it and gets help from THOR!

INFAMOUS IRON MAN #5 
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Alex Maleev. • What is Doom's secret? Why, after all he has done to destroy and punish us, is he now determined to become the hero? • Find the answer here. But can you trust anything he says or does? • Plus: The identity of his new cosmic-level adversary is revealed! And it's a doozy. Rated T+

JESSICA JONES #6 
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Michael Gaydos (CA) David Mack. With the reveal of how and why Jessica's life has been destroyed, with the reveal of who the new bad guy is in Jessica's life, can Jessica put the pieces back together or is it just too late? Guest-starring Captain Marvel.

JSA: THE GOLDEN AGE DELUXE EDITION HC 
(W) James Robinson (A/CA) Paul Smith. Set at the start of one of the darkest periods of U.S. history, the infamous 'McCarthy Era,' JSA: THE GOLDEN AGE takes a thought-provoking look at what might have happened to DC's first generation of super heroes beyond their exploits during the Second World War, as paranoia pervades America. DC's first generation of super heroes have been driven into retirement or hiding, or madness-except for a few who are willing to change with the times. But behind the scenes, something even more sinister is unfolding-a subtle plot that may engulf the planet and remake it in one man's image. Collects THE GOLDEN AGE #1-4 in a Deluxe hardcover for the first time.

MR. PUNCH 20TH ANNIVERSARY TP 
(W) Neil Gaiman (A/CA) Dave McKean. The classic graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean is back in a new hardcover edition with bonus sketch material! MR. PUNCH tells the tale of a young boy's loss of innocence due to a horrific confrontation with his past. Spending a summer at his grandfather's seaside arcade, a troubled adolescent becomes involved with a mysterious Punch and Judy man and a mermaid-portraying woman. But when the violent puppet show triggers buried memories of the boy's past, the lives of all become feverishly intertwined. With disturbing mysteries and half-truths uncontrollably unraveling, the young boy is forced to deal with his family's dark secrets of violence, betrayal, and guilt.

NEW MUTANTS EPIC COLLECTION: RENEWAL TPB 
(W) Chris Claremont, Bill Mantlo (A) Various (CA) Bob McLeod. Meet the future of the X-Men! Karma. Wolfsbane. Sunspot. Cannonball. Moonstar. They're teenagers, thrown together by the X-gene that makes them different. Follow the adventures of these young mutants from Karma's first meeting with Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four to their early days at the Xavier School! The New Mutants' on-the-job training begins in earnest with battles against Sentinels, the Silver Samurai, Viper and the Hellfire Club; a team-up with Spidey and Cloak and Dagger - and the team gets a taste of life as X-Men in a disturbing encounter with the Brood! Plus: Meet fiery new recruit Magma, and discover how Colossus's sister, Illyana, became the demon sorceress known as Magik! Collecting MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #4, NEW MUTANTS (1983) #1-12, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #167, MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #6, MAGIK (1983) #1-4 and material from MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #100. Volume #1 in the New Mutants Epic Collections Rated T

SILVER SURFER #9 
(W) Dan Slott (A/CA) Mike Allred. 'Worlds Apart' STARTS NOW! The world of Inkandesha is hauntingly beautiful, filled with cities of solid light and populated by living holographic people. But there's one tiny thing the people of this world probably should've told the Silver Surfer and Dawn before they decided to pop in for a visit...they might have a problem getting their physical bodies back. Rated T+
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En marzo tuve la oportunidad de revisar material clásico como los New Mutants y The Golden Age de James Robinson. También disfruté leyendo Silver Surfer, Jessica Jones, Doctor Strange e Infamous Iron Man, y especialmente Cinema Purgatorio (Alan Moore y Garth Ennis continúan produciendo historias asombrosas). Y tengo que decir que el primer número de American Gods fue muy bueno. Sin embargo, mi favorito del mes fue Astro City #41, una historia conmovedora con una mirada única sobre el género superheroico que sólo un autor como Kurt Busiek podría haber contado. Y ahora sin mayores preámbulos, aquí están los cómics de marzo:

AMERICAN GODS: SHADOWS #1
Shadow Moon acaba de salir de la cárcel, sólo para descubrir que su esposa está muerta. Derrotado, golpeado y sin la certeza de a dónde debe ir, se encuentra con el misterioso Sr. Miércoles, que lo emplea para servir como su guardaespaldas - empujando a Shadow a un mundo letal de lo sobrenatural, donde los fantasmas del pasado vuelven de la muerte, y una guerra entre viejos y nuevos dioses está en el punto de ebullición.

ASTRO CITY #41
¿Quién es realmente el Astro-Nauta?

CINEMA PURGATORIO #8
Un temor profundamente se extiende sobre usted mientras se sienta en el cine de la otra dimensión. El olor de las palomitas quemadas está teñido con algo más, algo cobrizo... ¿sangre? Cuando la primera película comienza a bailar a través de la pantalla se oye a alguien que se ahoga en la butaca trasera. Este es el teatro del surrealismo de la imaginación de Alan Moore. Preparaos para estos cuentos retorcidos.

DOCTOR STRANGE #18
Mr. Miseria está tratando de infligir el máximo dolor a DOCTOR STRANGE atacando a uno de los aliados más cercanos del Hechicero Supremo. ¡Pero STRANGE no lo tolerará y recibirá la ayuda de THOR!

INFAMOUS IRON MAN #5
¿Cuál es el secreto de DOOM? ¿Por qué, después de todo lo que ha hecho para destruirnos y castigarnos, está ahora decidido a convertirse en un héroe? Encontrad la respuesta aquí. Además: ¡Se revela la identidad de un nuevo adversario de nivel cósmico!

JESSICA JONES #6
Se revela cómo y por qué la vida de Jessica ha sido destruida, y se revela quién es el nuevo villano en la vida de Jessica. Podrá ella ensamblar las piezas antes que sea demasiado tarde?

JSA: THE GOLDEN AGE DELUXE EDITION HC
Es el comienzo de uno de los períodos más oscuros de la historia de los Estados Unidos, la infame "Era McCarthy", JSA: THE GOLDEN AGE es una reflexión sobre lo que podría haberle sucedido a la primera generación de superhéroes de DC más allá de sus hazañas durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, mientras la paranoia impregna América. La primera generación de superhéroes de DC han sido obligados a jubilarse o a esconderse, o a enloquecer, con la excepción de unos pocos que están dispuestos a cambiar con los tiempos. Pero detrás de estas escenas se despliega algo aún más siniestro: una sutil trama que puede envolver al planeta y rehacerlo a la imagen de un hombre.

MR. PUNCH 20TH ANNIVERSARY TP
La clásica novela gráfica de Neil Gaiman y Dave McKean está de vuelta en una nueva edición con material de boceto de bonificación! Aquí se cuenta la historia de la pérdida de inocencia de un jovencito debido a una horrible confrontación con su pasado. Pasando un verano en la feria de la playa, un adolescente preocupado se involucra con un misterioso hombre y una mujer que representa una sirena. Pero cuando el violento espectáculo de títeres desencadena recuerdos enterrados del pasado del chico, las vidas de todos se ven febrilmente entrelazadas. Con inquietantes misterios y medias verdades incontrolablemente desentrañadas, el joven se ve obligado a lidiar con los oscuros secretos de su familia, con la violencia, la traición y la culpa.

NEW MUTANTS EPIC COLLECTION: RENEWAL TPB
¡Conoced el futuro de los X-MEN! Ellos son adolescentes con el gen X, aquel que los hace diferentes. ¡Seguid las aventuras de estos jóvenes mutantes desde la primera reunión con Spider-Man y los Cuatro Fantásticos hasta sus primeros días en la Escuela de Xavier!