After a year 2022 where we had the pleasure of witnessing the end of stages such as Al Ewing and Joe Bennett in front of Immortal Hulk or what we can define as the first season of Zdarsky’s Daredevil that has kept our hearts in a fist for the last two years, the time has come to analyze what is hitting Marvel in the US market and it will reach us throughout this 2023.
Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto and Rafael De Latorre
After the Devil’s Reign event that ended the first part of the Zdarsky stage, we began the second season with the redefinition of the character’s concept, taking him out of Hell’s Kitchen to return the favor to Elektra and help her put an end to La Hand. If up to now what we have seen has been deserving of the highest marks, we expect no less from its continuation, especially considering who is currently in charge of The Hand’s designs, nothing more and nothing less than Frank Castle , The Punisher.
The first numbers offer us a continuity within the novelty, with a similar level in terms of narratives and with two cartoonists who complement each other perfectly, the great star that is Checchetto, and his inability to link several consecutive US numbers, he we add Latorre in top form. Guaranteed show in a collection that lives a golden moment.
Captain America Sentinel of Liberty de Jackson Lanzing, Colin Kelly y Carmen Carnero
We have already reached several installments published in Spain of this new stage, published together with its sister series, the one starring Sam Wilson and subtitled Symbol of Truth, with Tochi Onyebuchi writing the script and RB Silva writing the pencils. The plot of Sentinel of Liberty takes us into a river story that is leading Steve Rogers to a confrontation with what is known as the Outer Circle, the true creators of the circular shield that the classic character has carried since he abandoned the primitive with a beaked shape. . We have James “Winter Soldier” Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes in leading roles (yes, it’s long but it’s all of that together and more), Sharon and Peggy Carter and supporting roles inherited from the very golden age of American comics.
All of them will be victims of the so-called “Game of the Century”. An adventure that, in addition to being written by four hands, has the extraordinary drawing of our compatriot Carmen Carnero, who is doing an excellent and dedicated job that makes her worthy of all possible praise. A must have that should be forbidden to miss and that is not the only one on this list that has Spanish participation.
Fantastic Four de Ryan North e Iban Coello
After a period led by Dan Slott that had certain ups and downs, improving at the end of it when RB Silva took up the artistic facet of the comic, Marvel has decided to give a complete reset both in the numbering and in the approach. He has left the scripts in the hands of Ryan North and after using the first three episodes we can say that he has aroused our attention in a way that we did not expect. Mystery and humor preside over the scene that promises in its fourth installment to shed some light on what is happening.
Iban Coello from Barcelona draws and does so with some brutal compositions that stand out in all facets of his representation of the First Family. Each number has shown us the different members of the team separately, the Grimm couple in the first episode, the Richards couple in the second and Johnny Storm for the third. At the moment we are facing a stage that promises… and a lot, due to the quality demonstrated at all levels. Its first delivery arrives in Spain at the beginning of March, so we won’t have to wait long.
Predator by Ed Brisson and Kev Walker
Halfway between the end of 2023 and the beginning of this 2023 we have had the first miniseries of the Predator franchise, the result of Disney’s acquisition of the rights to Fox productions, after the purchase of the company. First they dared to launch the first series of Alien, which in its first six numbers had the drawing of Salvador Larroca, with scripts by Philip Kennedy Johnson. Now in Predator we are going to live the tragic story of Theta, a girl who survives an attack by a Predator who manages to mutilate one of her fangs after losing her parents and the rest of the crew of the science ship at the that she belonged to. Once she reaches adolescence, the girl chases the Predators that she is locating in the hope of meeting again with the one that caused her misfortune.
Script by Ed Brisson, who puts the deadly race in trouble while continuing to show how dangerous just one of them can be. He draws a Kev Walker who does not reach his best moment but perfectly fulfills the task of putting us in the shoes of Theta, a born warrior who has had to train herself in the art of war to accumulate one by one the helmets of the who fall in combat in front of her. Spectacular covers by Leinil Francis Yu for this first Marvel foray into the franchise.
Other interesting collections
As is logical, not everything remains in what we have detailed so far, there are other collections that have been stomping on Marvel. For example, Benjamin Percy and Cory Smith’s Ghost Rider, the return of Deadpool with Alyssa Wong and Martin Coccolo or the third volume dedicated to Scarlet Witch, with Wanda Maximoff in the hands of Steve Orlando and Sara Pichelli.
Regarding the great batch of Spanish cartoonists, we currently have Sergio Dávila in Captain Marvel, with scripts by Kelly Thompson, Juann Cabal in Cosmic Ghost Rider by Stephanie Phillips, Carlos Gómez in the new adventure of Rogue & Gambit or Salvador Larroca in Chris Claremont’s X-Treme X-Men. And there’s more, Juan José Ryp in Wolverine, Pasqual Ferry in Namor The Submariner, Javier Garrón in The Avengers… we have a high-quality payroll working in the US market and we’ve only talked about Marvel.
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