Following the incredible success of Dynamite’s
The Shadow by Garth Ennis, another pulse-pounding pulp hero returns to comics as Dynamite unleashes
The Spider by writer David Liss with art by Colton Worley! The Spider’s Dynamite debut comes complete with covers by Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Francesco Francavilla and Ron Lesser. The book also made Newsarama’s Wednesday Watch: MUST-READ New Releases For 5/2/12; here’s what they had to say:
Historical fiction novelist David Liss made an impact in the comic book world in recent years with Mystery Men and Black Panther at Marvel.
His latest project is The Spider at Dynamite, reviving a long-running pulp fiction hero.
"I think The Spider is hugely influential and has shaped a lot of what we consider standard elements of comic book heroes and villains, but the character's influence has held up better than the character itself," Liss told Newsarama. "I'm very excited to have the chance to reintroduce readers to a very cool hero who they ought to know if they don't already."
Thun'da makes his return to comic books this August from Dynamite! Written by Robert Place Napton with art by Cliff Richards and an INCREDIBLE cover by Jae Lee! As a bonus, this over-sized issue also includes the original first Thun'da story with fantastic art by the one-and-only Frank Frazetta at no extra cost! Be sure to pick up Thun'da #1 in August! In August's Thun'da #1, a Military helicopter crash lands in a remote valley in Africa. A lone survivor awakens with no memory of who he is or what he was doing there, but he's wearing a uniform and is a skilled combatant. From the wreckage he learns only his name -- ROGER DRUM. As he explores his new surroundings he is confronted by a bizarre lost world of dinosaurs and other strange creatures. Drum must learn to survive in this terrifying new reality while coming to terms with fragments of a past he isn't sure he wants to remember. "What excited me about THUN'DA is the aspects that differentiate him from other Jungle Lords," says writer Robert Place Napton. "One of the coolest elements of the original story that we are expanding ...
