Dolce, Perry, and Navarro bring super-spies to super-powers this July!29 April 2009 (Berkeley, CA) - This July, indie superhero favorite writers Michael Dolce and Marcus Perry join illustrator Mariano Navarro and cover artist Tyler Kirkham for their three issue mini-series exploring the dangerous side of superpowers, DESCENDANT.
"It's very hard to find a new spin on superpowers, but I think Mike, Marcus and Mariano have done it," Image Comics Vice-President Jim Valentino said. "DESCENDANT is completely different than any other book on the stands, but will be a big hit with fans of SLEEPER, CAPTAIN AMERICA, and SECRET WARRIORS while surprising them like no other book can."
In DESCENDANT, Rayne Santiago, a United States counter-terrorism soldier, is forced to return to her South American homeland after years of exile due to abusing her own innate pyrokinetic abilities. There, she receives word of her brothers' abduction by a rogue pharmaceutical conglomerate bent on using their DNA to manufacture super powers. Michael Dolce and Mariano Navarro's experience in the small press superhero field combined with Marcus Perry's past writing high-octane action films combines to tell a superpowered blockbuster the likes of which hasn't been seen.
DESCENDANT #1 (MAY090301), a 32-page full color comic book for $3.50, will be in stores July 15th, 2009.
- Just a note to say that I don't really dig comics which try to reinvent the wheel. When I was younger, I was always trying to do that - to "fix" the superhero concept - and the truth is that it doesn't need "fixing." Still, a fresh spin on it is cool and I'm interested to see how well this is accepted.
© C Harris Lynn, 2009
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