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Comic Cover Of The Week: Wonder Woman – Black And Gold #4
Welcome back, my cool and compelling comic collecting cohorts to another compendium of comic cover collectables! This week we are once again celebrating the outstanding offering of the superb – Wonder Woman: Black and Gold – an awesome anthology series that venerates the astonishing adventures of the Princess of Themyscira.
Ok, ok, I know that the Wonder Woman mini-series – Black and Gold – has had a rather majestic monopoly on our Comic Cover Of The Week series in the past few months, but it is with good reason… because each and every cover has been a marvellously magnificent masterpiece! and this month’s opulent oeuvre is most certainly congruent to it’s compatriots!
Our lead image is rapturously rendered by the talented Mathias Bergara, and is my personal pick of the absolutely awesome cover art available this issue, which was, to be honest, a truly difficult choice considering the standards on display from the competing covers by amazing artists – Nicola Scott, Tula Lotay, and Joshua Middleton. Nicola Scott also provides the interior art for the anthology’s first tale – Prayer – and once again provides the glorious goods with some absolutely superb two tone imagery, Nicola is one of the very finest artists ever to grace Wonder Woman and her art is reason alone to snap up this thrilling tome.
– Gorgeous Interior Artwork From The Fabulous Nicola Scott –
Wonder Woman: Black And Gold #4 Is Available From Your Local Comic-Book Emporium Right Now!
Precinct1313 Recommends: Wonder Woman – Black And Gold #1
Felicitations fellow fans of fantastic female fiction, and welcome to another efficacious and ebullient episode of Precinct1313 Recommends, and ‘Suffering Sappho’ this impeccable instalment is most assuredly a gift from the glorious gods of Olympus themselves as they deliver a dynamic and dazzling design designation deity in the form of Diana – Princess of Themyscira, with Wonder Woman: Black And Gold.
In honour of hallowed Hellenic herald – Wonder Woman’s upcoming 80th anniversary, DC Comics have commissioned this superb and scintillating six issue mini-series, an astounding anthology album embellished in magnificent monochromatic hues of gold and black! This astonishing analect comprises tenacious tales of the Themysciran Titan by comic-book alums – John Arcudi, Nadia Shammas, AJ Mendez, Becky Cloonan, Amy Reeder, Ming Doyle, Ramona Fradon, Joshua Middleton, Ryan Sook, Warren Louw, David Mack Jen Bartel, Morgan Beem, Sandra Hope and Carla Cohen… phew! a classic and compelling cadre of charismatic comic creatives!
Featuring five fabulous fables that run the glorious gamut of Diana’s eight decade history – John Arcudi and Ryan Sook combine to weave a thrilling tale of Diana’s illustrious immortality, while Becky Cloonan imparts an indomitable account of Wondy’s most valuable weapon against the darkness of man’s world. Amazing Amy Reeder transports us back to the Golden Age of comics for a riotous and rambunctious romp with edacious Etta Candy, then AJ Mendez and Ming Doyle whisk us away to Themyscira for a terse and tense family reunion and finally, Nadia Shammas and Morgan Beem present a prescient parable of Diana’s past failures returning to haunt her.
Wonder Woman: Black And Gold #1 is a tremendous tribute to Gaea’s glorious gal, with a stunning monochrome visual design inspired by Diana’s golden lasso. Five fabulous tales impart the many fascinating facets that encompass the powerful yet passionate princess of Themyscira, and with a veritable virtuoso of vaunted variant covers to collect (including a return from artistic auteur – Ramona Fradon) Wonder Woman: Black and Gold comes highly recommended.
The Week In Geek… With Precinct1313
Welcome fellow agents of Precinct1313 to another enticing episode of – The Week In Geek – where we love to share our favourite Comic-Book, Video-Game, and Cult Movie news for your perusal and pleasure. And so, once more unto the geek, dear agents, once more…
DC Celebrate 80 Years Of Wonder…
Merciful Minerva! can you believe it’s been almost eight decades since the Themysciran Titan was first ushered into existence! That’s right fellow fans of fantastic female fiction, the wondrous one will shortly be celebrating her astounding amazonian anniversary, and DC Comics are inviting you along to partake in this astonishing achievement by releasing a cavalcade of cool comic-book collectables.
First and foremost, a 100 page super spectacular will be released on October 21, which marks the date of Wondy’s first ever appearance in All Star Comics #8. This terrific tribute tome will feature all new stories and artwork by some of Diana’s most accomplished artists and sensational scribes, with a cover by the Eisner award winning artist Yanick Paquette.
Plus if you’re still craving even more of the Amazon Princess’ astonishing adventures (and let’s be honest, who isn’t) then you’re going to want to head on down to your local comic-book emporium in June to pick up the new six issue anthology series – Wonder Woman: Black And Gold. This limited series forms a major part of Diana’s eightieth celebration, and will include titanic tales of not just our favourite fictional female but also her friends, allies and enemies including Cheetah, Amethyst, and, of course, the ever entertaining Etta Candy.
Wonder Woman: Black and Gold #1 will have various writers and artists lending their formidable talents to the legend of Themyscira’s favourite daughter including the likes of Amy Reeder, Ryan Sook Becky Cloonan, Ming Doyle and many, many more. There will also be a veritable virtuoso of variant cover to delect and delight in from Joshua Middleton, Yanick Paquette, and the amazing Ramona Fradon!
Green Arrow Also Celebrates 80 Years Of Bombastic Bowmanship…
Hot on the heels of Diana’s celebrated creation comes the Emerald Archer himself, Green Arrow! Ostentatious Oliver Queen made his dynamic debut in – More Fun Comics #73, in November 1941, created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp. To commemorate the battling bowman’s octogenarian outings, DC will release a 100 page emerald extravaganza to pay tribute to continuing legacy of GA, his allies, and arch-enemies. Similar to Wonder Woman’s own anniversary anthology, Green Arrow’s very own 100 page super spectacular will bring together some of the marvellous mainstays of Oliver’s past and present. Artists and writers include – the marvellous Mike Grell, Tom Taylor, Jeff Lemire, Nicola Scott, Laura Braga, Mariko Tamaki and many more.
The main cover itself will be by Detective Comics’ artist – Dan Mora, plus there will be an entire quiver of valiant variants depicting the vaunted vigilante throughout his formidable reign as the worlds greatest bowman – from a 1940’s style illustration by Michael Cho, a 50’s one by Daniel Warren Johnson, with the 1960’s version by the amazing Neal Adams, 70’s by Derrick Chew, 80’s from Gary Frank, 90’s variation by Howard Peter, 2000’s by Jen Bartel, rounding off with a 2010 cover by Simone Di Meo… phew! The Green Arrow Anthology celebrations begin on June 29.
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