By Brian Buccellato, Ronan Cliquet, & Mat Lopes “Face it, Tony, this is a vendetta… you’re not a hero.” The preceding line from the first issue of Dynamite Entertainment’s Black Bat sums up a lot about this new series, and so many others like it. Despite the fact that there has been a recent surge in the number of pulp-action comic books, Black Bat really stands out amongst this legion of revived classic characters....

By Brandon Jerwa and Sergio Fernandez Davila Remember the big Prophecy crossover event that ended in January, 2013? The ending was tweaked and an extra issue was added to the mini, and all for Red Sonja. The end of Prophecy was actually set up to be the beginning of the end of the current Red Sonja series. Red Sonja #76 is the start of the “Crimson Well” story arc, which will bring the series to a close just to usher in the new...

By Mark Waid, Daniel Indro and Marcio Menyz It’s no secret that the Green Hornet used to be a hot commodity back in the day. A radio show started the phenomenon and, eventually, the series spun off into film serials, a television series and even comic books. Despite the lore of the franchise, in recent years the Green Hornet hasn’t carried the same bravado that it once possessed in its heyday. However, one can only assume that with the...

By Chris Roberson & Giovanni Timpano Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows, and let’s all be thankful for that. The Shadow has been dispensing his brand of violent, no holds-barred justice for over 80 years now. Lobster Johnson? He’s the B.P.R.D.’s own Shadow. Black Beetle? He’s the Lamont Cranston of Colt City. To not do this classic character justice would have been a big drop of the ball for publisher Dynamite...

by Brandon Jerwa and Patrick Berkenkotter In order to really understand Vampirella it’s kind of necessary to visit her roots. Created as an addition to Warren Publishing’s horror line, a sister comic to Creepy and Eerie, Vampirella was a bizarre, part sci-fi, part horror magazine and to this day it maintains as a true experience to read. Over the years Vampi has seen her fair share of revivals, publishers, origin restructuring and retooling,...

by Ron Marz and Walter Geovani Remember back in December 2012 when everyone thought the world was going to end on the 21st day? Well, apparently it didn’t and not very many people actually thought it was going to anyways. Nonetheless, Ron Marz and Dynamite Entertainment thought it would be cool to cash in on it the “dilemma” and release their biggest franchise crossover event and revolve it around the end of the world. What...