Post by Administrator on Nov 10, 2005 8:15:04 GMT -5
By MICHAEL SANGIACOMO
Newhouse News Service
Stephen King recently announced he was writing a Marvel comic based on his Dark Tower series. He's just the latest famous author to do so.
Damon Lindelof, co-creator and executive producer of Lost, will write the high-profile return of the Hulk to the Ultimate Marvel universe starting in December. That universe is a newer, edgier version of the Marvel world that has been around since 1961.
Lindelof's story plays off an issue of The Ultimates (the Ultimate universe version of The Avengers) in which the Hulk is presumed dead, executed by the government. But he's alive and stomping through the mountains of Canada, and Wolverine is sent in after him to finish the job.
It's a warped retelling of the first meeting of the Hulk and Wolverine. Art is by Lenil Francis Yu.
Other new talents at Marvel:
�Daniel Knauf, creator and executive producer of HBO's Carnivale, will write six issues of The Ultimate Iron Man beginning this spring.
"This arc will put Iron Man through the wringer," he said in a press release. "I really want to dial in with big, monumental fights and action sequences, while taking Tony (Stark, Iron Man's alter ego) to some very dark places."
�David Morrell, author of First Blood, which introduced Rambo to the world, and other novels including The Brotherhood of the Rose and The Fifth Profession, will write a Captain America story arc.
The story will be about Captain and a young Marine in Afghanistan trying to rescue captured American soldiers. It's unclear whether Cap is real or the figment of the Marine's desperate imagination.
�Eric Jerome wee weeey, author of Thieves' Paradise, The Other Woman and Genevieve, will write a six-issue series starring Storm of the X-Men. It will debut in February and tell the story of how the Black Panther, the leader of a sophisticated African nation, meets a young street urchin whose mutant powers are still forming.
And back to Stephen King: He will plot his Dark Tower series, but it will be scripted by another writer. Artist Jae Lee will draw the series, which begins in April.
Newhouse News Service
Stephen King recently announced he was writing a Marvel comic based on his Dark Tower series. He's just the latest famous author to do so.
Damon Lindelof, co-creator and executive producer of Lost, will write the high-profile return of the Hulk to the Ultimate Marvel universe starting in December. That universe is a newer, edgier version of the Marvel world that has been around since 1961.
Lindelof's story plays off an issue of The Ultimates (the Ultimate universe version of The Avengers) in which the Hulk is presumed dead, executed by the government. But he's alive and stomping through the mountains of Canada, and Wolverine is sent in after him to finish the job.
It's a warped retelling of the first meeting of the Hulk and Wolverine. Art is by Lenil Francis Yu.
Other new talents at Marvel:
�Daniel Knauf, creator and executive producer of HBO's Carnivale, will write six issues of The Ultimate Iron Man beginning this spring.
"This arc will put Iron Man through the wringer," he said in a press release. "I really want to dial in with big, monumental fights and action sequences, while taking Tony (Stark, Iron Man's alter ego) to some very dark places."
�David Morrell, author of First Blood, which introduced Rambo to the world, and other novels including The Brotherhood of the Rose and The Fifth Profession, will write a Captain America story arc.
The story will be about Captain and a young Marine in Afghanistan trying to rescue captured American soldiers. It's unclear whether Cap is real or the figment of the Marine's desperate imagination.
�Eric Jerome wee weeey, author of Thieves' Paradise, The Other Woman and Genevieve, will write a six-issue series starring Storm of the X-Men. It will debut in February and tell the story of how the Black Panther, the leader of a sophisticated African nation, meets a young street urchin whose mutant powers are still forming.
And back to Stephen King: He will plot his Dark Tower series, but it will be scripted by another writer. Artist Jae Lee will draw the series, which begins in April.