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The Bum’s Rush #96
WARNING! None of the news or rumors you see here in The
Bum’s Rush should be considered FACT until it actually
happens. It might never happen. How do you know I’m not just
making all this crap up? I could, you know. You’ve been
warned!
Last Shot
Assuming that this column goes up tonight (Tuesday) then I
have one last shot at making a few wild assumptions and at
least one conspiracy theory before the final issue of
Civil War hits stores on Wednesday.
The most widely held theory about the end of Civil War
is that Captain America is going to bite the big one. The
evidence is there, from Marvel’s completely see-through
attempts at misdirection (ala the Iron Man: Steve Rogers
“leak”) to the conspicuous absence of a Captain America
title from Marvel’s solicitations following the Civil
War finale. Of course it’s since been revealed that
there will indeed be a Captain America title when the
dust settles but when reading the newly “declassified”
solicitation copy for both Captain America #25 and 26 one
can’t help but notice how intentionally vague it is:
CAPTAIN AMERICA #25
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils and Cover by STEVE EPTING
50/50 Variant cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Leaping from the final pages of Civil War, this is the *only
place* readers can find out what happens next in the life of
CAPTAIN AMERICA!
Trust us, folks, this oversized 25th issue will stun readers
and send shockwaves through the entire Marvel Universe for
the next year!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
On-Sale – 3/7/2007
CAPTAIN AMERICA #26
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils and Cover by STEVE EPTING
While the Marvel Universe reels from the bizarre and
shocking incidents of last issue, and repercussions ripple
outward, the Winter Soldier finally chooses a side, after
the Civil War has ended -- his own. But what are the Red
Skull and his minions up to behind the scenes. These
questions and more will be answered as the most shocking Cap
story so far races right through the aftermath of the Civil
War!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
FOC – 5/3, On-Sale – 5/23/2007
You might notice that there’s no mention of Captain America
himself actually appearing in these issues. Which leads me
to the following conclusion (which is based heavily on A.C.
Hall’s own theory, which he shared with us in this very
column a few weeks ago) – Captain America will indeed “die”
in the final issue of Civil War. However, his “death”
will be a manufactured one, a stunt to bring an end to the
War, possibly cooked up by Iron Man and Cap together, while
Cap himself will go into hiding as… wait for it… Iron Man!
You see we know that, following Civil War, Tony Stark
becomes the director of SHIELD and probably has to give up
being Iron Man. But we also know that Iron Man is part of
The Mighty Avengers team. So what if the whole “Iron Man:
Steve Rogers” was less of a misdirection and more Marvel
hiding their plans right in plain sight? Add to that an
alternate version of this image:
 The alternate image showed pretty much the same thing except
the Iron Man armor was it’s regular red and gold color. That
image quickly disappeared and now I can’t seem to find it
anywhere. So yeah… Captain America “dies” and then
moonlights as Iron Man for a while. Meanwhile, Winter
Soldier (a.k.a. Bucky) becomes the new Captain America. As I
said, this is just me making some wild assumptions based on
all the random and misleading evidence and rumors that are
bouncing around out there. If none of this happens I won’t
be too surprised. But if it does happen… told you so.
As for my conspiracy theory? Well, I was just wondering if
the last few delays for Civil War #7, which saw the book
pushed back from January 17th to January 31st and finally
all the way to February 21st, have less to do with Steve McNiven’s lazy ass and more to do with an all too common
trend that seems to revolve around the climax of almost any
major event comic – the rewritten ending! It happened,
perhaps most famously, in DC’s Armageddon 2001 when the
secret identity of the supervillain Monarch was accidentally
leaked as being Captain Atom. A mad scramble at the last
second changed Monarch’s identity to be Hawk of Hawk and
Dove and thus the story (and continuity) suffered greatly.
It’s also rumored that several plot points were altered in
DC’s more recent Infinite Crisis, when word of those plot
points leaked out. Could it be that Marvel, in response to
the news of Captain America’s death hitting the web,
actually delayed the final issue of Civil War to change the
ending? Don’t ask me… I’m just over here trying to cause
trouble, that’s all.
Return of Quick Bits!
Since I’m trying to keep this column short I’ve decided to
bring back a feature I used to use back when I first started
this column – Quick Bits! It’s more like a news brief,
hitting the major headlines and such, without any long
winded “opinions” by some tool (a.k.a. Me).
- In May DC Comics will kick off a brand new weekly series
called Countdown. The year-long series will, appropriately,
begin with issue #51, counting backwards from the final
issue of 52, which also ships in May. Writer Paul Dini and
breakdown artist Keith Giffen will spearhead the book, with
covers by Andy Kubert and Tim Townsend. Other writers and
artists working on the series include Jimmy Palmiotti &
Justin Gray, Tony Bedard, Adam Beechan, Jesus Saiz, Jim
Calafiore, Carlos Magno and David Lopez.
- Once the “Last Son” storyline by Geoff Johns, Richard Donner
and Adam Kubert wraps up (if it ever does) in Action Comics,
The Goon creator Eric Powell will join Johns for a 3-part
arc set on Bizarro World, which was reintroduced in the
pages of Action Comics Annual #10 earlier this month.
- Over on his
blog artist Skottie Young announced that he is taking over as the new
regular artist for New X-Men, starting with issue #37. I
just want to know where current New X-Men artist Paco Medina
is going. Seriously, I was just about to start picking up
that book solely for the Paco Medina artwork; that guy is
incredible. At least now I can save a bit of money I guess.
No offense, Skottie.
- Want to check out the opening (in script form) of Warren
Ellis’ upcoming graphic novel, Crècy?
Of course you
do.
- Adam Warren just unveiled the front and back cover (along
with the spine!) of his upcoming new graphic novel,
Empowered Vol. 1, which ships from Dark Horse Comics on
March 14th,
- Can’t read the tiny text on the back cover there? Never
fear, I got it right here:
“Not only is costumed crimefighter "Empowered" saddled with
a less-than-ideal superhero name, but she has to wear a
skintight and cruelly revealing “supersuit” that only
magnifies her body-image insecurities. Worse yet, the suit’s
unreliable powers are prone to failure, repeatedly leaving
her in appallingly distressing situations . . . and giving
her a shameful reputation as the lamest “cape” in the
masks-and-tights game. Nonetheless, she pluckily braves the
ordeals of her bottom-rung superheroic life with the help of
her “thugalicious” boyfriend (and former Witless Minion) and
her hard-drinking, female-ninja girlfriend, not to mention
the supervillainous advice from an imprisoned alien
demonlord watching DVDs from her coffee table. . .
From Adam Warren—writer/artist of the English-language Dirty
Pair comics (the original “Original English-Language Manga”
before OEL was cool), and writer of Livewires, Gen13, and
Iron Man: Hypervelocity—comes Empowered, a butt-kicking,
bootylicious superhero lampoon that raises the bar for
long-john lust and low-brow laughs. Remove all previous
notions of superhero entertainment from your puny mind . . .
and prepare to be Empowered!
- And if you’re still not convinced (why wouldn’t you
be… it’s Adam Warren, writing and drawing!!!) you can
check out a massive 14 page preview for the book right
HERE.
- Oh look! It’s the cover for Criminal #7!
Pretty.
(Still) That Time Of The Month
Image Comics Solicitations
for May, 2007
Marvel Comics Solicitations
for May, 2007
In Case You Didn’t Know…
Nextwave is over. The final issue, #12, shipped last
Wednesday. It’s okay to cry. I did.
The Only Comics That Matter
Last Week –
Stormwatch: P.H.D. #4 by Christos N. Gage & Doug Mahnke
Casanova #7 by Matt Fraction & Gabriel Ba
Astonishing X-Men #20 by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday
Nextwave: Agents of HATE #12 by Warren Ellis & Stuart Immonen
This Week –
The Spirit #3 by Darwyn Cooke & J. Bone
Invincible #39 by Robert Kirkman & Ryan Ottley
New Avengers: Illuminati #2 by Brian Michael Bendis, Brian
Reed & Jim Cheung
Next Week –
Connor Hawke: Dragon’s Blood by Chuck Dixon & Derec Donovan
Doctor Strange: The Oath #5 by Brian K. Vaughan & Marcos
Martin
X-Factor #16 by Peter David & Pablo Raimondi
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If you have any interesting news, rumors, lies, etc. about
comics and think I should know about it too just email me at
thesuperleezard@yahoo.com.
Read more dumb crap written by me at
www.livejournal.com/users/superleezard.
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