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Review: “MPH” #1

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Reviewed by – Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady

Remember Mark Millar? He blazed trails for big comic titles like “Ultimates” and “The Authority”, and then started making his own titles. And thus Millarworld was born and grown and grown. The latest world has had only one superhuman and he went real fast. All that plus speed, drugs, double-crosses, and vision boards. I think “MPH” #1 is the first leg of what is looking like a good run.
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WRITTEN BY: Mark Millar
ART BY: Duncan Fegredo
PUBLISHER: Image Comics
PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE: 21 May 2014

I like going fast. I think everyone has imagined that. That’s why car chases are fun to watch. If you’ve ever watched any NASCAR races or highlights, you know the best parts are the crashes. Heaven forbid anyone gets hurt…but it’s so thrilling to see it when they happen. I think writer Mark Millar is going to take down a similar track.

Our new speedster, Roscoe Rodriguez, was mapping out his life plan with his sweetheart. Sounds sweet, right? It’s the fact that he’s a middle-of-the-pack thug working for a Michigan gangster that makes his dream boarding so fascinating and bizarre. You never really think about gangsters and their drug runners having bigger dreams than being criminals, do you? There are plenty of ways for this story to go into. Knowing Millar’s past work, I think this will be a story of merriment and hopefully some carnage too.

The art by Duncan Fegredo is granular and grubby exactly when it needs to be. This world isn’t polished and vivid. I’m reminded of Sean Phillips’ Sleeper and Criminal works in the best ways. Nothing looks like it’s out of place. I’m already imagining these pages as storyboards for the movie version coming soon to a theater near you.

I think “MPH” #1 is on a good pace to show us a how much trouble and fun a minor thug can get into with major super speed. While the pace started slowly, I imagine that’s the plan. I predict this series will pick up momentum and hopefully finish well.

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‘Witchblade’ is Getting Resurrected This Summer in New Comic Series from Top Cow and Image Comics

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April 18, 2024

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Witchblade, the popular comic series that initially ran from 1995 to 2015 and launched a TV series, is getting resurrected in a new comic series from Top Cow and Image Comics. It’s set to unleash heavy metal, black magic and blood this summer.

Look for the new Witchblade series to launch on July 17, 2024.

In Witchblade #1, “New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life was forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power, or will she be consumed by it?”

The series is penned by NYT Best-Selling writer Marguerite Bennett (Animosity, Batwoman, DC Bombshells) and visualized by artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide Squad, Power Rangers, Red Sonja). The creative duo is working with original co-creator Marc Silvestri, who is the CEO of Top Cow Productions Inc. and one of the founders of Image Comics. They are set to reintroduce the series to Witchblade’s enduring fans with “a reimagined origin with contemporary takes on familiar characters and new story arcs that will hook new readers and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the 90’s Image Revolution that shaped generations of top creators.”

Bennett said in a statement, “The ability to tell a ferocious story full of monsters, sexuality, vision, and history was irresistible.” She adds, “Our saga is sleek, vicious, ferocious, and has a lot to say about power in the 21st century and will be the first time that we are stopping the roller coaster to let more people on. I’ve loved Witchblade since I was a child, and there is truly no other heroine like Sara with such an iconic legacy and such a rich, brutal relationship to her own body.”

“The Witchblade universe is being modernized to reflect how Marguerite beautifully explores the extreme sides of Sara through memories, her personal thoughts, like desire and hunger, in her solitude and when she is possessed by the Witchblade. So, I had to visually intersect a noir True Detective-like world with a supernatural, horror world that is a fantastic mix between Berserk and Zodiac,” Cafaro stated.

Marc Silvestri notes, “This is brand new mythology around Sara, and I can’t wait for you to fall in love with her and all the twists and turns. Discover Witchblade reimagined this summer, and join us as we bring all the fun of the 90s to the modern age and see how exciting comics can be. I can’t wait for you to read this new series.”

Witchblade#1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 17th, for $4.99 for 48 pages. And it’ll come with multiple cover variants.

  • Cover A: Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover B: Giuseppe Cafaro and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover C: Blank Sketch Cover

  • Cover D (1/10): Dani and Brad Simpson (Full Color)

  • Cover E (1/25): Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto, Virgin Cover (Full Color)

  • Cover F (1/50): J.Scott Campbell (Full Color)

  • Cover G (1/100): Bill Sienkiewicz. (Full Color)

  • Cover H (1/250): Line art by Marc. Virgin Cover, Inks (B/W)

Witchblade #1 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

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