HeroesCon - Full Recap
Well folks I am back from HeroesCon and BOY was that thing exhausting. Lots of trades bought, a couple of things signed....and now I know why you need to always bring your own food with you to a con. Oh and FF4 Omnibus Vol. 1 is the like the frakking city of Atlantis. everybody has heard about it but, NOBODY can find it. Ok, ok, nuff of me rambling.
Overall the big pieces of news that came out of the convention...least for me, was the following:
DC News-Green Lantern: Sinestro Corp 1-SHOT - Is a must buy. It'll be the last time all Lanterns will be in the same place at the same time (I asked Ethan about this), it talks about Superboy Prime, those extra lanterns, and yes....the Anti-Monitor is coming back. Ethan had the artwork for the issue sitting RIGHT beside him. It took all of my energy to not go running off with the thing yelling. I HAVE SINESTRO CORP BEFORE ANYONE ELSE MU HA HA HA. (There was also an advance copy of Flash #13 there....but I am guessing they didn't let ANYBODY see it, with the exception of one kid at the DC Countdown panel and well DC staff)-There are gonna be LOADS of spin-offs from 52: Countdown To Adventure, Countdown to Mystery, Crime Bible, Infinity Inc., Suicide Squad (that's right...you read right...SUICIDE SQUAD!!), a Batwoman/Question story, etc, etc.
-Karate Kid will be one of the main characters in Countdown
-Brad Meltzer is getting replaced by Dwanye McDuffie come issue #13 of JLA
-Simon Dark miniseries by Steve Niles, what is touted as the series that will bring the horror genre back in a way to the DC. Short synop, Kid Frankenstein in Gotham City...only less corny more dark
....there was more but I accidentally deleted my Countdown notes...the above was pretty much the bigger stuff though
Marvel News-Peter David - Will be taking over She-Hulk after #22. New cast of characters, set 3 months after Slott’s last issueThe rest of my con experience was....well....A LOT happened, and I generally kept running into creators and such...seriously...you throw a shoe and chances are good you'd have hit Matt Fraction, Jann Jones, or Daniel Way....I am not even joking. For more about my con-experience (if you really wanna read my 3 Day EPIC!!)...and me looking goofy with Dan Didio...go to:-More of Agents of Atlas? Sounds like a finite possibility.
-No mixing of X-Factor and She-Hulk. X-Factor will be more entrenched in mutant community stories.
-"Messiah complex" story (Endangered Species?). Basically the birth of a child carrying the mutant gene is discovered by Cerebro. This being essential given the fact that mutants have become a endangered species. Thusly you basically have a whole X-Men vs Marauders, as everyone is trying to get this child. Ole school crossover. Spread out over many titles. Story was written over a two day period already according to those on the House of Ideas panel.(12 part series, over four titles, over 3 months.)
Think of it as the Special Edition version of this post...or me just being really beat and not wanting to have to repost three posts worth of my con-experience.
Top Notch coverage, amigo!