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Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic (2022) #90

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Bast never looked better and now there's a whole Pantheon of African gods to investigate after Euro-colonization tried to erase them all :

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Black Panther stalks the night as a vampire in ‘Black Panther: Blood Hunt’

The tie-in miniseries to Marvel’s big ‘Blood Hunt’ event is by Cheryl Lynn Eaton and Farid Karami.

cover by Andrea Sorrentino

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Preview: DC Power 2024

DC Power 2024 preview. DC Power returns for round two with brand-new stories spotlighting Black characters from across the DC Universe #comics #comicbooks

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Marvel Preview: Black Panther: Blood Hunt #1

Read a preview of Black Panther: Blood Hunt #1 from Marvel Comics, written by Cheryl Lynn Eaton with art by Farid Karami.

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Marvel Preview: Black Panther: Blood Hunt #1

Read a preview of Black Panther: Blood Hunt #1 from Marvel Comics, written by Cheryl Lynn Eaton with art by Farid Karami.

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Marvel Announces "Blood Hunt" Tie-In Series

Marvel's "Blood Hunt" event kicks off in May 2024 and the publishing company has announced three tie-in limited series as well as an anthology tie-in. Spinning out of Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz's main Blood Hunt series are Black Panther: Blood Hunt, Union Jack The Ripper: Blood Hunt, Dracula: Blood Hunt, and the anthology series Blood Hunters.

In Cheryl Lynn Eaton and Farid Karami's Black Panther: Blood Hunt, the recently exiled and even more recently turned vampire T'Challa returns to Wakanda. T'Challa will struggle between his desire to protect his people from his new brothers and his own thirst for blood. "Threatening his legacy as king as well as his deep connection with the Panther God, T’Challa reluctantly embarks on a quest from the vampire overlord to find an ancient power. In the process, he’ll unearth long-buried secrets about Wakanda’s own secret history with creatures of the night." (Marvel Comics)

Black Panther: Blood Hunt #1 (of 3), featuring a cover by Andrea Sorrentino, goes on sale on May 29, 2024.

Cavan Scott and Kev Walker's Union Jack The Ripper: Blood Hunt, finds Joey Chapman, aka Union Jack, as a one-man vampire killing machine, with his trusty Webley pistol, a medieval longsword, and grenades. "Union Jack’s solo mission will place him at war with a specific brood of vampires targeting his homeland, all led by a mysterious villain known as the Hunger!" (Marvel Comics)

Union Jack The Ripper: Blood Hunt #1 (of 3), featuring a cover by Ryan Brown, goes on sale on May 15, 2024.

In Danny Lore and Vincenzo Carratú's Dracula: Blood Hunt, teams up Dracula with Brielle Brooks, aka Bloodline, daughter of Blade. These mortal enemies may find their interests briefly aligned.

Dracula: Blood Hunt #1 (of 3), featuring a cover by Rod Reis, goes on sale on May 8, 2024.

Blood Hunters is a four-issue anthology series that will spotlight various characters and their adventures during the "Blood Hunt" event. Mark Russell and Bob Quinn's story shows Hawkeye joining with a group of civilians. Christos Gage and Javier Garrón's tale has an-Wolf and J. Jonah Jameson having some father-son bonding time while fighting for their lives.

In addition to the one-shots, Blood Hunters will also feature a multi-part story from Erica Schultz and Bernard Chang in which Dagger, separated from Cloak, who is m.i.a., is in search of new allies to form the Blood Hunters.

Blood Hunters #1 (of 4), featuring a cover by Greg Land, goes on sale on May 8, 2024.

(Images via Marvel Comics - Andrea Sorrentino's Cover of Black Panther: Blood Hunt #1, Ryan Brown's Cover of Union Jack The Ripper: Blood Hunt #1, Rod Reis' Cover of Dracula: Blood Hunt #1, Greg Land's Cover of Blood Hunters #1)

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T'challa is (likely temporarily) turned into a Vamipre for the Blood Hunt event.

Okay.

Oh hey Andrea Sorrentino on covers, I like his works with Jeff Lemire.

Farid Karami on interiors too, that will be a treat for muscle fans.

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New alternative version of Clea as Sorceress Supreme:

Marvel Voices: Infinity Comic #85.

Writer - Cheryl Lynn Eaton.

Artist - Federica Mancin.

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P.S.: I don't know if it was the writer or the artist who came up with the idea for this look, but whoever it was should get a raise. Seriously, this has to be one of Clea's most PERFECT costumes in the comics and it's not just the costume itself, but the colors and details make this costume go from "Wonderful" to "Perfect".

Man, the gold mixed with black and red is very beautiful, I loved the gloves in this version and not to mention that Clea continues to prove that she looks beautiful in any outfit. I need to see this costume more often, I can't even imagine what it would look like in the movies or on Earth-616.

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For those in the US we got an election coming up and some people might think trump and the republican's project 2025 is not a big deal when in reality it is extremely problematic for everyone. Some of my favorite comic artists and writers like Greg Pak, Gene Ha, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, Cully Hamner, Denys Cowan, Scott Dunbier, Matt Fraction, Mike Henderson, Steve Lieber, Jeff Parker, Greg Rucka, and Lilah Sturges, have taken their time to make this comic project breaking down why project 2025's policies are not only fascistic, but also will strip away a lot of rights for everyone. please give this a read and with this link here if you are old enough there should be a button where you can register to vote so you can help stop trump, the republicans, and project 2025 from happening.

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Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic (2022) #85

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If Union Jack is the best in action then Black Panther is the sexiest Blood Hunt tie-in :

I love watching Black Panther struggle to bite deeply into those sexy ass Wakandan women. That blood, coming from the U.S. leg of the African diaspora means alot whenever I mate and adds to the sensuality of it even if the Shuri panels get a tad incestuous, this issue is pure erotica like any Dracula story should have as it's main feature.

And it just gets better ...

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DC Power 2024: Finally sat down to read this because I’d been holding off on it due to the Far Sector epilogue.

I’m going to look at writers again too, as a casual comparison to the seasonal anthologies. My first impression is that there was more variation in story length than some of the other anthologies: on top of a 13 page epilogue, the anthology had a mix 8 page and 10 page stories, while it’s been standardising to 10 page pitches for the seasonals.

Enduring Farewells (N.K. Jemisin): In terms of the story, this was a lovely little cap on the run. Loved the surprise party, the baking discussion, and Jo and John getting to bond a bit.

Looks like they’re popping it into the deluxe trade, which makes sense – might as well keep all the parts together. (This is a thing I’m seeing DC collections do more often when a story is spread through various places, and they should be applauded for it and encouraged to continue: the Tim Drake: Robin trades have the entire Meghan Fitzwilliam storyline)

N.K. Jemisin is a multi-Hugo, Nebula and Locus winning novelist who was specifically recruited to do Far Sector. I think her translation between formats has been pretty solid.

The Spice of Life (Cheryl Lynn Eaton): this is part of Pierce family arc that’s been going on for a bit leading into the current Black Lightning run, where Anissa’s having issues with her powers. I haven’t actually clean read the storyline through, but it’s been ticking along in various anthologies since 2021 or so? Look, this is definitely one of those stories where I felt like a complete cultural outsider lacking a chunk of context, and the story is too slight to pick it up. Which is fine, this anthology is absolutely not aimed at me; I just wonder if the cohort for who it is aimed at find it compelling or heavy handed.

Cheryl Lynn Eaton has been getting more Marvel work than DC, but is largely getting published in Voices/Power stuff. She did get a Black Panther event tie-in mini last year that seems to have got solid reviews.

Pit Stop (Lamar Giles): I honestly can’t believe that we’re getting Bloodwynd stories in the 21st century, let alone LEGACY BLOODWYND stories, but then I’ve never actually got my head around and read the entire situation back in the 90s Justice League. My understanding of what was going on was limited to approximately “this is something involving Martian Manhunter identities, and I know it’s complicated”. I’m happy for all the Bloodwynd fans out there that they got new material.

Lamar Giles’ one other comics work is the Static teen graphic novel for DC. As is common for people on that pathway, he has a substantial bibliography of YA novels over the last decade.

Pure Blackness (John Ridley): Ridley’s annual contribution to this title was an Earth-2 Val-Zod story. It was a very ‘let’s tell the origin story’ tale. It felt very much exactly like how he likes to tell a story. I don’t have a lot to say about it, really? Feels a bit like a swipe at Absolute Superman, except it was written probably before the pitches for that were even delivered.

Ridley of course has extensive comics credits with DC and multiple ongoings, among his other achievements.

Lost at Sea (Deron Bennett): okay this was a fun piece of horror. I am meaning to get to more Aqua stuff, and I don’t fully understand the emotions between Black Manta and Jackson, but I will say, given Black Manta’s most famous moments, him being essentially framed for killing kids clearly has some schadenfreude to it, particularly when he got OUTRAGED that someone would to that to him. I WONDER WHY PEOPLE MIGHT TRY THAT, BLACK MANTA. I am completely unaware of how accepting Manta is towards Jackson’s sexuality but this was positing that he’s supportive? Ish? Hmmmm.

Deron Bennett is a DC letterer (he’s done a lot of work for the Bat office since Rebirth, particularly on Batman, Batwoman, Green Arrow and Batgirl) and this is his first work as a writer. I think it was a very respectable opening story. He got to team up with Denys Cowan, which certainly helped make the story look good.

The Session (Shawn Martinbrough): I was all set to add this to my collection of ‘DC psychologists you should be using in stories as superhero psychs’ except it rapidly entered the ‘DC psychologists are the enemy, again’ zone. That aside, love every time people have Crispus Allen and Renee Montoya in stories together. Obviously this sent in the past, probably pre-Flashpoint, as this is incredibly Allen’s first appearance since 2011. Which. WHAT?

Shawn Martinbrough has a three decade career in comics, however the majority of his work has been over in the art side. His other DC writing credits are on Red Hood and Red Hood: The Hill.

The Natural Order (Alitha Martinez): This was a cute Nubia story! Pity about Mxy being in it but I’m just generally not a fan of 5th dimension imps at any time.

This is Alitha’s first story as a writer with DC, however she’s worked as a penciller and inker on a number of projects, most notably on the earlier Nubia minis, so she’s certainly across the character.

Jump Shots & Loose Watts (Jarrett Williams):this was a promotional story for Speed Force, essentially. As such, it had the exact same sort of tone as Speed Force, and on top of that had the perky sort of ‘you, marginalised kid I am trying to relate to, you’re the REAL hero not superheroes!’ tone that feels somewhat off base in this anthology, as given the price point I suspect it’s unlikely to end up in the hands of many marginalised Black teens and kids.  

Jarrett Williams, on top of writing Speed Force, has an substantial set of credits writing cartoon tie-in comics (there’s a lot of Rick and Morty in particular). The similar tone is noticeable.

Fair Play (Greg Burnham): it was nice to see a title actually starring Michael Holt for a change, as he’s been very relegated to a ‘call in tech support’ character for a while now.

Greg Burnham has a couple of other anthology credits with DC (one Halloween, one with Milestone Initiative), and a handful of indie comics titles.

The Light That Shines (Brandon Thomas): Duke goes hopping in time and talks to his older self to get a perk up. It’s apparently related to an earlier story Thomas wrote in Batman Black & White.

Brandon Thomas, along with Bryan Hill, are DC’s two major Duke writers since Scott Snyder stepped back from writing mainline stories. His work for DC also includes a lot of Jackson Hyde’s stories and the current Black Lightning run.

On balance, looking at this list of ten writers, I would say there are legitimately two who qualify for the tagline of “all star cast” (Jemisin and Ridley), plus Thomas having substantial writing credits with DC and Williams having a current mini when this came out. I’m delighted to see that they gave writing opportunities to three of their long term artists (Bennett, Martinbrough and Martinez). A lot of this list looks more like ‘offered opportunities’ rather than open to brand new pitches. I’d say the experience level is on average slightly higher than comparable seasonal anthologies.

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DC Power: Rise of the Power Company (2025): I think it’s worth noting that this is a substantially shorter anthology this year compared to 2023 or 2024. 2023 had 56 pages of story and 2024 had 95 pages. 2025’s entry only manages 40 pages, however the one particularly notable thing about those 40 is that 3 of the 4 stories feel prepped or related to current or solicited storylines. As such, it feels less like an annual celebration anthology and more like an event anthology.

The writing team is Brandon Thomas, Zipporah Smith, John Jennings and Vita Ayala. It’s Jennings’ first DC story, but Smith has been turning her hand to a diverse range of characters in shorts, and Thomas and Ayala have substantial credits.

Company Man (Brandon Thomas): This is just set up for future Black Lightning and Power Company storylines, surely? If you’re reading either of those, you should probably be dipping into this to check on the framing happening. It would probably be a better story if it wasn’t clearly doing a lot of heavy lifting to move pawns into place.

Ring of Power (Zipporah Smith): Mari gets to team up with EVERYONE, it feels like. Can’t escape being a supporting character, but wow do people like using her to showcase others. This is a nice check in on what’s happening with Malik White.

Unfinished Business (John Jennings): Jo Mullein and Vic doing stuff with the new Justice League satellite. Like all of the current Justice League-entangled stories, I’m sort of waiting to find out if we do have an overarching plot here or if it’s just setting vibes that everyone is being asked to use. It’s cute but fairly insubstantial.

Dynamic Duo (Vita Ayala): look, I’ll be honest; I haven’t been particularly impressed with Ayala’s voices and characterisation when writing various Bat characters. I don’t mind the Duke voice here too much (though it’s quite perky for Duke), but it felt Wow Are We Black Bat Characters, Have You Noticed We Are Both Black? Which, firstly, please have someone finally let Duke and Luke actually meet on page, both of them clearly want to get to know the other. Also it felt like a lot of heavy handed commentary on how partitioned off Ridley’s been keeping Jace Fox.

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Preview: Black Panther: Blood Hunt #3

Black Panther: Blood Hunt #3 preview. Black Panther must battle Atlantis in an underwater temple that holds the key to the vampires' power! #comics #comicbooks

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From Black Panther: Blood Hunt #002

Art by Farid Karami and Andrew Dalhouse

Written by Cheryl Lynn Eaton

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Thunder and Lightning vs Condiment King DC Power 2024 art and story by Cheryl Lynn Eaton and Asiah Fulmore