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MAX READ COMICS speaks with such ENTHUSIASM of WHIZ KIDS, that I'd like to be a reader and not the writer. Like I told him, is mindblowing to hear our work can somehow satisfy a fan of WOLFMAN & PÉREZ run!Big Bang Adventures #14: Written by Pedro Angosto, with Pencils by Jorge Santamaria, Inks by Juan Moreno, Colors by Daniele Caramonico, Letters by Adam Pruett, and Edits by Gary Carlson, this issue is an epic offering, at 45 pages of content, and a milestone for the series in more ways than one. As many of you may know, the various series published by Big Bang Comics cover multiple decades of its own comic book “history,” allowing for real change, generational legacies, and a vast array of “tones” and “eras” to be represented in the line, and even, as we’ve seen in Big Bang Adventures already, within one series. This issue, for example, is a hybrid of sorts, paying homage to the Wolfman/Perez “New Teen Titans,” as well as setting itself roughly in the early/mid-90s “Image Comics” era. Within this milieu, Angosto and team take on the task of telling the story of what happened to the Whiz Kids, sidekicks and sometime successors to the Round Table of America, in between the time of their break-up (two break-ups, really) and when “Kid Galahad” officially takes over for his uncle as the “Knight Watchman.” The story kicks off with a murder mystery, leading to the discovery of a massive conspiracy, which triggers an attempt by one ex-Whiz Kid to “get the band back together.” There’s more to it than that, of course, but you’ll get no spoilers from me! I will tell you, though, that the art is ASTOUNDING in this issue. The entire team steps up to the job of paying homage to the visual style of peak Wolfman/Perez NTT, and they do it WELL. Highly detailed double page spreads, packed pages that still don’t feel crowded, action scenes that are dynamic but not confusing, and narrative captions carrying inner monologues abound! The coloring work is sumptuous, too: as startling as the first issue of the Baxter-series “Titans” was to my eyes back in the day. Angosto tells a heck of an ambitious story here, too, and uses the massive page count well: never once does this book drag or feel “padded,” nor does it overstay its welcome. You race to the end, here, and only feel disappointed by the fact that the next issue isn’t out yet. And you not only get “re-introduced” to BBC classic characters here, but you meet “the new kids,” too; original creations invented just for this story line who feel like they “belong” here as much as anyone else. There’s a very helpful and detailed “Roll Call” page, a “Behind the Scenes” column, and plenty of really nice pin-up pages, to boot! If you’re looking for classic superhero comic book storytelling with meat on its bones, and content to spare, look no further, eh? This issue may be somewhat darker, more explicit or “adult” in tone than new readers of the series might be expecting, but as I said, Big Bang covers all eras of comics, and has done so before. And this issue does it in style.So! How’s that for a new post, folks? Get out there and check these issues out! Better yet: BUY THEM! I keep hearing that people want these kinds of comics, but I also keep hearing that these books aren’t selling! What the HECK, people? You can get digital copies of these books for like 99 CENTS at Indyplanet! ... See MoreSee Less

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Big Bang Comics

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THUNDER GIRL cover by ALLEN FORBES! She's back in BIG BANG ADVENTURES # 13, but you can find her new, modern, Earth-A adventures also in Big Bang Adventures # 1! ... See MoreSee Less

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Big Bang Comics

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A HUGE PART of the BIG BANG ISSUES we are producing is the PIN-UP GALLERY, a chance to work with dozens of artists and show their take on BIG BANG characters. Here you have three of them (of 7!) from the new WHIZ KIDS issue, reason enough to get the PRINTED VERSION !!!hombredebronze.blogspot.com/2022/01/whiz-kids-1-ya-esta-la-venta.html ... See MoreSee Less

¡WHIZ KIDS # 1 YA ESTÁ A LA VENTA!

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