Best comics of the year...so far; Frank Gogol talks his Power Rangers one-shot

NEWS

• Comics creators condemn news of Warren Ellis’s return to comics. Image gives a statement
• September 2021 Marvel solicitations: ‘Dark Ages’ rages and Inferno is here!
  • Marvel teases Spider-Man: Beyond, reveals it’ll be 3 times a month!
• Dark Horse announces Jeff Lemire’s ‘Mazebook’ for September 2021
• Dark Horse announces sci-fi one-shot ‘Children of the Plague’
• Dark Horse schedules ‘Last Flight Out’ for September 2021
• Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman launching Kids Love Chains Press with ‘Vanish’ as first title
• ‘The Department of Truth’ #1 sells out and gets sixth printing
• Marvel to offer NFT collecting via Veve Digital Collectibles App

Segment: Heroes Don't Do That - Do they though? Second Week: Do heroes binge watch Netflix?

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Infinite Frontier #1 (Josh Williamson, Xermanico)
2. Home Sick Pilots #6 (Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard)

Nathan:

1. Home Sick Pilots #6 (Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard)
2. Stray Dogs #5 (Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Batman/Superman #19

Dave - Infinite Frontier #1

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Barbaric #1
2. Nathan: Barbaric #1

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Autumnal #8 Chris Shehan
2. Nathan: Shang-Chi #2 (Michael Cho variant)

Segment: The Best Comics of 2021...so far!

Dave:

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

Strange Adventures 

Nathan: 

Specter Inspectors

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

The Swamp Thing

Segment: Interview: Frank Gogol Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness #1. 

1. Frank, last time we spoke was November 2020, and I believe this project might have been around the corner. How long has Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness been in the works?
2. Were you a fan at all of Power Rangers before taking on this project?
3. The Phantom Ranger has been a mystery to fans for over 20 years; did you feel any pressure in peeling back some of the character’s layers?
4. This issue features a familiar character, Rita, what was it like writing this version of the character?
5. I kind of love the concept of the Phantom Ranger and him being a space-knight since we’ve seen it work so well with the Mandolorian. That got me thinking, was there any novels, films, or TV that you love that have similar themes to this issue?
6. When writing an extra-sized issue like this, do you approach writing and plotting differently than the usual 20 page comic?
7. Do you have a favorite Power Ranger?
8. I loved the epic nature of this issue, let’s say a famous director and/or studio took on this project, who would you want producing?

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