Immortal Stories: Steve Foxe on writing X-Men, Archer & Armstrong, and more

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NEWS

• 2022 Hugo Awards finalists, including in comics, announced
• Mike Allred and Mark Russell launch ‘Superman: Space Age’ #1 prestige series
• Superman special 'Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Superman' #1 coming in July
• 'Young Justice: Targets' spins out of 'Young Justice: Phantoms' by showrunner Greg Weisman
• Batman Unburied coming internationally May 3
• DC Round Robin 2022: Eight remaining series revealed
• ‘Batman: The Knight – Compendium Edition’ coming May 10
• Jeff Lemire launches second Black Hammer series via Substack
• Secret origin of Thor revealed in ‘Avengers: 1,000,000 B.C.’ this July
• COMIC STORE PUBLISHER MARKET SHARES - Q1 2022

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (2021) #2 (Kelly Sue DeConnick and Gene Ha)
2. X-Men: Red (2022) #1 (Al Ewing, Stefano Caselli)

Nathan:

1. Spider-Punk #1 (Cody Ziglar, Justin Mason)
2. Batman Beyond: Neo-Year #1 (Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Max Dunbar)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Spider-Punk #1

Dave - Batman #122 (Williamson, Porter)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Image 30th Anniversary Anthology #1
• Nathan: The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #1

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: X-Men '92: House Of XCII #1 (Nakayama Var Cover)
• Nathan: Batman: Urban Legends #14 (Kim Jacinto cover)

Segment: Interview - Steve Foxe - Archer & Armstrong Forever #1 (Out May 4th) 

1. Steve, you’ve done editing work, writing at Oni Press, X-Men 92 coming up, how did this Valiant connection begin?
2. It has been a minute since we got an Archer and Armstrong series, is Archer and Armstrong Forever #1 a continuation from where we left off (and where did we leave off?!)
3. Marcio Fiorito brings next-level detailed pencils that superhero comics deserve. Was there a specific panel or page that blew you away from the series?
4. It’s not a spoiler that Armstrong has lost his ability to heal himself, what do you hope to explore between Archer and Armstrong now that he can’t heal and live forever?
5. It’s the 30 year anniversary of Archer & Armstrong’s creation by Barry Windsor-Smith, why do you think this duo is so timeless?
6. Getting to play around with the animated series style, what was the biggest surprise giving voice to all these iconic characters from our childhood?
7. Shifting gears to another hot new comics launch, X-Men '92: House of XCII, given this recording is AFTER the first issue drops, tell us about Jubilee’s new role in the narrative.
8. Razorblades Omnibus in July! Any chance we’ll see another run of the series in the near future?
9. Any other projects you’d like to plug today?