"DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE ALL-NEW ADVENTURES FEATURING WILL EISNER'S LEGENDARY CRIMEFIGHTER DENNY COLT, THE SPIRIT, WILL BE WRITTEN BY THE AWARD-WINNING COMIC CREATOR MATT WAGNER..."
Marking the beginning of a partnership between Dynamite and the Eisner Estate, the new series will celebrate seventy-five years of The Spirit, and its #1 launch issue will feature cover artwork from all-star illustrators Alex Ross, Eric Powell, and series writer Matt Wagner himself.
The Spirit stands among the most iconic and influential characters in the industry with a publishing history in newspapers and comic books lasting generations. Many of the most accomplished creators in the field have carried the torch that Will Eisner set ablaze, including Darwyn Cooke, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, and Joe R. Lansdale, just to name a few. Matt Wagner, whose long career in comics has yielded a vast library of critically acclaimed titles, takes the reins on The Spirit for the very first time, ensuring that Eisner's creation endures as we enter its fourth quarter-century.
"I discovered The Spirit via the black-and-white, magazine-sized reprints of the mid-70s. It was the first time that I truly perceived sequential narrative as a legitimate art form, of the immense creative power of a comic-artist in his prime," says Wagner. "I can honestly say that seeing and experiencing The Spirit in my formative years ultimately led to my career as a comics author. It's such an immense thrill and a professional honor to have the chance to contribute to Will Eisner's legacy on the milestone 75th anniversary of his most influential and iconic character."
Matt Wagner is the accomplished creator of Grendel and Mage, a guiding creative force behind such mainstream blockbusters as Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity and Batman: The Monster Men, and no stranger to pulp noir, courtesy of his groundbreaking work on such Dynamite titles as The Shadow: Year One, Green Hornet: Year One, and Zorro. He recently set Hollywood abuzz with the launch of Django/Zorro, a comic book series co-written with influential filmmaker Quentin Tarantino that teams two Western icons in an official sequel to the hit film Django Unchained.
"We are very excited that Dynamite has taken on the challenge of bringing back Will Eisner's iconic character The Spirit, along with the emblematic cast of characters featured in new stories and adventures," say Nancy and Carl Grooper in a joint statement on behalf of the Eisner Estate. "It's a huge challenge, given the 75 years of great storytelling and artwork by the grandmaster and a pantheon of award-winning creators. We believe that Dynamite is up to this challenge and are looking forward to seeing this year's issues written by Matt Wagner."
Nick Barrucci, CEO and Publisher of Dynamite Entertainment, says, "I discovered The Spirit with the Harvey Comics reprint series from the 1970s, and from there, continued to follow the hero's two-fisted adventures in newspaper strips. From the very beginning, Will Eisner's incredible storytelling made an incredible impression on me, and his creation remained one of my all-time favorites ever since. I never would have imagined that Dynamite would have the honor of publishing The Spirit, and to do the series justice, we aimed to bring the best creative team possible together for the series. Matt's mastery of the Pulps made him our top choice for The Spirit, right from the start. What he has in mind for Denny Colt and the rest of Eisner's colorful cast is guaranteed to thrill long-time fans and new readers alike."
Nick Barrucci, CEO and Publisher of Dynamite Entertainment, says, "When I was thirteen years old, I met Matt Wagner at my local comic store, and asked him if he would help me publish my comic. Fortunately, he had the foresight to say no, in the politest way possible, as I can imagine he could tell that I would be terrible at it. When I was fifteen, I discovered The Spirit with the Harvey Comics reprint series from the 1970s, and from there, continued to follow the hero's two-fisted adventures in newspaper inserts. I could never have imagined that one of my creative heroes would be working with a legendary creator's signature character, and one of my all time favorite heroes. It's surreal. From the very beginning, Will Eisner's incredible storytelling made a lasting impression on me. I would never have predicted that Dynamite would have the honor of publishing The Spirit, and to do the series justice, we aimed to bring the best creative team possible together for the series. Matt's mastery of the Pulps made him our top choice for The Spirit, right from the start. What he has in mind for Denny Colt and the rest of Eisner's colorful cast is guaranteed to thrill long-time fans and new readers alike."
Originally published in 1939 by Quality Comics, The Spirit has long been admired for the ingenuity of its creator, Will Eisner. Eisner's amazing artistic skill and groundbreaking storytelling techniques in the weekly Sunday 16-page sections helped pave the way for modern comic books. His career spanned over seventy years, and he is largely considered as the inventor of the "graphic novel." In addition to The Spirit, his most celebrated works include A Contract with God andLast Day in Vietnam. The industry's highest accolade, the prestigious Eisner Award, is named in his honor, and awarded annually at San Diego Comic-Con International.
Dynamite's new Will Eisner's The Spirit is set to hit store shelves later beginning in July. Fans are encouraged to reserve copies with their local comic book retailers. The Spirit will also be available for individual customer purchase through digital platforms courtesy of Comixology, iVerse, and Dark Horse Digital.
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HEL IS THE NORSE GODDESS OF THE UNDERWORLD KINGDOM OF HELHEIM. SHE IS THE DARK HAG WHO WALKS THE LINE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH AND THINS THE VEIL BETWEEN THE WORLDS. SHE PRESIDED OVER THE DEAD, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WERE KILLED IN BATTLE. THOSE WHO DIED HEROICALLY IN BATTLE ENDED UP IN VALHALLA, THE HALL OF HEROES. THE LEGEND GOES THAT WITH A SIMPLE WAVE OF HER HAND SHE COULD CAUSE DISEASE, DECAY, AND DEATH. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER YOUNGEST CHILD OF THE THE TRICKSTER GOD, LOKI AND THE EVIL GIANTESS WHO WAS CALLED ANGERBODA. HER BROTHERS WERE FERRIS (THE EVIL GIANT WOLF) AND JORMUNGARD (THE MIDGARD SERPENT). IT WAS HEL WHO GIFTED ODIN WITH HIS TWIN RAVENS OF PROPHESY AND WISDOM.
HEL HAD QUITE A DISTURBING APPEARANCE, AN UGLY HALF-DEAD HAG WITH GANGRENE LEGS AND A HIDEOUS FACE. IT IS SAID THAT SHE IS BOTH BLACK AND WHITE AND HER BODY WAS SAID THAT HER BODY REPRESENTED BOTH SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM. THE OTHER GODS WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HEL'S APPEARANCE AND AVOIDED HER. THIS MADE HEL VERY UNHAPPY AND LONELY, AND SHE ASKED ODIN IF SHE COULD LEAVE ASGARD. IT WAS THEN THAT ODIN GAVE HER THE WORLD OF HELHEIM TO RULE OVER. SHE WOULD JUDGE OVER THOSE WHO WERE GOOD AND EVIL AND GIVE THEM THEIR JUST REWARDS...THE LEVELS OF 'HEAVEN' OR HELL'.
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Thor is one of the ceiling during and powerful gods of the main mythologies. He is equally part of modern newspaper life, when the fifth day of the week, Thursday (Thor's day), is named for him.
Odin is conservatively point as the open of Thor, a thunder god in Norse mythology. Under controversially, Thor's mother was a female large named Jord, according to Motz (see references underside).
Thor mated with a large named Jarnsaxa with whom he had two sons, named Magni and Modi, but his wife is Sif (whose sensational golden hair the charlatan god Loki cuts).
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Thor's appetites are solid. He afterward drank from a horn that was emptying the water from the deep-sea. He is described as cavernous, red-bearded, with aflame eyes who may well defeat large or elf in a test of brutality. Yet, he was so considerably slighter than a large that afterward he slept in a giant's glove. Epithets for Thor place his giant-defeating prowess. He is discontinue to the Greek star Heracles (Hercules) in his feats of brutality and giant-killing.
Thor had a distinguished nuclear warhead, his crush, named Mjolnir, and a belt of brutality, named Megingjardir. He had a goat-driven chariot that produced the jingle of the thunder, according to Davidson, in the role of loud diagonally the sky. The lightning bolts were caused by the hurling of Mjolnir. Thunderbolts are called Thorsviggar, according to Montelius.
Thor's home was called Bilskinir, to be found in Thrudheim or Thrudvangar. Thor was worshiped above all in Uppsala and Thrandheim.
In Norse mythology, Thor (from Old Norse Thorr) is a hammer-wielding god partnered with thunder, lightning, storms, oak foliage, brutality, the protection of mankind, and equally hallowing, healing and resonance. The cognate deity in wider Germanic mythology and paganism was unambiguous in Old English as Thunor and in Old Hum German as Donar (runic thonar), stemming from a Forward Germanic Thunraz (meaning "thunder").
After all stemming from Proto-Indo-European religion, Thor is a prominently mentioned god at some stage in the recorded history of the Germanic peoples, from the Roman labor of regions of Germania, to the tribal expansions of the Flight Daylight, to his high prominence all over the Viking Age, in the role of, in the situation of the sequence of the Christianization of Scandinavia, emblems of his crush, Mjolnir, were seedy in get through and Norse pagan family tree names containing the name of the god shut in comprehend to his prominence. Happening the modern lecture, Thor continued to be assumed in immature mythology at some stage in Germanic regions. Thor is over and over again referred to in place names, the day of the week Thursday ("Thor's day") bears his name, and names stemming from the pagan lecture containing his own be in charge to be recycled today.
In Norse mythology, wholly recorded in Iceland from traditional subject stemming from Scandinavia, something else tales and information about Thor are provided. In these sources, Thor bears at tiniest fourteen names, is the spouse of the fair-haired goddess Sif, is the aficionada of the jotunn Jarnsaxa, and is in general described as fierce-eyed, red-haired and red-bearded. After that Sif, Thor fathered the goddess (and whatsoever valkyrie) Thruor; with Jarnsaxa, he fathered Magni; with a mother whose name is not recorded, he fathered Mooi, and he is the stepfather of the god Ullr. The especially sources list Thor as the son of the god Odin and the in material form earth, Fjorgyn, and by way of Odin, Thor has something else brothers. Thor has two servants, Thjalfi and Roskva, rides in a sprain or chariot pulled by two goats, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjostr (that he eats and resurrects), and is credited three dwellings (Bilskirnir, Thruoheimr, and Thruovangr). Thor wields the mountain-crushing crush, Mjolnir, wears the belt Megingjoro and the easy ornament Jarngreipr, and owns the staff Grioarvolr. Thor's exploits, among his challenging post of his foes and eager battles with the dreadful serpent Jormungandr-and their foretold multiparty deaths all over the deeds of Ragnarok-are recorded at some stage in sources for Norse mythology.
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