STAFF PICKS :: DEVIL DINOSAUR BY JACK KIRBY THE COMPLETE SERIES TP :: MAY 28, 2014
ANDY’S PICK :: DEVIL DINOSAUR BY JACK KIRBY THE COMPLETE SERIES TP: Here’s the back-story. In 1972, DC asked Jack Kirby to come up with a title to compete with Marvel’s recent licensing acquisition of Planet of the Apes. Hence, Kamandi. A few years later, Kirby was back at Marvel and they asked him to create a new property that could go paw to paw with the new Kamandi TV series that DC was developing. So Kirby grudgingly came up with Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy. The series only ran for 9 issues. The comic was geared at younger readers, but like most comics back in the ’70s it was never marketed properly. So, at the time DD looked like a big-foot n embarrassment from the once-great King when compared to the more cutting edge ‘relevant’ comics from O’Neill and Engelhart. Today those topical books are still fun but are self important, quite silly and rather dated; meanwhile ol’ DD remains a great kids comic just brimming with the Kirby excitement, movement and creativity. Marvel is offering all nine issues in an affordable soft cover edition for only 19.95. You owe it to yourself to pick it up and enjoy!
IZZY’S PICK :: LITTLEST PET SHOP #1: I was SO excited about this comic ever since I saw an ad for it in the back of a recent My Little Pony issue! I was also interested in it because the art on the cover is very appealing. I also watch LPS on TV and I really like it. Please enjoy!
RICO’S PICK :: BLACK CANARY AND ZATANNA: BLOODSPELL: On the rare occasion when the visionary Paul Dini writes a comic book you owe it to yourself to pick it up. Dini along with Bruce Timm created a definitive version of Batman for television. This week we get beautiful new hardcover comic with all new material written by Dini with stunning art by Joe Quinones. This book has been in the works for years and it shows.
HeroesCon 2014 is just over a month away and even more great creators are being added to our already enormous guest list every week! It’s getting SO CLOSE! We’ll see you at the Charlotte Convention Center June 20-22, 2014. Tickets for are on sale now! Check out our full line-up of comic creators 
JUAN DOE: Solar, X-Men:198, Legion of Monsters, Fantastic Four
STEPHANIE GLADDEN: Girls of Monster Paradise, Peanuts, Jingle Belle, Simpsons, Powerpuff Girls
MARCUS HAMILTON: Dennis the Menace APPEARING FRIDAY ONLY!
DEREK HUNTER: Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors, Pirate Club, Skidmarks
ERIK JONES – Painter: Figure, Form, Unknown, Elric, Witchblade
JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER: DAWN, Wolverine & The Black Cat: Claws, Conan, Red Sonja, Vampirella
GUIN THOMPSON & DURWIN TALON: Beautiful Scars
KYLE T. WEBSTER: Illustrator and Owner of 
TRACY YARDLEY: Sonic the Hedgehog, The Adventures of Galaxy Man and Cosmic Girl
Tsunami Studios:
JUSTIN’S PICK :: ANDRE THE GIANT LIFE & LEGEND GN: Fellow 80s kids will understand the childhood affinity for professional wrestling. It’s a cult that runs right up to today, but it found its footing and gathered its momentum in those halcyon days of Reaganomics and bad newsman toupees. The sport has its detractors; personally, I just enjoyed it for what it was: a good show. And we must remember, for all its highfalutin pretension and staggering gallery listings, art is, at its core, show business. It would seem that’s the point Box Brown is underlining in his biography of pro wrestling icon Andre the Giant. Once we start to gauge art by assumed intentions or monetary gain, we must evaluate ALL art by the same criteria, and that, my friends, is a slippery slope. Art is in the heart of the artist, and I believe this tender portrait of Mr. Roussimoff will illustrate that point quite well. Brown dove into some exhaustive research for this project, and his style – somewhere at the intersection of Tezuka and Pendleton Ward – is perfectly suited for the subject matter. Expect this one to show up on plenty of best-of-the-year lists, come December.
SETH’S PICK :: STARLIGHT #3: Starlight is yet another fine indicator of the recent resurgence of so many classic pulp elements back into comics. I will admit, though, that it took a little convincing from fellow Heroes staffers Rico and Justin for me to pick this one up. The art was a guaranteed joy from the time the book was announced. Artist Goran Parlov always produces strong and interesting work. My hesitation to pick it up was only rooted in the fact that I’ve historically found the work of writer Mark Millar to be gratuitous on many levels. He’s obviously a talented and versatile creator, I just doubted I’d have much interest in his take on the space opera.
Dave Bullock: Director of Justice League:The New Frontier, Batman Black & White,Wednesday Comics
Chris Brunner: Loose Ends, Sundowners
Cully Hamner: Red, The Question, Detective Comics, Black Lightning, Blue Beetle
Kate Leth: Bravest Warriors, Kate Or Die, Adventure Time: Seeing Red
Andy MacDonald: Zoo, Terminator, Time Warp
Mike Maihack: Cleopatra in Space
Benjamin Marra: TERROR ASSAULTER: O.M.W.O.T. (One Man War On Terror), BLADES & LAZERS, Night Business, Gangsta Rap Posse
Billy Martin: Vitriol the Hunter
Jim Starlin: Thanos: The Infinity Revelation, The Death of Captain Marvel, Dreadstar, Breed, Silver Surfer
Brian Stelfreeze: Day Men, Jonah Hex, Wednesday Comics, The Ride, Gun Cand
Andy Suriano: Samurai Jack, Liberty Justice, Doc Bizzare M.D.
Ben Templesmith: The Squidder, Choker, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, 30 Days of Night
