JUST FOR THE RECORD...

Although I wish it has lasted longer (and although I wish Dark Horse had put my credits on #3), I really enjoyed getting to work with Jim Shooter and Patrick Olliffe on Mighty Samson.

Despite having been at this a while and having known Jim for years, I learned a lot.

GREAT CHRISTMAS PARTY

Getting into the holiday spirit, on Thursday, December 22, Rosina and I hosted Jim Shooter, Debbie Fix, JayJay Jackson and her partner Freddy, Adam Philips and his wife Julia Roberts, Joe James and his wife Yamilca, and my pal Rob Miller at Rosa Mexicano on East 18th Street in Manhattan.

It was a blast! Mr. Shooter even wrote about it over on his blog today. More photos there, too!

A Few More FREE COMIC BOOK DAY PHOTOS

FROM STOP #2 on FREE COMIC BOOK DAY

From left to right: Jim Shooter, Alan Paperin of The Comic Book Depot, JCV, and Billy Tucci.

It was a great day. Really enjoyed meeting lots of fans and going to three really good comic shops!

MIGHTY SAMSON #3 On Sale MAY 25

MIGHTY SAMSON #2 on Sale FEBRUARY 16, 2011 - PREVIEW

MIGHTY SAMSON #2 on sale FEBRUARY 16

Five hundred years after the end of the world, mutated monsters prowl the desolate wilds, and savage marauders from the wastelands of Jerz scourge the helpless N'Yark tribe.

Samson, the strongest man on Earth, defender of the N'Yark, singlehandedly invades the forbidding fortress of Terra, Queen of the Jerz. Ten thousand hardened Jerz warriors swarm to her defense. The odds for survival look grim. If only the Jerz had more warriors!

It's written by Jim Shooter and me, and illustrated by Patrick Olliffe!

And Comic Book Resources has a preview! Check it out!

MIGHTY SAMSON #1 On Sale DECEMBER 15

MIGHTY SAMSON #1 PREVIEW

MIGHTY SAMSON #2

Five hundred years after the end of the world, mutated monsters prowl the desolate wilds, and savage marauders from the wastelands of Jerz scourge the helpless N'Yark tribe.

Samson, the strongest man on Earth, defender of the N'Yark, singlehandedly invades the forbidding fortress of Terra, Queen of the Jerz. Ten thousand hardened Jerz warriors swarm to her defense. The odds for survival look grim. If only the Jerz had more warriors!

On sale February 16, 2011.

Written by Jim Shooter & J.C. Vaughn
Illustrated by Patrick Olliffe
Cover by Raymond Swanland

MIGHTY SAMSON #1

Five hundred years after the end of the world, amid the ruins of a once--great city scourged by mutated monsters, marauders, and savage subhuman predators, the primitive N'Yark tribe ekes out a meager, fragile existence. But from among them rises a champion, gifted with prodigious strength -- a warrior who can strike dead the most fearsome beast and stand alone against an army. Singlehandedly, he holds at bay the ravaging barbarian hordes of Jerz, thwarting the dark ambitions of beautiful, ruthless Queen Terra. At stake is the future of the world. Mighty Samson is the last, best hope of humankind.

Jim Shooter (Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom, Magnus, Robot Fighter and Turok, Son of Stone) is the writer, I'm the co-writer, and Patrick Olliffe handles the art.

It's due on sale December 15, 2010.

It features a regular cover by Raymond Swanland and a variant cover by Mr. Olliffe.

Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #3

Other than getting to read the script ahead of time, I don't have anything to do with Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #3 from Dark Horse Comics, but it looks very much Jim Shooter and artist Roger Robinson really start clicking on this one...

And I'm sure that even Martha Stewart would think that's a good thing. Cover artist Michael Komarck rocks it, too.

BACK ISSUE #34

From TwoMorrows Publishing

Experience a “New World Order” in Back Issue #34, featuring the soul-searching story of Counter-Earth’s Adam Warlock, with Jim Starlin and Roy Thomas, and the behind-the-scenes history of the revolutionary Marvelman, with Alan Davis and Garry Leach. Also, Jim Shooter stands tall in an exclusive interview and we look back at Marvel’s New Universe. Plus: Logan’s Run, Star Hunters, Bob Wiacek on Star Wars and Star-Lord, the conclusion of the Steve Skeates interview, a new AA COMICS chapter, Dick Giordano and Pat Bastienne revisit Crisis on Infinite Earths, and “The Post-Crisis DC Universe You Didn’t See”! Contributors include Gerry Conway, Tom Defalco, David Michelinie, Paul Ryan, and more. All behind an incredibly cosmic Warlock and Thanos cover illustrated by Jim Starlin! Edited by Michael Eury.

I'm very happy to finally be contributing to this outstanding publication on comics history. Michael Eury has done a mindboggling job of finding enthusiastic writers to provide articles about a very wide range of subjects from my favorite era of comics. Just the day before this issue arrived, I wondered if anyone could be the inside view on Star Hunters, and then suddenly here it is!

My article on Jim Shooter is derived from one part of a lengthy interview he and I are working ourselves through, and this portion of it is something that I can't recall Jim commenting on before. I hope you'll take a look. Thanks.