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21 Comic Covers From First Issues Of Quentin Tarantino And Matt Wagner's Django/Zorro, And Other Nineteeth Century Men, From Dynamite In November

Published Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:30:29 -0500

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Fri, 22 Aug 2014 05:29:09 -0500

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I can't deny that getting to meet Quentin Tarantino before his San Diego Comic Con panel was a big moment for me. Especially since we mutually geeked out about the work of Jim Steranko. And with Matt Wagner here, it' clear that Django Zorro is a collaborative work between the two, rather than a filmmaker having an idea on the back on an envelope and getting someone else to write it. Matt Wagner brings Zorro, Quentin brings Django, and they jam. And this is the first sequel to any of Quentin's work…

Is there any reason this won't be a top ten comic in November? There are certainly plenty of covers to choose from…

DJANGO ZORRO #1 (OF 6) CVR A LEE MAIN

(W) Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner (A) Esteve Polls (CA) Jae Lee

Featuring a story by Oscar Award-Winning Writer/Director, and Django creator Quentin Tarantino, and award-winning writer/artist/creator Matt Wagner! The official sequel to Django Unchained in the first-ever comic book sequel ever done of a Tarantino film! Set several years after the events of Django Unchained, Django/Zorro #1 finds Django again pursuing the evil that men do in his role as a bounty hunter. Since there's a warrant on his head back east, he's mainly been plying his trade in the western states. After safely settling his wife, Broomhilda, near Chicago, he's again taken to the road, sending her funds whenever he completes a job. It's by sheer chance that he encounters the aged and sophisticated Diego de la Vega – the famed Zorro – and soon finds himself fascinated by this unusual character, the first wealthy white man he's ever met who seems totally unconcerned with the color of Django's skin… and who can hold his own in a fight. He hires on as Diego's "bodyguard" for one adventure and is soon drawn into a fight to free the local indigenous people from a brutal servitude, discovering that slavery isn't exclusive to black folks. In the course of this adventure, he learns much from the older man (much like King Schultz) and, on several occasions, even dons the mask and the whip… of The Fox!

And Dynamite has also got the rights to use John Carter in their Princess Of Mars comics.. which means a new issue 1 and a new bunch of covers…

JOHN CARTER WARLORD #1 CVR A CAMPBELL MAIN

(W) Ron Marz (A) Abhishek Malsuni (CA) J. Scott Campbell

John Carter: Warlord of Mars returns in a new monthly series, officially authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.! Superstar writer Ron Marz finally gets to pen the series he has always wanted to write, with amazing new art talent Abhishek Malsuni joining him. Return to the exotic landscape of Barsoom, as John Carter has to save his adopted world, not to mention his beloved Dejah Thoris, from an enemy like no other he has ever faced. John Carter must truly become Warlord of Mars against an adversary who is every bit his equal on the savage red planet. An amazing new era for John Carter of Mars starts here!

And the another relaunch for Lone Ranger. Dynamite seem to do a fair business at portraying American pre-war action heroes right now, don't they?

Almost as if they've got an even bigger crossover coming up…

LONE RANGER VINDICATED #1 (OF 4) CVR A CASSADAY

(W) Justin Gray (A) Rey Villegas (CA) John Cassaday

The Lone Ranger and Tonto are called to the town of Red Mesa to help capture a vicious gang of thieves. However things are not what they seem as the masked man and his faithful companion find themselves entangled in a mystery and surrounded by killers.