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Tom King, Mitch Gerads and Doc Shaner's Strange Adventures Gets a 17+ Black Label

Published Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:30:39 -0600

Last updated Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:44:44 -0600

DC's new maxiseries Strange Adventures, by writer Tom King and artists Mitch Gerads and Evan "Doc" Shaner, was solicited with a standard DC Comics label. However, it has now been redesignated a DC Black Label Ages with a 17+ content descriptor on its card stock covers. DC Comics want retailers and readers to see this book as having content akin to King and Gerads' DC Vertigo series Sheriff of Babylon and Mister Miracle, and wish us to know that "Strange Adventures is a story of blood, war, and love that readers will talk about for years to come."

And just in case, DC Comics is making the first and second issues of Strange Adventures fully returnable with no order minimums.

"As Strange Adventures was coming together, we had to take a step back and look at what made the most sense for the project," said DC Group Editor Jamie S. Rich. "Since its tone and themes are more in the vein of Mister Miracle than, say, Tom King's work on Batman, we decided that it made more sense to give Strange Adventures its own space, where Tom, Mitch, Doc and Clayton could follow the story to all the different places it might take them."

"Like Mister Miracle, Strange Adventures is hugely ambitious," said King. "Unlike Mister Miracle, this isn't another tale of one man's angst or trauma or recovery. Strange Adventures is fundamentally about something larger, deeper, and darker; it's trying to speak to the nature of truth and how our assumptions about that nature can tear us apart."

In the John Siuntres' Word Balloon podcast with Tom King we mentioned earlier today, he talked about having to censor the Strange Adventures preview because it would have run in Scooby Doo comics. This takes that to another level though.

STRANGE ADVENTURES #1 (OF 12)
(W) Tom King (A) Evan Shaner (A/CA) Mitch Gerads
After winning five Eisner Awards and topping year-end "best of lists," the comic book of 2019 was Mister Miracle. The comic book of 2020 will be Strange Adventures.
The Mister Miracle team of writer Tom King and artist Mitch Gerads are joined by fan-favorite artist Evan "Doc" Shaner to bring you an epic tale in the tradition of Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, and DC: The New Frontier-a story of blood, war, and love that readers will be talking about for years to come.
Adam Strange is the hero of Rann, a man famous throughout the galaxy for his bravery and honor. After leading his adopted home to victory in a great planetary war, Adam and his wife Alanna retire to Earth, where they are greeted by cheers, awards, and parades. But not all is as happy and nice as it seems, as the decisions Adam made during battles on Rann come back to haunt his family and threaten the entire DC Universe. And now a surprise DC hero will have to choose between saving Adam Strange and saving the world.
A story like no other, Strange Adventures is an ambitious, thrilling, shocking, and beautiful 12-issue saga that will push Adam Strange to the breaking point-and beyond!In Shops: Mar 04, 2020
SRP: $4.99

STRANGE ADVENTURES #2 (OF 12)
(W) Tom King (A) Evan Shaner (A/CA) Mitch Gerads
What is the truth about Adam Strange? When an activist who publicly accused him of war crimes ends up dead, the public begins to doubt Strange's stories about his adventures on the planet Rann-and he's even starting to doubt himself. It's going to take a special investigator to get the truth, and he's going to have to tear apart Adam Strange's life and reputation to do it.
A special miniseries set on two worlds, it takes two artists to bring Strange Adventures to life. Mitch Gerads tackles the earthbound sequences, while Doc Shaner launches us into space. And it's all written by Tom King, the Eisner Award-winning writer who brought you Mister Miracle, Omega Men, and Sheriff of Babylon.In Shops: Apr 01, 2020
SRP: $4.99