Mark Russell Archives

It's One-Star Squadron time! Mark Russell is possibly the funniest modern day comic book writer around, And Steve Lieber is pretty decent in this field as well, drawing Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, and Superior Foes Of Spider-Man And now they are teaming up to fight crime, and create the One-Star Squadron 6-issue mini-series for DC[...]

Mark Russell has written a satire of toxic masculinity under late capitalism by substituting the robots for the resentful men in society who think they're under-appreciated and unloved Russell is the premier satirist in mainstream comics right now It's not like any other writer was vying for the position, but he has claimed the title[...]

And that includes a bunch of new titles, such as Black Widow: Easter Egg Hunt one-shot by Mark Russell, Ann Maulina and Irma Kniivila, now available on the Marvel Unlimited App. The Black Widow and Hawkeye star in "Easter Egg Hunt!" You know Natasha Romanoff as the world's greatest super-spy—cold, calculating, and efficient[...]

Refuse x Last Resorts is one of the not-Final Five comics from Bad Idea Corp, with new comics by Matt Kindt and Marguerite Sauvage, and Mark Russell and Adam Pollina, which I will be buying Here is the solicitation for Bad Idea comic books shipping in November 2021… Refuse x Last Resorts in Bad Idea Solicitations[...]

My Bad #1 by Mark Russell, Bryce Ingman, and Peter Krause is a new satirical superhero comedy launching in Ahoy Comics' November 2021 solicits and solicitations And you know Bleeding Cool loves anything Mark Russell is involved with But what's the middle name in the credit? Here's everything Ahoy Comics has in November 2021 solicits[...]

But in order to survive there, each hero must first read from the Darkhold and let themselves be driven insane, leading to twisted new versions of themselves! These mind-melting adventures will unfold over a series of exciting character-focused one-shots including November's Darkhold : Wasp and Darkhold: Black Bolt. And that includes Catwoman's Jordie Bellaire making her[...]

Mark Russell, Stuart Moore, Peter Sneibjerg, and Frank Cammuso are relaunching the comedy-horror anthology from Ahoy Comics in time for Hallowe'en including a new look at monster-themed cereals, the like that I only have ever seen in adverts in American comic books Here are the details and everything else Ahoy Comics has out in October[...]

Click on this link to see all the released titles so far. Refuse X Last Resorts by Matt Kindt, Marguerite Sauvage, Marc Russell and Adam Pollina, one of Bad Idea Comics' Final Five for November 2021 REFUSE Written by MATT KINDT Art & Cover by MARGUERITE SAUVAGE LAST RESORTS Written by MARK RUSSELL Art & Cover by ADAM POLLINA A PLANET-SIZED DOUBLE-SHOT $9.99  |[...]

Deadbox from Mark Russell and Ben Tiesma is Vault Comics' big launch for August 2021, alongside continuing Barbaric, Blue Flame, Heavy, Money Shot, Wasted Space and the incredibly-titled The Last Book You'll Ever Read Check them all out below. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /*[...]

Bleeding Cool broke the news that Mark Russell and Mike Deodato are launching a new comic book series from AWA in August, Not All Robots Well, it's going to be a busy month for Mark because we can also announce that he is to launch another new comic book, Deadbox, with Benjamin Tiesma and Vladimir[...]

And now Deodato is being teamed up with on of Bleeding Cool's favourite writers, Mark Russell, best known for Flintstones, Snagglepuss, Red Sonja, and The Second Coming And between them giving us Not All Robots, launching from AWA in August. Not All Robots – Mark Russell & Mike Deoda­to Create New AWA Comic NOT ALL ROBOTS is a[...]

Superman was, after all, red, white and blue-blooded. But in today's Future State: Superman Vs Imperious Rex #2 published by DC Comics today, it seems that in the future, Clark Kent's star rating may have slipped a little. Looks like Superman still has his super-speed intact at least. FUTURE STATE SUPERMAN VS IMPERIOUS LEX #2 (OF 3) CVR[...]

A similar take to John Byrne's Generations books with Superman and Batman, Marvel are returning to the idea for Fantastic Four: Life Story, written by one of my other favourite writers, Mark Russell And spread out over sixty years with artist Sean Izaakse, Fantastic Four: Life Story, The Fantastic Four celebrates its 60th anniversary this year[...]

And that's terrible." DC Comics: The Super Dictionary In 2011, Chris Roberson scripted a scene in Superman #709 that showed he remembered that scene very well. Superman #709 More recently in 2019, writer Mark Russell wrote Harley Quinn: Villain Of The Year which showed he remembered it too. Harley Quinn: Villain Of The Year #1 And tomorrow, Mark Russell and Steve[...]

I'm working with an amazing artist to tell a really wonderful story, but I don't think I'm allowed to spill the details yet!" But it seems that he may never be able to spill them as he's not on the final creative list below; But those who are now included are Oscar winner John Ridley, Christos[...]

Credit: DC Comics This script by Mark Russell very smartly shows how the Bat is able to overcome such intensely violent odds, using a kind of "captain's log" style of voiceover with captions, where he explains himself to an audience he does not see It likewise presents something that seems simple on the surface but has[...]

Mark Russell is one of my favourite modern comic book writers A funny, satirical prose writer, he has shown no primadonna attitude when it comes to taking on a variety of IP, and twisting it to his nefarious means, whether that's Batman, The Flintstones, Snagglepuss, Red Sonja or Jesus Christ Man, that last license must[...]

Unfortunately, the detonation of the Madbomb changes the course of his life, leading him to deliver the truth to power in ways that he never could have expected. The cover of Captain America Marvel's Snapshot #1 published by Marvel Comics with the creative team of Mark Russell, Ramon Perez, Rico Renzi, and Joe Sabino. What's best about[...]

Mark Russell is a political and satirical comic book writer who often finds himself writing comics like Flintstones, Batman, Snagglepuss, The Wonder Twins, Lone Ranger and Red Sonja, but still keeping the political satire and commentary He also happens to be rather funny But today sees his writing the much-delayed Marvel Snapshots: Captain America will very little[...]

From a meta sense, is it a fond farewell to a halcyon era, or is it another example of certain types of criminals getting away with their crimes? The cover of Batman: Gotham Nights #7 published by DC Comics with the creative team of Mark Russell, Ryan Benjamin, Richard Friend, Alex Sinclair, and Troy Peteri.   First, you'll[...]

Mark Russell has a Writer's Commentary on this week's Red Sonja Volume 5 #15, on sale now from Dynamite Entertainment. Mark Russell's Writer's Commentary on Red Sonja #15 Art from Dynamite. Page 1: I love establishing shots They not only keep the location of the story straight in the reader's mind, it gives the artist a chance to[...]

On top of breaking so many laws, they're also awful people — buying a modeling agency to have beautiful women on call and control their immigration status, setting up a party drug to corner the market on the lost and desperate, all while laughing over drinks at the Fluttering Swan Country Club outside of Gotham. The[...]

Without leaning as heavily on humor, this issue follows in the tracks of Wonder Twins to prove that Mark Russell is one of the smartest, subversive writers working in mainstream comics today With an apparent crystal dig at real-world Frankenscience, Swamp Thing takes a clear stand against GMOs created by a company called Sunderland Foods[...]

Art from DC. Well, it appears that DC Comics are a little narked at Marvel stealing their thunder, and in lockdown, released a new series Swamp Thing: New Roots as a digital-first-but-previously-appeared-in-Walmart comic by Mark Russell, Marco Santucci and John , to steal it back The Beet Goes On, we have a destructive environmental revenge force[...]

Swamp Thing Giant #4 includes these new stories, under a direct-market only cover by Marco Santucci Strategic Outcomes, a 16-page story written by Mark Russell with art by Marco Santucci At Sunderland's request, the U.S military is testing ways to annihilate the monstrous threat known as the Swamp Thing From swamp to city they'll hunt him, and[...]

With a cover by Eddy Barrows and Eber Ferreira this issue includes these new original stories: Dragnet, a 16-page story written by Mark Russell with art by Ryan Benjamin and Richard Friend Batman goes after the biggest criminals in Gotham City: Bruce Wayne's billionaire peers But when these blue-blooded businessmen turn to the Joker for help, they[...]

Ahoy Comics is recombining the Flintstones team of Mark Russell and Steve Pugh for Billionaire's Island The first issue also has another dystopian future star, Y The Last Man's Pia Guerra on variant covers, with The Boys' Darick Robertson doing similar in April. BILLIONAIRE ISLAND #1 (OF 4) CVR A PUGH (MR) JAN201443 (W) Mark Russell (A/CA) Steve Pugh A[...]

At the weekend, Bleeding Cool ran video from a Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass panel from Thought Bubble in Harrogate in which Mariko Tamaki talked about falling in love with Steve Pugh's work on Flintstones with Mark Russell, and how she never thought she'd read a Flinstones comic until then. Well, it looks like people at Ahoy[...]

Today's Year Of The Villain special by Mark Russell, Scott Godlewski, Marissa Louise and Travis Lanham looks like it was one of the final titles edited by Molly Mahan before she left to be Senior Narrative Editor at Riot Games in Los Angeles. But she seems to have left quite the change behind her. The comic book[...]

But how can she overcome immortality when she's already used every weapon in her arsenal? Plus, these reprint tales: o "The Court of Owls: Knife Trick," from Batman #1 o "Harley Lives," from Detective Comics #23.2 o "Better than Batman Part one,' from Nightwing #1 In Shops: Oct 09, 2019 Final Orders Due: Sep 09, 2019 SRP: $4.99 DC VILLAINS GIANT #1 New cover[...]