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Seven Soliders by Grant M.!

20:42 / 08.11.04

OK, we've discussed this upcoming maxi-series in another thread titled Grant & The DCU or something like that; I figured it was time for Seven Soldiers to get its own thread. Especially since it's being discussed in Wizard World and THIS preview art has just been released!!!

Salivate NOW at J.H. Williams III goodness!!

20:48 / 08.11.04

also from the WizardWorld panel:

>> Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers epic will stretch out over 30 comics.

>> "Only Grant Morrison could pull off something like this," DC Comics' Dan DiDio said during the DC Universe Saturday at Wizard World Texas.

>> The event begins in February with Seven Soldiers #0, with art by J.H. Williams. The special leads into seven four-part mini-series and a second stand-alone special.

>> Featuring Zatanna, Mr. Miracle, the Guardian and others, Seven Soldiers focuses on seven people with unusual talents and powers who hold the keys to the world's survival.

>> Artists will include Ryan Sook, Pascual Ferry, Doug Mahnke, Yannick Paquette and Cameron Stewart.

YYES!!! CAMERON & GRANT TOGETHER AGAIN!!!!

21:34 / 08.11.04

Does anybody know who all the seven soldiers will be? I know i read it somewhere but i forget.

23:05 / 08.11.04

There was something in wizard - um let me see if I have it to hand, yep here it is;

Frankenstein, Shining Knight, Klaron The Witch Boy, Mister Miracle, Bulleteer, Zatanna and the Manhattan Guardian.

Phex: Dorset Doom

23:06 / 08.11.04

Dude, 0 isn't a #

madfigs #32, now with wasabi

23:45 / 08.11.04

There are bits of discussion on the project is this thread and this one too. The seven soldiers as originally listed were:

Zatanna
Shining Knight
Bulleteer
Klarion the Witch Boy
Mister Miracle
Spawn of Frankenstein
Guardian

DC is offering a hardcover reprint of the old Seven Soldiers of Victory in January:
Written by Mort Weisinger, Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, and various Art by Mort Meskin, George Papp, Creig Flessel, Jack Lehti, Hal Sherman, and Ed Dobrotka Cover by Meskin Collecting LEADING COMICS #1-4, featuring the adventures of The Seven Soldiers of Victory: The Crimson Avenger, Green Arrow, the Shining Knight The Vigilante, Speedy, Stripesy and the Star-Spangled Kid! In 1941, one year after DC Comics launched the Justice Society of America in ALL-STAR COMICS, sister company All-American Comics released LEADING COMICS #1 featuring its very own super-team; The Seven Soldiers of Victory! Originally produced under the guidance of legendary editor/writer Mort Weisinger, this volume featuring page after page of classic art by Mort Meskin (among others). Add to that an insightful introduction by R.C. Harvey and it all adds up to over 200 pages of some of the best that the Golden Age had to offer -- by writers Bill Finger, Mort Weisinger, Jerry Siegel and others, with art by Meskin, George Papp, Creig Flessel and others. On sale Jan 12 * 240 pg, FC, $49.95 US

Hopefully there will be a lot of support for Grant's upcoming project(s) as well...

00:16 / 09.11.04

Why's there only six faces in the group shot of the Seven Soldiers, then? Unless the Shining Knight is meant to be holding the sword? Also, I don't see Mister Miracle anywhere, so I guess he must have a new look. I figure the guy on the upper right in the goggles is probably this "Bulleteer" character, right?

Damn, though, if that isn't a pretty picture. Very much looking forward to this.

02:08 / 09.11.04

The characters in that JH WIlliams cover aren't the Seven Soldiers that the series will be about.

19:43 / 09.11.04

Oh-ho...

14:42 / 10.11.04

I wonder why that is...?

18:31 / 10.11.04

The whole "legacy" thing from JSA again? The Grant 7 "take over" where the cover 7 "left off" maybe.