[SPEAKER_00]: Jason Aaron takes on Thunder.
[SPEAKER_00]: Gargoyles to cross over with Darkwing Duck, TMNT number 13 moves up Order Deadline.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Over a year ago, Dynamite announced that, along with other properties from Warner Brothers, they had acquired the license to Thunder the Barbarian, the Colt Classic, 80s Cartoon.
[SPEAKER_00]: While at the time it was speculated Rob Lyefeld might take on the title given his public love for the character not so.
[SPEAKER_00]: In fact, it's writer Jason Aaron and artist Cobra Ball, who will tackle Thunder starting in January.
[SPEAKER_00]: He said Aaron via press release quote, thunder on the barbarian isn't simply my all-time favorite Saturday morning cartoon, it's a fundamental component to my DNA as a writer.
[SPEAKER_00]: To say I'm thrilled to be crafting Thunder's first ever comic book adventure would be a gross understatement.
[SPEAKER_00]: In our career full of dream jobs, this one will most assuredly go down as one of the dreamiest.
[SPEAKER_00]: In case you're not familiar, the cartoon ran for two seasons and featured classic fantasy tropes including Wizards, Monsters, and more, but thrust them 2,000 years into a post-apocalyptic future.
[SPEAKER_00]: As Aaron mentions, Thundar has never before appeared in comics, though it has plenty of comic book bonafides.
[SPEAKER_00]: Jack Kirby worked on production design for the show, and Alex Tauth also designed key characters.
[SPEAKER_00]: Steve Gerber, who folks might know from his work on Howard The Duck, and Man Thing was the creator of the show.
[SPEAKER_00]: And in fact, two previous comic projects focusing on Thunder, including a Sunday newspaper strip by Kirby, never saw the light of day.
[SPEAKER_00]: Speaking of dreams fulfilled, life-held may not be solo taking on the title, but he will provide covers.
[SPEAKER_00]: Darkwing Duck and Gargoyles were two cornerstone programs of the Disney afternoon, but have never crossed over until now.
[SPEAKER_00]: Provingly old axiom that you can lead a duck to water, but you can't make him into stone.
[SPEAKER_00]: Dynamite will launch Gargoyles' Darkwing Duck, written by Greg Weisman and Tadstones, with art by Ciro Kangi-Alos.
[SPEAKER_00]: The comic per Dynamite's PR quote, when the Diabolical Demona uses a mysterious magic mirror to recruit Morgana McCobber to her cause of mass destruction, Darkwing Duck and Launchpad McQuack flap their wings, actually they board the Thunderquack over to Manhattan.
[SPEAKER_00]: They'll quickly cross paths with Kalyath and Eliza.
[SPEAKER_00]: Might be time for a classic cureover's as hero misunderstanding brawl, and so much more will follow.
[SPEAKER_00]: Argoel's Darkwing Duck number one will hit stores in January.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you're looking forward to reading Teenage Reading Ninja Turtles number 13 from I-DW Better get on it quick!
[SPEAKER_00]: The publisher is announced that the pre-order deadline is moved up one week from October 28 to October 13.
[SPEAKER_00]: The reason too many people are ordering the book.
[SPEAKER_00]: Now really, that's sort of.
[SPEAKER_00]: According to PR from IDW provided to comic book club quote, because order projections have gone higher than expected in the printable now received extra time to produce more copies to be the increased demand to the key comic and blind bags.
[SPEAKER_00]: So why the hype?
[SPEAKER_00]: While this is an unlucky number 13 issue, IDW is essentially treating it like a new number one.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's because Jason Aaron and Juan Ferreira are
[SPEAKER_00]: Our finishing off the run on the title with number 12, and passing the Katana Chagin Loan Yang and Freddie E. Williams the second.
[SPEAKER_00]: Oh, and as mentioned, it's got the whole blind bag thing going on, which is all the range.
[SPEAKER_00]: The good news for collectors is TMNT number 13 blind bags won't upcharge you.
[SPEAKER_00]: They're 499, just like the regular issue.
[SPEAKER_00]: TMNT number 13 hit stores on December 10.
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