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Review: Flash Gordon Holiday Special #1
Review: Flash Gordon Holiday Special #1
Review: Flash Gordon Holiday Special #1
Of all the comics that could indulge in one of my beloved Holiday Specials, Flash Gordon seems like a pretty unlikely candidate. I mean, now that I think of it, if comics can give us that story where Superboy gets caught up in the Christmas Spirit and decides to get the Legion of Super-Heroes to hunt down the star that the Magi followed to the manger and ends up rescuing a race of alien bird-people from a flood in what can only very charitably be called a miracle, I guess you can wring a little holiday cheer out of just about anything. Still, the adventures of three humans trapped in an alien empire full of tree monsters and beast-men doesn't quite seem like it would easily lend itself to the spirit of the season. And yet, that's exactly what the folks at Dynamite have done with the new Flash Gordon Holiday Special one-shot, and while I could not possibly be more in the target audience for this thing -- my interest in space adventure is only outstripped by my love of Christmas -- it's well worth picking up.
Dynamite Explodes At NYCC 2012 With New Remender, Waid, Ennis, Wagner And More
Dynamite Explodes At NYCC 2012 With New Remender, Waid, Ennis, Wagner And More
Dynamite Explodes At NYCC 2012 With New Remender, Waid, Ennis, Wagner And More
Dynamite Entertainment got really real last weekend at New York Comic-Con, coming out swinging with numerous new projects from an impressive roster of mainstream creators who've been given free rein on brand new series. Among them, Rick Remender, the Marvel Comics writer of Uncanny Avengers and Uncanny X-Force, who will collaborate with artist Paul Renaud (Red Sonja: Vacant Shell) for an all-new s