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THE LEGENDARY COMIC book creator tells THE SHADOW’S origin story IN 2013!

The Shadow: Year One

October 12th, 2012, Mt. Laurel, NJ – Legendary comic book creator Matt (Mage, Grendel) Wagner takes on The shadow in 2013 with The Shadow: Year One.  much as he did with Dynamite’s eco-friendly Hornet: Year One, Matt plans to tell the conclusive origin story of The Shadow, showing fans why the character has withstood in popularity for so many years!  look for Matt Wagner’s The Shadow: Year One in 2013!

Matt Wagner

“THE shadow has long been one of my absolute preferred established characters as well as I’m thrilled to lastly get the possibility to contribute to his continuing adventures,” states Matt Wagner.  “I’m getting to assist define The Shadow’s mysterious origins in a Year One story arc!  For all his published history in both the pulps as well as comics, in addition to his radio adventures, there’s surprisingly no depiction of his extremely very first adventures as the dark-clad Master of Men.  This series will check out the events that very first drew Kent Allard/Lamont Cranston back to the States, exactly how he began to assemble his vast network of agents as well as exactly how he very first embraced the famous black hat as well as cloak as his alter-ego’s disguise-secrets that, up up until now…only The shadow knew!”

“Matt’s a legend as well as it’s always fantastic to work with him,” specified Dynamite Editor Joe Rybandt. “Everything about his work is infused with realism as well as authenticity, as well as his Shadow: Year One will raise the bar for pulps as well as their heroes.”

The Shadow: Year One

“I’ve understood Matt for 30 years now, since he resided in Philadelphia as well as was working on Mage for Comico Comics.  I’ve mentioned this for years, that I repeatedly asked him if he would work on a comic with me as even at a young age, his scripts, art as well as capability to tell stories was a few of the very best I had seen.  I never would have believed that 25 years later we would begin a connection with Matt working together.  This is the third job with Matt, as well as it keeps getting much better each time.  I’m proud to be working with Matt, as well as can’t wait on this new experience to begin!” – specifies Dynamite president as well as publisher Nick Barrucci

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