Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
By Alex Segura
Spinning out directly from last month’s “Red Circle” event from superstar writer J. Michael Straczynski, we’ve got a first look at THE SHIELD #1, the debut issue of the new ongoing series chronicling the patriotic hero’s exploits. Along for the ride is an INFERNO co-feature. The main story, written by Eric Trautmann with art by Marco Rudy takes Lt. Joe Higgins — a.k.a. the Shield — into the hot spots across the globe where civilians fear to tread. His first mission finds him in Bialya, the nation destroyed by Black Adam in the pages of 52. There’s something lurking in the mountains beyond militia activity, and it’s up to the Shield to investigate.
Meanwhile, in the INFERNO co-feature by writer Brandon Jerwa and artist Greg Scott, we meet Inferno — but who is he? And why are the Dark Men after him?
THE SHIELD #1 hits 9/9.
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Tags: 52, black adam, brandon jerwa, eric trautmann, greg scott, inferno, marco rudy, red circle, the shield
5 Responses to “Get a first look at THE SHIELD #1”
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Been waiting for this preview as I wanted to see the art before I committed to try this series. While not this mind blowing art it’s worth it so I’m on board
Interesting to me that he takes off his dippy outfit before sneaking around the camp. Why did he wear it at all, then? He should have kept it on; Giving the bad guys something to laugh at would have been a good distraction.
I would actually be a whole lot more interested in this if it was a superpowered soldier/spy who didn’t look so silly. Perhaps all-black or fatigue pants and a t-shirt would have worked better.
Tha art does look very nice and the writing is solid (what I can read of it - I assume the garbled text-box problem is a computer issue and won’t be reflected in the printed version).
I like this. Of all the Red Circle books I think I’d be getting this one. Plus, I do like that you get the Inferno co-feature. I just wish the art in Inferno was more refined and not so sketchy looking - more like how he looked on the cover. The Shield preview looks like I was hoping Magog would look like and be more like. This doesn’t seem to be as predictable of a storyline as Magog does.
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The Shield was the only one of the Red Circle characters I was interested in, and I really enjoyed the one-shot, so I am excited to check out the series. I would have preferred he be paired with the Hangman instead but what can you do?