Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Re: Reload: Simply Comics provides some tongue-in-cheek solicitation copy for Marvel's next wave of X-Men reboots:

"DISTRICT ATTORNEY X #1
Written & Penciled by BATTON LASH
Cover by JAMES KOCHALKA
"MOTION FOR X-TINCTION, YOUR HONOR" pt. 1 (of 4)
Superstar creator BATTON LASH (Supernatural Law) brings his unique combination of humor and lawyers to the world of mutants! Dark Justice meets Ally McBeal! Martin Constible is New York's District Attorney, but how long can he keep his mutant identity a secret?
32 PGS./ALL AGES …$2.99

"HISTORICAL X-MEN #1
Written & Penciled by RICK GEARY
Cover By SCOTT McKOWEN
"HOOVERVILLE" pt. 1 (of 6)
Hot on the heels of blockbusters like 1602 and X-MEN: THE HIDDEN YEARS, now we get to examine the lives of mutants in 1920's New Jersey with the expert historical cartoonist RICK GEARY (TREASURY OF VICTORIAN MURDER). See the Roaring 20's meet murdurous mutant menaces! Can the Historical X-Men keep the stock markey going up? Featuring an all-new team of BOOKBINDER, THE GENTLEMAN, FLAPPER GIRL, ELECTRICAL MAN, and GREYHOUND.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99"

Funny stuff. (I'd buy Historical X-Men, and probably the others, too.)