Yet another new PROJECT SUPERPOWERS series from Dynamite

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[B]PROJECT SUPERPOWERS: FRACTURED STATES #1[/B]
As the nation is torn apart, someone is murdering all the patriotic heroes.
A mysterious amnesiac awakens in a sealed underground base, naked and abandoned. This John Doe emerges to the year 2052, where the entire Project Superpowers Universe has been turned on its head. The United States is no more, ravaged by environmental disaster, and fragmented into warring regions. The Black Terror is now many - revolutionaries trying to save the republic. But who IS John Doe? Why can't he remember anything? And does his presence in this brave new world bring its salvation...or its doom?
Writer: Ron Marz, Andy Lanning
Artist: Emilio Utrera
Genre: SuperHero
Publication Date: April 2022
Page Count: 32
ON SALE DATE: 04/06/2022
Price: $3.99[/quote][/INDENT][SIZE=1]
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And as for the gazillion variant covers that Dynamite is known for,[INDENT]Cover A: Mike Rooth
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And yet another dystopian future as if there ws nothing in the past or present that they could write about. Project Superpowers was one of the greats when it began but I can't recall the last release of a mini under that umbrella that was enjoyable.

Was just getting ready to start a thread on this. Read it and enjoyed it. Set around 30 years into the future, so it can be seen as a continuation of the original "Chapters" series. Enjoyed how they avoided the obvious route of the bearded stranger being Black Terror - at this point I'm leaning toward the Liberator, but have no real idea. Also really curious who the villain who killed the Flag is. His profile looked like the Revolutionary from the "Meet the Bad Guys" mini from way back when - so that would be an interesting thing to see revisited. And I liked the art as well - it reminded me of Lau's work, who I think is really amazing.

So a good first issue in my opinion.

So the second issues out, and it really does seem like they're leaning into the one-shots and secondary mini's that accompanied the original P:SP chapters. Quite a bit of this issue involves the Clown - an adversary of Magno - who was in the P:SP Christmas Special I believe (one of the last things associated with the Chapter 1 & 2 storylines). Nice to see him show up, and interesting to see how it pertains to the current story.

There's a bit more with the mysterious figure killing the patriotic heroes (in this case I believe he takes on Man of War) - and who the person is that has amnesia. A bit of a quick read, but still enjoyable.

Okay this was good. This feels like "Chapter 4" - a genuine continuation of the "Chapter Chronology". Definitely enjoying this.

I noticed that Dynamite will also release Scarlet Sisters in upcoming months, is that going to be mini or one-shot?

[QUOTE=HsssH;6105604]I noticed that Dynamite will also release Scarlet Sisters in upcoming months, is that going to be mini or one-shot?[/QUOTE]Dynamite's site labels it as a one-shot.[INDENT][img]https://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/18/91/37/14/tnscar10.jpg[/img][/INDENT]Supposedly coming out in September?
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[I][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR="#FF0000"]Bleeding Cool[/COLOR][/FONT][/I] had this back in April[SIZE=1] (though that article said "series")[/SIZE]: [URL="https://bleedingcool.com/comics/alex-segura-emiliana-pinnas-the-scarlet-sisters-from-dynamite/#:~:text=The%20Project%20Superpowers%20collection%20of,Comics%20PR%20guy%2C%20Alex%20Segura."]https://bleedingcool.com/comics/alex-segura-emiliana-pinnas-the-scarlet-sisters-from-dynamite/#:~:text=The%20Project%20Superpowers%20collection%20of,Comics%20PR%20guy%2C%20Alex%20Segura.[/URL]

This looks cool. Masquerade by Phil Hester was one of my favorite minis of the original material, and I'm always up for the Woman in Red (who I believe is the first female masked super hero).

Looks like Jeff Parker and Cooper will be doing Cat-Man Special: [url]https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-22-dynamite-tuesday-new-titles/[/url]

Announcement references Superpowers Chapter 2 and Parker usually tries to make things work in continuity.

[QUOTE=HsssH;6126929]Looks like Jeff Parker and Cooper will be doing Cat-Man Special: [url]https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-22-dynamite-tuesday-new-titles/[/url]

Announcement references Superpowers Chapter 2 and Parker usually tries to make things work in continuity.[/QUOTE]

That's awesome. Parker is probably one of the more unheralded writers of the moment. I absolutely LOVED his Flash Gordon run and related work. He reminds me of Mark Waid. So this should be really good.

Bumping up this thread because of another [B][I]Project Superpowers[/I][/B]-connected one-shot that came out a few months ago.
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[B][I]ROCKETMAN AND ROCKETGIRL[/I][/B] ONE SHOT
Writer: Jacob Edgar
Artist: Jordi Perez
Cover A: Lesley "Leirix" Li
Cover B: Jacob Edgar
Cover C: Giorgio Spalletta
Page Count: 40
ON SALE DATE: 3/29/2023
Price: $4.99

New York City, 1940! Masked bank robbers are making a helicopter getaway, and Rocketman and Rocketgirl are on the case! But after failing to apprehend the thieves, the team uncovers a more complex conspiracy... Nazis hell-bent on stealing rocket technology for themselves! It's super-charged thrills from Jacob Edgar (The Ones) and Jordi Perez (Firefly)![/quote][SIZE=1]
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I had made a separate thread for this already: [URL="https://community.cbr.com/showthread.php?166982-Rocketman-amp-Rocketgirl-Dynamite"]https://community.cbr.com/showthread.php?166982-Rocketman-amp-Rocketgirl-Dynamite[/URL]

Anybody know if any other [B][FONT=Century Gothic]Project Superpowers[/FONT][/B] one-shots are due out in the next few months? :confused:

I'm not sure about one-shots, but they've announced a Vampirella vs Project Superpowers book as a follow-up to those Red Sonja/Vampirella meet Project Superpowers book.

I know you generally don't like those sorts of things MajorHoy, but honestly, they've been good. Probably the best take on the Project Superpowers characters since the original series. I've really enjoyed them, a lot more than some of the post-Chapter 2 stuff they've attempted.