Rejoice, comic fans! The fourth issue of The Formidables—the superhero series that I’m involved with as editor—has reached comic shops!
Created by writer/artist Chris Malgrain (my artistic collaborator on the 2005 Stan Lee comic project Stan Lee’s Alexa) through his Oniric Comics company, its print rights were picked up by Red Anvil Comics in 2017. The first two issues hit comic shops last May, with #3 published in August. Now, at last, the conclusion to the series’ first story arc is finally available.
(By the way, with the fifth issue I officially take over as the series’ scripter, working from Chris’s notes and final art. With Chris on art and plot, and me writing the dialogue and captions, you couldn’t find a more Marvel-style collaboration outside the halls of the House of Ideas itself!)
The Formidables are a quintet of superheroes battling evil and bigotry in 1950s America, with their first challenge coming in the form of a Communist super-villain…who’s disguised as a white supremacist! It’s a unique take on the genre, with Chris examining topics like race relations and sexual identity in a Cold War setting, with an appropriate amount of punching and explosions mixed in, of course—we are talking superhero comics, after all!
Just ignore the cover price you see here on the cover—it’s really $2.99, not $3.99. So, head on down to your local comic shop right now and pick up a copy of the nicely affordable The Formidables #4!
