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Preview- Savage #1

From the mad minds of international superstar Max Bemis and powerhouse artist Nathan Stockman comes the craziest action book of 2020.

Teenage heartthrob. Feral social icon. Dinosaur hunter?

Born and raised on an uncharted island full of prehistoric dangers, Kevin Sauvage has a taste of home when a mutant dino threat invades England!

Cover art by Marcus To.

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Cover: Panel from Thanos #1. Art by Mike Deodato, Jr. with colours by Frank Martin.

The Lazy Sunday Reader Vol. 1, No. 14 - December 4th, 2016

1. Preamble 2. Panel of the Week 3. issues - Savage #1 4. Evolution Revolution Love - Week Eight 5. Cover of the Week 6. Housekeeping

November didn’t exactly go as planned.

Monstress #8 Art by Sana Takeda

Savage - Book One

Writer: B. Clay Moore Artists: Lewis Larosa & Clayton Henry Colourist: Brian Reber | November 2016 | Published by Valiant Entertainment

After Harbinger Renegade #1 earlier this month, Savage is the latest in Valiant’s “The Future of Valiant” push, introducing a new dinosaur hunter to the universe in the vein of Turok, Ka-Zar, or some incarnations of Tarzan.

That this series doesn’t have Marguerite Sauvage variant covers seems like a criminal missed opportunity.

B. Clay Moore breaks the story of the first issue into two halves and two time periods. The first focuses on “Savage” in the present, fighting off a dinosaur for food in a largely silent sequence. As he returns home to his makeshift shack, we’re presented with a bunch of items that lead us to believe that he’s the child in the second section.

That second section, set sometime in the past, sets up how “Savage” possibly got to the island filled with dinosaurs as we’re left assuming that he’s KJ, the infant son of Kevin and Veronica Sauvage, a footballer and his publicist wife, who crashed on the island years earlier. I leave that as an assumption, but it’s probably a safe assumption. Moore might be setting us up for a shock reveal, but at this point there’s no reason to really think that.

Moore does a good job giving a voice to Kevin and Veronica, likely modelling Kevin at least partially after David Beckham. He sets up a conflict between Kevin and Veronica, over Kevin’s dwindling prospects in football and moving to the US before those prospect dry up, but it feels natural and conflict born out of caring rather than strife.

Something horrible down the road is also foreshadowed for Veronica. She took a nasty bump to the head in the plane crash, which may be a contributing factor to her sleeping a lot and fever. It feels like Moore is setting the family up for tragedy sometime soon. 

The heavy lifting on the first silent section is left to the artwork, with Lewis Larosa and colourist Brian Reber delivering an almost painted approach. They do a very good job conveying the ferocity of the battle between Savage and the dinosaur.

In the second section, Clayton Henry presents a much more “normal” comic book style that both helps keep the section distinct from the present and also give it a better grounding in the real world. 

Ultimately, this is a good first issue and I’m looking forward to the rest of the series. Larosa and Henry’s artwork for the respective time periods are a nice touch to differentiate the structure and feel of each and the story that Moore is telling is an interesting one even if done before. 

I do find it kind of funny that Valiant is incorporating a new kind of Turok into their stable since this incarnation can no longer use the Gold Key properties. I just wonder if a Robot Hunter and a Man of the Atom are also somewhere on the horizon. Although I suppose there could be an argument made for Rai and Divinity filling those roles respectively.

I recommend this one for people looking for another take on the land out of time, feral child story as well as those following on for the next phase that Valiant is taking with their universe.

Week Eight

And so it ends.

Or at least the main mini-series portion of the crossover ends. There’s still a tie-in issue in the form of Transformers: More than Meets the Eye: Revolution to be released next week.

Revolution #5

Writers: John Barber & Cullen Bunn Artist: Fico Ossio Colourist: Sebastian Cheng | November 2016 | Published by IDW

And it ends in disappointment.

After fighting among themselves for the first portion of the issue, the combined forces of the Transformers, Micronauts, ROM, MASK, and a squad from GI Joe riding in as cavalry take on Baron Karza enerchanged with a giant Dire Wraith as the story abandons all sense of plot or direction in favour of a mindless battle.

I suppose that’s kind of to be expected after the last issue seemingly dropped any sort of following the plot which was finally being delved into in issue three, and this kind of substitution of a big bad for a finale often happens in major linewide crossovers. Even from that side it’s kind of a narrative mess that doesn’t line up with what happened in GI Joe: Revolution or what exactly is going on with Metrotitan needing to levitate Autobot City above the pit of Ore 13 that’s caught fire and looks like it’s about to explode. The ultimate solution for Karza and the Space Bridge also feels somewhat muddled.

That said, there are some nice character moments. Optimus Prime gets a decent hero push a couple of times during the issue, first leading the attack against Karza and then the final push.

And as always, Fico Ossio’s artwork is great. Although the story leaves much to be desired, the action and battle is rendered impeccably by him. Optimus’ shell ripped open to reveal the Matrix is particularly harrowing and well-rendered.

I’ll still do a post mortem of the entire crossover in a couple weeks or so after the final book comes out, but week by week the main series was disappointing. Barber and Bunn separately are capable of so much better than this, it feels like either they were caught up in following the different spinning plates that they forgot to give an overall satisfying meal of a plot, or from the onset this was just supposed to be a dumb tosspot of the properties and nothing more, any semblance of a plot beyond “Transformers fight GI Joe” or “Micronauts fight MASK” was just dumb luck.

There’s a lot still left unanswered in regards to Mayhem and Karza’s machinations, what exactly was going on with Ore 13, and a whole lot of lack of connective tissue and missing narrative beats between the main series and the rest of the Hasbro universe.

Black Widow #8 Art by Chris Samnee | Colours by Matthew Wilson

This Week’s Soundtrack: Hearts of Black Science - Signal

The Week in Comics: A&A #10. Black Science #26. Cannibal #3. Eclipse #4. Electric Sublime #3. Glitterbomb #4. Invisible Republic #13. Motor Crush #1. Ninjak #22. Providence #11. Reggie & Me #1. Ringside #8. Rise of the Black Flame #4.  The Revolution finally comes to an end with Transformers: More than Meets the Eye: Revolution #1. Triggerman #3. Violent Love #2. The Wicked & The Divine #24. Yakuza Demon Killers #2. 

Next Week: Don't give a good goddamn about redemption. Après moi le déluge.

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Valiant’s romp with dinosaurs Savage sells out before it even hits the stands

By Staff Reports

On the heels of DIVINITY, WAR MOTHER, and BRITANNIA, the spine-snapping debut of Valiant’s next major hero is already clawing into an advance sell-out before its November 30th on-sale date!

Valiant is proud to announce that SAVAGE #1 (of 4) – the FIRST ISSUE of Valiant’s primal new series from acclaimed writer B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick) and explosive artists Clayton Henry (HARBINGER WARS) and Lewis LaRosa (BLOODSHOT REBORN), has sold out at the distributor level in advance of its on-sale date and will return to store shelves with the SAVAGE #1 (of 4) SECOND PRINTING on December 14th! This winter, nature conquers all as the next major hero to enter the Valiant Universe makes a ferocious first appearance for the ages! Jump on board here to discover why Valiant is the most acclaimed publisher in comics today as a young family, marooned without hope of rescue, learns how to fight tooth and claw – literally – in a strange and unforgiving landscape!

Fifteen years ago, the world’s most famous soccer star, his former supermodel wife, and their young son disappeared without a trace. The world believes they are dead… But, in reality, their private jet crash-landed on a mysterious, unknown island ruled by prehistoric creatures from another time…

This is the story of how they lost their humanity.

On December 14th, Valiant’s most killer new series of the season slashes forward in a landmark debut packed with tragedy and terror, only in the SAVAGE #1 SECOND PRINTING! Presented in the deluxe VALIANT PRESTIGE format with high-grade covers and interior paper stock, custom-designed end sheets, and exclusive creator commentary and back matter, relive the epic coming of Valiant’s most-demanded new hero right here!

Plus: the primal origin rages on just two weeks later in SAVAGE #2 (of 4)! On December 28th, the baptism of bloodshed continues as B. Clay Moore, Clayton Henry, and Lewis LaRosa shear away at the seminal comics debut of 2016! Calamity, carnage and claws await in SAVAGE #2 (of 4) – featuring covers by Lewis LaRosa (Punisher MAX), Jared Fletcher (Paper Girls), and Bill Sienkiewicz (Elektra: Assassin)!

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SAVAGE #1 SECOND PRINTING Written by B. CLAY MOORE Art by CLAYTON HENRY and LEWIS LAROSA Cover by LEWIS LAROSA (SEP168749) $3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | VALIANT PRESTIGE | On Sale DECEMBER 14th (FOC – 11/28/16)

SAVAGE #2 (of 4) Written by B. CLAY MOORE Art by CLAYTON HENRY and LEWIS LAROSA Cover A by LEWIS LAROSA (OCT161960) Cover B by JARED FLETCHER (OCT161961) Character Design Variant by LEWIS LAROSA (OCT161963) Variant Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ (OCT161964) B&W Sketch Variant by LEWIS LAROSA (OCT161965) $3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | VALIANT PRESTIGE | On Sale DECEMBER 28th (FOC – 12/5/16)

Valiant’s Savage #1 Tears Into Advance Sellout, Returns with Second Printing in December @bclaymoore @valiantcomics @lewislarosa #savage Valiant's romp with dinosaurs Savage sells out before it even hits the stands By Staff Reports…