Marvel Comics made some big announcements at New York Comic Con today, including plans for three exciting new limited series. They're all coming our way next February, and as that will be Black History Month, these will quite appropriately spotlight iconic and newly introduced Black heroes from an all-star lineup of Black creators.
It would be nice if they were ongoing titles, of course, but this is a good start!
Introduced earlier this year in Free Comic Book Day: Avengers/X-Men, the daughter of Blade makes her long-awaited return in Bloodline: Daughter of Blade by the new hero's creators, writer Danny Lore and artist Karen S. Darboe.
Brielle Brooks is a good kid, no matter what her teachers say; it's not her fault she's developing vampiric superpowers and the undead want to brawl. And as if problems at school aren’t enough, Bri’s got a wild ride ahead of her...she's about to discover she’s the daughter of the infamous vampire hunter and Daywalker known as Blade!
Eisner award winner John Jennings and artist Valentine De Landro look set to introduce a new Marvel Super Hero 54 years in the making in Silver Surfer: Ghost Light.
Toni Brooks and her family have moved into the quiet town of Sweetwater. But nothing is quite what it seems with their new home. What mystery did Toni and her family unravel that would call upon the Sentinel of the Spaceways, the Silver Surfer? And just who or what is Ghost Light?
Finally, from celebrated TV writer J. Holtham (Cloak and Dagger, Jessica Jones) and artist Sean Damien Hill comes a blockbuster brawl with the fate of all Krakoa at stake. We'll see the X-Men like never before in Bishop: War College.
Krakoa is an island paradise, and it’s a vulnerable one, but not with Lucas Bishop on the case. Armor, Surge, Cam Long, Aura Charles, Amass; these are his students. Their course objective: Get strong. Defend the island. Keep Mutantkind safe. Their first lesson: how to fail. And they’ll do it in spectacular Marvel fashion.
Here's some cover art for each of these comics by Darboe, Ken Lashley, and Taurin Clarke.