Next year's big-screen reboot of the "A-Team" will be one of many films receiving some attention from the comic book world in advance of its arrival in theaters. IDW Publishing will be launching not one, but two series following Hannibal, B.A. Baracus and the rest of their mercenary crew.
Titled "The A-Team: Shotgun Wedding" and "The A-Team: War Stories," the two series will not only feature the beloved television series' characters (in the likenesses of the new actors playing them), but also offer up some brand new stories of their adventures.
IDW has offered Splash Page readers the first peek at some early art from "The A-Team: Shotgun Wedding," written by Joe Carnahan and Tom Waltz with art from Stephen Mooney — including the ridiculously cool covers to the first and second issues, as well as several inked pages.
Official solicit text follows:
The A-Team: Shotgun Wedding #1
Joe Carnahan, Tom Waltz (w) • Stephen Mooney (a) • John K. Snyder III (c)
The A-Team are back! Before you see their return on the big-screen, thrill to this special mission told in comic book form only! After a successful-but harrowing-completion to a mission in icy Alaska, Hannibal and the team are up for some much-needed leave in sunny San Diego to attend the wedding of a high-ranking U.S. official's daughter.
But when threats are made against the event, the A-Team is forced to quit their vacation and go undercover to foil what might be a terrorist plot.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The A-Team: Shotgun Wedding #2
Joe Carnahan, Tom Waltz (w) • Stephen Mooney (a) • John K. Snyder III (c)
The A-Team have fallen into their deep undercover personas at a very high-profile wedding for an important U.S. official's daughter, seeking to stop a potential terrorist plot before it happens. But, with Murdock cooking, Face event planning, B.A. chauffeuring, and "Reverend" Hannibal presiding, will the wedding be able to survive the A-Team?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The A-Team: War Stories: Hannibal
Chuck Dixon & Erik Burnham (w) • Hugo Petrus (a) • Michael Gaydos (c)
A standalone prequel to this summer's most anticipated movie! Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith is never stuck for a plan. But how is he going to cope with a mission in which everything goes wrong and he might just wind up on the wrong side of Saddam Hussein in this Desert Storm flashback adventure we're calling... “The Luckiest Man In Iraq.”
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The A-Team: War Stories: B.A.
Chuck Dixon & Erik Burnham (w) • Casey Maloney (a) • Michael Gaydos (c)
A prequel to this summer's most anticipated movie! Sgt. Bosco “B.A.” Baracus is the kind of man you want on your side in a tough situation—which is why he was sent into Kuwait City to help retrieve weapons stolen from the coalition during Desert Storm. But when B.A. learns that this particular mission isn't exactly what he was told, you'll pity the fool that tried to lie to him.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99