EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: Lee, Syaf & Francavilla Cover "Masks" #1

[CBR News]

Dynamite has provided CBR with an exclusive first look at Francesco Francavilla, Jae Lee and Ardian Syaf's variant cover for the first issue of Chris Roberson and Alex Ross' pulp hero crossover, "Masks."


Full article here.

[BugsySig]

So now some of the PSP characters will be popping up...still not that interested.

[Ed Love]

So now some of the PSP characters will be popping up...still not that interested.

Probably because they have trademarks on several of them and if they don't use them, they can lose the trademarks. Curious, as it's focusing on pulp heroes, will the Green Lama be closer to his pulp roots? Have to be careful there as his pulp stories are not public domain, just the comics and there are some differences between the two (principally, he had aides like the Shadow and Doc Savage in the pulps and no magical abilities).

Several alternate covers, and none of them feature the Black Bat or Miss Fury? Wonder what the deal is there?

So far, I'm really interested in seeing the first issue and cautiously optimistic.

[ColonelLee]

what sticks out in this promo is:

• FULLY-PAINTED INTERIORS BY ALEX ROSS!

which I'm looking forward to seeing .. covers by AR are nice .. but it's great to see some story telling ..

[MichaelPaytonMZ]

The story here is an adaption of a 1938 Empire State trilogy of Spider pulps. Obviously, it's been changed to add the rest of these guys. The original books are still in print and it's really a fantastic work. Norvell Page's style of writing is best described as like eating a fistful of ghost peppers and washing them down by a six-pack of Red Bull, with a cocaine chaser. While living in a world created by Michael Bay. Each book is a giant adrenaline rush virtually unmatched by other hero pulps. Only the "Operator 5" books and Robert E. Howard's best work ever really came close to Page's frenzied style. Page was always a bit eccentric, often writing in character as the Spider, and delivering finished pages in costume. The story pace as well as his psychological identification with the intensity of the character actually drove Page a bit nuts for a while and he had to take a break from the monthly grind of creating a whole novel every 30 days. It was that passion that kept his Spider novels in print for over 70 years and still finding new readers.

The Empire State Trilogy was Page in top form. Roberson has massive shoes to fill here.