Garth Ennis Writes The Shadow. All Other News Is Cancelled.

[Rich Johnston]

Garth Ennis is writing a new The Shadow ongoing series for Dynamite for April this year, drawn by Holmes and Hornet artist Aaron Campbell, with covers by Alex Ross (above),?*Howard Chaykin, Jae Lee and John Cassaday.

Ennis is an appreciator of the series and the concept in its previous forms, tagging it as the only American character he's wanted to write but is yet to.

Here's the solicits... and the other covers.

In the first issue of the ONGOING SERIES, it's 1938 and The Shadow returns in a tale of blazing action and deadly intrigue, as a night of carnage on the New York waterfront plunges the mysterious vigilante into a conspiracy involving the fate of the world itself. As storm clouds gather across the globe, American Military Intelligence meets with a certain Lamont Cranston, determined to beat a host of spies and assassins to the greatest prize of all... but what that might be, only the Shadow knows. Be sure to get The Shadow #1 in April 2012!

[FilmBuffRich]

Damn, all those covers are great. But they really need to get Kaluta in on this as well.

[CammyKnoxville]

What happened to the other thread?

Apparently, Alex Ross uses Frank Miller as his model for The Shadow. Good to know.

[Barbatos]

YESSS!!!!! I've been wanting a Shadow ongoing for years!!!! Damn this is gonna be great. and Written by Ennis to boot. SOOOOO on my pull list right now!

[toodoor]

What happened to the other thread?

Apparently, Alex Ross uses Frank Miller as his model for The Shadow. Good to know.

"I'm the God Damn Shadow! Hey! Why are all the women dressed like S&M hookers?"

[AudioPhantom]

Crap.
I like Ennis.
I love the Shadow.
Here's hoping he doesn't have Lamont cursing like a sailor while beats some guy with a horse dong.

[Locusmortis]

Crap.
I like Ennis.
I love the Shadow.
Here's hoping he doesn't have Lamont cursing like a sailor while beats some guy with a horse dong.

And shooting someone in the bollocks.

I hope Ennis can subdue his natural tendancies and make this series a bit more subtle than his usual fare.

[sleeve]

ok, this is gonna be great!

ennis can be over-the-top, but he can also really nail charactor voices and motives. punisher max is a great example, as opposed to the more out-there tendencies of marvel knights punisher.

[toodoor]

Given his Enemy Ace series I am sure he'll hit the right note.

[Hollow]

Hopefully this will be "Unknown Soldier"- or "Pride and Joy"-Ennis and not "The Boys"- or "Crossed"-Ennis.

Hopefully these covers will be equally distributed because I sure as hell don't want that ugly Ross cover (not that the others are that better but the Chaykin one looks the least ugliest but you can see Lamont's whole face).