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But it's a promise he's going to struggle to keep—especially when a gang calling themselves "The Crusaders" are prowling the City of Brotherly Love, scooping up "undesirables" and asking if they want to be saved… The second action-packed arc of The Black Hood begins here! Script: Duane Swierczynski Art: Michael Gaydos, Jesus Aburto, Rachel Deering Cover: Francesco Francavilla Variant[...]

The packed out panel for Dark Circle Comics at Archie barely afforded me room to creep in at the back, and things started off with beautiful cover art for The Shield. Joining the panel were Dean Haspiel, Alex Segura, Mike Pellerito, Paul Kaminski, Paul Wendig, Duane Swierczynski. Alex Segura said, "I'd really like to think we've made[...]

Along with the announcement they released the following promo image by Francesco Francavilla. Here's the first three titles from Dark Circle Comics: THE BLACK HOOD is a gritty, noir crime thriller written by Duane Swierczynski with artwork by Michael Gaydos presenting the Black Hood as an urban vigilante. THE SHIELD features a new and different incarnation of the classic character[...]

It's part of the Red Circle universe produced by Archie Comics and, alongside Afterlife with Archie and the upcoming Red Circle series, The Shield, is part of an Archie Comics renaissance at the moment The first two issues saw our hero resisting his hero role, struggling with his relationships and with being a father, and[...]

Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel have put together a trippy story about a jaunt through the psychedelic world of magic spells and alien influences undertaken by a beleaguered hero who wishes he wasn't.  It'll run for five issues in the current miniseries and links up to related title The Shield by J.M DeMatteis and Mike[...]

Written by Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel, with art from Haspiel that really takes him off the leash in terms of original concept art, this issue also contains the first back-up of The Shield,  written by J.M DeMatteis with art by Mike Cavallaro The Fox #2 storyline is "Freak Magnet" Part Two, and we're immediately[...]

Haspiel said the Fox is "begging for a boring life"; knowing all kinds of crime-fighting techniques makes him feel responsible to be involved, but it's an internal war to bow out of the game for the sake of his sanity.   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJTpa4EA7Pc#action=share[/youtube] Moving along, Red Circle announced a special edition of back up stories of a related New[...]

Their enemies find and dispatch the heroes, forcing the next generation, who will be overseen by The Shield, to save the day, thus paving the way for The New Crusaders, the title of the series. Tonally, the stories will be similar to "The Incredibles," Mr Goldwater said "They are not going to be water-downed superheroes, but[...]