Well, it’s taken longer than expected, but at last The Formidables—the superhero comic that I’m involved with as editor—has finally reached comic shops!
Originally self-published digitally by creator/writer/artist Chris Malgrain through his Oniric Comics company, its print rights were picked up by Red Anvil Comics in 2017, and the first two issues have just hit comic shops—as evidenced by this cell-phone photo I took yesterday at Midtown Comics in New York City!
The Formidables are a quintet of superheroes battling evil and bigotry in 1950s America, with their first challenge coming in the form of a Communist super-villain…who’s disguised as a white supremacist! It’s a unique take on the genre, with Chris examining topics like race relations and sexual identity in a Cold War setting, with an appropriate amount of punching and explosions mixed in, of course—we are talking superhero comics, after all!
So face front, true believer, and head on down to your local comic shop to pick up copies of The Formidables #1–2!
