This issue was paid for by Marvel but was never released after the cancelation of the entire 2099 line of comic books. The issue was released in full on both Scott Andrews and Salgood Sam’s website, a version of which can be found here: Ghost Rider 2099 | Daddy Dearest | Salgood Sam ● Com
Information for this issue was included in the Bullpen Bulletins for Excalibur #102 and its cover was later released in Avengers: The Ultron Imperative #1.
The comic was in production, but was never finished. It was delayed for the same reason as Kevin Smith’s Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do Vol 1, but unlike that series, Daredevil: The Target was never continued.
n° 1 :
Writer(s) : Kevin Smith
Penciler(s), inker(s) : Glenn Fabry
Synopsis for « The Target »
Daredevil looks over the rubble of the World Trade Center post 9/11. Later, Matt Murdock mourns Karen Page’s death and all the senseless violence in the world. He pounds a heavy bag until his hands are bloodied and battered. When he encounters the Owl robbing a bank, the Man Without Fear takes out some more of his frustrations out on the criminal.
Middle Eastern terrorists negotiate to hire Bullseye, the man who murdered Karen Page, to kill for them. To prove that he is a « cold-blooded killer », Bullseye propels a toothpick through a skyline window to kill a young mother. A child was in her mother’s arms when the lethal hit took place.
n° 2 :
Writer(s) : Kevin Smith
Penciler(s) : Adam Kubert
Inker(s) : Danny Miki
« An Evening With Superman »,
la rencontre avec Lois.
Another project that Windsor-Smith is working with DC on is a Superman book. “I went to DC last year with this idea for a Superman graphic novel, in a big art book format, and Paul (Levitz) was very pleased with the concept. It was gonna be Superman in Storyteller style, i.e. a sophisticated story. No exposition. There was to be no flying, no punching, no fighting. It’s a story about two people – when Superman meets Lois Lane. But it took seven bleedin’ months to figure out the contract, while I’m sitting poised, pencil in hand . . . you want to see it?”
With this, we look over one of the best looking Superman stories I’ve ever seen. “It’s been gathering dust for about a year. So I kept saying, look, I’m ready and I’m rolling on this thing. And they say just give us a while to work out the contract. Then they got it into their heads that I was working on the story behind the scenes before the contract was done, and they were right. I was agonizing over not working, I was bursting with inspiration and they said no, don’t work on it. Seven months later there’s a contract – SEVEN MONTHS! By that time my energy had dissipated and my spirit had imploded. Talk about red tape, I’ve never experienced anything like that.”
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From the un-published SPIDER-MAN, WEB OF FORTUNE, a create-your-own-adventure project written by Peter David, comes this scenario from Arcade’s holographic and robotic Murderworld wherein Spider-Man battles the grey Hulk against the backdrop of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake! Reference was much harder to come by before access to the web!
Simon Bisley - Batman Unpublished Neil Gaiman Book (1989)
This is a unique painting by Simon Bisley for his project with Gaiman dating from 1989. It’s a shame that the comic book entitled « The Night Circus », was never published.
The Biz would have made it unique for sure !
Simon Bisley - Batman Unpublished Neil Gaiman Book Painting Original Art (c. 1989). According to Neil Gaiman, back in the late 1980s he and Simon Bisley had signed a deal to do a Batman graphic novel for DC in the vein of Arkham Asylum titled The Night Circus which was going to be a painted book. Sadly the book never happened, and the only remnant of that idea is this extremely rare scene of Batman at a big top with clowns, balloons, and a child. Neil Gaiman mentioned the collaboration on his blog in 2005, when this piece went up for auction, during Beguiling’s American Red Cross Tsunami relief event. Mixed media on illustration board that is affixed to another slightly larger board with an edge to edge image area of 17.75" x 17.75", and that board is glued to another board. Light edge wear. Signed, and in Excellent condition.