Le scénariste Joe Straczynski relance sa ligne Joe’s Comics (Midnight Nation, Rising Stars) chez Image. Après Ten Grand, Le deuxième des quatre projets prévus s’intitule Sidekick en collaboration avec le dessinateur Tom Mandrake.
Sidekick suit la vie tragique de Flyboy, l’ancien partenaire du défunt Red Cowl que plus personne ne prend au sérieux.
[quote]Sidekick #1
Story by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Tom Mandrake, Brian Miller
Cover by Tom Mandrake, Brian Miller, Charlie Adlard
Publisher Image Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, August 14th, 2013
WITNESS A MODERN HERO’S FALL FROM GRACE!
The Cowl and Flyboy: renowned superhero and sidekick despite dopey names. They were famous, popular, and happy until the Cowl’s assassination. Now, no one takes Flyboy seriously. Follow his trajectory from barely tolerated hero to figure of ridicule, and witness his slow descent into madness, darkness and crime.[/quote]
[quote]Sidekick #1
Story by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Tom Mandrake
Colors by HiFi
Letters by Troy Peteri
Cover by Tom Mandrake, Brian Miller, Charlie Adlard
Publisher Image Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, August 7th, 2013
WITNESS A MODERN HERO’S FALL FROM GRACE! The Cowl and Flyboy: renowned superhero and sidekick despite dopey names. They were famous, popular, and happy until the Cowl’s assassination. Now, no one takes Flyboy seriously. Follow his trajectory from barely tolerated hero to figure of ridicule, and witness his slow descent into madness, darkness and crime.[/quote]
[quote]Sidekick #2
Story by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Tom Mandrake
Colors by Hi-Fi
Cover by Tom Mandrake, Hi-Fi
Publisher Image Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, September 11th, 2013
The Moonglow Twins were two of the Red Cowl and Flyboy’s greatest enemies. Now that the Red Cowl is dead, one of them has returned with a vengeance. But whose vengeance, and why, and what is the reason for her sudden interest in Flyboy? Is Flyboy about to find a reason to live and repair his life, or is he about to hurtle down into even greater depths of madness and depravity? It’s a monthly book, what the heck do you think is going to happen? The fun is in seeing just how far he spirals downward and what’s waiting for him when he hits bottom…[/quote]
[quote]Sidekick #4
Story by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Tom Mandrake
Colors by Hi-Fi
Cover by Tom Mandrake
Publisher Image Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, November 27th, 2013
Barry Chase, a.k.a. Flyboy, returns in shame to Sol City after his failed attempt to start a new career elsewhere under a different name. He finds himself a man without a home, ridiculed by the press and abandoned by those he thought were his friends. Alone… until the notorious female villain Moonglow makes him an offer he may find too good to refuse. Will Flyboy cross the line from hero to villain, and is he prepared to pay the ultimate price for that decision?[/quote]
[quote]SIDEKICK #5
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski.
Art by: Tom Mandrake.
Cover by: Tom Mandrake.
Description: For weeks, super-villain Julia Moonglow has been feeding off the body and energy of Barry « Flyboy » Chase while keeping him from remembering this. Now she’s ready to let him remember, and reveals why she’s been stalking him and the fate of her late twin sister. But that’s just the warm-up for the big reveal, as Barry learns for the first time that the Red Cowl may be alive, a discovery that shatters him down to his very core.
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Feb. 5. [/quote]
[quote]SIDEKICK #6
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski.
Art by: Tom Mandrake.
Cover by: Tom Mandrake.
Description: For years, Barry « Flyboy » Chase has carried the grief and belief that his mentor The Red Cowl was dead, and the guilt that he could have prevented it. Now Julia Moonglow provides all the proof he needs to know that the Red Cowl is alive and well…somewhere. Now comes the task of finding him, and more important still…exacting their revenge.
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: April 2. [/quote]
[quote]SIDEKICK #7
J. Michael Straczynski
ART BY Tom Mandrake
COLORS BY Hi-Fi
LETTERS BY Troy Peteri
COVER BY Tom Mandrake, Alina Urusov
PUBLISHER Image Comics
COVER PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE DATE Wed, July 2nd, 2014
Flyboy has learned the truth: his former partner and mentor The Red Cowl faked his death…a discovery that has shattered Barry Chase all the way down to his soul. Allied now with Julia Moonglow, he seeks revenge on the man who he revered and deserted him. But before he can pursue vengeance, he has to get past a new hero in town, sent to reel him in for his recent dangerous behavior. How far will Flyboy go to get past this obstacle…and will he ever be the same afterward?[/quote]
[quote]Sidekick #8
Story by J. Michael Straczysnki
Art by Tom Mandrake
Colors by Hi-Fi
Cover by Tom Mandrake
Publisher Image Comics
Cover Price $3.99
Release Date Wed, September 3rd, 2014
After years of doubt and guilt, Barry Chase finally has a mission: to kill the Red Cowl in retribution for the betrayal of a lifetime. But fi rst he has to find the Cowl, and that won’t be easy. So when he turns to Melody, the Cowl’s assistant, who he suspects may have been in on the whole thing, how far will he go to force her to tell what she knows…and what price is she prepared to pay to withhold that information?[/quote]
[quote]SIDEKICK #9
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Tom Mandrake
Published by Image Comics
Release Date: November 26, 2014
After faking his death, the Red Cowl imagined that he could never be found, not by the police, not by his enemies, and especially not by Flyboy, his former sidekick. But now Flyboy has turned to the dark side, and is destroying everything and everyone who stands between him and the Cowl. Until now, the Red Cowl has never known what it feels like to run in fear…but that is about to change.[/quote]
[quote]Sidekick #10
Story by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Tom Mandrake, Hifi
Cover by Tom Mandrake, Hifi
Publisher Image Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Mar 11th, 2015
The noose is tightening around the neck of Thomas Winchester, formerly known as The Red Cowl. Desperate and on the run, his only hope is that his former sidekick, Barry Chase, will show mercy and refrain from killing him to avenge years of pain and deception. But with Julia Moonglow at his side, urging vengeance, will Barry save his former partner…or finish his journey to a world darker than any he could have imagined?[/quote]