Supergod #1 (OF 5)
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SUPERGOD: praying to be saved by a man who can fly will get you killed. From the creator of THE AUTHORITY and PLANETARY comes the craziest and most horrifying superhero comic you've ever read! In the world of SUPERGOD, superhumans are the ultimate expression of the Messiah complex, and scientists can build Messiahs who will fly down from the skies to save the world. No-one thought about how they'd do it -- or even if they'd want to. So begins the apocalyptic tomorrow of SUPERGOD -- the story of how supermen killed us all and ended the world just because we wanted to be rescued by human-shaped things from beyond Science itself! Take every superhero comic ever published, shove them into a nuclear-powered blender, soak it in bad vodka and set the whole thing alight -- and SUPERGOD will crawl out and eat your brain! This five issue color series is drawn by Garrie Gastony with colors by Digikore. SUPERGOD is available with a Regular cover painted by Felipe Massafera, a Wraparound by series artist Garrie Gastony, and a special retailer incentive Church Of Supergod Edition!
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Garrie Gastony
Cover Artist: Felipe Massafera & Garrie Gastony
Price: $3.99
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The preview for this came out a while ago, and it was very good. Nice high concept stuff from the reliably interesting, and technology obsessed Warren Ellis. Basically it seems to be a sci-fi commentary on our obsession with gods, heroes and supermen. Looking forward to it.
Posted by MacAoidh on 11/09/09 at 06:28 PM
[url=https://www.tfaw.com/Comics/Profile/Supergod-1-(of-5)___352831]Here[/url], is the 'provocative' cover. I like the font! ;)
Posted by MacAoidh on 11/09/09 at 06:40 PM
@MacAoidh - what kind of nails did they use?
Posted by AmirCat on 11/09/09 at 09:45 PM
kryptonite?
Posted by peterporker on 11/09/09 at 10:11 PM
People don't tend to clamor over Ellis' Avatar stuff, which is a shame. This is kiiiind of part of a trilogy of superhero books by Warren, though I'm not sure if the trilogy idea came from the man himself or just fans. The other 2 books are Black Summer and No Hero. Looking forward to this.
Posted by deadspace on 11/09/09 at 10:30 PM
Can't fucking wait!!!
Posted by vadamowens on 11/09/09 at 11:25 PM
This should be good, but I learned my lesson from Ignition City. Tradewaiting this one.
Posted by Rustyautoparts on 11/09/09 at 11:33 PM
Ignition City wasn't too late. No Hero seemed to be pretty reasonable in it's release dates as well.
Posted by Notahiro on 11/10/09 at 09:51 AM
I will be trade-waiting this as well. Oh Doktor Sleepless, I remember when you came out monthly.
Posted by SunnyvaleTrash on 11/10/09 at 10:00 AM
@notahiro I don't know bro. There was quite a distance between the last 3-4 issues.
Posted by vadamowens on 11/10/09 at 10:03 AM
Regardless of lateness I think Avatar books generally read better in issues. No Hero, Crossed, Black Summer, Absolution and Chronicles of Wormwood have all usually had pretty good cliff hangers at the end of each issue and also tell a good story that can be read both alone and as part of a bigger story. My biggest problem is picking which cover to buy. They should release trades of all the covers for each of the series, I would buy that.
Posted by comicdork37 on 11/10/09 at 12:31 PM
Irredeemable is enough for me!
Posted by stmarychnj on 11/10/09 at 10:11 PM
Trade waiting, but this concept looks awesome.
Posted by InfectiousFunk on 11/11/09 at 12:46 PM
this doesn't smell like an Avatar book
Posted by skeets on 11/11/09 at 11:19 PM
I thought I posted about the delays... Hm.
Anyway, as far as I know Avatar switched printers because of the frequent delays and unreliability, this then lead to the big 2 month gap until a fortnight ago. Hence, why I assume it no longer smells like an Avatar book!
Posted by MacAoidh on 11/11/09 at 11:47 PM
Most interesting Warren Ellis comic I've read in some time. Thank you, Internet Jesus.
Posted by ProjectX2 on 11/12/09 at 08:01 AM
Awesomeness.
Posted by deadspace on 11/12/09 at 04:11 PM
I thought this was pretty interesting, and definitely Ellis. I give this issue a 5, although I am a bit reluctant about the whole series, as we don't really know a whole lot about what's going on. Still, it's Ellis and this issue was enough to sell me for a bit. Good stuff.
Posted by kwisdumb on 11/13/09 at 04:56 AM
I'm not a big Ellis fan, so I'm pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this one.
Posted by BookGnome on 11/13/09 at 10:10 AM
I've read some weird stuff but this was a very "what the fuck" comic. I like it.
Posted by OnASunday on 11/14/09 at 01:08 PM
This was awesome. Way better than i thought it would be, some of the tightest writing of Ellis in a while.
Posted by 0and18 on 11/15/09 at 03:43 PM
A Warren Ellis title that people aren't all clamoring over?
Posted by BookGnome on 11/09/09 at 06:22 PM