New Releases January 2020

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edited by Romain d'Huissier & Jean-Marc Lofficier - adapted by Michael Shreve - cover by Amar Djouad - 244 p. - US$20.95

Since the dawn of time, tales about larger-than-life heroes have fascinated humanity. The powerful Bronze Gladiator goes after a ring of child-kidnappers... Young Morgane matches wits with Robin Goodfellow… Prince Kabur of Hyperborea rids a dying city of the demons which infest it… The Man of Brass faces an incomplete, god-like entity… Sibilla investigates a haunted penthouse in Tribeca… The two Dark Flyers team up against a deadly crime cartel… Plus Homicron, Count Saint-Germain, Kit Kappa, Ozark, Stormshadow and more… Hexagon Comics is one of the oldest French comics universes, with origins going back to the 1950s. Reinvented and modernized in the early 2000s, some of its best and most original characters are featured in this collection that brings together the talents of 14 French and American sci-fi authors.

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HEXAGON #1: THE DARK HIVE by J.-M. Lofficier, José Luis Ruiz Pérez & Juan Roncagliolo - cover by J.L. Ruiz Pérez - 76 pages b&w- US$12.95.

he Hexagon Group was born either in 2002, when they made their first retroactive appearance in Strangers #1, or in the 1960s, depending upon how one looks at it. Like The Justice Society of America and The Avengers, the group gathered together a single team of different heroes published by Editions Lug in their own series between 1964 and 1974. There is Aster from the negative dimension of Zhud; Jeff Sullivan, a.k.a. the Man of Brass, descended from a long line of heroes; the powerful Dark Flyer; the beautiful Black Lys from France; Dax, the Mysterious Archer; and White Mask from the African Republic of Zambola, all brought together to fight the evil Melanos, Aster’s archenemy. Later Hexagon finds itself in Zambola facing a terrifying new threat... A mysterious insect-like civilization threatens to overwhelm the Earth, turning its inhabitants into a hive. What past secret connects the Dark Flyer to the Hive Queen? What fateful decision must Black Lys take to save the planet? And what compels White Mask to leave Hexagon forever?

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HEXAGON SPOTLIGHT ON... ALFREDO MACALL - 68 pages color - US$19.95.

The Art of Alfredo Macall.
 
Mexican artist Alfredo Macall has been one of the major contributors to Hexagon Comics since taking over the adventures of the pirate Dragut in 2002. Since then, he has contributed to the award-winning series Strangers, as well as the popular Guardian of the Republic, Kidz, Phenix, Galaor, etc. His dynamic story sense, wonderful lay-outs, great character design, have made him one of the French public’s favorite artists. In addition to his comics work, Alfredo has also contributed over 50 covers to the Hexagon Classics archival collection reprinting classic series from the 1950s to the 1980s. This new Spotlight issue includes all of the covers drawn by Alfredo to date, plus numerous sketches and character designs.

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