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NEWS AND NOTES

Fan-favorite Webcomic Blackhand & Ironhead to Be Collected
The fan favorite BlackHand & IronHead web comic miniseries by David López , originally published online by Panel Syndicate , will be collected and in print for the first time in the U . S . from Image Comics .
In BlackHand & IronHead , Vol . 1 , Alexia ’ s father is the head of a superpowered corporate empire and one of the greatest superheroes of all time , and she desperately wants to take up his mantle . However , upon his sudden death , a woefully unprepared Alexia is confronted with a wealth of well-kept family secrets — including a villainous sister she never knew existed . Can the sisters work together to investigate their father ’ s mysterious death ? Or will they destroy each other in the process ?
BlackHand & IronHead , Vol . 1 Hardcover Collection will be available everywhere September 8 , 2020 .
New York Times Bestseller Mariko Tamaki Joins Wonder Woman as Series Writer
It ’ s a brand-new day for Wonder Woman ! Beginning this June , Mariko Tamaki ( Harley Quinn : Breaking Glass , Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me ) begins writing DC ’ s Wonder Woman ! “ Writing for comics is pretty much a dream job , full stop ,” says Tamaki , the Eisner Award-winning writer of This One Summer . “ It ’ s pretty fricking cool . Wonder Woman was the hero I grew up with , she was my little-kid-living-room-cosplay . I have always wanted a golden lasso and an invisible jet , and I feel like now , writing Wonder Woman , I ’ m one step closer .”
It all kicks off on June 10 , written by Tamaki with art by Mikel Janín . In this new story arc , Diana starts to pick up the pieces of her life following her battle with the Four Horsewomen . Man ’ s world has become more complicated to navigate than ever before ! A familiar threat is watching Diana ’ s every move , and now is the perfect time to strike .
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The Master Returns
Doctor Who authors unite to bring fan-favorite character The Master to the written page Like the Daleks , the Master is a character that always makes Doctor Who up its game , he is the Moriarty to the Doctor ’ s Sherlock . First introduced in 1971 , The Master is a renegade alien Time Lord and considered the archenemy of the Doctor .
The Doctor and the Master ; their conflict of light and dark has spanned many times and faces across the universe . This collection - of five short stories and a novella - explores the depths of darkness in the Master ’ s hearts ; the arch-schemer ’ s secrets and sinister ambitions revealed through brand new adventures and encounters .
Join six incarnations of evil , undreamed of adventures , a quest to free alien warlords , a dangerous mission to save a vital ally , a meeting with Bram Stoker , a shattering of lives on a distant world , a trial of wits to gain untold power , and drop in on the Master ’ s latest incarnation during his 77 years of imprisonment on Earth .
Doctor Who : I Am The Mater : Legends of the Renegade Time Lord will include the first set of stories to feature Sacha Dhawan ’ s thrilling incarnation of The Master ( known for Last Tango in Halifax , Line of Duty , Marvel ’ s Iron Fist and Dracula ), and will be available everywhere July 9 , 2020 .
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