Recently we were at a local comicbook show where we
reconnected with Len Mihalovich, a comicbook writer/creator who penned several
stories for various titles for Mythic Comics & Entertainment Group. These
days he helms his own publishing corner of the Indieverse with Lenovations
Press, and we not only caught up on old times, but we also picked up three of
his comics at the show;
Avenger New Blood #1,
Fantastic Fan
Boys Adventures #1, and
Section 12 Antarctic Special #1
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for Tomorrow with Tomorrow Girl.
Section 12 was created by Len Mihalovich
in 1994 and published first by Dilemma
Productions as part of an anthology and then in its own series from Mythic
Comics.
Avenger New Blood resurrects the legacy of the
Golden Age (formerly Magazine Entertainment, now Public Domain) character, Avenger.
In the first story of the issue, we meet wealthy scientist Roger Wright who became
the superhero Avenger to retaliate against the Soviet agents who tortured and
killed his brother. While the Avenger had no powers, he does have his own
inventions on which to fall back, most notably his VTOL aircraft, Starjet and
Dissolver pistol. The Avenger also possessed a utility belt containing items
for almost any occasion. The first tale is from the past where Avenger and his
(not sidekick, but personal filmographer) Martin “Booker Roberts, but we, for the
purpose of this story are focused on Avengers granddaughter, Erica, who, though
a criminal, is apparently being recruited to be the New Avenger, hence the “new
Blood” aspect of the story..
Fantastic Fan Boys Adventures is about four young
friends who join forces to fight evil with the greatest weapon of all, their
imaginations and the comics they create to fight crime, and all before dinner. That’s
the premise of this comic. As comic fans seem to have a knack for diving deep
into the worlds they adore, dissecting characters and stories to apply
real-world logic to comic-book science. These four friends not only create
characters and scenarios, but then, once the talk has been played out, the
other members do their best to dissect the tale as presented. In this issue, we
discover the
Fanboys’ origin stories, meet our newest hero,
the
Living Rocket, and witness the return of
Track
Suit Man. All told, it’s a wonderful comic full of adventures you’ll
want to read.
The third book we scored from Len was Section 12
Antarctic Special which kicks off a three-issue miniseries with Antarctic
Press and brings Ben Dunn’s character Tomorrow Girl into Lenovations Section 12
series of comics. According to a statement from Lenovations Press, “We are thrilled
to unveil our first ever mini-series that brings together two comic book
universes.” This collaboration has Tomorrow Girl — a fan-favorite character
from Antarctic Press — teaming up with Lenovations’ super-team, Section 12.
Created by Ben Dunn, Tomorrow Girl first appeared in Antarctic
Press’
Ninja High School V2 #1 as part of the Tomorrow Man family
and the Ninja High School universe. Tomorrow Girl (Heidi) is 16 years old and
attends Quagmire High School. Section 12 follows a top-secret government
project employing super-powered individuals to contain scientific failures. With
this three-issue crossover, Tomorrow Girl (in her own universe) goes up against
a robot operated by a Professor Von Zoot, and gets tossed out of her own
universe and into Section 12’s.
The fun part of this crossover is partly from the fact that
in her own book, she is rendered in a very cartoony style, however, while in
Section 12’s, she is depicted in a more realistic image. Unfortunately for her,
once the universe shift, occurs, one of the monstrous, killer robots follows
her into Section 12’s world and continues to weak havoc. Once she stops the
robot, she is interviewed by a less than reputable reporter who casts Tomorrow
Girl as a rogue alien who came here to attack the citizens of Earth.
Fortunately, members of Section 12 see the broadcast and already know that the
reporter is more interested in scandalous reporting than facts, and vow to
track down Tomorrow Girl and resuscitate her heroic nature.
These books are not only all ages, but pure fun, and (for us at the very least) harken back to an era of the entertaining comics of our youth which were there for the fun read, and not over-dubbed with any sort of agenda save that of heroes helping regular folks.
