In a Earth filled with super - submarine sandwich , only one man stands against authority figures ill-use their power in ways that we ca n’t even imagine : Barack Oba – No , wait , I mean Marshal Law . That ’s right , the anti - zep from the eighties with the fetish for zip fastener and the need to vote out tops - heroes is back just when we needed him the most . The character – co - created by Judge Dredd Maker Pat Mills and io9 favourite and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen cobalt - creator Kevin O’Neill – first made his appearance in a 1987 miniskirt - series from Marvel Comics ’ epical embossment , at the same time depend upon the undulation and bucking the movement of the concept of “ adult superheroes ” ushered in by the achiever of Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns with its mix of sex , benighted humour , over - the - top ferocity and superhero - mangle anti - submarine . Now , after years in limbo , he ’s back in a novel prose Bible by Mills ( with point illustrations by O’Neill ) , Marshal Law : Origins . Comic Book Resources has the Georgia home boy , and a preview :
Marshal Law : Origins ( Titan Books ) is a brand new mass collecting two sear floor from the Law canon in illustrated novel format . In Cloak of Evil one of San Futuro ’s leading sexuality queen hostess turn up utterly in what seems to be a bizarre self-annihilation , and it seems clear that there is more to this insidious situation than meets the middle . It ’s sentence for Marshal Law to once more wear his pitch-black leather and thorny conducting wire — and dish out the pain in the ass ! Also featuring the Greco-Roman Day of the Dead , pull together with a new introduction from Pat Mills and previously unobserved artwork by laurels - gain artist O’Neill , this is the perfect way to get to grips with the vigilante super - anti - zep !
And this is just the beginning of the return of the Law – indie publishing house Top Shelf Comics is also reportedly solve on a compendium of all of the fibre ’s amusing appearance to day of the month for release before long . That aver , we ’re holding out for the inevitable picture show . After all , what else would work as a palate cleanser after next class ’s Watchmen movie?Marshall Law : Origins Preview[Comic Book Resources ]
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