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DC Comics - including WildStorm Productions, VERTIGO, and MAD
Magazine - presents a collection of stories and stand-alone artwork from the
vast community of talented writers and artists associated with it.
Award-winning cover artist Alex Ross offers a painting (modeled on the legendary
Big All-American Comics #1) that shows Superman and Krypto looking - up,
appropriately enough - at the heroes whose sacrifice on September 11 served as
an inspiration to so many. While familiar characters are featured throughout
Volume 2 (in some unfamiliar ways), there are also tales of "ordinary" people
who have given and lost so much in the months since the attacks.
Some teams familiar to comics readers are reunited in this historic
project, such as Stan Lee and Marie Severin; Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, and
Prentis Rollins, who offer a new story of Static in the wake of the September 11
attacks; and a tale of the spiritual impact of the loss of the Twin Towers from
J.M. DeMatteis and Michael Zulli. Will Eisner, Joe Kubert, Sam Glanzman, and
Darwyn Cooke are among the incredible writer/artists who offer distinctive
stories in Volume 2.
Other well-known creative teams sharing their talents include 100 Bullets'
Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso on a story of terror and baseball fans; Kurt
Busiek and Brent Anderson in a story of a firefighter's heroism in the
super-hero-filled metropolis of Astro City; and JSA's David S. Goyer and Geoff
Johns joining Out There's Humberto Ramos and Sandra Hope to offer another
perspective. Moving photography-themed looks at life in New York City are
offered in a new I, Paparazzi story from Pat McGreal and artists Stephen John
Phillips and Steven Parke; and a Scene of the Crime original from Ed Brubaker
and Michael Lark that finds a photo from September 11 playing an important part
in a widow's recovery.
Other tales pay tribute to some oft-neglected aspects of the World Trade
Center and Pentagon attacks. The sniffer dogs at work at the World Trade Center
site are celebrated in a Krypto story from Jeph Loeb, Carlos Pacheco and
Jesús Meriño, while the unexpected team of Rick Veitch and Sergio
Aragonés offer their take on a little-noted sort of heroism that has
taken place every day since the 11th. The dreams and idealism of children in
the wake of September 11 are well represented in stories by Eddie Berganza and
Kyle Baker and a one-page piece by Tim Sale (from an idea by Chuck Kim). Even
DC's Executive Vice President & Publisher Paul Levitz writes two stories,
one illustrated by Joe Staton and Bob Smith, the other by WildStorm's Jim
Lee.
Volume 2 features moving chapter-break artwork from Glenn Fabry, Dave
McKean, Christopher Moeller, Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, John Bolton, and John Van
Fleet. Dave Johnson, Neal Adams, Dave Gibbons, Phil Jimenez, Lee Bermejo, Alex
Horley, Ariel Olivetti, Danijel Zezelj, Michael Wm. Kaluta, José Luis
García-Lopéz, Klaus Janson, Colleen Doran and Richard Corben are
among those contributing vivid standalone pieces to this incredible volume. SC,
8x11, 224pg, FC $9.95