*inhale* YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
You know what's starting in June 2010 as a Heroic Age title? You know what's gonna be an ONGOING TITLE? And has RIKKI BARNES IN IT?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I'M IN SUCH A GOOD MOOD!
That's right, it's Young Allies. Well done you for reading the title of the post.
Now, some of you might well be wondering why I care so much, and indeed why this gets a post on a site that has by and large dropped posting anything other than rambling alphabet related tripe. And I'll tell you why. I, Max Barnard, LOVE Rikki Barnes. So much so that in the build-up to the Nomad: Girl Without A World I made no less than a WHOLE BUNCH of posts about ANYTHING that cropped up to do with the series, a series that did in fact turn out to be the BEST mini of 2009, HANDS DOWN. So when I say that you should be stoked for Young Allies and should in fact be adding it to your shopping lists for June (I mean you all make shopping lists that far ahead right? right.), you can bloody well believe I'm right on the money.
Anyway, what should you expect from this apparent 'best series to keep an eye out for this year because a dude called Max says so'? Well for one thing a helluva line-up. Young Allies promises to have Nomad (Rikki Barnes), fresh from her own mini-series and Captain America back-up tales ready to kick arse and take names alongside Arana, who has been appearing alongside her in said back-ups and proving to be a wonderful team-mate to Rikki. Alongside that pairing we have Gravity, Mckeever's own AWESOME creation from a few years back that's gone through the wringer a little, having kinda died in BEYOND! and also having resurfaced in Fantastic Four a while afterwards, Toro (a new guy who has powers relating more to a bull than a flaming WWII veteran) and the 'kinda a bit too old for a team with 'young' in the title by now surely' character Firestar, fresh from... Surviving cancer. It's a team so off-kilter compared to the usual dreck we're getting nowadays that it's pretty much guaranteed awesome.
Alongside the great non-team (as Mckeever assures us is the case. which is unusual but hey) we have an interestingly named group of villains known only as the 'Bastards of Evil'. Which as far as unusual names go is right up there with... something.
Of course the final step to sell you on this ONGOING (remember when great ideas would get ongoings and make it past issue 5? make that happen. go on.) is to tell you of the creative team.
Surely you all know of Sean Mckeever, whether for some brilliant Teen Titans material (which some people are down on for some weird reason but screw those guys, right?), his Gravity mini-series, his Nomad mini-series, his 12 issue Inhumans series, his Sentinel mini-series and Spider-Man loves Mary Jane. All of which are great. Or at the least good. Mckeever rarely disappoints, especially when writing young characters.
David Baldeon is also an excellent person to have on the creative side of things, as his recent art duties on Nomad were performed more than admirably, creating an emotive and beautiful work that really just emphasises how much more work the man needs with Marvel. Thankfully that itch is gonna be scratched here, and it's a pretty safe guess that he'll continue to bring his A game throughout. (note: he'll also be doing the Gravity story in Age of Heroes, so look for some pretty are THERE too)
And if you REALLY want a bonus to make you jump on board, the first cover appears to be a Wraparound effort from none other than David Lafuente, another artist I can do nothing other than LOVE nowadays. Of course if it ISN'T a wraparound cover then hey, at least you can see this awesome piece of Lafuente art promoting what is 99% likely to be THE series to read this year.
Ya know, unless you think that one of those Avengers titles will be better (hint: they won't).
related links:
Marvel.com article
Comic Book Resources article
Newsarama Interview
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