Or - “You Just Wait Until Your Father Gets Home!”

When the Dynamo 5 team was put together, it was with the intent of protecting Tower City from the late Captain Dynamo’s greatest foes.  Instead, they’ve found themselves cleaning up the various messes left behind by Daddy’s insecurities, infidelities, and sundry non-heroic acts.  Now, with the return of Captain Dynamo (without even having a clone, a cyborg, and an armored version of him running about…) the very idea behind their assemblage has been called into question, and the D5 finds that things aren’t nearly as clear-cut.  A deceased hero’s flaws can be overlooked, but when your deadbeat dad is flying over the city, I suspect it’s a bit harder to ignore…

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It’s Friday, and if you were paying attention you noticed there wasn’t a sneak peek from Image yesterday. That’s because the company sent us so many sneak peeks this week that it spilled over to today, giving you plenty to gawk at as you slide into the weekend. Alien Pig Farm, Ward of the State, The Ride, and Dynamo 5 are just a few you can feast your eyes on after the jump.

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Or - “Five Ways Father’s Day Can Really Suck…”

Growing up, my family never paid much attention to Mother’s or Father’s Day.  I’m not sure if that’s because it was the 70’s and they weren’t full-on commercial juggernauts yet, or if we just didn’t much care…  Either way, the various children of Captain Dynamo are about the celebrate their first Father’s Day since the reveal of their true parentage, and I predict that they’ll all have a fine time with nary a hitch. However, it should be noted that I predicted that Civil War would end with Captain Ultra and the 3-D Man joining the Avengers, so there’s a chance my prognostications are less than perfect…

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Rejoice comic fans for it is Thursday, and since we had a holiday early in the week, it means your new comics arrive today. To further continue the celebration, Image Comics has sent us its Sneak Peek of the Week. This week Ward of the State, Alien Pig Farm, Dynamo 5, and more, more, more! Let the glut of comic goodness begin!

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Or - “Here’s The Story… Of A Superhero…  Who Couldn’t Keep His Hoohah In His Pants!”

He had children everywhere…
With different mothers…
Some of them real cute girls.
Till the one day when the hero met his maker…
And his secret found out by his angry wife…
So she gathered all the kids and gave them costumes…
That’s the way they all became Dynamo 5!
Dy-NA-mo Fiiive!
Dy-NA-Mo Five!
That’s the waaay they becaaame DY-NA-MO 5!
*ba nana na na naaah naaa naaah!*

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Image Comics has provided Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles shipping in August 2007.

SPECIAL FORCES #1 (of 6)
story KYLE BAKER
art & cover KYLE BAKER

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 22 $2.99

GET READY TO RAQ! It’s Black Hawk Upside-Down!

EISNER award-winning Kyle Baker brings you SPECIAL FORCES the wackiest boot camp since “Stripes”! SPECIAL FORCES follows a small-town autistic teen from his recruitment, through basic training, and then off to war in Iraq. With violent felons, mental patients, a violent mental hot chick felon and at least one “Don’t ask don’t tell”, his unit is composed of the military’s last line of defense. The very last line!

What happens when desperate army recruiters fall below quota at the same time the President calls for additional troops? Find out in SPECIAL FORCES!

Inspired by a true 2006 incident in which an 18-year-old autistic Oregon boy was recruited into the army.

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It’s Thursday and that can only mean one thing - my latest article over at SciFi.com is up. No wait, this isn’t one of those tech blogs Sneak Peeks from Image Comics! This week the fine folks from Image have provided Major Spoilers with previews of Casanova Volume 1, Coyote Volume 5, Dynamo 5 #3, Fell Volume 1: Feral City, Loaded Bible 2: Blood of Christ, Madman Atomic Comics #2, and PvP #33.

Holy cow! This is the biggest Sneak Peek of the Week to date and it looks like there is something for everyone buried inside.

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Or - “What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, And Start Bludgeoning Things.”

Well, folks…  It’s official.  I have reached the bottom of the review pile, and thus our “Two A Days” have ended (at least until I get snowed under again, or happen to be bored.)  With luck, we can now get books up in a more timely manner, fingers crossed.  I hope I haven’t inundated you with so much recappiness that you’ve returned to googling “Hot Russian Women In Leather Panties” (see how many hits THAT nets us!) or, perish forbid, playing Kitten Cannon.  In either case, we’re back with a look at the title that proves super-powers are may be thicker than water, but some people are just plain thick…  Ba DUMP bum.

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Image comics has announced Dynamo 5 issue #2 has sold out at Diamond is will be going back to press for a second go.

DYNAMO 5 is the story of the five illegitimate children of Captain Dynamo, the world’s greatest superhero. Each has inherited one of his or her father’s spectacular powers, and they have been assembled by his widow to fill the void his death created in the world around them and begin filling the one he left in their lives.

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This week Image Comics has provided Major Spoilers with sneak peeks of Bomb Queen III, Dynamo 5, Fell, and The Nightly News. Lots of good stuff that hits stores next week.

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Or - “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone, Whever He Hung His Cape Was His Home...”

Many people have pointed out the recurring thread in Walt Disney movies regarding the lack or loss of a mother figure and it’s effect on the resulting stories.  But there is also the obvious, but little discussed fact that a huge number of our favorite comic book stories are predicated on the loss of, lack of, or abuse by paternal figures…  or, to use fewer syllables, they’ve got ’Daddy issues.’  Witness Peter Parker’s guilt over not saving his surrogate father, Uncle Ben.  The pre-Crisis Superman was so defined by the guilt over the death of his father (and his mother, to be fair), that there was a huge outcry when John Byrne rewrote history to leave the Kents alive.  Batman’s paternal influence is obvious, but more quietly, look at how Brian Banner’s abuse shaped the nascent Bruce (and splintered off his Hulk personality) or how Charles Xaver’s distaste for his half-brother Cain Marko was partly induced by the rampages of Cain’s tough-guy abusive dad.  The lives of Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, and Jason Todd speak volumes about their interactions with their father figure, as absent from their lives in a metaphorical way as papa Thomas Wayne was absent from his Bruce’s.  With all that subtext out there, it’s nice to see someone take this notion and bring it to the forefront, and that’s exactly what Jay Faerber has done in “Dynamo 5,” with interesting results…

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Image Comics let us know Dynamo 5 has sold out at Diamond. The company plans to go back to press for a new printing of the issue that will include a new cover. At this time, the company doesn’t have a set ship date, but does say it will be available soon.

The variant cover and more after the jump.

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Gotta love it when a company like Image drops a whole load of sneak peeks for you to check out. This week features five page previews of Bomb Queen, Dynamo 5, Phonogram, The Pirates of Coney Island, Sam Noir: Ronin Holiday, and Strongarm. All titles are expected to be in stores next week.

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Captain Dynamo was the world’s greatest super-hero.  His adventures inspired millions, who stand in shock at the news of his death.  But as he’s being set to rest, his family learns that with great power came great infidelity.  Now, as Captain Dynamo’s ememies descend upon his city, his widow must round up his five illegitimate children – each with one of their father’s spectacular powers – to fill the void he left in their world, and to start filling the one he left in their lives.  Image proudly announces the mind-blowing debut of Jay Faerber’s new ongoing series, DYNAMO 5!

“Dynamo 5 is about the human aspect of being superhuman,” says series creator Jay Faerber.  “Most super-hero teams are made up of strangers who act like a family, but DYNAMO 5 is a family who act like strangers.  They never asked for these powers, they never knew the man they inherited them from, and they don’t know each other, but now they need to band together to overcome the total chaos that their father held back.  It’s a very action driven series that also emphasizes the big ideas that we’ve all had to grapple with in our own lives.”

Joining Faerber is rising star Mahmud Asrar, who brings his incredible new vision to comics.  “Mahmud’s art is unbelievably sharp and dynamic.” says Faerber. “He took my story and brought it to another level. This guy loves superheroes and is putting that passion into every page.”