Vertigo Announces Strange Adventures #1

Some of the greatest writers of our time get together in May.

By Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero | Feb. 14, 2011

Vertigo has just announced the release of Strange Adventures #1 for May. The comic will gather some of the greatest comic book writers of our time, including Peter Milligan, Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire. That right there should be enough to grab your attention.

What will the comic be about? From the far reaches of space to the not so distant future, Vertigo will bring you a collection of 8 ten page science fiction short stories as only Vertigo can do them.

To make this even sweeter, the Eisner award-winning team of 100 Bullets, Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso reunite to bring you the first chapter of their upcoming new series SPACEMAN.

Check out the cover by Paul Pope. There will also be a variant cover by Mark Buckingham. Be sure to let your local comic shop know that they must order a copy of this series for you.

29 Comments

ComicMan24on Feb. 14, 2011 at 6:05 a.m.

Isn't that Ultra the Multi-Alien?

Krakoaon Feb. 14, 2011 at 6:11 a.m.

I am definitely going to have to get this, but I hope it's not as disappointing as Weird Worlds #1 was.

humanfly26on Feb. 14, 2011 at 6:27 a.m.

@ComicMan24 said:

" Isn't that Ultra the Multi-Alien? "

If it's not him, it's his twin brother :-)

ComicMan24on Feb. 14, 2011 at 6:28 a.m.

@humanfly26: He has a twin brother? No way!!! :P

NightFangon Feb. 14, 2011 at 6:47 a.m.

@ComicMan24 said:

"He has a twin brother? No way!!! :P "

Lol, I think he was joking and its good to see Ultra the Multi-Alien back in comics.

ComicMan24on Feb. 14, 2011 at 6:47 a.m.

@NightFang: I know. Hence the :P lol

tonison Feb. 14, 2011 at 6:50 a.m.

find this to be great news, always love the old sci-fi of the golden and silver age. Would be nice to see a revival of that genre in comics.

aztek_the_lost moderator on Feb. 14, 2011 at 6:55 a.m.

Vertigo already did a Strange Adventures miniseries (four issues) back in 1999 with contributors like Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons and Brian Azzarello. Of course, I'm excited for this one because it involves Milligan (who's one of the best writers in the industry) and Snyder and Lemire who I'd love to see more of besides their current babies at Vertigo so I can have a more full-rounded opinion on their writing.

Also, Paul Pope FTW!

Although, this confuses me because last year Vertigo announced it was no longer doing DC-related stuff...this has DC written all over it....since it was one of their longest titles (but then again so was House of Mystery which is still ongoing at Vertigo...confusing stuff)

goatman2112on Feb. 14, 2011 at 6:56 a.m.

Ultra has always been one of my favorite C-list characters so it's good to see this

NightFangon Feb. 14, 2011 at 7 a.m.

@ComicMan24 said:

" I know. Hence the :P lol "

Oh, my mistake, lol.

ComicMan24on Feb. 14, 2011 at 7:01 a.m.

@NightFang: No problem.

thechessclubon Feb. 14, 2011 at 7:53 a.m.

Either that's the variant or you mixed up the names in the last paragraph=] Paul Pope's stuff is a little bit unmistakable

aztek_the_lost moderator on Feb. 14, 2011 at 8:03 a.m.

@thechessclub said:

" Either that's the variant or you mixed up the names in the last paragraph=] Paul Pope's stuff is a little bit unmistakable "

yeah...the cover makes me think of Buckingham, looks like his Snow White's face there

although...Paul Pope's variant cover for American Vampire didn't seem as "unmistakable" as his interior art always has been IMO

JonesDeinion Feb. 14, 2011 at 9:07 a.m.

@humanfly26 said:

" @ComicMan24 said:
" Isn't that Ultra the Multi-Alien? "

If it's not him, it's his twin brother :-)

"

For a second there I thought that was Metamorpho. I was like "They can use DC characters again?!" but sadly tis not the case.

G-Man staff on Feb. 14, 2011 at 9:23 a.m.

@thechessclub: @aztek the lost: I'm just going with what Vertigo said...

aztek_the_lost moderator on Feb. 14, 2011 at 9:32 a.m.

@G-Man said:

" @thechessclub: @aztek the lost: I'm just going with what Vertigo said... "

I understand but if you had to go off your own judgment, you'd assume that cover is Buckingham, right? doesn't it look similar to his Fables work?

aztek_the_lost moderator on Feb. 14, 2011 at 9:36 a.m.

@G-Man: actually scratch that, I know it's Buckingham, I can see his signature...I was looking for it in the bottom right but it's on the left

Mumbleson Feb. 14, 2011 at 9:39 a.m.

sweet

GraveSpon Feb. 14, 2011 at 10:50 a.m.

I'm just glad to see Vertigo publishing more stuff.

Billy Batsonon Feb. 14, 2011 at 11:16 a.m.

yay!

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