NWSLTTR IV: MISSION TO MOSCOW

I forgot Thanksgiving. Or rather, I thought it was next week. So I've got artists that need script before the office closes for four days and that means I once again don't have time for a full version of this newsletter with all the bells and whistles. Will I ever have time? Watch this space! While we dive into the thorny question of...

WHAT'S OUT THIS WEEK?

Avengers Inc. #3, that's what!

Once again, Leonard Kirk provides the art, and it's a pulse-pounding all-action humdinger of wall-to-wall brawling vikings this time, so please give him his flowers. This one had a complex gestation - at one point there was a more traditional version of the book where Valkyrie was on the team full-time, and after I pared that down to the "Jan solves mysteries, Vic's a mystery, they fight crime, it's a TV show" concept, she remained as the earliest "guest star" after Vision... mostly because I liked the idea of a murder in the halls of Valhalla. Of course, then I had to think one up - but writing Immortal Thor at the same time, I had a bunch of ideas cooking on that fire already and (even though it broke one of my cardinal rules) some of them leaked through, and this became not just a murder, but an important murder.

Make of that what you will. And in the spirit of Thanksgiving... thanks for buying my comics.

THAT'S IT?

That's it! I've got to crack on, I have SO much to do today. Love and strength to all who need it, and I'll play us out with "The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness" by The National.