Valdosta Daily Times Comic Books 2012-05-28T11:44:59-04:00 urn:uuid:b5b37554-f114-4940-b627-f1df99c2660b A GOD SOMEWHERE Dean Poling urn:uuid:3af4b691-917a-47af-9aaa-154ef9b8cb55 2010-06-25T00:33:51-04:00 <p> Writer John Arcudi with artists Peter Snejbjerg and Bjarne Hansen create a tragic take on the traditional superhero tale with &#8220;A God Somewhere.&#8221; A young man named Eric awakens one day with miraculous powers. At first, he does the expected. He saves people. He enjoys his powers of flight, strength, invulnerability. He is impressed by the people he meets through his powers. But power changes him.</p> JONAH HEX: NO WAY BACK Dean Poling urn:uuid:84398454-328e-43f6-b45e-9322718fd0d8 2010-06-04T00:38:16-04:00 <p> With Hollywood on the verge of releasing a Jonah Hex movie starring Josh Brolin this summer, DC Comics may have wanted to bank a little ahead of the curve by offering something of an origin for its disfigured Western renegade in comics form prior to the film&#8217;s release. Sort of like Marvel Comics finally offering an origin for Wolverine once Hollywood came sniffing around. Jonah Hex has always been a character akin to Clint Eastwood&#8217;s Josey Wales, a Confederate rebel without a cause in the post-Civil War West, with the difference being that bounty-hunter Hex doesn&#8217;t have Eastwood&#8217;s looks.</p> Comics: Joe the Barbarian Dean Poling urn:uuid:d3738b8b-3179-456e-8c62-cdb0d3db8ce0 2010-01-28T23:50:00-05:00 COMICS: A new generation? urn:uuid:9f4d28fb-2bcb-4bfe-bf63-167a93779b72 2009-06-22T23:04:00-04:00 The Best of The Spirit Dean Poling urn:uuid:ba577c7e-d0ec-4b0b-8ead-18183b30a367 2005-12-19T10:56:00-05:00 Will Eisner created a comic-book legend with his tales of The Spirit, a regularly dressed Joe for the 1940s and '50s, who wore a Lone Ranger-style mask. Hard Time Season Two No. 1 Dean Poling urn:uuid:2e6c5421-6956-45ff-9278-c37a601882f9 2005-12-19T10:55:00-05:00 In this follow-up to the first mini-series run of "Hard Time" readers learn the back story of what led young teen Ethan to become involved in a school shooting spree. VIMANARAMA Dean Poling urn:uuid:1a385af7-96a8-4479-b91a-273870f3bf09 2005-12-19T10:48:00-05:00 When the first issue of this limited series was released in February, this column noted, "I'm not sure exactly what this title is about but that's OK. Infinite Crisis No. 2 Dean Poling urn:uuid:ce9b0fcf-1ce0-419a-a5f4-61f41b025ca6 2005-12-09T17:47:00-05:00 Jonah Hex No. 1 Dean Poling urn:uuid:6434f44b-2eb5-4e7f-916d-20ae3cddfd80 2005-12-09T17:46:00-05:00 Batman & The Monster Men No. 1/Matt Wagner Dean Poling urn:uuid:ba0564d9-9175-40bd-a43e-d74ca55b0bcf 2005-12-09T17:46:00-05:00