{"id":8003,"date":"2015-09-15T23:57:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T03:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=8003"},"modified":"2015-09-15T23:58:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T03:58:33","slug":"comics-the-shield-debuts-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2015\/09\/comics-the-shield-debuts-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Comics: The Shield Debuts Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The comic has been delayed a few times but may finally see the light of day in just under a month. Dark Circle Comics, the Archie Comics arm for more adult comics, is planning to release the first issue of The Shield on October 14th. The comic is a full colour comic and will retail for $3.99, which is standard for other Archie Comics.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the third ongoing series for Dark Circle after The Fox and The Black Hood.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Written by Adam Christopher (Elementary: The Ghost Line) and Chuck Wendig (Star Wars: Aftermath) with art by Drew Johnson (Wonder Woman), THE SHIELD #1 re-imagines a classic Golden Age hero for a new generation of readers! Issue #1 hits comic stores and digital platforms on October 14th with the first chapter of \u201cDaughter of the Revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the dawn of the republic, whenever her country faces its blackest days, she returns: a spirit of the revolution sent to fight for what is right. But when she reappears for the first time in a generation with no memories\u2014not even of her own identity\u2014and encounters an evil force expecting her arrival, all the Shield can do is&#8230;run!<\/p>\n<p>There is one main cover to the book with four variant covers. I personally like a few of the variants over the main cover, but I&#8217;m excited to see what is inside the book more. I have an affinity for female superheros personally.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this new title?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Script by Adam Christopher and Chuck Wendig<br \/>\nArtwork by Drew Johnson, Rachel Deering, Kelly Fitzpatrick<br \/>\nCover by David Williams<br \/>\nVariant Covers by Wilfredo Torres, Andrew Robinson, Rafael Albuquerque, Robert Hack<br \/>\nOn Sale Date: 10\/14<br \/>\n32-page, full color comic<br \/>\n$3.99 U.S.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/jQUko9niqkGxW6XoVVWQ4w\/129192870890\" data-did=\"1b193c9d24b80a2315d2a0badd8677f4c03b094b\"><a href=\"http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/129192870890\/the-shield-written-by-adam-christopher\">http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/129192870890\/the-shield-written-by-adam-christopher<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/secure.assets.tumblr.com\/post.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The comic has been delayed a few times but may finally see the light of day in just under a month. Dark Circle Comics, the Archie Comics arm for more adult comics, is planning to release the first issue of The Shield on October 14th. The comic is a full colour comic and will retail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[957],"tags":[958,1412,1413],"class_list":["post-8003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comics-2","tag-archie-comics","tag-dark-circle-comics","tag-the-shield"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/the_shield.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-255","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8164,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2015\/10\/the-shield-1-preview\/","url_meta":{"origin":8003,"position":0},"title":"The Shield #1 (P)review","date":"October 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Dark Circle Comics' new series The Shield will be in comic shops and online on October 21st, but we got a sneak preview at the first issue and I'm already hooked. 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