The Warp Pipe

When I first heard Dynamite Entertainment was putting out a BIONIC MAN comic, my first thought was would we see Bigfoot in the comic. In fact, I asked Phil Hester about it before the first issue came out and also back in March about his second arc. Well guess what? Either he got tired of me asking or (more likely) it was finally time for it to happen.

Dynamite Entertainment has given us an exclusive first look at August’s BIONIC MAN #13. Check out who pops up on the covers!

THE BIONIC MAN #13

32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +

Written by PHIL HESTER, AARON GILLESPIE

Art by ED TADEO

Covers by ALEX ROSS (main), ED TADEO (1:10)

The Secret of Bigfoot deepens! After narrowly escaping death, Steve is forced to go a second round with the legendary monster. But how can he survive against such a formidable foe when his bionic body is under attack from within?

== TEASER ==

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Special POINT ONE issue.
START READING with this Point One issue! During his dark reign, Norman Osborn attempted to mold super-powered teens to further his twisted agenda. So the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes created the Avengers Academy to reverse his influence on these impressionable, would-be heroes. But what happened to the young men and women who weren’t enrolled? Will friendship bloom or will fists fly when this year’s Avengers Academy students meet the kids who didn’t make the cut?!

Creators:

• Writer: 

  Christos Gage

• Penciller: 

  Sean Chen

• Penciller (cover): 

  Billy Tan

• Editor: 

  Bill Rosemann

Characters:

• Reptil

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Each month in the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE we find out a little more about the team and information from the five year gap between the first arc and the present day in the “New 52.” Jim Lee returns as he and Geoff Johns set things up for upcoming issues.

With a new arc, “The Villain’s Journey,” it’s not the most cheerful of times for the team. There’s a new and deadly villain coming their way. So while we’re finding out more about the team, we’re also witnessing the birth of what could be the end of the team (most likely not, though).

Be sure to read JUSTICE LEAGUE #9 if you haven’t already. There will be some minor spoilers below.

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The Fate of David Graves

Who is David Graves? Don’t click on his page unless you want even more spoilers revealed.

Graves is the guy first seen in JUSTICE LEAGUE #6, during Darkseid‘s attack. He witnessed the triumph of the team as he was certain he and his family were about to perish. He later wrote a book on the Justice League, Justice League: Gods Among Men. That’s not the only book Graves wrote. It was in issue #3, we saw an excerpt from another of his books, The Secret History of Atlantis. He’s also written several other with revealing titles.

The main thing here though is his present condition. In issue 6 he was fine. But somehow a year later, his condition rapidly took a turn for the worst. We don’t find out how exactly he reached this condition but it’s one that will soon be brought to the Justice League’s attention

Steve Trevor has a Sister

This obviously isn’t a major revelation. As far as I know, Steve never had any siblings. Originally his mother, Diana Trevor, flew and crashed a jet she was test flying onto Paradise Island. During her short time there, she became a hero but was killed, leaving her husband and son behind.

As Steve deals with the press trying to get any information out of him about Wonder Woman or the League, he heads over to his sister’s for a visit. She also has some kids, adding to Trevor’s immediate family. The fact that he has some family will have an effect on the League.

Thomas Wayne’s Letter

Now again, this isn’t exactly a startling revelation but it was great to see what became of the letter Barry Allen was given at the end of FLASHPOINT by Thomas Wayne to deliver to Bruce. There hasn’t been any mention of follow up from that moment. Because that letter exists, Barry and Bruce know that things were not always as they are now. At the very least, they have to be aware of the Flashpoint timeline if not the previous DCU one.

Batman has Arkham under Surveillance

Batman has an invested interest in Arkham Asylum. That’s where all his enemies go. He is constantly having to chase after them when they inevitably break out. There’s always been the theory that enemies like Joker must know all the ins and outs of the place as he seems able to come and go as he pleases.

What we see here is Batman has a map of the place, courtesy of Cyborg, who is plugged into “every computer on Earth.” Having a map may not give him complete access to every single scare inch and secret passageway at the Asylum. Superman notes that “Arkham’s a labyrith. And the lead pipes are obstructing my x-ray vision.”

To add to Batman’s overplanning, he’s also installed motion detectors and secondary cameras in certain areas. Yet, there are still break outs occurring.

The Team is There for Each Other

Something we don’t often see in the members’ solo titles is other heroes helping out when needed. Batman doesn’t call any of the team during the Night of the Owls story but here he gives Superman a call, probably more so because he knows Superman would want to. Flash and Green Lantern are seen together and there is more mention of past team-ups they’ve had. Also when trying to get information from Weapons Master, they have no choice but to call Wonder Woman to get him to talk.

It’s little touches like this that strengthens the bond they’re supposed to have. They’ve been a tight nit group for five years so it makes sense that they work on non-Justice League missions as well.

The Rest

Of course there are other things that happen. As I mentioned, there’s going to be some bad news for the team. You’ll also want to see what happens in the SHAZAM back-up with Billy Batson. There’s big things coming next month in both stories.

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Collecting MARVEL UNIVERSE VS. WOLVERINE #1-4.

Orig. Published: May 16, 2012

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Spidey & friends join forces with the Mighty Thor in this week’s new episode of "Ultimate Spider-Man," premiering Sunday at 11:00 a.m. ET inside Marvel Universe on Disney XD!

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