New Warriors Digital Comics

In case you hadn’t heard, the digital comics revolution is happening. And the New Warriors haven’t been left out.

Follow the links to read digital versions of classic New Warriors stories direct from Marvel Comics’ Digital Comics Shop. (Or you can subscribe to the Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited and get unlimited access to a huge selection of titles for a reasonable monthly rate. However, note that not all digital comics are available in both the Digital Comics Shop and the Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited library. The below are just for the new Digital Comics Shop.)

1. New Warriors #1 “From the Ground Up!”
2. Thor #411 “The Gentleman’s Name is Juggernaut!” Acts of Vengeance
3. Thor #412 “Introducing… the New Warriors!” Acts of Vengeance
4. New Warriors #2 “Mirror Moves”
5. New Warriors #3 “I Am, Therefore I Think”
6. New Warriors #4 “Genetech Potentials”
7. New Warriors #5 “The Man Who Stole Tomorrow”
8. New Warriors #6 “The Inhuman Condition”

More recent stories with New Warriors appearances (not a complete list):

Avengers: The Initiative

1. Avengers: The Initiative #1 “Happy Accidents”
2. Avengers: The Initiative #2 “Hero Moment”
3. Avengers: The Initiative #3 “Bug Hunt”
4. Avengers: The Initiative #4 “Green Zone” World War Hulk
5. Avengers: The Initiative #5 “Secret Weapons” World War Hulk
6. Avengers: The Initiative #6 “Persons of Interest”
7. Avengers: The Initiative #7 “Triple Threat”
8. Avengers: The Initiative #10 “Kills Confirmed” Killed In Action Part 3
9. Avengers: The Initiative #11 “Kills Confirmed” Killed In Action Part 4
10. Avengers: The Initiative #12 “Changing of the Guard”
11. Avengers: The Initiative #18 “Don’t Shoot ‘Til You See the Green of Their Eyes!” Secret Invasion
12. Avengers: The Initiative #21 “Disassembled Part 1″ Dark Reign
13. Avengers: The Initiative #22 “Disassembled Part 2″ Dark Reign
14. Avengers: The Initiative #23 “Disassembled Part 3″ Dark Reign
15. Avengers: The Initiative #25 “Disassembled Conclusion” Dark Reign
16. Avengers: The Initiative #26 “Up is Down”
17. Avengers: The Initiative #27 “Chapter 2: The Taking of 42″
18. Avengers: The Initiative #28 “Uprising”
19. Avengers: The Initiative #29 “Nightmares”
20. Avengers: The Initiative #30 “Walking Nightmare”
21. Avengers: The Initiative #31 “Poisoned Chalice”
22. Avengers: The Initiative #32 “Seize The Day”
23. Avengers: The Initiative #33 “The Hammer Falls Part 1 of 3″
24. Avengers: The Initiative #34 “The Hammer Falls Part 2 of 3″
25. Avengers: The Initiative #35 “The Hammer Falls Conclusion”

Nova & Cosmic Marvel

1. Annihilation Prologue #1 “Annihilation Day”
2. Annihilation: Nova #1 “All For One”
3. Annihilation: Nova #2 “And One For All”
4. Annihilation: Nova #3 “Safety in Numbers”
5. Annihilation: Nova #4 “Ten Minutes and Counting”
6. Annihilation #1 “Blood and Thunder”
7. Annihilation #2 [untitled]
8. Annihilation #3 “Desperate Measures”
9. Annihilation #4 “Revelation”
10. Annihilation #5 “Ascension”
11. Annihilation #6 “Finale”
12. Nova v5 #1 “What’s Next
13. Nova v5 #2 “Alienation”
14. Nova v5 #3 “Home Truths”
15. Annihilation: Conquest – Prologue “Conquest”
16. Nova v5 #4 “Alone” Annihilation: Conquest
17. Nova v5 #5 “Together” Annihilation: Conquest
18. Nova v5 #6 “Inside” Annihilation: Conquest
19. Nova v5 #7 “Out” Annihilation: Conquest
20. Nova v5 #8 “Knowhere Part One”
21. Nova v5 #9 “Knowhere Part Two”
22. Nova v5 #10 “Vore”
23. Nova Annual #1 “(untitled)”
24. Nova v5 #11 “Terminal”
25. Nova v5 #12 “Inheritance”
26. Annihilation: Conquest #6 “Last Stand”
27. Nova v5 #13 “On the Last Day”
28. Nova v5 #14 “In the Final Hour”
29. Nova v5 #15 “The Devourer”
30. Nova v5 #16 “Green for Danger” Secret Invasion
31. Nova v5 #17 “Brothers In Arms” Secret Invasion
32. Nova v5 #18 “Reborn” Secret Invasion
33. Nova v5 #19 “Corps Values”
34. Nova v5 #20 “Return of the New Warriors?”
35. Nova v5 #21 “Brave New World”
36. Nova v5 #22 “The Rapture”

Firestar & the Young Allies

1. Firestar #1 “My New Life”
2. Young Allies #1 “No Turning Back” Now, Not Tomorrow Part One
3. Young Allies #2 “Fall Out” Now, Not Tomorrow Part Two
4. Young Allies #3 “Down Time” Now, Not Tomorrow Part Three
5. Young Allies #4 “The Lies” Now, Not Tomorrow Part Four
6. Young Allies #5 “Windows and Walls” Now, Not Tomorrow Part Five
7. Young Allies #6 “A Change of Mind”

Penance (Speedball)

1. Civil War #1 “Civil War Part One of Seven”
2. Civil War: Front Line #1 “The Accused Part One”
3. Civil War: Front Line #2 “The Accused Part Two”
4. Civil War: Front Line #3 “The Accused Part Three”
5. Civil War: Front Line #4 “The Accused Part Four”
6. Civil War: Front Line #5 “The Accused Part Five”
7. Civil War: Front Line #6 “The Accused Part Six”
8. Civil War: Front Line #7 “The Accused Part Seven”
9. Civil War: Front Line #8 “The Accused Part Eight”
10. Civil War: Front Line #9 “The Accused Part Nine”
11. Civil War: Front Line #10 “The Accused Part Ten”
12. Thunderbolts #110 “Faith in Monsters Part 1″
13. Thunderbolts #111 “Faith in Monsters Part 2″
14. Thunderbolts #112 “Faith in Monsters Part 3″
15. Civil War: The Initiative #1 “[untitled]”
16. Thunderbolts #113 “Faith in Monsters Part 4″
17. Thunderbolts #114 “Faith in Monsters Part 5″
18. Thunderbolts #115 “Faith in Monsters Part 6″
19. Thunderbolts #116 “Caged Angels Part 1″
20. Thunderbolts #117 “Caged Angels Part 2″
21. Thunderbolts #118 “Caged Angels Part 3″
22. Thunderbolts #119 “Caged Angels Part 4″
23. Thunderbolts #120 “Caged Angels Part 5″
24. Thunderbolts #121 “Caged Angels Part 6″

Cloak & Dagger

1. Cloak and Dagger #1 “Cloak And Dagger”
2. Cloak and Dagger #2 “Bellyful Of Blues”
3. Cloak and Dagger #3 “Dark Is My Love, And Deadly”
4. Cloak and Dagger #4 “True Confessions!”
5. Marvel Knights #1 “The Burrowers”
6. Marvel Knights #2 “Thunder Below”
7. Marvel Knights #3 “The Destroyers”
8. Marvel Knights #4 “Zaran”
9. Marvel Knights #5 “Family And Friends”
10. Marvel Knights #6 “The Reckoning” Maximum Security
11. Marvel Knights #7 “Strange Matters”
12. Marvel Knights #8 “Dark Matters”
13. Marvel Knights #9 “Final Matters”
14. Marvel Knights #10 “The Good With The Bad”
15. Marvel Knights #11 “Hero For Hire”
16. Marvel Knights #12 “The Long, Long Night”
17. Marvel Knights #13 “No Rest For The Wicked”
18. Marvel Knights #14 “Everything Dies”
19. Marvel Knights #15 “The Unreal World”
20. Runaways #11 “Lost And Found Part One”
21. Runaways #12 “Lost And Found Part Two”
22. Runaways v2 #9 “East Coast/West Coast Part 1″
23. Runaways v2 #10 “East Coast/West Coast Part 2″
24. Runaways v2 #11 “East Coast/West Coast Part 3″
25. Runaways v2 #12 “East Coast/West Coast Conclusion”
26. Dark X-Men: The Beginning #2 “The Temptation of Cloak and Dagger”
27. Uncanny X-Men #513 “Utopia Part 2″
28. Dark Avengers #7 “Utopia Part 3″
29. Uncanny X-Men #514 “Utopia Part 4″
30. Dark Avengers #8 “Utopia Part 5″
31. Spider-Island: Cloak and Dagger #1 “[untitled]“
32. Spider-Island: Cloak and Dagger #2“[untitled]“
33. Spider-Island: Cloak and Dagger #3“[untitled]“

Power Pack

1. Power Pack #27 “Whose Power–?”

Penance Cries Through 100 Marvel Heroes by Ilias Kyriazis

Illustrator Ilias Kyriazis made a fun mural of his favorite 100 Marvel characters interacting in funny and unique ways. The New Warriors are represented by Penance at number 96.

By Ilias Kyriazis (click for full image)

Click the above pic to see the entire huge image, which you can zoom in and navigate around. You can also see his favorite 30 DC Characters.

Original Art featuring Nova sells for $3,000+

The original art for Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin’s cover for Amazing Spider-Man #352 from 1991 recently sold for $3,346. Heritage Auctions sold the artwork as part of their Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction held in Beverly Hills from November 15 to 17th. The entire auction brought in over $5 million. From the listing:

Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin The Amazing Spider-Man #352 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1991). Spidey and Nova unite against the Tri-Sentinel in this cinematic cover illustration penciled by Mark Bagley and inked by Randy Emberlin. The art has an image area of 10″ x 15″ and it includes the original logo and masthead paste-up copy. Aside from some light buckling in the upper portion logo paste-up area, the work is in Very Good condition.

The issue was one of Mark Bagley’s first issues of Amazing Spider-Man, which he would go on to draw for years before moving on to another lengthy run on Ultimate Spider-Man. Before both of these runs, Bagley was the original artist for New Warriors and these team-up issues between Nova and Spider-Man were a natural transition.

Adam WarRock pays tribute to original New Warriors #1-25

Nerdcore rapper Adam WarRock has released My New Warriors E.P., an 8-track digital release that pays tribute to the original New Warriors issues #1-25 by Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley. Each of the original New Warriors gets a song inspired by them, as well as a track for Psionex and the bonus track “Insurance”. Pop rock band The Ampersands make a special appearance for “Firestar”.

Excerpt from the liner notes by Adam WarRock:

I’ve long been a fan of New Warriors since issue 1 of Nicieza and Bagley’s run that started in 1990. To this day, it’s still one of my favorite series. The Marvel Boy trial, the mystery behind Night Thrasher’s family, the introduction of Silhouette, and the flirtation between Nova and Namorita. As much as the series was filled with a lot of humor and goofiness, it remains intensely sad at its core (at least in that first 25 issue run), and that was why I was always drawn to it. I mean, I guess I’m a darker person than I’d like to admit, but when you have team drama mixed with teenage angst, something about it rings true to an actual teenager reading the darn thing. So it’s no surprise that this mixtape EP came out, well, a lot more serious than I ever thought it would be. I hope there’s some positivity in there, as there always was at the end of the tunnel in the comic itself.

You can download the entire EP for free here.

Tracklist:

1. Nova
2. Firestar (by The Ampersands)
3. Nita
4. Astrovik
5. Night Thrasher
6. Speedball
7. Psionex
8. Insurance (Bonus Track)

Adam WarRock to release My New Warriors EP

Another unique appearance may be coming up.

Nerdcore rapper Adam WarRock looks to be planning to release a new EP, similar to last year’s The West Coast Avengers, which included a track about Darkhawk.

Comics writer/journalist Kevin Church posted his cover design for My New Warriors E.P. (left) to his Tumblr page.

The exact release date is not yet known, although it appears it was going to be this Monday at one point.

All of the covers used are from the first 18 issues of the original New Warriors series, specifically issues #1, 3, 4, 10, 11 and 18.

Rare New Warriors Sketch Cards

Cartoonist Fred Hembeck (Petey Parker, Marvel Age, Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe) has created wonderful New Warriors sketch cards. These one-of-a-kind trading cards depict the original 6 New Warriors in their costumes from New Warriors #1. They’re available now on eBay until the auctions end on April 13, starting at $6.99 each, so get them while you can. Click the image to be taken to each character’s auction page.

 

Fred Hembeck wrote and drew the first chronological appearance of Speedball in Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #11 “With Babysitting Comes Great Responsibility!!”, one of his Petey stories of Peter Parker the future Spider-Man as a kid. He also wrote and drew Nova in a couple of issues of Marvel Age where Rich Rider explained his return and the name confusion with Frankie Raye. Nova by Hembeck also appeared in the Fantastic Four Roast.

J is for Justice

Artist/graphic designer Fabian Gonzalez has made a neat poster called ABC Superheroes. And our own Justice (aka Vance Astrovik) was used for the letter J, appearing alongside Superman, Batman, Wolverine and other iconic heroes.

Can you identify all of them?

If you’d like to add this unique appearance to your collection, you can buy different sized prints starting at $13.99, as well as hoodies, t-shirts and other goodies.

(Via Comics Alliance)

Night Thrasher: member of the Teenage Negro Ninja Thrashers?

Was Night Thrasher originally going to be called Black Thrasher?

Was he really going to be on a team called the Teenage Negro Ninja Thrashers?

Find out, and also read about the tragic death of the man connected to both of these questions, Dwayne McDuffie, by clicking here.

Tempest to be in X-Men: First Class movie

Missed this from back in August. (Thanks, Liam Sharp from the New Warriors Crash Pad mailing list.)

Angel Salvadore, who took the guise of Tempest during New Warriors volume 4, will appear in this summer’s big X-Men: First Class feature film, according to a Variety article. Actress/model Zoë Kravitz (No Reservations) will play the role of Angel. Despite the use of characters from throughout X-Men’s history, the movie will be set in the 1960s.

Image from IGN's Know Your X-Men article (click to read)

Angel will be the third New Warrior to make it to the big screen. With Jubilee’s addition to the team in 2007′s New Warriors volume 4 under the name Wondra, she retroactively took the mantle. The character was portrayed by Katrina Florece in the first X-Men movie in 2000. Kea Wong took over the role in the sequels X2 in 2003 and X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006.

New Warriors volume 2′s Bolt appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine from 2009. Dominic Monaghan (Lost) played Chris Bradley. Original reports in 2008 stated he was to play Beak (Blackwing in New Warriors volume 4) but they ended up being erroneous, so you never know about these kinds of announcements.

Firestar still holds the honor of being the first New Warrior on the small screen, with her co-starring role in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, as voiced by Kathy Garver (Family Affair). The series originally aired on NBC from 1981 to 1983. Jubilee was among the cast of the X-Men animated series (1992-1997) and also the 1996 Generation X live action TV movie that both aired on Fox. Jubilee was played by Alyson Court (Resident Evil) and Heather McComb (Party of Five), respectively.

X-Men: First Class will be in theaters starting June 3, 2011.

Cloak and Dagger headed to ABC Family

News has broke that Marvel Television is in the early development stages to bring Cloak & Dagger to the cable television network ABC Family, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Incredible Hulk is also being developed for TV.

Hulk is one of two projects that are priorities at Marvel Television, Marvel Studio’s TV division, which has been operating under the radar since Jeph Loeb took the reins at the end of June.

The second hot property is “Cloak and Dagger,” which is being developed for ABC Family.

Both are in the early stages of development; Hulk has a “showrunner wanted” placard around its neck. ABC had no comment. Meanwhile, Loeb is meeting with writers to hear ideas for “Cloak and Dagger.”

Marvel began narrowing it list of possible TV adaptations in May with a presentation on the Disney lot. Executives presented ABC suits with a list of titles they identified as possible series.

Ironically, “Cloak and Dagger” wasn’t on the list. (Hulk was.)

Although the focus appears to be on “Hulk” and “Cloak and Dagger,” “Punisher” also has been selected from the herd and is eyed as a cable play, but that is even further away. Marvel’s TV division wants to take things slow, according to insiders, focusing on one or two shows, making sure they are the best they can be and establishing a quality brand before moving forward.

Marvel is in the middle of establishing a shared universe with its movies (the pics and the characters form one big story), but it’s unknown whether the studio will undertake a similar path with TV. Also unknown is whether there would be a connection between the film world and TV world.

The duo created by Bill Mantlo and Ed Hannigan have had a couple of brushes with getting adapted to film or TV prior to this announcement.

In 2004, a Cloak & Dagger direct-to-DVD animated movie was included in a pitch for a bid at a partnership with Marvel Entertainment. It didn’t go any further than that when the contract ended up going to another production company, Lions Gate Entertainment, which resulted in a deal for 8 animated movies, including Ultimate Avengers, The Invincible Iron Man, Planet Hulk and others, all direct-to-DVD.

Then in 2006, Marvel Entertainment mentioned a Cloak & Dagger feature film in its updated movie plans for shareholders. It and seven other properties, including Power Pack, were “to be developed by Marvel” with no other details given. Four years passed with no further mention of either property at Marvel Films.

Of course this was all before the purchase of Marvel Comics by the Walt Disney Company in January and Marvel ramping up its TV division this past summer. Hopefully third time will be a charm.

Darkhawk goes hip hop

[UPDATE: Lyrics added, release date updated]

Possibly one of the most unique appearances.

Geek rapper Adam WarRock has released a free concept album called The West Coast Avengers EP, which includes a song called “Darkhawk”. And yes, it’s really about Chris Powell. The lyrics include references to Darkhawk’s battles with Hobgoblin and Savage Steel. You can listen to the entire track and download the digital album exclusively at Comics Alliance.

“Darkhawk” samples Above the Law’s “Murder Rap” from their debut album Livin’ Like Hustlers, released in 1990. That song in turn samples Quincy Jones’ 1971 song “Ironside” from his album Smackwater Jack.

Adam WarRock’s official full-length debut album The War for Infinity is scheduled to drop October 7th and could include more New Warriors references. Watch for it at AdamWarRock.com.

Here are the lyrics to the song, provided exclusively to the Continuity Conundrum by Adam WarRock. Thank you, Adam!

“Darkhawk” by Adam WarRock from The West Coast Avengers Mixtape

Just the holder of boulder, the soul controller
Late night patroller, used to be a loner
Hobgoblin wanna battle gotcha playas sobbin’
Even Peter Parker didn’t want start shit

Cuz in the streets, where we battle for real
And the gangstas peel caps with the savage steel raps
Now we got ‘em on the run, cuz we rock it so hot
All the playas havin’ fun while doin’ the robot

My man Chris brings the dope game consistent
Sees the aliens that never even existed
Cuz he’s havin’ like a nervous breakdown
Anxiety attack, in the concrete playground

Suicide, it’s a suicide
If you runnin’ in the dark, then there’s nowhere to hide
Watch ya back, in the dark it’s pitch black
And we strikin’ like a hawk with the west coast raps

Hook:
Crazy ass cyborg, playa with his mind gone
Stalkin’ in the night, gonna strike like a python
Queens is chillin’, West Coast Chillin’
What more can I say to y’all villains…

Now I got a murder rap (repeat x4)

And now you can’t sleep cuz you stay up at night
So scared that you’re gonna see the black and silver in the light
We ain’t players on the Oakland Raiders
Cuz Al Davis (what?), never paid us (yeah)

Darkhawk, always stalkin’ when you walkin’
All alone, waiting for you when you open your apartment door
Can’t see his eyes, so you better recognize
He could kill you in a flash, darkstalker in disguise

And don’t confuse him like I used to do with Sleepwalker
Cuz Sleepwalker’s green and purple, and he’s sleepwalker
Actually, they’re not similar, so just forget it
Don’t know why I confused them even for a second

Flying through the air, metal razor wing tips
British Knight kicks, plus he’s got a beeper on his hip
Creepin’ and cruisin’, haters get a bruisin’
The crazy ass dude with a freakin’ robot suit, man

[hook]

Speedball in the Sunday Funnies?

This might take the cake for the most random yet mainstream appearance of a New Warrior.

Back in January, the long-running Funky Winkerbean comic strip by Tom Batiuk reminisced about Speedball, even spotlighting the cover of Speedball the Masked Marvel #2 by Steve Ditko! Crazy!

(click to enbiggify)

Oh the sub-text hilarity unknown to the general audience! Back in January Speedball was still the “deeply disturbed and borderline psychotic” Penance. Of course just this month, the bright fun-loving Speedball has finally bounced back in the pages of Avengers Academy, so maybe all hope isn’t lost yet.

(Thanks to Nebula of the New Warriors Source Forum. I can’t believe I missed this until now!)

Own a piece of the NWCC Collection – Part 2

The New Warriors Continuity Conundrum Comics Collection is going on sale! (Again!)

Instead of ebay, I’m now doing an Amazon store. Shop at The Hindsight!

Own a piece of the NWCC Collection

The New Warriors Continuity Conundrum Comics Collection is going on sale!

You can own a part of my personal comics collection. I’ve started to list them for sale on ebay. Every auction starts at just 25 cents, regardless of how many comics are in the lot.

Visit my ebay store and start bidding.

Hiatus

It’s been a couple of months since I’ve updated the site. Unfortunately it seems what I’ve felt was coming for a couple of years has finally arrived. The New Warriors Continuity Conundrum is going on hiatus.

This really has nothing to do with the actual comics coming out now, and more to do with my evolving life, which has allowed less and less time to making it to the comic shop, reading comics, and updating this site in some sort of timely fashion.

My curiosity is shifting to new endeavors. While I’m sad to let the NWCC go, I’m extremely excited to be entering what feels like a new phase in my life. I’ve been devoting more time to original content for my new blog. As many know, I’m an actor and writer. I’m cooking up a lot of videos and other fun stuff that I hope you’ll check out. There’s not too much there yet, but there’s a lot in the works.

I’ll keep the existing information up. The Comments sections on each character’s page will allow you to add new appearances, if you are so moved. I won’t say I’ll never jump back in, or maybe sneak in an update here and there, but for now I must put it to rest. To keep up on all things New Warriors, I highly recommend any of the links below in my long and tedious thanks.

And here goes. I would feel remiss if I didn’t toss out some thanks. First, I really must thank my wife, who has probably been more understanding of the time this site has eaten up than she had a right to be. Really it comes down to the Crash Pad Mailing List Yahoo Group. Several stand out for their help and friendship since the NWCC started back in 2000. If I forgot anyone, or misappropriate something to someone, I apologize and blame my awful memory that was eaten up long ago with New Warriors trivia. Jeremy “Pen” Schwennen, thank you for the in-person meeting (must happen again!), the phone calls, NEWS, Page-by-Pages and Roundtable Reviews. Flank McLargehuge, thank you for NEWS and Roundtable Reviews, and good luck with the Doctor and all that comes of it (how far you’ve come and how much further you’ll go!). Doug Smith, thank you for your generosity, your patience on the web-project that never was, and for constantly raising the bar at the Nova Prime Page. PaxHouse, thank you for always being on the look out for anything New Warriors-related and frequenty beating me to the punch. James Hunter, thank you for the Roundtable Reviews and for asking questions. Jeph York, for being a helpful and resourceful smart@ss (look out, Marvel!). Liam Gibbs, for being a mighty fine bloke. Craig Watson, for remembering Speedball. Tawmis, for creating the New Warriors Dot Com and Crash Pad Mailing List community. Seth “speedbaldwin” for creating the New Warriors Source website and message board, which has become a great new home for NW fans. Also much thanks to David Gallaher, Danny Donovan, Tim O’Shea, and Don Lund, for the industry side. Tons of thanks to all of the comic book creators past and present who have worked and are working on these characters. My interest in and enjoyment of these characters is what started this silly obsession and it is what will keep me reading.

And finally, thank you to everyone who has visited this site and benefited from it. I’ve gotten a lot of emails from people saying how helpful the site has been for them when back-issue shopping. That’s really what’s kept me doing it for this long. I wish I could keep it going for you. There just aren’t enough hours.

Thank you. It’s been a blast.