FIRST LOOK: 'The Spirit,' reincarnated

I talked the other day to Michael Uslan, the Hollywood producer and a persistent presence on the comic-book scene for decades. One of the truly nice guys in the business, Uslan told me without a trace of irony that he recently faced "absolutely the most terrifying thing" in his long creative career -- daring to pick up the baton of Will Eisner's "The Spirit."

I interviewed Uslan and his co-writer, F.J. DeSanto, who have collaborated on a promising three-issue arc that revisits some of the key mythos of the masked man, and I'll be putting that interview up on Hero Complex as we get closer to the Feb. 11 release date of the first issue. (And, yes, Uslan does talk about Frank Miller's film adaptation of "The Spirit" and addresses some of its harsher critics.)

In the meantime, here's a look at some of the art by Justiniano and Walden Wong from the second issue, which goes on sale March 18.

      

-- Geoff Boucher

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Image: DC Comics

Comments

[Juss]

Wow. Uslan draws like a combination of P. Craig Russell and Virgil Finlay. The picture isn't Eisneresque at all, but atmospheric and good nevertheless.