She-Hulk Defends The Defenseless

In Civil War II Issue 0, we find Jessica Walters in court. Her job: to defend a super-criminal codenamed The Jester. This is one of the most painterly examples of Justin's work I've seen lately. It captures all the drama of this courtroom setting as She-Hulk argues on her client's behalf.

Later, on a SHIELD helicarrier, we learn that she lost her case. Yet we love her for believing in her client. After all, no one else does.

She-Hulk may be green, but she's not jaded by her experience as a lawyer. She has not stopped believing in the possibility of someone turning her life around. Perhaps that's why we love her so.

Dragon Dave

A Whole New Civil War

Once upon a time, I knew a boy named Justin Ponsor. Initially, I knew his mother better than I knew him, as she played the piano in my church. But later on, I got involved with the puppet team. He was a great puppeteer, and he and I bonded over our mutual love for puppets. 

While Justin liked puppets, he also loved comics. He knew what he wanted to do when he grew up: he wanted to get involved in comics. Now he's a colorist for Marvel. And this year, he's working on Marvel's premiere summer event: Civil War II. 

Even if you've never seen the Marvel movies, and are unfamiliar with Marvel characters, you'll no doubt recognize Iron Man, and his comrade-in-armor War Machine. Some characters you might be less familiar with are Captain Marvel and She-Hulk. The latter two may yet to feature in a Marvel movie, but that has more to do with how many great characters inhabit the Marvel universe, and less to do with their popularity. If you've followed this blog, you'll notice that we read the early issues of the current Iron Man series, which featured Iron Man and War Machine. If not, you can scroll back through my posts, and catch up.

I've just learned that Marvel has printed over 380,000 copies of Issue 1. Meanwhile, the prologue story, Civil War II #0, has gone back for a second printing. Compare those numbers with household character books such as Thor and Guardians of the Galaxy, which only merit print runs of a tenth of that number. That gives you an idea of how much popular Marvel's new Civil War II series is. So if you want to read what the majority of comics readers are buying, you might want to pick up a copy of Civil War II Issue 0. 

Then, as you read, you can marvel at the awesome coloring done by Justin Ponsor, former church puppeteer, now premier colorist for a bestselling, mega-popular comic event.

Dragon Dave