MARVEL TAPS AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ERIC JEROME DICKEY TO PEN SIX-ISSUE LIMITED SERIES OF STORM
New Series Reveals the Epic Romance of X-Men Favorite Storm and Black Panther Series to Launch in February 2006, Coinciding With Black History Month.NEW YORK - Eric Jerome Dickey, critically acclaimed author of New York Times bestsellers Thieves' Paradise, The Other Woman, and Genevieve, has signed on to create a spectacular, six-issue limited series of Storm, spotlighting the ever-popular X-Men heroine. The first highly anticipated issue is scheduled to debut in February 2006, coinciding with Black History Month.
Dickey's Storm story arc will present an epic romance, revealing the untold love story of the world's two most popular African American Super Heroes, Ororo (also known as Storm of the X-Men) and T'Challa (a.k.a. The Black Panther), the world's first African American Super Hero. Marking Dickey's first comic book writing effort, the captivating series blends romance and adventure against the backdrop of Africa's cruel plains. Emerging star David Yardin (Black Panther, District X) will illustrate the books.
"I never would have imagined that I'd get an opportunity to step into the Marvel Universe and work on Storm," says Dickey. "She is such a remarkable character. And being allowed to incorporate T'Challa, the future Black Panther in the same series...wake me up because I have to be dreaming."
The six-issue series follows how the famed African Prince T'Challa crosses paths with Ororo, an orphaned street urchin who only survives by sheer wit as her mutant powers are still in their infancy. As the story and romance unfold, the duo come together to fight against a mutual foe who seeks to put them in a cage and exploit them toward wicked ends.
"This is a truly groundbreaking storyline that will draw in readers from all cultural backgrounds," said Joe Quesada, Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics. "Eric's unique vision for this series will thrill traditional comic fans of Storm and The Black Panther, as well as appeal to a whole new audience drawn towards Eric's remarkable storytelling ability."
Dickey's novels Liar's Game, Between Lovers, Thieves' Paradise, The Other Woman, Naughty or Nice, Drive Me Crazy, and Genevieve have all earned him the success of a spot on The New York Times bestseller list. Liar's Game, Thieves' Paradise, The Other Woman, Naughty or Nice, and Drive Me Crazy have also given Dickey the added distinction of being nominated for a NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Fiction in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. His 12th novel, Chasing Destiny, will be released in May 2006.
posted by Andres Heredia @ 10:34 AM
2 Comments:
Nice article, but just a quick aside:
Strictly speaking, T'Challa is not an "African American." He's an African, prince of a make-belive African nation. If I'm not mistaken, the true title of "first African American super-hero" belongs to Luke Cage, Hero-for-Hire.
But T'Challa probably can be rightfuly regarded as the first African super-hero.
True. However during his introduction he did spend plenty of time in america while serving in the avengers. Whether he is african-AMERICAN is up for debate. But since this press release came from marvel I would go with what they say :). Now for the first african american that would be The Falcon. His fire appearance was in 1969 in the pages of Captain America (issue 117 to be exact). Luke cage aka the power man on the other hand was the first african-american with his own book when he appeared in 1972 with Luke Cage, Hero for Hire.
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