GREEN LAMA: MAN OF STRENGTH PART TWO--DIAMOND SOLICITATION/PRESS RELEASE

[Jim Ritchey]

Title: Green Lama, Man of Strength
Issue Number: 2
Writer's and Artist's Names: Written and penciled by James Ritchey, and inked by Jeff Austin and Mark Stegbauer.
Intended Audience: All-ages fans of thoughtful, character-driven modern style superheroics and Golden Age character revivals.
Format: Standard comic book size, 40 pages, black & white with color covers; saddle-stitched.
Retail Price: $7.95 (maximum 50% discount)
Printer: AC Comics
Country of Origin: USA
Ship Date: June 18, 2009
UPC Code: 64924187948
Synopsis: "REVELATIONS". Dumont remembers his previous incarnations as THE GREEN LAMA, in hidden Shambhala, in the Himalayas. Regaining his powers, he returns to civilization to defeat his ancient enemy, STOPWATCH, and a brainwashed ATOMAN- all to restore the soul of his beloved Madeleine to her body- and to literally save humanity!!

Special Notes: This is the second half of the intro to AC's great new GREEN LAMA ongoing series. which debuted in 2008 as the AC's most successful book of the year!! In this issue, (which picks up where GREEN LAMA #1 left off) the truth comes out regarding the unsuspecting college student who has fallen heir to the ageless powers of The GREEN LAMA. This continuation of an "Elseworlds"-style take on the classic Golden Age hero created by Ken Crossen and refined in consultation with Kendra Crossen Burroughs, daughter of and executor to the literary estate of the characters' creator should continue to appeal to contemporary readers with it's undercurrent of dark intrigue set against the modern world. This volume of the saga features the reappearance of another classic hero contemporary with the original SPARK PUBLICATIONS run from the 1940's, ATOMAN, as the dupe of the 'LAMA'S arch-villain. Thus, the stage is set for a number of other upcoming revivals/reinterpretations of popular Golden Age heroes that will occur in future issues of the series, including MISS MASQUE, BLACK TERROR, The BLUE LADY and others, all slightly different even than previous AC revivals, done up here in the distinctive style of writer/artist James Ritchey.

[Sean Taylor]

Awesome. I'll have to put it on my pull list, amigo.