Today, Marvel announced “Morbius: The Living Vampire,” a new ongoing from Joe Keatinge and Rich Elson, which will launch in January. This is the same creative team behind the announced, and cancelled, “Thanos: Son of Titan” mini, so clearly Marvel was serious when they said that both creators would be doing new things for the company soon. Newsarama has an interview with Keatinge where he discusses his history with the character, as well as some teases for what is to come in the book.
Over at DC, the Before Watchmen line expands with another miniseries, a two issue Moloch series to debut in November. Written by J. Michael Straczynski and illustrated by Eduardo Risso, “Before Watchmen: Moloch” is the 7th miniseries in the line, not counting the one-shots “Curse of the Crimson Corsair” and “Epilogue.” This is the first of the minis to focus on a “villain” in the Watchmen universe, and Straczynski hinted that we would see some of “how Edgar Jacobi went from being a kid to a magician/mystic, to a criminal, and finally turned his life around through Catholicism.” Newsarama also has an interview with Straczynski, where he talks a little about the process behind the books, as well as whether he thinks there will be even more “Before Watchmen” titles.
Stay tuned for more news from FanExpo throughout the weekend.
