Unlocking 'The Power Fantasy' with Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard

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NEWS

1. Rodney Barnes makes his DC series with Stevan Subic on 'Batman: Full Moon'
2. 'I Heart Skull-Crusher' gets ongoing run starting October 2024
3. Marvel teases ‘The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man’ for this fall
4. Marvel Comics teases Storm vs. Hyperion in ‘Avengers’ #18
5. It’s Moon Knight vs. Moon Knight in ‘Vengeance of the Moon Knight’ #8
6. Marvel reveals details on ‘Conquest 2099’
7. Image/Skybound and Hasbro announce ‘Choose Your Side’ initiative for G.I. Joe #1

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Absolute Power #1 (Mark Waid, Dan Mora)
2. Batman (2016) #150 (Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Denis Cowyan, Mike Hawthorne)

Nathan:

1. Batman (2016) #150 (Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Denis Cowyan)
2. Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor #1 (Dan Watters, Kelsey Ramsay)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Poison Ivy #24 (G. Willow Wilson, Haining)

Dave - The Boy Wonder #3 (Juni Ba)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Barfly (Kyle Starks, Ryan Browne)
2. Nathan: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 40th Anniversary Comics Celebration #1 (Various)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: From The DC Vault: Death In The Family - Robin Lives! #1 (1:25 Mike Mignola Virgin Card Stock Cover)

Nathan: X-Men #1 (Scott Koblish Wraparound Connecting Variant)

Interview: Gillen Caspar - The Power Fantasy

1. There’s a lot of moving parts to The Power Fantasy, when did the bud of the story come to you and what was that bud?
2. You’re both no slouches in creating worlds and characters whole cloth, do you find there’s a good method to the madness, or is it truly chaotic in creating a world, characters, plot etc?
3. I understand The first extranormal individuals appeared in 1945, was this a choice so the new world history was post WW2, or does WW2 have some significance on the story?
4. Caspar your work is incredible on this first issue. Is there a character that was your favorite to design?
5. The idea of ethics is a strong theme after reading the first issue, did you find yourselves poking in old books on ethics and philosophy when delving into the points of view of these characters?
6. If you could have a superpower of one of the characters in this book, what would it be and why?
7. If The Power Fantasy was a song what would it be and why?
   1. Prince 1999;
8. I understand Rian Hughes is involved with art as well, making each issue a more complex beast. Would you call his inclusion part of a “data pages” approach?
9. Peter Cannon was a masterwork in my opinion, and also a great meta narrative on comics. Are you continuing that trend or other themes with the power fantasy?