Montauk, USA: On an abandoned military base, four friends, including two kick-ass young women, are mysteriously drawn to strange, shield-like alien...
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objects, transforming them into the incarnations of powerful warriors that once protected another world in another dimension. And just in time—As all hell is about to be unleashed on Earth!ShieldMaster: The Phoenix Project, introduces ShieldMaster and the ShieldMaster team's new world of humans with sudden alien powers. This English language squarebound/prestige print edition, first published in France, follows the bande dessinée style (connected story strips), and reads like a sexy sci-fi animated adventure album--Flashes like a sane lunatic's blinding lightsaber among sci-fi, adventure, fantasy, superheroes, teen angst, alien power transfer, and the Montauk Project/Conspiracy ... a dead-on scatter-shot blast! Includes a title page illustration by Joe Simon, co-creator of Captain America, of his interpretation of ShieldMaster--his last original comic book art published in a comic before he passed away in 2011.Review"ShieldMaster...a truly fine graphic novel....Co-written by Jim Simon and Jean Depelley, and beautifully illustrated by artist extraordinaire Reed Man." -- John Rovnak, Panel to Panel: Exploring Words and Pictures.About the AuthorJim Simon, creator of ShieldMaster, is the author of fiction/nonfiction books and other media. With Joe Simon, he wrote the highly regarded The Comic Book Makers - an inside account of the early days of comic books as witnessed by the creator of Captain America and the first staff editor of Timely (Marvel) Comics. Jim's writings on comic book history have been published in books by Marvel, DC, Titan Books, and Abrams ComicArts. He was involved in a segment of the Discovery Channel's Marvel Super-Heroes' Guide to NYC. Jim has been interviewed in newspapers, on radio, and appeared in the television movie/documentary, Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years. He has been a guest at the New York and San Diego Comic Cons. ShieldMaster: The Phoenix Project is part of a series of graphic stories revolving around four people and the strange occurrences that haunt a small town located on the east end of Long Island, New York ... the site of a decommissioned military base often referred to as Area 51 East!
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