33 years after his cartoon was canceled, Captain Planet is back (and kinda scorching) in a new comic book
Writer David Pepose is nonetheless in the midst of his acclaimed Space Ghost comic run at Dynamite, and now he is turning his consideration to rebooting one other basic cartoon superhero into a trendy comic: Captain Planet, which is able to arrive this Spring via Dynamite, the identical writer as Space Ghost. And frankly, the new Captain Planet, seen right here with his smashing beard, is… kinda scorching?
Captain Planet and the Planeteers was an early ’90s smash-hit cartoon in which a group of teenage heroes from across the globe wielded elemental powers, summoning their champion Captain Planet to assist them combat air pollution, as embodied in colorfully eccentric villains comparable to Verminous Scum, Duke Nukem, and Hoggish Greedly.
Though Captain Planet is usually seen as a relic of the ’90s, with his authentic cartoon having been canceled means back in the halcyon days of 1992, the character’s ecological message sounds significantly well timed given trendy considerations about local weather change. And similar to Pepose did for Space Ghost, he and his co-creator on the collection, artist Eman Casallos, are aiming to convey Captain Planet squarely into the twenty first century with a trendy comic spin.
This contains an up to date search for the eponymous hero, designed by Casallos, that chops off his infamous inexperienced mullet into a rather more fetching ‘do this has him trying extra like Chris Evans than Joe Elliott. He’s seen right here together with the new designs for the Planeteers by collection artist Eman Casallos, together with a gallery of covers for Captain Planet #1 displaying off his new look, together with covers by Mark Spears, Christian Ward, and Ben Oliver, together with the primary of six connecting covers for the collection’ first arc by Jae Lee and June Chung. And for good measure, there are a few inside pages too:
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“Every comic creator has their own personal white whale — that singular property they’ve been itching to make their mark on — and for more than a decade Captain Planet has been mine,” says Pepose in a assertion.
“Red-hot superstar writer David Pepose (Space Ghost, Cable) fuses his powers with artist Eman Casallos (Vampirella, Pathfinder) for the first comics series starring Captain Planet in over three decades,” reads Dynamite’s official announcement. “They’re kicking off the story with an energized, yet faithful modernization of the franchise, in the same vein as Pepose’s approach to the smash-hit Space Ghost series.”
“Before these would-be eco-warriors can grasp their own newfound powers in pursuit of environmental justice, they’re first going to have to learn to trust each other,” it continues. “It will be even more of a trial by fire experience when Gaia is kidnapped, forcing the inexperienced Planeteers to learn in action against the well-financed might of Lucian Plunder. Their first test against the ruthless exploiters of Earth won’t be the hardest, but it all starts here!”
Lucian Plunder appears to be the up to date model of authentic villain Lootin Plunder, whose identify is in fact a play on “loot and plunder,” his favourite issues to do as a cartoonishly evil capitalist.
Captain Planet #1 goes on sale in April.
Space Ghost made the record of the best comics of 2024.
