Do you know the way to Shell Beach? PopMatters/Comics Associate Editor Michael D. Stewart has been a freelance writer, pr consultant, and loan officer. He currently spends his days as a marketing executive and his nights prowling the mean keys of his laptop hoping to find his own Shell Beach. Michael is also the co-creator of the Webcomic "Monster Comics" that appears on AsburyPulp.com and is working on his debut graphic novella "Some Kind of Blue Moon." Follow him on twitter: @MichaelDStewart
Most longtime comicbook readers will immediately think of Mister Miracle or even Batman when asked about escape specialist comic heroes. Calvin Rose, the protagonist of the new Talon series, joins that long tradition. He also joins a new tradition created last year when DC pushed out their New 52. A new tradition that saw the rise of the Court of Owls—Talon is a spinoff of sorts—arguably the most impactful and memorable aspect of the New 52 thus far. However, is their room for this type of book in a universe that seemingly disconnected its roots? A book that connects the old with the new?
Read my review of Talon #0: Hands in the Past, Feet in the Present
