The Winter Men
The Winter Men | |
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Publication information | |
Wildstorm | |
Schedule | Irregular |
Format | Limited series |
Genre | |
Publication date | September 2005 – December 2008 |
No. of issues | 5+1 |
Creative team | |
Created by | ISBN 1-4012-2526-8 |
The Winter Men is an American
The story is about a Russian policeman who is the product of a Soviet project to create superhumans.
Publication history
Lewis and Leon met as students at New York's
Brett Lewis and I first began developing this project about five years ago. Actually it really began years before then, when Brett had the idea of doing a Russian-based Superman story. This was probably 1993 or so.[1]
The book was intended for publication under
After the six-month delay and a change of editor (to Scott Dunbier), issue #4 (April 2006)'s cover stated that the book was now a six-issue miniseries. Issue #5 (October 2006)'s solicitation announced that there will be eight issues again,[6] although the actual issue included the message that this was the last regular issue and the story would be completed in The Winter Special, announced for 2007 but actually released two years after #5, on December 31, 2008 as an oversized 40 page special.[7]
Collected editions
The trade paperback of the Winter Men was solicited for release on November 25, 2009.[8]
- Winter Men (176 pages, Wildstorm, December 2009, ISBN 1-84856-516-X)
An Artist's Edition of the series with full-size reproductions of Leon's original artwork was published in 2022 via the crowd-funding platform Zoop.[9]
Reception
Sales estimates started off with issue #1 at 11,340 (#163 in the top 300)[14] but dropped to 8,862 (position #168) with issue two.[15] Sales then slowly dropped from 8,324 (#186) for issue #3[16] to 7,129 (#187)[17] and ending on issue #5 with estimates of 6,480 sales (at a position of #180)[18]
See also
- The Programme, another Wildstorm title that dealt with the fallout from Cold War superhumans
Notes
- ^ Comicon.com. Archived from the originalon June 20, 2007.
- ^ John Paul Leon On Theblvd Sketchbook & Wintermen Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, June 15, 2006
- ^ McCulloch, Joe (March 27, 2012). "The Secret Life of a Licensed Comic". The Comics Journal.
- ^ a b McCulloch, Joe (January 11, 2009). "I'm going to tell you some things I've thought about saying to several Americans, and various foreigners too: And I didn't think I'd get the chance". The Savage Critics. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009.
- Comicon.com. December 24, 2002.[dead link]
- ^ Weiland, Jonah (May 15, 2006). "DC Comics Solicitations for Product Shipping August, 2006". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ News Team, CBR (September 15, 2008). "DC Comics Solicitations for December, 2008". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ [1] at Wildstorm/DC
- ^ "John Paul Leon's THE WINTER MEN Artist's Edition". zoop.gg. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- Comic Bulletin
- ^ The Winter Men #1 Review Archived 2007-11-10 at the Wayback Machine, Stumblebum Studios
- ^ The Winter Men #1 Review Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, The Fourth Rail
- ^ The Winter Men #3, Ain't It Cool News
- ^ Top 300 Comics Actual—August 2005, ICv2
- ^ Top 300 Comics Actual—September 2005, ICv2
- ^ Top 300 Comics Actual—November 2005, ICv2
- ^ Top 300 Comics Actual—April 2006, ICv2
- ^ Top 300 Comics Actual—October 2006, ICv2
References
- The Winter Men at the Grand Comics Database
- The Winter Men at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)