Dynamite's Masks #5 out today!

I had previously posted that the 5th issue of Dynamite Entertainment's very fine Masks limited series would be out on March 20th.  This was based on the original solicitation and turned out to be innacurate.  Sorry to say that with Dynamite, that happens.

The book hits shelves, both the physical and "cyber" types, today.  And at last, The Black Bat is revealed.

Tony Quinn has been in earlier issues as we worked our way through his origin, but this is the first time he is seen in uniform in-story.

As expected, his abilities differ somewhat from that of the original character.  This Black Bat can only see in the dark and it doesn't appear as though he will rely on firearms to the extent that the pulp era Bat did.  Mind you, if gunplay's your thing, the modern day Bat (seen at right), clearly intends to do so that might be more your speed.

Frankly, I think I will prefer the 40's era version and I hope that, at the very least, he appears in a second volume of Masks. Dynamite does publish two versions of The Green Hornet but to this point there's nothing to indicate that they will do the same with The Black Bat.

The first issue of Miss Fury is available today as well (more on that later).  Assuming that Masks remains on its current schedule, that would mean that all three books would normally be released on the same day every month (until Masks's conclusion in July, of course).  That would be a lot of pulpy goodness to take in those days!