DAZZLER Rocks On This June In A New Story by Magdalene Visaggio & Laura Braga!
Your first look at DAZZLER #1!
New York, NY—March 19, 2018—There’s never been a cooler time to be a mutant in the Brooklyn punk scene, especially with DAZZLER and her new band taking center stage – and this June, Marvel is bringing you a new energetic epic from Eisner-nominated writer Magdalene Visaggio with art by Laura Braga (Captain Marvel, Superior Iron Man, Punisher).
It’s all glitter and glamour in the underground punk scene…until Dazzler stumbles upon a part of her world that’s dangerous and violent. Now, it’s up to Dazzler to protect her dedicated Inhuman fans, even if doing so means that she has to turn to her own past for clues and answers.
“Dazzler has always been one of my favorite X-Men, and one of the most sadly underutilized,” said Visaggio. “She's been wandering for so long, and I'm so excited to help bring her back to her musical roots and the X-family. Anyone who knows my work knows how much I love to frontline women who quite literally rock, and I hope me and Laura can bring some of that same energy and positivity to Dazzler.”
This June, get ready for a one-shot filled with music and mayhem from one of Marvel’s most talented mutants when DAZZLER: X SONG #1 hits comic shops!
DAZZLER: X SONG #1
Written by MAGDALENE VISAGGIO
Art by LAURA BRAGA
Cover by ELIZABETH TORQUE
On Sale 6/6/18
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Are her days as the "Disco Dazzler" still in continuity?
I've long thought she was one of the most poorly utilized characters in Marvel Comics. Given her powers and abilities, she should be a pretty heavy hitter ,but she's usually more of a joke or an afterthought.
I found the issues of the original series I read in the 80s so-so. But I think well of it today as an attempt to do something different. As the Supermegamonkey site notes, it was a series about a woman who is a mutant but not a superhero, trying to make her way in the world. I also like the trying-to-make-it-in-show-biz theme.
That short run by Paul Chadwick was pretty good.
Chadwick did Dazzler? I didn't know that. Or maybe I didn't know who Chadwick was at the time. Or a third possibility, he started working on the title after I dropped it.
Anyway, does anyone know the behind-the-scenes origin of Dazzler? Whose idea she was, and what they thought was her appeal? It seems clear from her X-Men debut that they were setting her up for a solo series and distancing herself from the X-world on purpose. My Fanboy Radar went off immediately that this was a character they expected big things from, but I never saw that potential, nor did those big things materialize. I'm just curious what the original thinking was.
She'd actually make more sense coming out today -- not only would she not be tied to a fad like disco, but the solo female star (the "diva") is much more of a thing now, with Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Aguilera, et al. And she wouldn't be wearing roller skates ...
“Chadwick did Dazzler? I didn't know that. Or maybe I didn't know who Chadwick was at the time. Or a third possibility, he started working on the title after I dropped it.”
Probably both of those things. He did the last five issues, #38-42, and I believe it was his first published work. Even after I discovered Concrete I didn’t make the connection at first. When it was pointed out, my reaction was pretty much the same as yours. I did have those five issues, though, ad remembered them fondly. They’re certainly worth giving a look, if only to see the evolution of his style.
Archie Goodwin wrote.
#39's story was titled "Deathgrip". Goodwin apparently recycled the villain concept from a story he wrote or scripted for Atlas/Seaboard's The Destructor #2 (1975).
Jim Shooter's account of Dazzler's creation is here.
Archie Goodwin, right!
I didn't think Chadwick wrote those issues, but I couldn't remember who did. I originally wrote "did the art on the last five issues," but I changed it before posting. I remebered they were well-written, though, so it might have been Chadwick. In any case, he did "do" the last five issues, one way or the other.
OK, then. Good to know my radar wasn't off. There was a story, one not on the page.
Luke Blanchard said: