7/26/2023 0 Comments One last soul![]() It's worth remembering at this point the current status quo regarding DC's Amazons.įollowing her seeming death in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7, Wonder Woman (Diana) actually ascended to another realm known as the Sphere of Gods for several months, and was presumed dead inside DC Comics. 'Trial of the Amazons' promotional image (Image credit: DC) She'd have good reason to want to get her head back, and get some revenge. It's too soon to speculate on suspects, but mythological people (and anyone in superhero comics) isn't above resurrection, Medusa included. So it seems whoever opened Doom's Doorway has that head. Nubia won that contest, and was named queen of the Themysciran Amazons right after. ![]() It was used as a test among several Amazons to determine whose "heart is just, whose mind is not clouded by ambition," and if they are - they would be immune to the petrifying powers of Medusa's gaze. There's a catch to that though - Medusa was last seen - or her disembodied head was - in a case in Hippolyta's private chambers in Infinite Frontier #0. When you think Wonder Woman and someone with the ability to petrify someone, your first and last guess is the mythological Medusa - who has been a longtime villain for Wonder Woman. Nubia and the Amazons #1 ends with a panel showing Doom's Doorway cracked open, with an unnamed Amazon warrior who was apparently guarding it turned to stone. At one point, a horizontal panel teases someone with fiery eyes and red skin. ![]() Scattered across the pages of Nubia and the Amazons #1 with a panel here and a panel there, an unnamed Amazon is shown guarding Doom's Doorway, and then reacting to it opening up from the other side - Hades. Big Stuff,’ King Floyd’s ‘Groove Me,’ and Dorothy Moore’s ‘Misty Blue.’ In the early Eighties, it morphed into the home of Southern soul-blues, cutting classic records by the likes of ZZ Hill (‘Down Home Blues’), Little Milton (‘The Blues Is Alright’), and Bobby Blue Bland (‘Members Only’) before pivoting into the world’s largest and most important black gospel label for the last 35 years, dominating the world of mass choirs and old-school quartets with such iconic names as the Mississippi Mass Choir and the Jackson Southernaires.Nubia and the Amazons #1 excerpt (Image credit: Alitha Martinez/Mark Morales/Emilio Lopez/Becca Carey (DC)) Malaco started in the late Sixties as a soul music label cutting such impeccable grooves as Jean Knight’s ‘Mr. “But they should be! Malaco co-founder, Tommy Couch Sr., is fond of saying that ‘Malaco made black music for black people.’ As usual, Tommy was right on the money. “The majority of American listeners most likely will not be familiar with the name Malaco Records,” Bowman said in a statement. The 200-page volume contains rare photographs with a forward by early rock expert Peter Guralnick. Hill, Little Milton, Johnnie Taylor, James Cleveland, Little Milton, and others. ![]() The book dives into the careers of label artists that include Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bobby Blue Bland, Z.Z. and Mitchell Malouf in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962. ![]() Written by Rob Bowman - known for 2003’s Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records - the book will chronicle the history of the label, which was started by Tommy Couch Sr. Historic soul label Malaco Records will release the new book The Last Soul Company : The Malaco Records Story on March 23rd. ![]()
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