![]() ![]() Readers can decide whether he's is a savior or threat, but to Waid, the stranger is half Golem, half John Henry and untrusted by locals because he's silent and because he's black.' "A fiery messenger from the skies heralds the appearance of a being, one that will rip open the tensions of Chatterlee," promotional materials say. The story takes place during an actual event, the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, with the rising water reflecting not only the power of Mother Nature, but also the racial and social divisions of the plantation town. It may appear to be a super hero story, but it is not. Next week, he's got a new comic book out, "Strange Fruit," for Boom! Studios. Waid, 53, already was a freelance writer for comic books and has gone on to write for The Flash, Superman, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, S.H.I.E.L.D. on the dot, because that's when the new comic books came out. ![]() For the year he lived in Delaware, Mark Waid would hit Captain Blue Hen Comics each Wednesday at 11 a.m. ![]()
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