Fanboy Radio Talks Midnight Nation and Rising Stars' Influence

In the latest podcast from Fanboy Radio, they discuss the influence of Midnight Nation and Rising Stars.

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Rising Stars reviewed on G4's "Fresh Ink"!

Blair Butler discusses Mike Carey's new limited series, 'The Torch,' and explains why you should read her top three new comic releases: 'The Dylan Dog Case Files,' 'Scalped' and the 'Rising Stars' Compendium. You might need to spend a little more cash at your local shop than you thought.

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Indie Street Radio reviews Rising Stars Compendium

This GIANT-SIZED compendium explores the history of the Rising Stars… from unexpected birth to untimely collapse. With everything going on in this 1000+ page Bible, it’s amazing how quickly you’ll polish it off; these stories are entirely badass.

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Comic Book Resources reviews Rising Stars Compendium

Ten years ago, the buzz surrounding “Rising Stars” was great as comparisons to “Watchmen” were made, Neil Gaiman wrote a glowing piece about it in the promotional zero issue, and expectations were high. J. Michael Straczynski was writing an epic story in the vein of “Babylon 5” about 113 children who were affected by a mysterious comet while in utero, and gained special powers as a result. These ‘Specials’ grew up separate from the rest of society and some went on to greatness, some fell hard, but most just wanted normal lives. It look promising, but saddled with flashy art that couldn’t deliver the subtle storytelling Straczynski required and beginning a pattern of hopelessly late shipping, “Rising Stars” soon became a bit of a joke, something that had people asking, “That’s still being published?” and it ended mostly unnoticed -— but, now, the entire story is collected in one package along with the three tie-in mini-series, tipping the scales at 1000 pages.

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Major Spoilers podcast reviews Rising Stars

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast we dive into the Rising Stars Compendium from Top Cow Productions.

Rising Stars is a 24-issue comic book limited series by J. Michael Straczynski about 113 people (called “Specials”) born with special abilities following the appearance of a mysterious light in the sky above Pederson, Illinois. The series explores how society may react to the advent of superpowers, and how those who are Specials may react towards society and each other. Rising Stars was one of the first comics produced under Straczynski’s own Joe’s Comics imprint for Top Cow Productions.

As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing without comments from great readers and listeners like you. You can use the comment section below, drop us a voice mail by calling (785) 727-1939, or record your comments and send it as an MP3 file in an email to podcast@majorspoilers.com.

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PREVIEW: Rising Stars Compendium

When Rising Stars first debuted in 1999, people hailed its fresh take on the superhero mythos, grounding the fantastic in reality. The groundbreaking series by acclaimed writer J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Thor) spawned three spin-off mini-series and has influenced successful TV shows like The 4400 and Heroes.

Now, every issue of Rising Stars, from the #0 to the last issue of the last mini-series, is collected into one comprehensive softcover.

This edition includes Rising Stars #1-24, #0 issue, #½ issue, Prelude issue, Rising Stars: Bright, Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead and Rising Stars: Untouchable.

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