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MARVEL VOICES LEGACY#
In America, February is Black History Month, and to celebrate Marvel is releasing seven very special issues.
Legacy features tales from new and established creators, with new stories for some of Marvel’s black superheroes, including Miles Morales, Black Panther, Storm, Blade, Falcon, Ironheart, Luke Cage and Spectrum.
Marvel’s Voices: Legacy #1 is out now priced £4.50.
DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH: VOLUME 1
The past 12 months have seen the internet awash with conspiracies and half truths about coronavirus,
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Donald Trump and everything in between. But what would happen if reality could be rewritten simply by enough people believing the hype?
That’s the premise of Department Of Truth . Special agent Cole Turner, an FBI agent, is about to discover all of the conspiracy theories and memes are true, from the JFK Assassination to Flat Earth Theory and Reptilian Shapeshifters.
From bestselling writer James Tynion, the man behind Batman, and breakout artist Martin Simmonds, this volume collects together issues 1 to 5. Department Of Truth: Volume 1 is out now priced £8.99.
LANCASHIRE’S Liam Livingstone has been snapped up by the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL draft.
The big-hitting batsman, who secured a place in England’s T20 squad for next month’s tour of India after impressing in Australia’s Big Bash, makes a return to the Royals after being bought for £74,000.
England’s Moeen Ali was sold to Chennai Super Kings for £700,000 in the opening round of the auction, as South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris fetched a record £1.6m bid by Livingstone’s Royals.
Moeen, who departed the England squad in India following the second Test to take up a pre-determined period of rest, found himself at the centre of a battle between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai.
The 33-year-old, who had spent the past two years with Royal Challengers Bangalore, fills the Super Kings’ final overseas spot and will join England teammate Sam Curran at the IPL franchise when the competition takes place from April to June.
England batsman Dawid Malan, number one in the world Twenty20 rankings, is set to play for Punjab following a successful bid of almost £150,000.
England all-rounder Tom Curran was purchased by Delhi Capitals for a fee of almost £520,000. Sam Billings heads to Delhi Capitals for £197,000.
However, Alex Hales, Jason Roy, spinner Adil Rashid and 2019 World Cup winner Liam Plunkett all went unsold.
Australian Steve Smith, not retained by the Rajasthan Royals, was the first player sold in the auction, to Delhi Capitals for £220,000, while Lancashire batsman Glenn Maxwell will join Royal Challengers Bangalore for £1.4m.
Eight English players - including white-ball captain Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jofra Archer and Lancashire’s Jos Buttler - were retained by their respective franchises.