Archie Comics Brings Back The Jaguar for 2024

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Keryl Brown Ahmed and Turtles artist Tango are bringing again The Jaguar to Archie Comics in February 2024 in a brand new one-shot.

Keryl Brown Ahmed and Turtles artist Tango are bringing again The Jaguar to Archie Comics in February 2024 in a brand new one-shot which will sign extra to come back, with Ivette Velez, the latest hero to imagine the mantle of The Jaguar, whose legacy dates again to the Silver Age of comics. “The character’s long history and many iterations provided a great creative foundation for me while also leaving plenty of room to explore The Jaguar’s character in ways that felt exciting and authentic,” Ahmed mentioned. “I’m very grateful to Archie Comics for entrusting me with her, and I’m excited to see where she goes next!”

In the brand new one-shot, Ivette, a zoologist, is known as to Peru to research a mysterious predator killing off wild cats, however she quickly finds herself in its sights as a substitute. The story serves as each an introduction to the character for new readers and a follow-up to Ivette’s adventures chronicled within the 2012 sequence New Crusaders, the place she debuted in a narrative by Ian Flynn and Ben Bates. The Jaguar follows final yr’s Bob Phantom by James III and subsequent month’s Darkling by Sarah Kuhn in reviving Archie superheroes for a brand new technology.

“When bringing these classic superheroes back to life, it’s our mission to handle each one with care, crafting a story that balances enough familiarity for readers who are aware of the character, with a clear jumping-on point for new readers that we hope turn into new fans,” mentioned Archie Comics Senior Director of Editorial Jamie L. Rotante. “The Jaguar is a spiritual successor to Darkling and Bob Phantom; all origin stories that are less about our heroes discovering their powers, and more about understanding what having these powers means.”

The Jaguar first appeared in 1961‘s Adventures Of The Jaguar #1 as Ralph Hardy, in a narrative by Robert Bernstein and John Rosenberger. Ralph, an archaeologist and zoologist, discovers a magical totem in Peru granting him animalistic powers and senses. In New Crusaders, Ralph handed the mantle to Ivette, and in Ahmed’s new story, her powers are reconciled together with her ancestry.

“I took the opportunity to address the provenance of The Jaguar’s powers and how they’re Ivette’s birthright even before Hardy bestows the Jaguar suit upon her, whereas Hardy sort of stumbled upon them on his travels,” Ahmed defined. “Ivette’s destiny may have been written by her ancestors, but she feels so disconnected from her Peruvian heritage that she has to literally walk the halls of their civilization to fully activate the powers within her.”

Given the character’s wealthy historical past spanning a number of milestone eras of superhero comics, Tango says he drew on basic superhero motion for inspiration when growing the comedian’s dramatic visuals and up to date look for the characters. “There’s nothing I love more than really getting to dig in on the physicality of the characters,” they mentioned. “The thing that excited me the most about the project was finding the roots of the Crusaders brand stretch all the way back to the days of Alex Toth and Steve Ditko. Those names hold a real sense of reverence. So, contributing in any way to the timeline of these characters came with a very real sense of responsibility for me.”

The Jaguar with a canopy by Maria Sanapo, an open-to-order variant cowl by Reiko Murakami, colours by Ellie Wright, and lettering by Jack Morelli, is printed on the twenty first of February, 2024.

THE JAGUAR #1
Something is killing the Pampas cats of Northern Peru. A bunch of zoologists has come collectively to research these mysterious slayings. They know the wrongdoer is a chook of prey, however the methodology of killing is not like any of the birds native to the area. It’s going to take somebody with apex predator talents to search out out who’s inflicting these murders…somebody like Ivette Velez, aka The Jaguar! But will the predator grow to be the prey?
(W) Keryl Brown Ahmed (A) Tango (CA) Maria Sanapo, Ellie Wright, Reiko Murakami
Colors: Ellie Wright, Letters: Jack Morelli
On Sale Date: 2/21 $3.99

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