Post by lonelyfart on Mar 21, 2023 20:58:02 GMT
I'm sorry if someone else had already brought this up -- I did some searches around and came up with nothing, so apologies if I missed anything.
For some quick background, in the late 2000s/early 2010s, Titan Magazines was attempting to launch their own shared-universe of comics set in the continuity of WWE, which began with their title, WWE Heroes written by Keith Champagne and art by Andy Smith for the first six issues ("Rise of the First Born") and Tom Nguyen for the final two ("Timequake: The Undertaker"). These comics are absolutely insane, but to stay on track, near the end of "Timequake" there featured a curious panel with John Cena, Edge and Chris Jericho doing battle in an ancient Roman Gladiatorial arena. The comic then ends with a message telling the readers at home to watch out for "John Cena: Gladiator".
That, of course, never came out.
Unfinished art was founded by its artist, Nguyen, however! This link, interestingly, comes included with the contents of another lost comic in the same series, WWE Heroes #0. Its cover, or at least one of them, was featured here. Archived official link that proves its real.
From the first article I linked, by Gavin Jasper, features some scans of another lost WWE comic, drawn by John Byrne, featuring the Hardy Boyz going on space adventures....ANNOYINGLY, I didn't think of saving this image when I first came across it and now it, too, has gone down. I was able to find this very low-res capture of it since it wasn't archived.
I was able to track down the comics' original website, which was archived here. It features some useful links and hints, especially towards #0.
I'll see if I can dig anything up past this point. Hope this wasn't too annoying to read, I had to revise a lot of this as I found more info.
For some quick background, in the late 2000s/early 2010s, Titan Magazines was attempting to launch their own shared-universe of comics set in the continuity of WWE, which began with their title, WWE Heroes written by Keith Champagne and art by Andy Smith for the first six issues ("Rise of the First Born") and Tom Nguyen for the final two ("Timequake: The Undertaker"). These comics are absolutely insane, but to stay on track, near the end of "Timequake" there featured a curious panel with John Cena, Edge and Chris Jericho doing battle in an ancient Roman Gladiatorial arena. The comic then ends with a message telling the readers at home to watch out for "John Cena: Gladiator".
That, of course, never came out.
Unfinished art was founded by its artist, Nguyen, however! This link, interestingly, comes included with the contents of another lost comic in the same series, WWE Heroes #0. Its cover, or at least one of them, was featured here. Archived official link that proves its real.
From the first article I linked, by Gavin Jasper, features some scans of another lost WWE comic, drawn by John Byrne, featuring the Hardy Boyz going on space adventures....ANNOYINGLY, I didn't think of saving this image when I first came across it and now it, too, has gone down. I was able to find this very low-res capture of it since it wasn't archived.
I was able to track down the comics' original website, which was archived here. It features some useful links and hints, especially towards #0.
I'll see if I can dig anything up past this point. Hope this wasn't too annoying to read, I had to revise a lot of this as I found more info.
