The influential street-level superhero saga, The Legendary Lynx, is available again for the first time in 50 years – remastered and featuring essential bonus material!
Welcome to Triumph City. A city plagued by corruption and crime, where every alleyway and dark corner holds a deadly secret. The lone figure, standing against the onslaught of crime, is a savvy crimefighter known as the Lynx – sworn to protect the city that forged her.
By day, she’s Claudia Calla, a quiet secretary at Triumph City’s biggest paper. A woman haunted by a dark tragedy that has pushed her toward taking on the mantle of the Lynx – to prevent others from experiencing the same pain she’s dealt with. But when a specter from her earliest days returns, asking for her help against a cabal of dark forces, the Lynx must choose between her heroic responsibilities and her debt to a dear friend.
The Legendary Lynx was created by writer Harvey Stern and artist Doug Detmer, two creators who died under mysterious circumstances before and shortly after the series was first published. Though originally credited solely to Stern as the writer, diligent research has uncovered that Stern co-created the script and story to the Lynx’s seminal debut by renowned novelist and writer Carmen Valdez. For the first time ever, she is given proper credit in this volume.
But in reality, The Legendary Lynx is no reprint. Crafted by LA Times Book Prize-winning novelist Alex Segura in his 2022 work, Secret Identity – a story that continues in the follow-up, Alter Ego, – and brought to life by artist Sandy Jarrell’s masterful artwork, this series blurs the lines between fiction and reality in the best way possible – the remastered pages of this forgotten gem, restored to its former glory and presented anew for readers hungry for adventure.
“When I learned the story of Carmen Valdez – and her untold story, as co-creator of The Legendary Lynx, I became obsessed with the comic, and, most importantly – finding out how to bring Carmen, Doug Detmer, and Harvey Stern’s fantastic creation back into print in the way it deserves,” said Alex Segura. “With Sandy and the team’s help, we’ve been able to not only snag the rights to reprint these long-lost stories, but with Carmen and the Detmer estate’s blessing, we’ve been able to remaster and repackage these wonderful comics so they look their absolute best, and are celebrated in the way they truly deserve.”
Mad Cave – based in Miami, where Carmen (and I) hail from – is the perfect partner to help make this happen, and I’m so excited for readers to discover these lost tales of The Legendary Lynx – and experience the stunning art of Doug Detmer and Carmen and Stern’s influential story – for the first time.”
Since his earliest work with Jeff Parker on the creator-owned Meteor Men (Oni Press), Sandy Jarrell has drawn comics for DC (Bombshells, Teen Titans Go!, Black Canary, Batman ‘66), Dark Horse (Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology), Image Comics (Scrapper), Archie (Archie and Sabrina) and more. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
The Legendary Lynx graphic novel hits bookstores everywhere on November 12, 2024 (FOC: October 14) and local comic shops on November 13 from Mad Cave Studios.
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