Quantum and Woody | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Valiant Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | |
Publication date |
(Valiant Entertainment) July 2013 (Valiant Comics) June 1997 - January 2000 |
Number of issues | 22 |
Main character(s) | Quantum, Woody |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) |
(Valiant Entertainment) James Asmus |
Artist(s) |
(Valiant Entertainment) Tom Fowler (Valiant Comics)Tom Fowler |
Creator(s) |
Christopher Priest M. D. Bright |
Quantum and Woody is a comic book series co-created by writer Christopher Priest and illustrator Mark Bright. Editor Fabian Nicieza called Priest because he wanted a buddy super-hero book similar to Power Man and Iron Fist. Priest then suggested they use the artist of that series, Mark Bright. Originally reluctant to work on this, Bright suggested they make the white character the comic relief for once. Drawing inspiration from the characters played by Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes in White Men Can't Jump, they created Quantum & Woody. After Acclaim Entertainment purchased the rights to the Valiant catalog in 1994, Quantum and Woody was introduced to the Valiant Universe. In 2013 Valiant Entertainment began publishing a re-imagined version of the characters written by James Asmus with art by Tom Fowler.
The first volume of Quantum and Woody was published by Acclaim Comics for 17 issues beginning in June 1997 and ending in October 1998. It returned for five issues released between September 1999 and January 2000.
On March 21, 2013 Valiant Entertainment released a teaser signaling the return of Quantum and Woody, stating "The World's Greatest Comic Company Presents...The World's Worst Superhero Team".
On March 26 a new series written by James Asmus with art by Tom Fowler was announced. It received a July 2013 release date. The characters in the new series are re-imagined and do not continue the story line of the previous series.
On October 12, 2013, Valiant announced that Priest and Bright would be returning to produce a five-issue miniseries (scheduled for release in 2014) featuring the original Quantum and Woody, set 20 years after the last issue of the original series.
Eric Henderson and Woodrow ("Woody") Van Chelton are adoptive brothers. After years of estrangement they are brought together by the mysterious death of their father (Woody's foster father). They set out to find their father's killer and, in the course of their investigation, are accidentally imbued with powers.