Reborn (comics)

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Reborn
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Cover for issue #1 by Greg Capullo.
Publication information
Publisher Image Comics
ScheduleMonthly/Bi-monthly
Format Limited series
Genre Fantasy
Publication dateOctober 2016 – June 2017
No. of issues6
Main character(s)
  • Bonnie Black
  • Big Tom
  • Estelle White
  • Lord Golgotha
  • General Frost
Creative team
Created by Mark Millar [1]
Greg Capullo
Written byMark Millar
Artist(s)Greg Capullo
Penciller(s) Greg Capullo
Inker(s) Jonathan Glapion
Letterer(s) Nate Piekos
Colorist(s) Fco Plascencia
Editor(s)Rachael Fultron
Collected editions
Reborn Book One ISBN   978-195012-8167

Reborn is a British fantasy comic book limited series written by Mark Millar and illustrated by Greg Capullo. [2] Published by Image Comics, the series is primarily set in the afterlife of the Millarworld, [3] [4] following Bonnie Black, an 80-year-old woman who after her death is reborn in Adystria with a sword in her hand, searching for her husband while facing off against the evils of the neighboring Dark Lands. [5] The series, originally published between October 12, 2016 and June 7, 2017, was collected as a trade paperback on August 2, 2017 and a hardback graphic novel on May 2, 2018, [6] and will be republished as an omnibus by Dark Horse Comics in 2024. [7] Characters from the series would later return in the miniseries Big Game in 2023. [8] Receiving a generally positive critical reception, both a sequel and feature film adaptation of the series have been in development hell since its initial publication.

Contents

Premise

"The old world was just a dry run for this one. If you were good there, you're strong here. If you were kind to everyone, you're reborn unbeatable."

Where do we go when we die? Not Heaven or Hell, but Adystria or the Dark Lands, where one has to fight to survive, and the people of the past are waiting, good and bad alike. On dying of old age in her hospital bed, 80-year-old Bonnie Black finds herself reborn in the afterlife of Adystria, a realm ten times the size of Earth, as its physically 25-years-old "savior", with a sword in her hand and gun of her hip, forced to protect the realm from the evils of the Dark Lands, while searching for her husband Harry. [9]

Characters

Adystria
The Dark Lands
Other

Reception

Issue #Publication dateCritic ratingCritic reviewsRef.
1October 20169.0/1027 [11]
2November 20168.8/1017 [12]
3December 20168.3/1011 [13]
4January 20178.1/108 [14]
5March 20178.3/106 [15]
6June 20178.5/1011 [16]
Overall7.7/1080 [17]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedFormatPublication dateISBN
RebornReborn #1–6Trade paperbackAugust 2, 2017 978-1534306523
HardbackMay 2, 2018 978-1534301580

Adaptation

Ahead of its initial publication, Mark Millar stated in June 2016 that the series had been produced with an adaptation in mind, having already begun negotiations to see one be made. [5] By January 2019, Chris McKay was attached to direct a Reborn feature film for Netflix, with Sandra Bullock and Vertigo Entertainment producing, [18] [19] [20] and Bullock being considered to possibly also star. [21] By August 2020, Bek Smith came onboard as the film's screenwriter, along with Bullock's Fortis Films banner and additional producers Roy Lee and Miri Moon, and co-producer Samantha Nisenboim, [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] with Bullock confirmed to co-star in the film by September, being produced for Netflix. [28] Following this, the film entered development hell.

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