IDW Publishing has announced the upcoming release of newly remastered version of Rick Veitch’s groundbreaking superhero series The One, with completely new coloring that has been overseen by Veitch himself.
“The One grew out of two things: my fear of a possible nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, and my deep conviction that the genre of superheroes had a lot of room to develop and mature,” said writer/artist Veitch. “Revisiting the series, done in 1984 while the Cold War was still raging, I’m ruefully surprised how relevant the story is to our current volatile situation.”
The One is a world-spanning, continent-crushing, over-the-top adventure story that brings the United States and Russia to the brink of annihilation… from both nuclear warheads and crazed superheroes-run-amok! Originally published in the mid-80s during the height of tensions between American capitalism and Soviet era communism, The One depicts a nation on the brink of World War III, presenting a shocking worldview which very much mirrors today’s hostile political climate.
This classic deconstruction of superheroes predates both Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, paving the way for more challenging superhero stories of its ilk to emerge throughout the decade and beyond. The extended length debut issue will be packed with 30 pages of story and go on sale this coming February.
