DC unveils new heroes

DC Comics has unveiled four new Red Circle characters that will debut in The Shield and The Web #5.

The publisher also announced that the regular Inferno feature in The Shield is to go on a four-issue hiatus from March and be replaced by the origin story of The Fox, by writer Brandon Jerwa and Powers artist Michael Avon Oeming.

Editor Rachel Gluckstern told fans through DC Comics blog The Source: "It all begins in The Shield #5 when Marco Rudy brings the Jaguar to life as the Shield battles Nazi robots deep in the Brazilian jungle.

"In this same issue, the Inferno co-feature gains its own strange encounter when the Comet comes face to face with our fiery man on the run."

She named the two heroes appearing in The Web #5 as The Black Hood and Mr Justice.

Revealing details about The Fox's origin story, Gluckstern said: "Follow Paul Patten Jr on his journey to unravel the decades-long mystery behind his father’s death, as he learns secrets of the Tokyo underworld and the mysterious ways of the Kitsune spirit."