It’s that time again, drum roll please…
Wait…before we get to the recommendations I feel the need to define my definition of the “past” as I refer to it in the title. Any presently running story arc doesn’t count. For example I won’t talk about Grant Morrison’s Batman current run but, I can recommend “Face to Face” the run directly before it. Get it… ok.
SCION
Scion was a comic book published by CrossGen Entertainment from July 2000 to April 2004. It was cancelled due to the bankruptcy of CrossGen Comics Inc in 2004.
Written by Ron Marz and drawn by Jimmy Cheung, the story of Scion mainly concerns Ethan, youngest prince of the Heron Dynasty. He is accompanied by Skink, a member of the Lower Races and his best friend. While the Heron and Raven Dynasties have been at war for hundreds of years, there exists at the beginning of the tale a relative peace between the two Kingdoms. This peace doesn't last. Ethan is later joined by Ashleigh, the princess of the Raven dynasty, and a bounty hunter named Exeter, who is a genetically modified humanoid. The main antagonist is Prince Bron of the Raven Dynasty, the older brother of Ashleigh.
The group experience many events, most notably:
A war between the Heron and Raven kingdoms, The establishment of a free nation for the lower races on an isle in the middle of a great ocean instigated by Ethan and Ashleigh
Invasion by a foreign nation with an army of mechanical robots.
Scion ran through 43 issues, the final issue ends the series with Ethan and his father caught in the epicenter of a nuclear explosion. An added short narrative scene, taking place hundreds of years in the future, assures readers that Ethan does escape the blast and the story has a happy ending after all. CrossGen also published four trade paperback books collecting the first half of the series. Conflict of Conscience, Blood for Blood, Divided Loyalties and Sanctuary.
Enjoy! It’s that time again, drum roll please…
Wait…before we get to the recommendations I feel the need to define my definition of the “past” as I refer to it in the title. Any presently running story arc doesn’t count. For example I won’t talk about Grant Morrison’s Batman current run but, I can recommend “Face to Face” the run directly before it. Get it… ok.
SCION
Scion was a comic book published by CrossGen Entertainment from July 2000 to April 2004. It was cancelled due to the bankruptcy of CrossGen Comics Inc in 2004.
Written by Ron Marz and drawn by Jimmy Cheung, the story of Scion mainly concerns Ethan, youngest prince of the Heron Dynasty. He is accompanied by Skink, a member of the Lower Races and his best friend. While the Heron and Raven Dynasties have been at war for hundreds of years, there exists at the beginning of the tale a relative peace between the two Kingdoms. This peace doesn't last. Ethan is later joined by Ashleigh, the princess of the Raven dynasty, and a bounty hunter named Exeter, who is a genetically modified humanoid. The main antagonist is Prince Bron of the Raven Dynasty, the older brother of Ashleigh.
The group experience many events, most notably:
A war between the Heron and Raven kingdoms, The establishment of a free nation for the lower races on an isle in the middle of a great ocean instigated by Ethan and Ashleigh
Invasion by a foreign nation with an army of mechanical robots.
Scion ran through 43 issues, the final issue ends the series with Ethan and his father caught in the epicenter of a nuclear explosion. An added short narrative scene, taking place hundreds of years in the future, assures readers that Ethan does escape the blast and the story has a happy ending after all. CrossGen also published four trade paperback books collecting the first half of the series. Conflict of Conscience, Blood for Blood, Divided Loyalties and Sanctuary.
Enjoy!
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