Pour combattre la malédiction qui possèdent les corps des vivants et des morts, un groupe d’alchimistes décide de créer le sauveur ultime, la guerrière appelée Sym, et de l’envoyer dans le temps avec la Machine Sombre que les deux auteurs Ryan Burton et John Bivens décrivent comme « le meilleur de Code Quantum ayant un enfant avec les écrits de Lovecraft ».
C’est le point de départ de la nouvelle série Dark Engine dont le premier numéro sort à la mi-juillet.
[quote=« Ryan Burton »]The three narratives interweave, really. This approach is only taken in the first arc. Since the story starts in the middle, the perspectives help form a better idea of what has happened, what’s happening and what will happen.
Our lead, Sym, is brutal, merciless, horrible. Since we’re dealing with someone who was made in a dark corner in a dark world, just to be sent off into the past on a killing mission, we’ll get to see her develop from the ground up. Jin is an alchemist, those who are responsible for making Sym, but he’s a bit saner than the rest. He’s a teacher, he’s effeminate and he’s empathetic. He also asks questions, which makes him dangerous. The dragon is waiting for Sym’s return to the present, and we’ll find out why in issue four. From the dragon’s narrative, we’re going be delving into the bestiary of « Dark Engine. »[/quote]
[quote]Dark Engine #1
Story by Ryan Burton
Art by John Bivens
Cover by John Bivens
Publisher Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.50
Release Date Wed, July 16th, 2014
MATURE READERS ONLY
With ribsword in hand, with gore in her curling locks, Sym has been sent to the distant past to murder her creators’ enemies. But the twisted alchemists who made Sym do not know that the engine that powers her is sentient, that it is the seed of their destruction. By blood and by fury, Sym will carve out her destiny in this new ongoing series.[/quote]
[quote]Dark Engine #3
Story by Ryan Burton
Art by John Bivens
Cover by John Bivens
Publisher Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.50
Release Date Wed, October 8th, 2014
MATURE READERS
The dragon that dreams of salvation is awakened in the heart of a Gigahül. The hands that made the dark engine are revealed. And Sym becomes war.[/quote]
[quote]DARK ENGINE #5
STORY BY
Ryan Burton
ART BY
John Bivens
COVER BY
John Bivens
PUBLISHER
Image Comics
COVER PRICE:
$3.50
RELEASE DATE
Mar 4th, 2015
THIS IS HOW THE WORLD BEGINS. Sym is trapped at the bottom of the ocean, the Enemy is on the move, and there is evil at every turn. But there is light in the darkness—the Inkface Ranger rises.[/quote]
