La troisième fois sera-t-elle la bonne ? Après Eternal Warrior et Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel, le Guerrier Eternel sera à l’affiche de la nouvelle série régulière Wrath of the Eternal Warrior écrite par Robert Venditti, le scénariste de X-O Manowar, et illustrée par Raul Allen (Bloodshot Reborn #5).
La série débutera après les évènements de la saga Book of Death.
Ci-dessous, les couvertures du premier numéro par Marcos Martin, Lewis Larosa, Cary Nord et David Lafuente:
[quote]Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1
Story by Robert Venditti
Art by Raul Allen
Cover by David Lafuente, Raul Allen, Cary Nord, Marcos Martin , Lewis Larosa [hide…]
Publisher Valiant Entertainment
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Nov 18th, 2015
For five millennia, the Eternal Warrior has shaped history at the end of his sword. He’s razed empires, toppled civilizations, and broken armies as an immortal soldier in service to the Earth.
But now, the Eternal Warrior has been torn from the world he once protected and finds himself stranded in a hostile alien landscape unlike any he’s faced before. Separated from his earthly environs, can history’s deadliest soldier survive a realm far older, far deadlier, and fare more ruinous than anything he’s ever encountered?
Beyond Earth lies eternity… This November, New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH, X-O MANOWAR) and visionary artist Raúl Allén (NINJAK, Hawkeye) forge a new legend for Valiant’s master of war with an all-new ongoing series in…WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #1![/quote]
[quote]I don’t think the ending with Master Darque would have been anticipated, nor do I think that fans actually thought they’d see Gilad actually die – and yes, he’s actually dead. He’s not getting up, and he’s not walking around. And this is something that springboards us into what we’ll be doing in Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #1.
But all along the way, I think we’ve embedded a fair number of teases about what’s coming in the future not just in our series but in the tie-ins as well that will eventually come to fruition.
But yeah, there’s a lot still in there waiting for readers to discover long after the series is over.[/quote]
Covers by: David LaFuente, Raul Allen, Marcos Martin, Tom Fowler, Adam Pollina.
Description: Torn from the world he once knew, Gilad’s bone-breaking journey back to Earth and the people he was sworn to protect takes a brutal turn! Putting all he holds dear on the line to save our world’s future, the Eternal Warrior prepares to confront the most nefarious adversary of all – but the cost of victory may be too steep.
Even Hell has met its match… in the unrelenting fury of the Eternal Warrior!
In the wake of BOOK OF DEATH…the Earth’s immortal champion is dead…but his battle is far from over. Cast out of our world and into a fearsome afterlife of pain and punishment, Gilad is determined to return to our world and resume his duty… But can even history’s most formidable master of war forge ahead in an unearthly domain built to break the human spirit? Now, on the cusp of freedom, the Eternal Warrior rises to fight an enemy with a grudge as old as himself…only to the find that the price of victory might just be everything and everyone he has ever loved…
The year’s heart-shattering new ongoing series steps out of Hell…and into the battle for life itself as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and visionary artist Raul Allen (NINJAK) force the Eternal Warrior into the next brutal level of rebirth in a world beyond our own!
Le guerrier éternel est mort. Ne soyez pas choqué, ça lui arrive très souvent.
Dans le deuxième arc de la série Wrath of the Eternal Warrior, le scénariste Robert Venditti et le dessinateur Raul Allen ressuscitent Gilad Anni-Padda en un endroit singulier, à des lieux de là où il sombra (Book of Death), un Labyrinthe moderne, conçu spécifiquement pour « saper ses moindres forces, s’attaquer à toutes ses faiblesses et lui prodiguer une mort violente à chaque virage ».
Qui a pu concevoir un tel piège à l’intention de l’immortel ? Il s’agit en fait d’un vieux vilain de l’univers Valiant, l’Ennemi Immortel que réactualise ici le scénariste Robert Venditti sous le titre The Dying One. Signe distinctif : son hétérochromie.
Le lecteur découvrira ce Mourant avant le début des évènements du Labyrinth et sous le crayon de Juan Jose Ryp lors d’un prologue en deux chapitres que publiera Valiant au sein des 5ème et 6ème numéros de la série.
Voici les premières planches de Ryp, suivies des couvertures de Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #7 par Pepe Laraz et Raul Allen :
[quote]WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #5 (“PRELUDE TO LABYRINTH” – PART 1)
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by JUAN JOSÉ RYP, JORDIE BELLAIRE
Cover A by PHIL JIMENEZ
Cover B by JUAN JOSÉ RYP
Valiant x CGC Replica Variant by CLAYTON HENRY
Variant Cover by SEAN CHENALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! “PRELUDE TO LABYRINTH” – PART 1!
His wife has been murdered. His son has been kidnapped. As The Eternal Warrior sets out on his greatest challenge yet, an old enemy rears his head. How will his ancient rivalry with Gilad change The Eternal Warrior’s future forever?
The road to LABYRINTH starts here with the FIRST ISSUE of a special two-part prelude from New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and blockbuster artist Juan José Ryp (NINJAK)!
Story by
Robert Venditti
Art by
Raul Allen, Patricia Martin, David Astruga
Colors by
Borja Pindado
Letters by
Patricia Martin
Cover by
David LaFuente, Raul Allen, Marcos Martin
Publisher
Valiant Entertainment
Cover Price:
$3.99
Release Date
May 18th, 2016
The blunt force of Earth’s Fist and Steel slams into the cold and methodical masterwork of the world’s greatest executioner for a four-part lesson in pain when “LABYRINTH” takes hold in WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #7
The answer lies at the heart of the “LABYRINTH” itself…and as Gilad endures a gauntlet of cutting-edge technology and sharpened steel, he’ll soon discover why the merciless figure known only as the Dying One has singled the Eternal Warrior out for the ultimate deathtrap.[/quote]
Pris par d’autres lectures j’ai laissé de côté les publications Valiant, mais ce que je vois ici, et les échos que j’ai, me donne envie de m’y remettre fissa.
“PRELUDE TO LABYRINTH” – PART 2!
As Gilad’s oldest enemy returns, the Eternal Warrior looks to the battles of the past to prepare for war in the present.
The year’s smash-hit new series prepares for a shocking new story arc here with the second chapter of a special, two-part prelude reintroducing one of the greatest villains of all time! Jump on board here as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and blockbuster artist Juan José Ryp (NINJAK) pave the road to “LABYRINTH” with bone, blood, and wrath!
Story by
Robert Venditti
Art by
Raul Allen
Colors by
Patricia Martin
Cover by
Raul Allen, Pere Perez, Tomas Giorello, Steve Lieber , Dean Haspiel
Publisher
Valiant Entertainment
Cover Price:
$3.99
Release Date
Jul 13th, 2016
« LABYRINTH » delivers the killing blow! The darkest hour of the Eternal Warrior’s long life has arrived with blood and torment. Behind every wall and around every corner of the Dying One’s « LABYRINTH, » new and sadistic ways to burn, tear, and break Gilad Anni Padda await. As the Eternal Warrior’s greatest enemy inches closer to unlocking the secret of never-ending life, is all hope lost for Earth’s immortal soldier? The monumental Eternal Warrior epic of the year delivers another crushing blow as New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (BOOK OF DEATH) and visionary artist Raúl Allén (Hawkeye) enter the darkest corner of « LABYRINTH » yet!
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Description: Pain and suffering await at the Labyrinth’s end! Against all odds, the Eternal Warrior has fought his way to the Labyrinth’s brutal and mysterious center. But his suffering is far from over! Standing between the Earth’s immortal master of war and freedom stands the figure only known as the Dying One…and the masterstroke in his centuries-long plan to unlock the secret of the Eternal Warrior’s immortality! Battered but not beaten, can Gilad Anni-Padda rise once more to fell his greatest foe…or will the madness of the « Labyrinth » break his mind as well as his body?
Covers by: Kano, Juan Rose Ryp, Robert Gill, Thony Silas.
Description: New arc! Valiant’s immortal master of war makes a deal with a devil! Gilad Anni-Padda, the Eternal Warrior, has sacrificed his humanity for the betterment of the Earth. Empowered with the gift to recover from any wound - and even death itself - he has waged an endless crusade to guide the path of civilization through the ages. But as the centuries pass and his list of battlefield victories grows, he is fated to always reap the same sad reward: to see his families, his children, and all his loved ones… age, wither, and die… Now, the Eternal Warrior will be presented with a choice that could end his grief forever. An opportunity to resurrect the fallen sons and daughters that he believed forever lost. But this chance for peace and happiness will come at a terrible cost… and in service to an evil far greater than any Gilad has faced before.
Covers by: Juan Rose Ryp, Joe Bennett, Clayton Henry.
Description: Enduring for centuries, but haunted by regret, the Eternal Warrior has trespassed against the nature of life and death, to restore the life of a son he lost centuries ago. Now, hunted by demonic forces in the space between this world and the next, Gilad has finally found the wayward boy that he has sworn to rescue from the edge of eternity, no matter what the price. But will the young man called Kalam come willingly to the father he never knew – or has the Eternal Warrior spawned a new enemy for the ages?
