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Preview: Sword of Ages

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Sword of Ages

Gabriel Rodríguez (w & a & c)

Alien worlds, a sacred sword, brave knights, horrific demons, and a mythic origin story like no other, courtesy of the co-creator of Locke & Key!

Presenting an epic adventure from master illustrator Gabriel Rodríguez! Join Avalon as she becomes the first warrior to wield the most famous and sacred weapon of all time! Follow this young champion as she fights for her world’s survival, inspiring a legion of heroes to join her struggle against a ruthless alien force. The line between science and magic might blur, but the line between heroes and villains will be drawn in blood!

HC • FC • $24.99 • 128 pages • ISBN: 978-1-68405-267-7

Sword of Ages

Preview: Sword of Ages #5

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Sword of Ages #5

Gabriel Rodríguez (w & a & c) • Lovern Kindzierski (colors)

War! It all ends here with the climatic conclusion to an epic two-issue battle! Will Avalon and her companions emerge victorious against the combined might of the Red Clan and the Templar Order? Do our heroes have what it takes to prevail?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Preview: Sword of Ages #4

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Sword of Ages #4

Gabriel Rodríguez (w & a)

War! Witness the beginning of the end as Avalon and her companions face off against the combined might of the Red Clan and the Templar Order in the first half of an epic two-issue battle! Do our heroes have what it takes to prevail?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Preview: Sword of Ages #3

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Sword of Ages #3

Story: Gabriel Rodríguez
Art: Gabriel Rodríguez
Color: Lovern Kindzierski
Letterer: Robbie Robbins
Cover A: Gabriel Rodríguez, Lovern Kindzierski
Cover B: Gabriel Rodríguez, Lovern Kindzierski
Retailer Incentive Cover: Gabriel Rodríguez, Lovern Kindzierski
Editor: Chris Ryall
Assistant Editor: Peter Adrian Behravesh

The Sacred Sword has been drawn! Avalon and her new companions must work against overwhelming odds to prevent all-out war! New villains are introduced, allegiances questioned, and battle joined as Gabriel Rodriguez continues his epic science-fantasy series!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Preview: Sword of Ages #2

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Sword of Ages #2

Gabriel Rodriguez (w & a & c) • Lovern Kindzierski (colors)

The reluctant warrior Avalon meets new partners with questionable motives as her quest to prevent a power struggle from exploding across her planet continues. Will the guardian of the Sacred Lake help her on her quest, or present an even greater challenge? Covenants are sworn, unknown magic forces are revealed, and a new power rises in this series written and drawn by acclaimed Locke & Key co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Wednesdays are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in!

Each week our contributors are choosing up to five books and why they’re choosing the books. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look!

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this Wednesday.

Batman: Creature of the Night #1 (DC Comics) – Kurt Busiek and John Paul Leon unite for a spiritual companion to Superman: Secret Identity. Busiek writing Batman, yes please!

Catalyst Prime: Kino #1 (Lion Forge Comics) – A new entry in Lion Forge’s impressive new world. Anything the release is worth checking out and has us excited!

Chasing Hitler #1 (Red 5 Comics) – From the mind of a high school senior, the niece of Jai Nitz. The creator and concept of Hitler surviving and being chased down has us intrigued.

Dark Ark #3 (AfterShock) – Have you read the first two issues? This mash-up of horror and Biblical concepts is a fascinating and fun read.

Darkhawk #51 (Marvel) – We’re always interested in seeing what Marvel is doing with these one-shots and revisiting some classic characters and stories.

Eternity #2 (Valiant) – Is another classic in the making too hogh a bar?

Giantkillers #0 (IDW Publishing/Ominous Press) – Bart Sears and Ron Marz are continuing to kick off their new world and we want to see what it’s all about.

Interceptor Vol. 2 Reactor #1 (Vault Comics) – Donny Cates is writing it and that’s all we need to know about this return into the world of vampire warfare.

John Wick #1 (Dynamite Entertainment) – If you’ve seen the two movies you know why we’re excited for this.

Mystik U #1 (DC Comics) – It’s Harry Potter meets Gotham Academy with DC’s mystical characters. We’re onboard to see where this goes.

Splatoon Vol. 1 (VIZ Media) – The popular video game in manga form!

Star Trek Discovery #1 (IDW Publishing) – The show has been fantastic so we’re expect the same with these comics.

Star Wars Comics (Marvel and IDW Publishing) – There’s four different Star Wars comics from two publishers and we’re excited for them all.

Sword of Ages #1 (IDW Publishing) – Gabriel Rodriguez, the writer/artist/Locke & Key co-creator does fantasy. Yes please!

Zegas GN (Fantagraphics) – Michel Fiffe of Copra awesomeness. That alone should get you interested in this.

Preview: Sword of Ages #1

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Sword of Ages #1

Gabriel Rodriguez (w & a & c) • Lovern Kindzierski (colors)

A mythic origin story you never expected to see! This winter, the Sword will be drawn for the first time ever, courtesy of writer/artist/Locke & Key co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez in a five-issue miniseries adventure of epic proportions! A young woman will become the first wielder of the most famous sacred weapon of all time to champion for her world’s survival, inspiring a legion of heroes to join her struggle against a merciless alien force. The line between science fiction and magic might get fuzzy, but the line between heroes and villains will be drawn in blood.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Gabriel Rodriguez Launching New Creator-Owned Comic

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IDW Publishing has been publishing award-winning artist Gabriel Rodriguez’s work over the years, and have announced that he will be launching his first creator-owned series as writer and artist, Sword of Ages, in October.

Rodriguez’s history with IDW is nearly as long as the company’s comic-publishing history itself; he broke into American comics as the artist on multiple CSI miniseries, and moved from movie adaptations such as Land of the Dead and Beowulf to an extended adaptation of Clive Barker’s epic novel, The Great and Secret Show. But it was work on the award-winning Locke & Key, co-created by Joe Hill, that really vaulted Rodriguez into the artistic stratosphere.

Rodriguez then followed the initial conclusion of Locke & Key with the Eisner award-winning miniseries Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland with co-creator Eric Shanower; Onyx with co-creator Chris Ryall; and last year’s Tales from the Darkside, again pairing Rodriguez with Joe Hill.

Sword of Ages will mark Rodriguez’s comic book debut as the sole creator on a series. He’ll be joined on the title, planned as a series of miniseries, by acclaimed colorist Lovern Kindzierski.

Sword of Ages presents an all-new vision of the Excalibur myth in the form of an epic, 5-issue space fantasy. The everlasting legend of the Sacred Sword is born through young warrior Avalon’s brutal clashes with rising tyrants in a world of fantastic creatures, ancient civilizations, alien forces, and true magic.

This Sword will be [written and] drawn this October!