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Volume
One:
Mark
of Power |
| by Barbara Kesel, Ben Lai, & Ray Lai |
Paperback: 192 pages
CrossGen Comics
ISBN: 1931484015 |
$19.95
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| Samandahl Rey
was a loner, a wandering ex-soldier whose sense of responsibility extended
only to himself and to his friend, Roiya Sintor – until the Sigil was forced
upon him, a brand of vast power that changed his destiny forever. Now the
first daughter of Delassia needs his protection, his worst enemy is about
to ask for his help, and the entire Planetary Union is depending on Sam
to free its citizens from the tyranny of the vile, lizardlike Saurian race.
Sam’s about to find he had no idea what the word ‘responsibility’ meant. |
| SIGIL
is a panorama of intergalactic fleet actions and strange, alien worlds.
CrossGen’s only straight sci-fi series, Sigil is leavened with a spark
of humor and romance that sets it apart from your typical space odyssey.
From the Publisher
A former drama major, Barbara
Kesel has been in the comic book industry since 1981, when she wrote a
Batgirl backup story for Detective Comics while sitting in a tech booth
monitoring a college play. Since then she has written for every major comic
company as well as served as an editor at DC Comics and worked on almost
every DC title, including Watchmen, and developed the DC/TSR line. She
then moved on to Dark Horse Comics where she served as editor, then managing
editor, and finally as liaison to the Legends line. Somewhere in all this
she found time to play with her dogs, do charity work, head fund-raisers,
and co-publish her local community newspaper. Now she's just responsible
for training new writers and maintaining continuity as well as writing
the stories that appear in the titles Meridian, The First, and CrossGen
Chronicles.
Dimensions (in inches): 0.38 x 10.18 x 6.66
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Volume
Two:
The
Marked Man |
| by Mark Waid, Barbara Kesel, & Scot
Eaton |
Paperback: 208 pages
CrossGen Comics
ISBN: 1931484074 |
$19.95
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| On the run from
the Saurian Empire and Sam`s personal enemy, the Saurian Prince Tchlusarud,
Sam and Roiya are heade 'anywhere but here.' Tagging along is Zanniati,
the runaway wife of the Sultan Ronolo of Tanipal, and JeMerik Meer, a member
of the Sultan`s guard. They end up in Delassia, where they discover Zanni`s
more than just a trophy wife, and Roiya discovers there's more to JeMerik
than just a rouguish smile and good timing. |
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Dimensions (in inches): 0.36 x 10.04 x 6.64
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Volume
Three:
The
Lizard God |
| by Mark Waid & Scot Eaton |
Paperback: 160 pages
CrossGen Comics
ISBN: 1931484287 |
$15.95
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From Publishers
Weekly
Unlike most CrossGen comics,
which revitalize or at least tweak pop culture cliches, this one-which
features a sort of Sergeant Rock in outer space-approaches the computer
game/military sci-fi model in a fairly straightforward manner. As usual,
CrossGen's production values are first-rate. The art features dramatic,
gleaming, Frazetta-style masses of metal and muscle. It looks great, although
readers might wonder how space soldiers find the time to maintain their
perfect physiques, and if black leather bikinis are really the most practical
attire for barbarian warrior wenches. This volume collects the monthly
issues of an ongoing series. Veteran super-soldier Sam Rey and his sexy
warrior gal pal Roiya are part of a centuries-long war between humans and
the lizard-like Saurians. Sam's talents (he was branded with a Sigil) have
put him in command of the human fleet. He is so smart and brave that he
might defeat the Saurians and end the war, which upsets the beings who
distribute the powerful Sigils throughout the CrossGen multiuniverse, and
who don't want Sam to overcome the Saurian Sigil-bearer so quickly. Accordingly,
Sam is sent to another world and spends several episodes fighting alongside
heroic barbarians against invaders modeled on Roman legionnaires. And so
on. Finding fault with all this would be as pointless as objecting that
a Big Mac doesn't taste like home cooking. When Sigil readers pull up to
the drive-through window, they know what to expect, and they won't be disappointed.
Copyright 2002
Reed Business Information, Inc.
Dimensions (in inches): 0.28 x 10.20 x 6.64
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