Forge is one of CrossGen’s Compendia Series, a revolutionary new format that serializes a number of our ongoing titles every month in an affordable trade paperback package. Forge features a diverse lineup of fantasy and science fiction stories with exciting visuals and backlit color. Combining the fun of serialization from periodical comics with the low price and high quality of trade paperbacks, Forge is a product that will bring loyal readers back to your store month after month. Forge # 6 contains 256 full color pages, Crux Chapters 14 and 15, Meridian Chapters 25 and 26, Negation Chapter 7 and 8, The Path Chapter 6, Route 666 Chapter 1, and Sojourn Chapters 10 and 11/ Forge #6 sees the debut of Route 666 , the ongoing horror series from writer Tony Bedard and penciller Karl Moline, best known for his collaboration with Joss Whedon on Fray.
Reprints Crux #14-15, The Path #5, Sojourn #11, Meridian #25-26, and Negation #7. Forge and Edge were Crossgen collections that serialed comics much like Japanese manga. The idea was a good concept and the collections sold for cheap. Forge was the better of the two collections with The Path, Sojourn, Meridian, and Negation being all entertaining comics. Crux wasn't a bad comic but it did suffer from being a little more standard "comic book" material.