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Incursion
IL NE LUI RESTE QU’UN MONDE À CONQUÉRIR... Tant de planètes ont succombé par la main de l’Imperatrix Virago, infectant inéluctablement leur faune et leur flore pour la maintenir en vie. Aujourd’hui, c’est vers la Terre qu’elle se tourne pour satisfaire son appétit. La géomancienne Tama, en tant que protectrice et avatar de la Terre, est la première victime de cette contagion. Son gardien, le Guerrier Éternel, part alors en mission dans le dangereux Monde des Morts, où voyage l’Imperatrix, pour trouver le remède à cette terrible infection, sauver Tama... et la planète tout entière avec elle. Andy Diggle (The Losers, Green Arrow Year One, Shadowman) et Alex Paknadel (Doctor Who) s’associent au légendaire artiste Doug Braithwaite (X-O Manowar, Imperium, Justice) pour un récit complet déchirant à travers les dimensions
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112 pages, Paperback
First published July 10, 2019
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June 28, 2019
This could really be considered the next volume of Eternal Warrior. The Eternal Warrior and the young Geomancer he protects are attacked by a woman who drains the life of planets to maintain her immortality. The story was OK but a little weak and bare bones compared to most Valiant books. Dougie Braithwaite's art is always very solid.
Received a review copy from Valiant and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
Received a review copy from Valiant and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
October 25, 2021
*****second read*****
My second time reading this, I’ve read LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE VALIANT THING leading up to it. My head canon was perfectly prepped.
And it was even better. Doctor Mirage, Tama and Gilad meant a lot more to me, the deadside (and Gilad’s relationship to it) made more sense, and I picked up on some other nuances such as Tama’s relationship with that demon chick in the deadside that helps Gilad.
This book is such a treat for both new readers and old. I’d say it’s the second best Valiant “event” (after The Valiant, of course.)
Definitely a must read on all counts.
******first read*******
Fun fact: I recently interviewed this author on my youtube channel https://youtu.be/9ECmiaNyKAY
This was very badass. Now I want to read all of Eternal Warrior.
The villain was horrifying. Imperatrix Virago is like Vampire-Galactus. She’s drawn stunningly by Doug Braithwaite.
I love how this story unfolds. The main characters are few, which is cool because it allows us to spend a lot of time with them. The result is a short and awesome magic/cosmic epic that reminds me of Kirby’s Galactus trilogy, but with bloody teeth.
Alex Paknadel is an awesome writer! I definitely recommend
My second time reading this, I’ve read LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE VALIANT THING leading up to it. My head canon was perfectly prepped.
And it was even better. Doctor Mirage, Tama and Gilad meant a lot more to me, the deadside (and Gilad’s relationship to it) made more sense, and I picked up on some other nuances such as Tama’s relationship with that demon chick in the deadside that helps Gilad.
This book is such a treat for both new readers and old. I’d say it’s the second best Valiant “event” (after The Valiant, of course.)
Definitely a must read on all counts.
******first read*******
Fun fact: I recently interviewed this author on my youtube channel https://youtu.be/9ECmiaNyKAY
This was very badass. Now I want to read all of Eternal Warrior.
The villain was horrifying. Imperatrix Virago is like Vampire-Galactus. She’s drawn stunningly by Doug Braithwaite.
I love how this story unfolds. The main characters are few, which is cool because it allows us to spend a lot of time with them. The result is a short and awesome magic/cosmic epic that reminds me of Kirby’s Galactus trilogy, but with bloody teeth.
Alex Paknadel is an awesome writer! I definitely recommend
February 28, 2021
3.5 Stars
This is pretty much an Eternal Warrior solo story, although Dr. Mirage does show up as well.
We meet what is essential the anti-geomancer (and anti-Eternal Warrior) in a pair that rather than saves worlds, destroys them. In the alien pair, the "anti-geomancer" destroys the world and converts it to necromantic energy, and then the "anti-Eternal Warrior" uses the energy to power herself and stay young. That is a bit of simplification, but that gives you the basic idea.
When this pair targets Earth, and its geomancer in particular, Gilad the Eternal Warrior finds himself drawn into the conflict.
The art was good and the story was as well. Entertaining volume.
This is pretty much an Eternal Warrior solo story, although Dr. Mirage does show up as well.
We meet what is essential the anti-geomancer (and anti-Eternal Warrior) in a pair that rather than saves worlds, destroys them. In the alien pair, the "anti-geomancer" destroys the world and converts it to necromantic energy, and then the "anti-Eternal Warrior" uses the energy to power herself and stay young. That is a bit of simplification, but that gives you the basic idea.
When this pair targets Earth, and its geomancer in particular, Gilad the Eternal Warrior finds himself drawn into the conflict.
The art was good and the story was as well. Entertaining volume.
July 30, 2019
Valiant do these little mini-event books every now and then, and they're always great stuff. This one follows on from recent Eternal Warrior developments, pitting Gilad against a new villain called Imperatrix Virago, a necromancer from the Deadside who has Geomancer Tama square in her sights.
Incursion feels like it has a lot of weight as a story, even though it's only four issues. The stakes feel genuinely high both on a physical level (since all of Earth is in danger) and on a personal one as well (as Gilad feels responsible for Tama). It's a rare feat for such a short series to manage this, and newbie Valiant writers Andy Diggle and Alex Pakdanel are already masters at using previous Valiant continuity to shape what's going forward - I've lauded Valiant before for never dancing around continuity in favour of making a more straight forward story, but the writing here respects what went before while making this easily accessible.
The villain of the piece is quite interesting, and her design is great, but it's really her little minion Syntilla who steals the show. While Virago is outright evil, Syntilla is a little more complex, and so her plight feels a bit more substantial. We've had plenty of villains who just want to murder everything, but fewer who aren't even sure what it is they're doing.
Doug Braithwaite's on art. I'm not going to say anything more than that - you already know what that means.
Incursion's superb. It's a quick read, but it's another excellent entry into the constantly evolving canon of the Valiant Universe as well as the history of the Eternal Warrior, and I really hope this team get another crack at these characters soon - does a new Eternal Warrior series sound like a good idea to anyone else?
(Also this series co-stars Doctor Mirage who's one of my favourite Valiant characters so it gets extra points for that too)
Incursion feels like it has a lot of weight as a story, even though it's only four issues. The stakes feel genuinely high both on a physical level (since all of Earth is in danger) and on a personal one as well (as Gilad feels responsible for Tama). It's a rare feat for such a short series to manage this, and newbie Valiant writers Andy Diggle and Alex Pakdanel are already masters at using previous Valiant continuity to shape what's going forward - I've lauded Valiant before for never dancing around continuity in favour of making a more straight forward story, but the writing here respects what went before while making this easily accessible.
The villain of the piece is quite interesting, and her design is great, but it's really her little minion Syntilla who steals the show. While Virago is outright evil, Syntilla is a little more complex, and so her plight feels a bit more substantial. We've had plenty of villains who just want to murder everything, but fewer who aren't even sure what it is they're doing.
Doug Braithwaite's on art. I'm not going to say anything more than that - you already know what that means.
Incursion's superb. It's a quick read, but it's another excellent entry into the constantly evolving canon of the Valiant Universe as well as the history of the Eternal Warrior, and I really hope this team get another crack at these characters soon - does a new Eternal Warrior series sound like a good idea to anyone else?
(Also this series co-stars Doctor Mirage who's one of my favourite Valiant characters so it gets extra points for that too)
July 28, 2025
Imperatrix Virago is a creature that moves from one world to the next, feeding on necromantic energy. The next world on her list is Earth which is protected by the Geomancer Tama. Virago's follower Syntilla leaves Tama for dead, infected with a virus, with Gilad unable to prevent it. Is our world going to perish like the others?
January 14, 2025
First time reading
Excellent graphics and a interesting story. I don't know a lot about the protagonists but the authors storytelling was Excellente. It immediately grabs your attention and pulls you along for a excellent story without a lot of fluff. Kudos to the authors.
Excellent graphics and a interesting story. I don't know a lot about the protagonists but the authors storytelling was Excellente. It immediately grabs your attention and pulls you along for a excellent story without a lot of fluff. Kudos to the authors.
July 23, 2019
Call it a 3.5. This was pretty good. For a miniseries with pre-established characters, it did a nice job filling me in with the basics. The high concept is two-fold: first, earth has a geomancer who is connected intimately to the planet, and she has a guardian. That's the pre-established part. Second, there is an immortal being who relies on an alien (who looks like a small girl) with the power to necrotize living things; the being then feeds on the result, maintaining her immortality. She preserves a small number of the species she leaves behind, and converts them into her army. And she sees earth as a nice, easy target, because you can just take the geomancer, and then the rest of the planet falls. The story is essentially the attempt to stop her.
Even without knowing the background of the characters, it was pretty easy to follow, and the first two issues in particular have an almost Warhammer like tone of metal alien weirdness, between the necrotic spread and the strange dead world the protector goes to in order to cure the geomancer. It gets a little more normalized the more time we spend in earth, and it's a bit hard to gauge the stakes at the end. There's also a bit of a Galactus parallel; Galactus generally is treated as inevitable, a natural force who can't be defeated because he's part of some divine balance. The being here is framed more as a particularly twisted opportunist, and there's something monstrously compelling in that frame for a villain. The art works well, particularly for the alien landscapes of the early text. It's a fun read, if not quite compelling enough to drag me into more of the Valiant universe.
Even without knowing the background of the characters, it was pretty easy to follow, and the first two issues in particular have an almost Warhammer like tone of metal alien weirdness, between the necrotic spread and the strange dead world the protector goes to in order to cure the geomancer. It gets a little more normalized the more time we spend in earth, and it's a bit hard to gauge the stakes at the end. There's also a bit of a Galactus parallel; Galactus generally is treated as inevitable, a natural force who can't be defeated because he's part of some divine balance. The being here is framed more as a particularly twisted opportunist, and there's something monstrously compelling in that frame for a villain. The art works well, particularly for the alien landscapes of the early text. It's a fun read, if not quite compelling enough to drag me into more of the Valiant universe.
July 6, 2019
Reasonable, but underwhelming, four-part fantasy. A childish mage is the geomancer for Earth, giving it magical life when needed, and she has a powerful, near-indestructible mentor and warrior to protect her. That is until a necromancer comes along – a witch-type here to suck all life from the world for her immortal well-being, and with an avatar of her own in an aged but youthful child that precedes her everywhere. The interplay between the four, plus some bonus help from the world of the dead, is what we see, which sometimes means brisk action, sometimes brusque dialogue – but never really means greatness. For one thing, the strict four-issue rule of the publishers mean things like The Book just go by the wayside, with everyone hoping nobody notices – well, we do. Worth a look, and by no means the worst Valiant comic, but not exactly a must-buy. Three and a half stars, perhaps.
October 10, 2019
Wasnt very famliar with any of the Eternal Warrior series. Not sure if it would help but I kinda felt lost even after 4 issues.
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