Kelborn Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) It was ok. Nothing breathtaking and I'm still not sold on why Calgar and not someone else (and more interesting, imho). Liking those little world building bits they've added when introducing worlds and such. Edited October 16, 2020 by Kelborn Felix Antipodes 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockagh Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Read it, loved it. The best that GW have ever managed in comic book format by miles. I know legions of people detest marvel and Disney but I think they produce some mighty stuff. I had reservations about it being a smurf comic but I can’t find fault. I really hope this draws in a lot of new readers interested in the 40k universe. Can’t find circulation figures for it on comichron but I think they are all up the left with the plague. Still cool start. Farmers in 40k oh yea Prot and Apothecary Vaddon 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petitioner's City Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) Article on IO9 about the comic too, "The Best Thing about Marvel's Warhammer 40K Comic Is the Quietest Detail": https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-best-thing-about-marvels-very-loud-warhammer-40k-co-1845427284 Edited October 21, 2020 by Petitioner's City Knockagh 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Oh yes. I like that very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc warhammer Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 thought for the day: why are you thinking? Scribe, Knockagh and RedFurioso 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 That's the best thought of the day they came up with. Besides the hope leads to desperation, that one's gonna be my new favourite. :D mc warhammer 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Read the latest edition I liked the twists- didn't see it coming. The first was more predictable than the second. Pretty cool that Marneas Calgar the ultramarine isn't Marneas Calgar the child. I'll have to re-read the first issue now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Is this an "Archamus"-like twist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucerne Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 It is, and I rather like this event taking some of the shine off Macragge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) Just went through it. A more powerful version of the Archamus twist with better set-up. It also has some similarity to Alexis Polux's origin, but was delivered with more impact. The Archamus twist involved a competent boy being killed by another competent boy's momentary carelessness.Calgar's origin is more powerful in my opinion. You can imagine how the weaker, squire-like companion of the stronger, socially superior boy would be affected by the latter's choice to treat him always with honour and kindness. The stronger boy ultimately ends up saving him on more than one occasion before dying in a final effort. This gives us the defining lesson absorbed by Calgar: how a man chooses to use his superior strength ultimately determines his character. Didn't see the Crixus twist coming at all This would've made a great premise for a Marneus Calgar origin novel. Edited November 12, 2020 by b1soul Apothecary Vaddon and Gamiel 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allart01 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) Something in the overall tone of the comic feels a little off to me, especially when it comes to the Mech adepts. With that said, the twist at the end of #2 was pretty good and does a lot for Calgar's character in my eyes. I've never found him particularly interesting, but that is a cool backstory. Edited November 12, 2020 by The_Bloody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I liked the bit where the techpriest blurts out some speculation on the possibility of basically manufacturing another 'Calgar-level' astartes officer through the right set of social circumstances before going 'whoops, that wasn't for external speakers'. Also more James Stokoe art at the end, woooooo. Prot and mc warhammer 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockagh Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) Issue 2 is another knock out from Gillen. Only thing I do t like is the cover art. They really could do with a sharper strap line at the start. They have cut down the traditional BL intro but it could be better. Marvel did the brilliant extract from the Nemedian Chronicles that starts each Conan which still gives me chills. Something poetically snappy like that would be great. BL and the electric games are being pushed heavily. It will be interesting to see if we get readers mail before this short season finishes. All in all brilliant stuff. More Marvel / BL tie up with David Annandale doing a Doom novel. DA hasn’t been my favourite but Doom is a firm favourite of mine. Interesting link up Edited November 24, 2020 by Knockagh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prot Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I have to admit I liked the comic book, keeping in mind it's a comic book, and has to appeal to a certain primary audience. Calgar is cool. The background story is a bit blah. Kind of goofy.... but the it's more about Marneus so it's excusable I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Latest edition is out. I found it very exciting. The art work is great- particularly the power fists are being used on heretics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc warhammer Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) Latest edition is out. I found it very exciting. The art work is great- particularly the power fists are being used on heretics! i enjoyed it too. the economy of story telling is really impressive, and it's actually a great gateway point for new readers to 40k the quotes continue to be my favourite bits "praise the emperor! guilliman walks amongst us once more! oh blessed are we to live in such a time of miracles!"- last words of priest avunnius potus, before being caught in a support barrage from the ardium 34th perfect 40k black comedy Edited December 12, 2020 by mc warhammer Scribe and Kelborn 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockagh Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Read issue 3. Gillen is doing a knockout job on this. Superb stuff. Hope we get an announcement of a new title soon mc warhammer 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockagh Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 I see my comic distributor is advertising the graphic novel for this. I prefer novels but always buy the monthly’s to get the story! Love comics, hate storage of them Felix Antipodes 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockagh Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 Not sure if anyone else is a member of marvel unlimited but Calgar has just been released on it. I got membership of this for Christmas and it’s going to save me a small fortune. I had nowhere to store comics really and they just kept building up making them impossible to keep accessible. Not a fan of ebooks but I have to say comics really fit this format very well. Too well, far to easy to binge read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Vaddon Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 5's out now, pretty good. The whole training montage scene in 4 was incredible. RedFurioso and Gamiel 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plague _Lord Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 4 and 5 are pretty good. What bugs me however is how chaos marines are just fodder. They could have felled a few loyalists just to make it feel more gritty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Vaddon Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) There weren't many full battle scenes depicted over an extended time frame tbh, there was that primaris marine who got chopped in half by the hellbrute. Rest was just forces arriving or post battle stuff Edited February 26, 2021 by Apothecary Vaddon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I've seen some Lord of the Skulls / Calgar memes. Stopped reading the comic with Issue 3 I believe dut to loosing overall interest. What's up with that? Is the comic itself still good? I remember being quite ok with it. Nothing breathtaking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malika666 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Hmm, just went through all five issues, dear God...very generic. I'm still on the lookout for a decent 40k comic/graphic novel. Roomsky 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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