Wayward Sons Volume 3 TP (WAYWARD SONS TP) - Softcover

Powell, Benny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984880852 ISBN 13: 9780984880850

Publisher: Red Giant Entertainment, 2014

Synopsis

• Ancient mythology and science fiction meet on ancient Earth! The war in ancient Egypt is here! It will take all of their skill and cunning for the hopelessly outnumbered Ulympeans to pull off a victory against the entrenched Tytans. If they lose, mankind will forever be under the thumb of Kronos and his minions. If they win, will mankind be any better off? The fate of the world hangs in the balance!

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About the Author

Mr. Powell started his career at Marvel Comics where he worked directly under Bob Harras, the Editor-in-Chief. Within six months, he was freelance writing full-time for Marvel, Wizard, Byron Press, Academy Comics, MCI/Newscorps and many other companies on a continual basis He was a Founder and Editor-In-Chief of the comic book company, Bench Press Studios that became synonymous with Hasbro Publishing. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Red Giant Entertainment, Inc. and has been its Director since December 2011. He personally spearheaded initiatives that resulted in becoming the first comic book line represented by Ingram - gaining a mainstream audience in the process. While there he also worked with Hasbro, which directly resulted in the resurgence of the blockbuster TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE properties. Over the years, he has also handled ghost-writing for numerous national best-selling books in both fiction and non-fiction through his company, Active Media.

Review

The main premises of the story are that a race of sufficiently advanced aliens crash land on Earth around 5,000 years ago and during the crash landing gain super human powers. When these aliens display these powers they are revered as gods. If you're familiar with Greek mythology you can tell which gods they're supposed to inspire. At least out of the Greek pantheon. As the comic goes along it shows that some of these aliens inspire more than one pantheon. Don't want to give a lot of major spoilers but one of the characters named Hurk does some things that from the issues I have read inspires not only Greek myth but two other mythologies as well. Basically some thousands of years ago a group of what are essentially police, or the military, or military police are escorting some very dangerous criminals. As expected in a sci-fi action comic things go wrong and they all crash land on earth. The good aliens are called the "Ulympeans", so named because their ship was called the Ulympea. The criminals are called the "Tytans". Over the course of the story the Ulympeans and the Tytans will discover the nature of their powers and will go about using them not only to fight each other but to either help or harm the people of earth. Their actions will go on to inspire myths and legends. The story has a nice and well balanced blend of action, humor and drama. The story isn't really dark, but can get somber without being melodramatic. The comedic moments are funny, and the action is far from boring. Especially with the powers these characters have. Art The art is very clean and vibrant. Nothing looks crudely drawn everything looks to not only be detailed but proportionate, this goes for the scenery as well as the characters. The colors are beautiful, personally they're what catch my eye the most. The colors always command my attention and I don't want feel like looking away from the page or feeling like the art is boring me. Vibrant pretty much is the word to use when describing the art. Thanks to the colors the world that all these characters live in feels alive. Characters The characters are what this story is all about and thankfully they're all interesting. Whether it be the strong and noble Hurk, the flirtatious jokester Hermaz or the captain with a heck of a complicated past Suras you will come to care about them and they won't feel boring. Which I have to say is a bit of an accomplishment with a cast as large as this usually some characters are bound to not feel as developed and interesting as others. Verdict If you're a fan of sci-fi and various mythologies of the ancient world, especially Greek, there really isn't any reason to not point your browser to this webcomic and start reading. The characters are likable, the art is great to look at and the story has some nice twists on the stories you've heard before. Wayward Sons gets a 9 out of 10. --The Broken Infinite Reviews

Professional style art. I was impressed that these guys did some Marvel projects. --Antione Strife

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Giant Entertainment
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0984880852
• ISBN 13: 9780984880850
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 172