Over twenty years in the past, Battle Chasers—Joe Madureira’s “arcane punk” journey sequence identified for its languid launch pacing—got here to an finish on a cliffhanger followers by no means received to see the conclusion of. Now, in the end, Madureira is lastly delivering it.
io9 can completely verify that Battle Chasers #10 will full its lengthy, lengthy highway to publication this June, setting off a brand new story arc for the fantasy sequence. Having hopped from Wildstorm within the late ‘90s, Picture—which, three years in the past, revealed an anthology of the primary 9 problems with the sequence that has gone to a number of reprints—will launch the sequence, with Ludo Lullabi becoming a member of the e-book on artwork.
Battle Chasers follows a legendary swordsman named Garrison, who has put his blade right down to mourn the demise of his spouse. However after a rogue named Crimson Monika’s mission goes fallacious and sees 4 highly effective villains freed in a jail breakout, Garrison groups up with a younger lady with a pair of magical gloves named Gully, a wizard named Knolan, and Calibretto the large warfare golem to hunt them down and cease their rampage. The brand new story arc, “Martial Legislation,” sees Garrison and Monika pressured to workforce as much as battle a gang of supernatural killers named the Martial Paladins.
It’s not like Madureira hasn’t thought concerning the sequence because it abruptly got here to an finish all these years in the past. In 2017, the setting was revitalized for the turn-based RPG Battle Chasers: Nightwar, and within the years for the reason that author has had plans for diversifications past a return to the comedian. “I’ve been actually moved through the years by the extent of pleasure Battle Chasers nonetheless generates a long time after its authentic launch,” Madureira mentioned in an announcement offered to io9. “With the success of the Battle Chasers sport Nightwar and a TV present within the works, it felt like the proper time to drop some new books. Working with these characters once more has healed some a part of my soul, and Ludo’s paintings is so unimaginable, I can’t look ahead to readers to get their fingers on it.”
Battle Chasers #10 will lastly launch on June 14, at comedian e-book retailers and digitally. Click on by to see an unique preview of the lengthy awaited challenge, making its debut right here on io9!
