Gears of War (comics)
| Gears of War | |
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Cover for the first volume of the series.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Wildstorm |
| Schedule | Bi-Monthly |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | December 2008 – August 2012 |
| Number of issues | 24 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Joshua Ortega |
| Artist(s) |
Hollow Liam Sharp |
| Penciller(s) |
The Quickening Simon Bisley |
| Inker(s) |
The Quickening Henry Flint |
| Letterer(s) | Wes Abbott |
| Colorist(s) | Jonny Rench |
| Editor(s) |
Ben Abernathy Kristy Quinn |
| Collected editions | |
| Hardcover | |
Gears of War is an ongoing series of comic books that is set in the Gears of War universe. The series is set between the Gears of War and Gears of War 2.
Epic Games and DC Comics announced on April 17, 2008, that a comic book based on Gears of War will be published. The comic is published under DC's Wildstorm imprint and is written by Joshua Ortega, with art by Liam Sharp. The first storyline "Hollow" ran from Gears of War #1-6 and was followed by "The Quickening" with pencils by Simon Bisley and inks by Henry Flint. Sharp, Flint, Joel Gomez and Trevor Hairsine provided the art for the single issue "Harper's Story" in issue #8, before Sharp returned for the multi-issue storyline "Barren" starting in Gears of War #9.
In addition to the main comic series there is The Gears of War: Sourcebook issue, which holds a collection of images from artists from the comic book industry. The issue also contains a story from Joshua Ortega titled "One Day", which focuses on the inner struggle of Dominic Santiago.
In this comic books series, Marcus Fenix is training a new recruit, Jayson "Jace" Stratton. Delta Squad, composed of Marcus, Dom, Jace and Gil, is searching the Badlands for lost squads. They find another Gear, Corporal Michael Barrick of Echo Six. The rest of the members in the squad had been KIA. They set up camp and Dom and Marcus tell war stories to the other squad members. In the morning they encounter some locust drones. Gil gets seriously wounded just before two boomers arrive. While the rest of the squad takes out the enemy, Gil dies in Jace's arms. Jace recalls his own brother dying in his arms, but unlike then, Jace cannot shed a tear. The squad returns to Jacinto for a week's break. Dom and Anya meet, and Dom tells her that he appreciates the fact that she looked for his wife Maria. Anya then proceeds to meet Marcus Fenix in a bar. Two tough guys try to pick up Anya in a rough manner but Marcus hurts them to get them off. Once they find out who Marcus is, they lay off for good. The week is up and Dom, Marcus and Jace head out to find out that Michael Barrick is now in their squad.
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