Summoners War: Legacy #1 Review: Pretty Effective
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Adapting the fantasy RPG into the comic book field, this new Image comic pours a surprisingly effective amount of characterization into the framework of the video game.
Summoners War: Legacy #1 provides a look at engaging elements of the story and doesn t care if you know anything about the game at all.
Summoners War: Legacy #1 Cover. Credit: Image Comics
Rai Holder is the perspective character for the reader, a neophyte magician called a Summoner, empowered to call forth a semi-sentient magical creature to do her bidding. The problem is that Rai is impulsive and untrained, and her inexperience can cause as much harm as she would rather help. By herself, she may have become a major hassle, but she is fortunate to fall under the administration of someone more experienced that brings her life a greater significance, like leaving a sandy backwoods planet to find greater significance on battlefields far away.
IMAGE/SKYBOUND’S SUMMONERS WAR: LEGACY PROMISES FANS ACTION PACKED PREQUEL THIS APRIL
PORTLAND, Ore. 1.21.2021 The highly anticipated tie-in comic book series
Summoners War: Legacy by writer Justin Jordan (
The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, Reaver) and artist Luca Claretti (
Adventure Time Comics) with colors by Giovanna Niro (
Star Trek: Nero) and lettering by Deron Bennett (
Excellence, Assassin Nation) is set to launch in April 2021 from Image/Skybound Entertainment in partnership with game publisher Com2uS.
Fans of the game and newcomers alike will have the chance to journey to Alea in this dramatic, action-packed prequel comic book based upon the wildly popular