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Arvid Nelson

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Born

in The United States

Website

https://thebandofthecrow.com

Twitter

arvidthetwit

Genre

Comics, Fantasy

Member Since

July 2015

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Arvid has worked on everything from film to video games, but he’s best known for his original comics title, Rex Mundi, published by Dark Horse Comics. The Band of the Crow has occupied his creative memory banks ever since Rex Mundi ended.

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Average rating: 3.9 · 6,052 ratings · 607 reviews · 185 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rex Mundi, Vol. 1: The Guardian of the Temple by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Cox, Eric Johnson (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 562 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Godzilla: Aftershock 3.82 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rex Mundi, Vol. 2: The River Underground by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author), Eric Johnson (Artist), Jeremy Cox (Artist) 3.99 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rex Mundi, Vol. 3: The Lost Kings by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Cox, Ericj (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rex Mundi, Vol. 4: Crown and Sword by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author), Juan Ferreyra 4.03 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rex Mundi, Vol. 5: The Valley at the End of the World by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author), Juan Ferreyra 4.02 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rex Mundi Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author), Ericj (Illustrator), Juan Ferreyra (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris, Volume 1: The Colossus of Mars by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author), Carlos Rafael (Artist) 3.61 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skull Island: The Birth of Kong by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author), Zid (Illustrations) 3.86 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rex Mundi, Vol. 6: Gate of God by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author), Juan Ferreyra, Guy Davis (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dynamite's Barsoom (31 books)
by

Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author),

Roberto Castro (Artist),

Alex Ross (Artist)

3.62 avg rating — 2,712 ratings

Rex Mundi (6 books)
by

Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author),

Juan Ferreyra,

Guy Davis (Illustrator),

Brian Churilla (Illustrator),

Jason Millet (Illustrator)

4.00 avg rating — 2,439 ratings

Dejah Thoris (20 books)
by

Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author)

3.54 avg rating — 1,681 ratings

Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris (single issues) (37 books)
by

Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author),

Carlos Rafael (Artist),

Marshall Dillon (Letterer),

Carlos López (Colorist)

3.72 avg rating — 914 ratings

Warlord of Mars (single issues) (29 books)
by

Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author),

Joe Jusko (Cover Art),

Lui Antonio (Artist),

Adriano Lucas (Colorist)

3.96 avg rating — 641 ratings

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Arvid Nelson has read Rex Mundi, Vol. 1: The Guardian of the Temple by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Arvid Nelson and 3 other people liked C. Varn's review of Rex Mundi Omnibus, Vol. 1: "Arvid Nelson really achieved something very particularly with Rex Mundi. By exploring the ideas of books like "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" and "The Da Vinci Code" in more engaging manner, grounded in more history, but setting it in a Europe where Napoleo" Read more of this review »
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Arvid Nelson liked El Shnookmy's review of Rex Mundi, Vol. 3: The Lost Kings: "The Author Arvid Nelson has a new original book out called Band of the Crow. Check out the trailer https://youtu.be/Z16wRyYKl2A?si=RPB41..."
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Arvid Nelson liked El Shnookmy's review of Rex Mundi, Vol. 2: The River Underground: "Rex Mundi is timeless. I love alternative histories. "
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Arvid Nelson made a comment on Give Me Orcs’s review of The Band of the Crow: Book One (The Band of the Crow, #1) " I'm so happy you saw that! Yes, Byzantine, Gothic… all starting places for The Band of the Crow. ...more "
Sep 27, 2025 02:26PM · see review
Arvid Nelson rated a book it was amazing The Band of the Crow: Book One (The Band of the Crow, #1) by Arvid Nelson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
All I can say is I wouldn't have changed a word. ...more
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