Warhammer 40,000: Soeurs de Bataille

Warhammer 40,000 (Marvel Comics)

by Torunn Grønbekk (Contributor)

- Un projet né d'un partenariat entre Games Workshop et Marvel. - Des dessins signés Edgar Salazar (LOL : Zed). - « Une belle occasion pour les néophytes de se plonger dans la mythologie dense et souvent difficile d'accès de ces jeux de figurine. » - Comiga - Un jeu vidéo Warhammer 40000 : Battle Sister sorti en 2020.

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, 40k, Action, Military Fiction, Collections

120 pages, Hardcover

First published February 15, 2022

About the author

Torunn Grønbekk is a comic book writer and portrait painter.

Reviews

[Heiki Eesmaa · Rating 2 out of 5]

An alright action sequence. Without much depth and a little too much text for a comic book.

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

More of a 3.5

As with the majority of my graphic novel reviews, I read these as individual comics as well. Now, I have played Warhammer 40k a few times and I thought it was a pretty decent game. I never got into it to the level some players have, but I've dabbled in it. The models are super cool and I've even played a few of the video games as well along with a couple of the novels. While I do have a bunch of the comic books printed in this series, this is actually the first series I sat down and read. The story and lore surrounding Warhammer 40k seems pretty interesting, albeit a bit overly complex at times, but they make it work.

Usually I associate epic scale battles with the likes of Warhammer 40k, so I was surprised to see this short comic series about a small elite group of the Sororitas. In this story a mining planet is at risk of falling into corruption, I assume by the Chaos Daemons, even though this is never really explicitly stated. The mission for our Sisters is to retrieve a person on planet that was sent there earlier to investigate the corruption. The higher ups are very interested to get their hands on this person, because they might be able to bring some insight into why people abandon their loyalty to the Emperor.

The story sort of reminded me a bit of Necromunda where they are trying to fight their way into the depths of a city. Overall, I thought they did a fairly decent job of presenting the complexity of the Warhammer 40k universe for readers, especially in such a short five issue series. The fighting is intense and exciting, but layered in there is the mystery of the fall of this mining city. I thought the whole affair was pretty exciting and pretty well done given the brevity of the format. It did feel like fairly epic things were happening even though we were focused the primary missions of the Sisters of Battle. I think we wound up being a little short on character development, where only a couple of the characters felt even remotely fleshed out, but I was sort of expecting that given the format and length.

I thought the art in this series was really quite good. I know it's a Marvel comic and I sort of expect that, but I've definitely run into some duds over the years, here and there at least. But I think they did a great job of portraying the city structures and keeping everything staunchly in line with what I'd imagine a Warhammer 40k mining city to look like! I don't know how this would stack up for the truly die hard Warhammer 40k fans, but I thought this was an enjoyable story at the end of the day.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I played Warhammer 40K as a teen, chugging Dr. Pepper by the gallon while measuring blast radii and moving Kharn the Betrayer around the battlefield. So I was pretty stoked to see Marvel had started printing 40K comics. As a comic book degenerate, I'm the target market.

Consider this market served. Sisters of Battle isn't particularly complex, but it's dark, violent, and generally intriguing. It introduces the atmosphere of 40K nicely, a universe despoiled by war and mankind where worship of a dead emperor is the expectation lest you be labeled a heretic and brutally slaughtered.

The Sisters, naturally, are the ones doing the slaughtering here. A minor uprising on a mining planet has turned weird as a dark object in the depths of the mine warps the populace. We're introduced to a handful of Sisters on the ground, plus a canoness and inquisitor in space. The mystery plays out in predictable fashion, but the pacing is good and the political wrangling satisfying. Sisters of Battle isn't going to draw in those unfamiliar with 40K, but it'll certainly scratch an itch for those familiar with the setting.

[Frédéric · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5*

I’m no big fan of Torunn Gronbekk’s writing style but to the devil his due: she got the feel of the Adepta Sororitas and delivers a very decent plot. A bit too many verbose captions still but they help define characters and actions most of yhe time and it’s not incoherent given the religious and zealous environment so I’ll give her a pass.
Piety, zeal, hymns and Storm Bolters: Death to the heresy!

I regret some sisters are not more developed- they looked promising- but this is a 5 issue series and Gronbekk clearly did what she could in her alloted space. I appreciated the special pages describing the Sororitas (structure, war gear...) as a welcomed addition to the plot to help get their lore.

Edgar Salazar does a very commendable job. It is fluid and nicely detailed and the storytelling is correct if not amazing. It is not dark enough for my taste but I’m slowly getting used to the idea that WH40K can’t be painted like Clint Langley and that I do have to lower my expectations.

[Iri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Někde frčí dámy s hranostaji, jinde zase dámy s boltery (a plamenomety), řekl by člověk s kulturním rozhledem. A ačkoliv to bude brutální kacířství v té nejčistší podobě, raději bych tedy zůstala spíš u osobního fanouškovství dam s hranostaji. I po tomto komiksu.

Kresba byla každopádně vynikající a patrně nejlepší částí celého sešitu, ale s příběhem už bych takovým nadšením neoplývala. Jistě, co asi čekat od popisu práce funkční bojové jednotky sil samého boha Císaře v budoucnosti, kde není nic než válka? Mír, lásku a jízdu na jednorožcích (kacířství!) určitě ne. Ale snad i v tomto komiksu by větší napětí / lepší dávkování dějových zvratů ničemu neuškodilo. (Jo, já vím, já vím – u sororitek se bude různorodost a autonomnost uvažování hledat asi docela blbě, protože jejich mise a postupy jsou jasné – a o tom kekelu kolem se netřeba ani zmiňovat. Jen ta generičnost hraničící s tupostí zabíjí jakýkoliv zájem o postavy, a to mě fakt neba.)

I přes obdobně umné podání ztemnělé a bezútěšné atmosféry a osudovosti, byl Calgar o dreadnoughta lepší.

[Luke Costin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve never been much of a fan of the Sororitas, but this mini series really captures the feel of their order. The art and grim setting go hand in hand to create a great action story.

[RatGrrrl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a solid series that is honestly a lot better and a lot more on the vibe of the Adepta Sororitas than I was expecting from Marvel.

The Order of Our Matyred Lady, lead on the ground by the iconic Cannoness Sisters of Battle Codex 2nd Edition by John Blanche herself investigate some Chaos goings on that are disrupting work on an Imperial world on the behest of the Inquisition and grapple with a swathe of the populace seduced by the Dark Prinze.

This series has received some rather scathing responses, which, honesty, baffle me. I'm not the biggest fan of the minimal variations on the house style Marvel has for its art and I love the ridiculousness and epicness of the Warhammer Monthly era, which I haven't seen anything come anywhere near to matching, but as an ageing ratlady who is a big fan of the Sisters of Battle and has had a lifelong special interest for Warhammer (and dedication to the Ruinous Powers), I had a lot of fun with this.

The writing of the Sisters of Battle was great and actually really felt like them with some wonderfully horrifying cherub servitors, and the story was good. The world itself didn't feel very 40K, being surprisingly sparse and spartan, and the Inquisitior, despite hsving a cool hat he stole from a Witch Hunter, while on holiday in the Old World, was bland and generic RPG questgiver NPC.

Following a positive trend of a lot of the more recent artwork and Black Library releases, the Sisters are a diverse bunch which is lovely to see.

Honestly, it's not perfect, but it does a far better job with the Sisters of Battle than I imagined Marvel would and pretty much everything to do with them is great and the story is entertaining, so the less positive handling of the other elements were easier for me to look over.

I had a really good time and would really like to read more of these, but I don't know what the deal is with Games Workshop and Marvel, after they announced their partnership in 2019 and released the Marneus Calgar limited series and the this one that ran between 2021-2022.

The end report seems to suggest there are a whole bunch of potential stories, despite, and this really is me being a total tongue in cheek nerd, the altar bearing a huge symbol of Khorne even though the first artefact being of Slaanesh *pushes glasses up* suggesting this is a Chaos Undivided situation... Lol

More Sisters of Battle stuff and make the Daemonifuge 20th Anniversary colour and mostly finished storyline available on the internet for the love of They Who Is Thirsty! I can even find a janky scan anywhere and I would happily pay good money for an official download. The people in my life don't have enough kidneys between us to barter for the limited release resales on eBay!

[Joe Deangelo · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable Warhammer 40K story featuring the Adepta Sororitas. I like the art, and the writing also holds up fairly well. It’s appropriately grimdark as well, it doesn’t really hold back too much. Overall I liked this one a bit better than the Marneus Calgar series (which was also worth reading).

[Thomas Senechal · Rating 1 out of 5]

sadly this codex is one of the most Butchered to come out out other than the sixth edition dark angles
the basic story of the Adeptus Soritas aka battle sisters aka nuns with guns, is that they would be used by the eclisiarchy of the imperium of man so in response they created a entirely female army. who are just as deadly as a Adeptus Astartes (Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris combined). Pretty good right? but to bad in some aspects of the rules utterly ruin it.

CODEX REVIEW.
HQ units:9: a fair amount of leader units but could use a few more named characters

Troop units:3: well they all go in the same squad.

Elite choices:2: Wow. I have no words

Fast attack:5: Hey joe! Joe! found the rest of elites

Heavy support:5:that must hurt

Dedicated transports:2: neat.
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This could have been worlds better but they where "Not selling enough." That must of hurt battle sisters users.

All in all review

Improvements 3:5 well a few new special rules will only get one so far in a apocalyptic games

Unique weapons/units:2/5 The mintaurum priest is as chaos cultist with a 5+ armor save.

Game play :4/5 ill give it this. its a fun fight.

All in all review 1/5: sentence: Kill it with fire before it lays eges

[La librairie de Charron · Rating 4 out of 5]

On se retrouve de nouveau dans le monde de Warhammer. Nous retrouvons une équipe de soeur de bataille sur la planète Siscia et la mission est menée par la chanoinesse Veridyan ; elle est accompagnée par la novice Ghita et la soeur supérieur Cassia ainsi que quelques autres soeurs de bataille. D'ailleurs la novice et la soeur supérieure ont la tenue officielle des soeurs de bataille mais Veridyan a des crânes qui lui servent de protège seins, au lieu du cuir renforcé / acier habituel de l'armure.

Nous découvrons au début qu'une révolte hérétique a mené certains de ses membres à tuer plusieurs membres hauts placés de la planète Siscia dont le gouverneur. Les soeurs vont donc sauver ce qui peut l'être et sauver l'acolyte de l'Inquisiteur Ander. On apprend aussi qu'avant la folie et la guerre de religion sur Sisca, c'était au début une simple émeute. L'instigatrice de tout cela est une femme, dame Crea, qui est une grande fan des plaisirs de la vie : nourriture, boisson ainsi que de plaisirs plus ... spéciaux. Ce qui est différent avec cette équipe, c'est que l'une des soeurs a actuellement vécu sur cette planète étant enfant et nous la croisons vingt trois ans auparavant lorsqu'elle était enfant et que la planète était encore entièrement fidèle à l'Imperium. Nous avons également deux points de vues : l'un via les soeurs de batailles et l'autre via la cheffe des soeurs de bataille sur la barge de bataille avec l'Inquisiteur Ander.

Ce que j'apprécie également dans cet ouvrage, c'est qu'il est entrecoupé d'informations intéressantes, parfois sur le système ou la planète en question ou encore la hiérarchie des soeurs de bataille, ce qui permet de voir l'ordre des choses et quel ordo fait quoi.

Bref, concernant les ennemis, nous avons bien sûr les hérétiques mais aussi des hérétiques qui mutent ou qui s'assemblent pour former une espèce de petits démons de Slaanesh, des chiens du Chaos également ... Peu à peu, le mystère s'éclaircit car les soeurs de batailles découvrent une salle étrange. Lorsque l'on retourne sur le vaisseau en orbite d'où sont parties les soeurs de batailles, on apprend que la salle fut celle où fut conçu le fléau du plaisir, c'est là que naquit la folie de l'homme. Au final, nous découvrons qui est vraiment l'acolyte inquisitorial et ce qu'il est devenu de lui.

En conclusion, ce fut une histoire assez intéressante, voir comment les soeurs de bataille se battre en réel et non pas via des descriptions dans les romans, cela change et on les voit vraiment entrer en action. A part cela, j'ai bien aimé les diverses couvertures alternatives et en résumé, ce tome fut une bonne découverte du domaine des soeurs de bataille. Une bonne recommandation !

[Christopher Nilssen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't remember the last time I read a Western "comic book". I saw this on the featured shelf at my local public library while my wife was picking up a copy of Bullet Train, and despite a looming stack of current reads at home I decided to give it a try. The artwork was great, the story a little disjointed (esp. towards the end), but I imagine that most Warhammer 40K fans don't read the books for intricate narratives but instead to see their armies doing army stuff. I was kind of expecting feminist tones but there weren't any of current trends infecting the storytelling. Decent.

[David Strašák · Rating 3 out of 5]

It does show a little bit of the warhammer universe - how it looks outside of the books, and since it is a comic and has probably less than a 100 pages I'd say it is worth the read.
It has beautiful illustrations, but overall it's a bit crowded. There were too many people in the one big team, so I never remembered any of the sister's names.
The book also has some cool and useful information about the sisters and the heretics, so this was a great read from the point of someone new to the warhammer universe.

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably rounding up on this one. The twist of this story is broadcast pretty strongly (and has already been used in a Warhammer Fantasy comic). The characterization was alright, but not terribly memorable. The art is consistently above average, much like the other Marvel 40k comic. With all that said, though, it is nice to see space given to a less-covered faction like this, which I didn't really know much about beforehand.

[Marina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I suppose what it comes down to is that a story like this, presented in a comic book miniseries, that has to establish a) a roster of main characters, b) a world, c) antagonists, d) motivations and e) provide meaty action scenes... well, it just can't possibly satisfy everyone. It emphasizes the meaty action scenes, for sure, and there are a few pretty great moments of dread or mystery, but for the most part, it's predictable. Which is fine. It's just nothing special.

[Donavon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being new to Warhammer 40K (only playing a few of the video games) I was often pretty lost in this story. By the end, the 4 various plots merge and resolve enough so I retroactively pieced together what I missed.

Great art, good story, hope to see more...

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like comics might not be the best place to tell warhammer stories.

The art was great but the thing I enjoy about these books are the internal monologues which you don't get a lot of in the comic format.

Still the action was solid and the story was interesting enough.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

"...Yet the heresy spreads through the workers like silent fire."

"Beyond forgiveness. Beyond forbearance. Beyond mercy."

The ongoing battle between humanity and the Gods of Chaos.

I really like the lived in feel of this old universe. So many realms to explore near the end of all things.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

These warrior women try and put down a revolt on a remote planet. Not a lot is explained if you aren't familiar with Warhammer 40K roleplaying game. There's some strange Cult aspect that isn't really satisfactorily explained. Still, it's some decent sci-fi.

[Mark Sutherland · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fans of the hobby might get more out of this, but this mostly just proves that women can be just as dull as men. Thanks to their constant references to the emperor it's hard to think of a way to more thoroughly fail the bechdel test.

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool art and action

How can you go wrong? The Sisters hooked up with the Inquisition fighting Chaos, and it's Slaanesh, so you know it's going to be nasty and bloody.

[Hanussen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Celkem slušný příběh ze světa W40k. Jenom by to chtělo ještě trochu rozvést. Kresba je takový lepší standard vycházející z artu ke kodexům apod., takže zapadá k figurkám.

[Erik · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some decent action, but overall I doubt this has enough to make anyone not already familiar with this world want to spend any more time in it.

[Petr Čapek · Rating 3 out of 5]

https://www.schefikuvblog.eu/warhamme...

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nuns with guns❤️😂

[Rachel Marr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good graphic novel