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Prophecy
The biggest crossover event ever from Dynamite Entertainment stars an astounding array of characters who must form an uneasy alliance and save the world from the Mayan doomsday prophecy! From swing-wielding woman warriors to mad scientists, from vampire vixens to undead overlords, Prophecy has everything ... and then some! When flame-haired warrior Red Sonja follows sorcerer Kulan Gath through time from the barbaric Hyborian Age, she unleashes a chain of events that will put her side-by-side with an unprecedented gathering of characters: Dracula, Vampirella, Pantha, Athena, Eva, Herbert West Re-Animator, and Ash from -Army of Darkness.- Even Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Alan Quatermain get in on the action! Collecting the 7-issue mini-series, plus character bios, and all covers by Paul Renaud in one complete volume.
152 pages, Paperback
First published May 28, 2013
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About the author
Ron Marz
1,657 books123 followersMarz is well known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman/Aliens. He also worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Publishing’s Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on XO-Manowar, for Valiant Comics.
Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).
Photo by Luigi Novi.
Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).
Photo by Luigi Novi.
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September 28, 2020
Surprisingly, Dynamite made this crossover of disparate properties work. I did like that it tied into the end of the Mayan calendar and that they used Kulan Gath as the big bad. Walter Geovanni's art is very good.
February 27, 2015
GROOVY! :D
May 20, 2017
This crossover was a little better than I was expecting. There were many, many characters in this one so I was worried they would clutter the story, so to speak, but really they didn't. Some of the characters were relegated to supporting status of course, but I still think that's better than overdoing the story.
So the sorceror Kulan Gath is attempting to end the world and recreate it with him in charge. However, standing in his way we have quite the cast of characters: Red Sonja, Vampirella, Dracula, Pantha, Eva Dracula's Daughter, Herbert West Reanimator, Ash from Evil Dead, and Athena. Sherlock Holmes and Watson, Alan Quartermain, and Dorian Grey also show up. Dracula was in the role of good guy this tme, which is a little unusual, but other than that not a bad story. The art was nice as well. The artist did a good job drawing sexy women which was imperative with this cast.
The story also added a major change to the continuity of Red Sonja.
Overall not a groundbreaking crossover, but a fun read.
So the sorceror Kulan Gath is attempting to end the world and recreate it with him in charge. However, standing in his way we have quite the cast of characters: Red Sonja, Vampirella, Dracula, Pantha, Eva Dracula's Daughter, Herbert West Reanimator, Ash from Evil Dead, and Athena. Sherlock Holmes and Watson, Alan Quartermain, and Dorian Grey also show up. Dracula was in the role of good guy this tme, which is a little unusual, but other than that not a bad story. The art was nice as well. The artist did a good job drawing sexy women which was imperative with this cast.
The story also added a major change to the continuity of Red Sonja.
Overall not a groundbreaking crossover, but a fun read.
November 28, 2018
Der Magier Kulan Gath, Erzbösewicht und =feind von Red Sonja, will mal wieder die Welt zerstören. Klar, dass sich Sonja ihm in den Weg stellt. Was, und Vampirella kommt auch? Cool, zwei so sexy Damen; und dann noch Eva, Tochter Draculas? Auch bauchfrei? Und die Göttin Athena? Und Panthera?
Wenn alle diese Heldinnen den Stoff ihrer Garderobe zusammenlegen, reichts für ein gewagtes Abendkleid, vorgeführt auf einem Catwalk, der in einer gigantischen Blutlache mündet.
Das guckt sich zwar nett an, aber mir geht´s damit wie mit dem neuen Avengers=Film Infinity War:
Zuviele Helden sind mir zu viel. Hier kommen dann noch Sherlock Holmes, Allan Quatermain und der Reanimator Herbert West samt Necronomicon dazu, auch ja, und Dracula nicht zu vergessen. Das ist weniger Crossover als Overcrowding.
Wer dieses "Event" versäumt, hat storymäßig nicht viel versäumt.
Wenn alle diese Heldinnen den Stoff ihrer Garderobe zusammenlegen, reichts für ein gewagtes Abendkleid, vorgeführt auf einem Catwalk, der in einer gigantischen Blutlache mündet.
Das guckt sich zwar nett an, aber mir geht´s damit wie mit dem neuen Avengers=Film Infinity War:
Zuviele Helden sind mir zu viel. Hier kommen dann noch Sherlock Holmes, Allan Quatermain und der Reanimator Herbert West samt Necronomicon dazu, auch ja, und Dracula nicht zu vergessen. Das ist weniger Crossover als Overcrowding.
Wer dieses "Event" versäumt, hat storymäßig nicht viel versäumt.
July 11, 2018
This is an interesting cross of several comics and story lines. It starts with Sherlock Holmes and goes back to Red Sonja a few thousand years before, then to current era with Vamprilla and Dracula. An interesting intro to a new story line.
April 17, 2024
So many!
This was a very strange but unique crossover. Characters that both stared in other companies like Marvel and others here.
Fun seeing so many unique people from Sherlock to Red Sonya. Also making appearances are Dracula, Ash, Dorian Gray, and so many more.
It moves at a brisk pace, I am not hugely familiar with all of these characters but never felt lost. You won't learn much new or backstory on most but it's not really needed.
This was a very strange but unique crossover. Characters that both stared in other companies like Marvel and others here.
Fun seeing so many unique people from Sherlock to Red Sonya. Also making appearances are Dracula, Ash, Dorian Gray, and so many more.
It moves at a brisk pace, I am not hugely familiar with all of these characters but never felt lost. You won't learn much new or backstory on most but it's not really needed.
March 20, 2020
"Every living thing in this world has come from the female... even you" - Red Sonja to Dracula
I enjoyed this... a lot!!! I only read Army of Darkness and Reanimator comics from Dynamite, but now I'm curious about Dynamite's Vampirella, Red Sonja, Athena and Pantha! Without knowing much from the characters that I never read before, this story was able to introduce them in a very simple way, without me feeling lost or completely clueless about them. The story is very well made, and easy to follow. Sometimes, when I read major crossovers by Marvel or DC, I feel completely lost because of the amount of characters (and the multiples tie-ins that I'm not reading) and the story feel incomplete or overwhelming. Here, Dynamite could bring a good amount of their characters without overcharging the story with too many characters. The story is straight forward, and I had a good time reading it! 5/5 seems almost too high for a comic that is mostly ignored today, but I feel like they merit it! Kudos to Ron Marz for the story, he nailed it!
I enjoyed this... a lot!!! I only read Army of Darkness and Reanimator comics from Dynamite, but now I'm curious about Dynamite's Vampirella, Red Sonja, Athena and Pantha! Without knowing much from the characters that I never read before, this story was able to introduce them in a very simple way, without me feeling lost or completely clueless about them. The story is very well made, and easy to follow. Sometimes, when I read major crossovers by Marvel or DC, I feel completely lost because of the amount of characters (and the multiples tie-ins that I'm not reading) and the story feel incomplete or overwhelming. Here, Dynamite could bring a good amount of their characters without overcharging the story with too many characters. The story is straight forward, and I had a good time reading it! 5/5 seems almost too high for a comic that is mostly ignored today, but I feel like they merit it! Kudos to Ron Marz for the story, he nailed it!
August 19, 2021
The great work art saves this book from receiving only two stars from a confusing, uninspired, and redundant story. With the characters of Vampirella, Eve, Red Sonja, and the amazing Ash Williams I expected much more.
The beginning of each chapter unnecessary recaps the previous one. It seems there to pad out this wafer thin story. Sherlock Holmes, Watson, and Allan Quartermain are also just tacked on.
If you are just a casual fan of these characters then this book can easily be passed bye for something better.
The beginning of each chapter unnecessary recaps the previous one. It seems there to pad out this wafer thin story. Sherlock Holmes, Watson, and Allan Quartermain are also just tacked on.
If you are just a casual fan of these characters then this book can easily be passed bye for something better.
May 4, 2017
Some nice pictures, nicely fast paced but still.... bringing back old pop-culture heroes to have adventures with more current pop-culture heroes is still just stupid. Just like it was with Alan Moore's Gentleman-thing. Why not try to create new and interesting characters? And while you are at it: Cease to re-do movies and create an original movie.
January 15, 2019
Fun
Just pure fun. Nice to see so many heroines together. Good artwork and panel construction. Helpful to see the script structure at the end of the book, it provides an insight into graphic novel creation.
Just pure fun. Nice to see so many heroines together. Good artwork and panel construction. Helpful to see the script structure at the end of the book, it provides an insight into graphic novel creation.
March 25, 2018
Well, that was interesting although I thought the Holmes part was unnecessary and didn’t serve the plot at all. It was there just for the sake to be there.
May 3, 2019
Amazing
This is a great crossover to read....
It also was a solid story and fun with the characters.. A must read!
This is a great crossover to read....
It also was a solid story and fun with the characters.. A must read!
September 9, 2023
Good artwork. OK story and some good dialog, but not enough to rate a 4th star.
September 9, 2020
Prophecy es una historia de Red Sonja. Un personaje con el que no tengo interés alguno, así que esta es una reseña de un forastero.
Primero, visualmente es emocionante, las secuencias están bien hechas. De vez en cuando no se respeta el orden de lectura y rompe el flujo de la vista viajando a través de la página. El coloreado es vivaz, le da vida a unos trazos que generalmente son mediocres.
La historia me da la impresión de que este es un niño jugando con figuras de acción. La trama era lo más cliché, el mundo está en peligro de ser destruido por un hechicero que quiere rehacerlo a su imagen. Muchos cameos de personajes en el dominio público y otros cuya licencia la posee Dynamite y esto es lo que deciden hacer con ellos. Esta para leerlo en una tarde y no tocarlo jamás, lo más probable es que vayas a leer lo mismo en otro crossover masivo de super héroes.
Primero, visualmente es emocionante, las secuencias están bien hechas. De vez en cuando no se respeta el orden de lectura y rompe el flujo de la vista viajando a través de la página. El coloreado es vivaz, le da vida a unos trazos que generalmente son mediocres.
La historia me da la impresión de que este es un niño jugando con figuras de acción. La trama era lo más cliché, el mundo está en peligro de ser destruido por un hechicero que quiere rehacerlo a su imagen. Muchos cameos de personajes en el dominio público y otros cuya licencia la posee Dynamite y esto es lo que deciden hacer con ellos. Esta para leerlo en una tarde y no tocarlo jamás, lo más probable es que vayas a leer lo mismo en otro crossover masivo de super héroes.
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