Ares (comic book)

Ares

Cover to Ares #1.
Art by Travel Foreman.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Format Limited series
Genre

Superhero

Mythology in comics
Publication date March – July 2006
Number of issues 5
Main character(s) Ares
Hercules
Zeus
Creative team
Writer(s) Michael Avon Oeming
Penciller(s) Travel Foreman
Inker(s) Derek Fridolfs
Letterer(s) Joe Caramagna
Colorist(s) Len O'Grady
Collected editions
Ares: God of War ISBN 978-0785119913

Ares is a 2006 Marvel Comics comic book limited series starring the character of the same name is written by Michael Avon Oeming[1] and pencilled by Travel Foreman.[2]

Contents

Plot summary

After abandoning the Olympian pantheon, the Greek god Ares poses as a mortal, raising his son Alexander. When Alexander is kidnapped by Zeus and then captured by the evil Japanese god Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Ares joins forces with his father and half-brother Hercules to rescue his son.

Collected editions

The series is collected in the trade paperback Ares: God of War (ISBN 978-0785119913).

Notes

  1. ^ Tramountanas, George A. (November 29, 2005). "Marvel's New God On The Block - Oeming Writes "Ares"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=5999. Retrieved March 17, 2009. 
  2. ^ Kean, Benjamin Ong Pang (November 14, 2005). "Travel Foreman's War Cry". Newsarama. Archived from the original on November 24, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051124024441/http://www.newsarama.com/marvelnew/Ares/Foreman_Ares.htm. Retrieved March 17, 2009. 

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