Ares (comic book)

Ares

Cover to Ares #1.
Art by Travel Foreman.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Format Limited series
Genre
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 978-0-7851-1991-3

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]

Plot summary

After abandoning the Olympian pantheon, the Greek god Ares poses as a mortal, raising his son Alexander. When Alexander is kidnapped by Ares' father Zeus and then captured by the evil Japanese god Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Ares joins forces with Zeus 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. 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. Retrieved March 17, 2009.

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