Scourge of the Gods - The Fall

Title: Scourge of the Gods - The Fall

Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Story: Valerie Mangin

Art: Aleksa Gajić

Publisher: Marvel/Soleil

Issues/Pages: 1-3 of 3

Year: 2009

Rate:89/100

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PROMO: Can even the Gods themselves control their destiny when everything seems to prove that their lives are a tragedy written thousands of years ago, that is now replaying itself on a cosmic level? The Hun king Atilla finally got what he wanted: the secret stellar coordinates of Rome, the capital planet of the Orbis. He will finally be able to become not only master of the Roman Empire, but the entire known universe. Finally, he will be a God. There is but one obstacle standing between him and eternal glory: the patrician Aetius, who is secretly Atilla's lost lover Flavia Aetia, the immortal incarnation of the goddess of chaos, in disguise. Their confrontation will be merciless...

Scourge of the Gods

Title: Scourge of the Gods

Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Story: Valerie Mangin

Art: Aleksa Gajić

Publisher: Marvel/Soleil

Issues/Pages: 1-3 of 3

Year: 2009

Rate: 88/100

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PROMO: After a thousand years of peace, the Orbis - the Roman Galactic Empire that thought itself almighty - trembles down to its foundations. The Huns, savage warriors that came out of nowhere, are trying to conquer it. King Attila has already pillaged and burned dozens of planets without any legion being able to stop him or even slow him down. And unfortunately for Rome - Kerka, the Hun's goddess of chaos herself - is back. But the Gods have a taste for tragedy: Kerka has been reincarnated in the body of Flavia Aetia, a young Roman girl. Is Flavia truly this macabre divinity? Is she the by-product of a terrifying plot? Or is she only the victim of a terrible destiny? A free adaptation of Hun king Attila and the Roman general Flavius Aetius's confrontation, Scourge of the Gods replays the eternal struggle between order and chaos on the galactic level.

REVIEW: Poslednjih nekoliko godina Marvel je u saradnji sa francuskim Soleil-om, jednim od najznačajnijih evropskih strip izdavača, na engleski preveo i po prvi put američkoj publici predstavio neke od najboljih savremenih sci-fi/fantasy strip priča nastalih na tlu starog kontinenta. Na blogu već možete naći fenomenalni Samurai, a sada i ovaj - Bič Božiji.

U pitanju je predivan strip, tako duboko ukorenjen u tradiciju fantasy žanra, u najširem smislu tog pojma, da se u njega već na prvi pogled mora zaljubiti svaki pošteni geek. Priča je smeštena u daleko budućnost u kojoj se čovečanstvo raširilo po čitavoj galaksiji i ujedinjeno pod jednim barjakom, jednim Imperatorom, manje-više srećno živi u jednoj imperiji jako inspirisanoj pradavnim Rimskim carstvom... sve dok se, ni otkuda, ne pojave Huni, slični onim drevnim - divlji, surovi, posvećeni ratu i osvajanju.. ali, pričaju čistim latinskim, baš kao i žitelji Imperije. otkud, kako, ko se to igra i kakve igre? Pitanja su za glavne aktere stripa, među kojima je devojka poslata hunskom vladaru kao talac, kao cena za mir, kao žrtva za hunsku boginju rata, kao i ta futuristička verzija legendarnog Atile, Biča Božijeg. 

Epski SF u svom najboljem svetlu - Hodorovski, Herbert, Simons, Džordž Lukas fazon.