Creators : Leonardo Romero (writer), Cris Peter (art) Story : Spirit is investigating some strange happenings in a forest - lots of injured animals with claw marks. He discovers an old research facility deep in the woods and discovers the metal monstrosity that is terrorizing the forest. Spirit works with Freedom (his eagle) to stop it. Writing : Continuing the Silent Issue month, Leonardo takes a fan-favorite classic character and dedicates a whole issue to him. While Spirit has been featured pretty heavily in the on-going series through the year, many times he's regulated to being in charge of the defence of the Pitt. Here we get to see Spirit being a tracker and warrior. Spread throughout the issue are hints as to what's going on as well. And, as a nice feature as well, it's a rare G.I. Joe comic where the Joes aren't fighting Cobra. Art : Art is top notch. From the beginning and laying hints as to what is happening to the ...
Jim Zub's Twisting Loyalties part 4: Purged Zula, guardian of the grasslands, is sure that Conan, who speaks with a forked tongue, is a servant of Set in disguise. Conan tries to convince Zula otherwise. Zula transforms back into a panther, then into a woman (from Conan the Destroyer (1984)). Conan swears to Zula that he has never worshiped the snake god and that he has never set foot in Stygia. Zula informs the Cimmerian that his aura is tainted/cursed by dark magic and that his soul is in jeopardy. If Conan wants his spirit to be saved he'll have to reach Zula's ancestors' ancient monument, an immense "Olmec" stone head. Zula transforms into a harmless raven and takes flight, Conan follows on foot. We get two flashbacks, one from The God in the Bowl and another from Conan the Barbarian #18. Conan rapidly climbs to the top of the stone head, an amazed Zula starts his True Form ritual. Zula will try to exorcise the Set poison from the Cimmerian. If Conan canno...