November 9, 2012

Check out..."Sword of Sorcery" featuring "Amethyst"...

...I've been enjoying this reboot of 80s hero Amethyst. Her origin has been cleaned up a bit, with a more savage side...

...Teenager Amy has been living on earth with her mother, never staying in one place too long; while secretly being trained at night in the arts of battle combat with various sword weaponry. She thought her mother was some end of the world nutjob but, on her 17th birthday her mother reveals the truth, that Amy is the heir to the throne of the House of Amethyst, on the planet Nilaa. Amy was hidden on Earth as an infant to protect her from slaughter by those that took over the throne. And together they now return by opening a gateway to the Gemworld to reclaim the power and throne that is rightfully hers...

...This new version is being written by the brilliant Christy Marx, famed writer of many 80s episodes of G.I. Joe and Transfomers...

...And Christy as well, was head writer of the equally famous 80s series, Jem and the Holograms...

...So Christy knows how to write action and adventure with large casts and strong females, and can now be more violent than she ever could with G.I. Joe/Transformers/Jem...

...best of all, Amethyst has a cross over story appearing in Justice League Dark...

...It should be a fun time :)

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