Showing posts with label amethyst. Show all posts
Showing posts with label amethyst. Show all posts
September 15, 2013
Showcase Presents: Amethyst...
...a 648 page book, all black and white collection of the original 12 issue series (seen above,) plus her first 11 regular series comic books. It's a great read...
..."On ancient earth magic is dying. The mythic and magical creatures, dragons, unicorns, sorceress and wizards of earth are fading away to nothingness. Banding together they search for a new home world where magic can live again. Making a deal with demons, opening a dimension gateway across space to a new planet of magic...Gemworld. Where their magic is preserved within precious gem stones. Each gem stone represents a royal ruling house...House of Amethyst, House of Diamond, House of Opal, House of Emerald, etc. And the magic power of each House can be passed on to the next generation through the royal blood line.
But dark Lord Opal, wants to be overlord of all the Royal Houses. He wants all the magic powers of each House for himself. And wages war across Gemworld, slaughtering and taking over House by House. Young Princess Amethyst, sole survivor of the House of Amethyst, was whisked away from Gemworld after her family was wiped out by the evil Dark Opal. Hidden away from him, by sending her through the gateway back to modern day Earth. After being raised to age thirteen on Earth, she was attacked by Dark Opal, who had tracked her to her adoptive home at last. But his attack served to awaken her dormant magical powers. She then returned to Gemworld (where she is transformed to a full grown adult due to a magical twist of time) to claim her rightful place on the throne and protect those in need."
...This is a fun retro series. The artwork is quite fantastic even in black and white. A world filled with a mix of dark horrors and extreme beauty. War and hope. Each Gem House has it's own royal family with interesting characters and villains, and plot twists. As Amethyst tries to bring the royal Houses together, over years of differences, in order to defeat Dark Opal. Its 648 pages of fun! Check it out.
..."On ancient earth magic is dying. The mythic and magical creatures, dragons, unicorns, sorceress and wizards of earth are fading away to nothingness. Banding together they search for a new home world where magic can live again. Making a deal with demons, opening a dimension gateway across space to a new planet of magic...Gemworld. Where their magic is preserved within precious gem stones. Each gem stone represents a royal ruling house...House of Amethyst, House of Diamond, House of Opal, House of Emerald, etc. And the magic power of each House can be passed on to the next generation through the royal blood line.
But dark Lord Opal, wants to be overlord of all the Royal Houses. He wants all the magic powers of each House for himself. And wages war across Gemworld, slaughtering and taking over House by House. Young Princess Amethyst, sole survivor of the House of Amethyst, was whisked away from Gemworld after her family was wiped out by the evil Dark Opal. Hidden away from him, by sending her through the gateway back to modern day Earth. After being raised to age thirteen on Earth, she was attacked by Dark Opal, who had tracked her to her adoptive home at last. But his attack served to awaken her dormant magical powers. She then returned to Gemworld (where she is transformed to a full grown adult due to a magical twist of time) to claim her rightful place on the throne and protect those in need."
...This is a fun retro series. The artwork is quite fantastic even in black and white. A world filled with a mix of dark horrors and extreme beauty. War and hope. Each Gem House has it's own royal family with interesting characters and villains, and plot twists. As Amethyst tries to bring the royal Houses together, over years of differences, in order to defeat Dark Opal. Its 648 pages of fun! Check it out.
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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 :)
...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...
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