In a premise germane to our Brexit times, British Nationalists seek to resurrect the once and future king in an attempt to restore England for the English (the legend goes that Arthur will return when the English people need him most - no-one saw him during WW1 and WW2 but he’s probably coming back to save us from this latest pandemic, right.). So it’s a subversive take on the King Arthur myth by way of Brendan Fraser’s first Mummy movie with shades of The Last Crusade (one scene in particular is a near-identical rip off). I don't want to ruin the journey for you but this is one that you should definitely get off your ass and check out.Įgads - it’s been so long since I read a half-decent Kieron Gillen comic I’d given up hope that he’d ever produce another one again! But thankfully he has with the best artist working at Boom at the moment, Dan Mora - this is Once & Future, Volume 1: The King is Undead. <-an assy old broad who recently escaped from her nursing home. This one felt like it was fully formed.Īnyway, Duncan is this somewhat bumbling guy who gets dragged into a real-life Dungeons & Dragons quest by his Grandmother. A lot of times with these new titles, I feel like they come off as incomplete or sort of like a rough sketch. That? Honestly, that should be enough to pull anyone into the story.īut just in case you're still on the fence, Kieron Gillen also takes Arthurian legend and turns it on its head.įor example, the good King Arthur is back from the dead but this time around he looks like a reject from The Black Cauldron.įor the first volume of a completely new series, this had an amazingly good story arc and fantastic characters. In the inside back cover, several figures and help lines are listed.Once & Future does something extremely unexpected by turning your grandma into a chainsmoking, gun-toting, monster fighting, badass. A special interest issue dealing with domestic violence.Theseus' and Alcippe's son (Mentioned only).Great Mother Cybele (As an illusion only).Wonder Woman is saddened to learn that the violence that befell her own people was not an isolated incident, and neither is it a thing of the past, as she is forced to save doctor Keneally from her own abusive husband.

They uncover the forgotten history of the Ephesians and their princess, Artemis, and her struggle against the abductor of her mother, Theseus. 2 Appearing in 'The Once and Future Story'Īt a dig in Ireland, Julia Kapatelis and Moira Keneally uncover stone tablets with Greek on them, and ask Wonder Woman to translate.1 Synopsis for 'The Once and Future Story'.

Once and future vol 1