The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of MULAN: REVELATIONS #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Robert Alter is the creator, with Marc
Andreyko writing and art by Micah Kaneshiro.
In ancient China, a legendary warrior battles to protect the
legacy of a nation and a way of life. Fast forward to the future, a hundred
years from now. A tech-based virus is spreading quickly, killing off people
with implants (which is now the vast majority of the population). The
descendant of the legend, young Mulan, volunteers at a clinic in the slums.
When she’s injured by an apparent lunatic, her true identity is revealed to a
tech company, sending her on the run.
The one thing you can count on from a legendary warrior
story is great battles, and once you zap the story forward to a cyberpunk-type
future, it’s bound to be epic. Mulan is the namesake of her ancestor, and she
may be forced to fight the huge battle like her as well. And given who’s running
the tech company, the stakes are definitely running high. The art is really
cool, too, with the high level of detail and the cyberpunk atmosphere you’d
hope for in such a story.
This is the beginning of a great story, built from old
Chinese stories (rather than from animated movies). Definitely pick this book
up.
~Mike ( @MikeyGeek )
