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Frontlines: Requiem #1 (of 4) Kindle & comiXology

by Ivan Brandon (Author), Marko Kloos (Author), Gary Erskine (Cover Art, Artist), Format: Kindle Edition

3.3 129 ratings

Part of: Frontlines: Requiem

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When Earth is in the crosshairs, there's only one thing standing between survival and destruction: duty.

From acclaimed writer Ivan Brandon (Drifter, Viking), this four-issue comic book series features a new stand-alone story set within the action-packed military sci-fi world of Marko Kloos's bestselling Frontlines novels. Includes stunning artwork from Gary Erskine (Star Wars, Dan Dare, Doctor Who, Judge Dredd).

Colonel Soraya Yamin, commander of the battle-ravaged space control cruiser Phalanx, engages the Lankies, a merciless alien species, in an apocalyptic assault over Mars. The Lankies, who have outgunned, outmaneuvered, and outfought humanity at every turn, have been menacing Earth's colonies. But now they're suddenly in our solar system, decimating the NACS fleet and swarming toward Earth itself. Facing insurmountable odds, Soraya must make a fateful choice between her sworn duty and the loved ones she desperately wants to protect.

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Marko Kloos was born and raised in Germany, in and around the city of Münster. In the past, he has been a soldier, bookseller, freight dock worker, and corporate IT administrator before he decided that he wasn’t cut out for anything other than making stuff up for a living. Marko writes primarily science fiction and fantasy—his first genre love ever since his youth, when he spent his allowance mostly on German SF pulp serials. He likes bookstores, kind people, October in New England, scotch, and long walks on the beach with scotch. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, two children, and a roving pack of vicious dachshunds.

Ivan Brandon was born of Cuban immigrants in New York City in 1976. He’s held all manner of horrific employ and now writes for a number of different entertainment mediums, among them television, animation, film, and video games. He is arguably best known for his work in American comic books, including the acclaimed titles Drifter and Viking. His work is available around the world in different languages. He has several theoretical children and animals.

Gary Erskine is a comic book artist currently living in Glasgow, Scotland, with his wife, Mhairi. He has been illustrating for more than twenty years, working with various companies including DC and Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, Madefire, and IDW. He has also worked on licensed properties such as Doctor Who, Star Wars, Star Trek, Terminator, Judge Dredd, Dan Dare, and Captain America. His current work includes writing and publishing Roller Grrrls, which he created with Anna Malady. You can follow Roller Grrrls by visiting the Facebook page or hub www.rollergrrrls.com. Keep in touch with current events and tour dates by visiting his blog, www.garyerskine.tumblr.com.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01CJVDQJE
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jet City (April 20, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 20, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 94473 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 31 pages

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- #5,638 in Science Fiction Graphic Novels (Books)
- #34,138 in Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels

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Marko Kloos was born in Germany and raised in and around the city of Münster.

Marko writes primarily science fiction and fantasy, his first genre love ever since his youth when he spent his allowance on pulp serials. He's the author of the bestselling Frontlines and Palladium Wars series of military science fiction.

Marko lives in New Hampshire with his wife, two children, and their roving pack of dachshunds.

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Good addition to Frontline series; a bit underwhelming; has potential.

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2016

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Some background, I've read the first four novels in the frontline series (fifth one not out in time of writing this). I think this comic is made for readers of the novel because had I not read the novels, I wouldn't understand how terrifying the Lankies are and what the Lankies reaching Mars actually means. I think this would subtract from the enjoyment. The story could be said as developing quickly but due to the short length, it's a bit underwhelming.

I'm torn between giving this a 3 star or a 4 star, but I finally decided on a 4 star because it's more than "okay" and this could potentially be a good addition to the Frontline universe, although I myself would prefer if it was a side story or novella on the side.

PS One personal comment, the Lankies in the comic isn't close to what I imagined them to be. I thought they were supposed to be like Marshmallow Man.

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Joe the Monk

REALLY good companion to the series

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2016

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Take it from someone actually familiar with the series - man, people complain a lot. Am just on the third book of the series and ran into the comic - just bought and read both. This is a GREAT way of seeing what's in the books. Wish other authors did this too.

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Karl

It’s a comic book, and hard to read

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2018

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OK, I didn’t read the description. After the Frontlines series, I was ready to buy whatever Kloos wrote. Me heap big lexivore. Me give beads for...a comic book. To someone who reads a lot, and quickly, this was a huge barrier. On a large IPad, I could barely make out the text. The little Kindle’s “panel view was better...except when it wasn’t. And I buy books to read, not to swipe every one or two seconds.

Hopefully this review hauls down the average enough for a few less fans to go sour on Kloos.

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shark

Cool add on but lacks substance

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2016

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Love the books more than any sci fi in over a decade. This novel is cool to be able to put some visual references to the main series, but it's extremely short. Worth the cheap price of entry for existing frontlines fans, others won't get much out of it.

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James Brown

Provides some background...

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2019

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I like the small non-comic book background better, but I do like getting some character background for one of the best series to be released in sometime.

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Shaneac1

Action packed with great visuals.

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2016

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Now I finally get to see Marko's vision for the world he created in the frontlines books through his eyes all I need now is more comics and for frontlines to take the leap into the world of live action rather it be a movie or a TV series.

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This review is for books 1-4 of the illustrated series

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2020

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Going a little pandemic stir crazy and tapping my foot for the next Frontlines book, I purchased all four of these today hoping for a temporary Kloos fix.
But twelve bucks for a total (all 4) reading time of 10 minutes has only ticked me off! What a racket.

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Joaquín Tébar Soto

Poor and convoluted story telling

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2016

I got it for free on amazon prime reading and happy I did not pay for it. I love comics and sci-fi opera but this is a very basic comic book and poor story telling. The drawing and colouring are not that bad but nothing extraordinary, I was not impressed. The script is awful. Characters are flat, their motivation looks like an army advertising, not very realistic, everything happens too fast, I did not see the connection between what happens on one page and what goes on next. There are plenty of good ideas (commitment, decision making under pressure, leadership, how to save a "sinking" ship, destruction of the fabric of society, survival of the human race, etc.) but they are not giving space to breath and grow up most of the time. It is all messed up.

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gran

Rubbish don't waste your money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2021

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Do not waste your money comic books

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Fantastic

Reviewed in Australia on March 24, 2021

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Having red four of the Frontlines book, reading a fully imagined comic in the same universe, under a new perspective, was a dream come true. Looking foward to read further instalments.

martin goddard

One Star

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2018

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carton rubbish

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One Star

Reviewed in Australia on February 13, 2018

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wish i'd known this was a comic book
did it say it was??