Ares (comic book)

Ares
Cover to Ares #1. Art by Travel Foreman.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Format	Limited series
Genre	Superhero Mythology
Publication date	March – July 2006
No. of issues	5
Main character(s)	Ares Hercules Zeus Achilles
Creative team
Written by	Michael Avon Oeming
Penciller	Travel Foreman
Inker	Derek Fridolfs
Letterer	Joe Caramagna
Colorist	Len O'Grady
Collected editions
Ares: God of War	ISBN   978-0-7851-1991-3

Ares is a 2006 Marvel Comics comic book limited series starring the character of the same name is written by Michael Avon Oeming ^[1] and pencilled by Travel Foreman. ^[2]

Plot summary

After abandoning the Olympian pantheon, the Greek god Ares poses as a mortal, raising his son Alexander. When Alexander is kidnapped by Ares' father Zeus and then captured by the evil Japanese god Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Ares joins forces with Zeus and half-brother Hercules to rescue his son.

Collected editions

The series is collected in the trade paperback Ares: God of War ( ISBN   978-0785119913).

Notes

1. Tramountanas, George A. (November 29, 2005). "Marvel's New God On The Block - Oeming Writes "Ares"". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved March 17, 2009.
2. Kean, Benjamin Ong Pang (November 14, 2005). "Travel Foreman's War Cry". Newsarama. Archived from the original on November 24, 2005. Retrieved March 17, 2009.

References

• Ares at the Grand Comics Database
• Ares at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)