Ares | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Format | Limited series |
Genre | |
Publication date | March – July 2006 |
No. of issues | 5 |
Main character(s) | Ares Hercules Zeus Achilles |
Creative team | |
Written by | Michael Avon Oeming |
Penciller(s) | Travel Foreman |
Inker(s) | Derek Fridolfs |
Letterer(s) | Joe Caramagna |
Colorist(s) | 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]
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.
The series is collected in the trade paperback Ares: God of War ( ISBN 978-0785119913).
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