"Will of Iron" - This Comic Understood Warhammer 40,000
Warhammer 40k! Heck, yeah!
Writer: George Man
Artist: Tazio Bettin
Colorist: Enrica Eren Angiolini
Letterer: Rob Steen
Publisher: Titan Comics
Published: June 20, 2017
Length: 112 Pages
Publisher's Blurb: After a thousand years of warp storms, the Calaphrax Cluster has re-opened to the universe, and Baltus and his fellow Dark Angel Space Marines join a strike force sent to explore and secure the region, in search of forgotten artefacts and ancient technology! But the forces of Chaos are never far away... and a shameful Dark Angels secret from the Horus Heresy soon leads to a new front in the war!
It’s a shame this comic is out of print so hard to find, because it’s such a wonderful read.
You’ll need some background knowledge of the 40K universe to really appreciate this comic, but with that in mind, it’s near perfect. Will of Iron has everything a 40K fan could want: Imperial infighting, dastardly chaos space marine schemes, knights, and the best space marine chapter of all: the Dark Angels (I said what I said). The characters are memorable and distinct.
Especially praiseworthy is Tazio Bettin’s artwork. It’s quintessentially Warhammer and steals the show. It feels epic. His layout work is innovative and takes full advantage of his setting to help communicate the tone and scale of the story. I come again and again to an especially lovely 2-page spread a little way into issue 0. He also manages to keep the space marines, often clad in full armor, distinguishable from one another.
Sadly, this volume is an incomplete story and the concluding two volumes are long out of print and very expensive. I’ve been trying to track them down at a price I’m willing to pay for a while.
Despite not knowing how the story ends, I still love this comic. It is pitch-perfect genre execution. This comic feels like Warhammer 40,000. It makes me want to paint more minis. It makes me want to watch lore videos. It makes me want to swear my fealty to the Emperor of Mankind. What more could a casual 40K fan need?
5/5 Stars
Artist: Tazio Bettin
Colorist: Enrica Eren Angiolini
Letterer: Rob Steen
Publisher: Titan Comics
Published: June 20, 2017
Length: 112 Pages
Publisher's Blurb: After a thousand years of warp storms, the Calaphrax Cluster has re-opened to the universe, and Baltus and his fellow Dark Angel Space Marines join a strike force sent to explore and secure the region, in search of forgotten artefacts and ancient technology! But the forces of Chaos are never far away... and a shameful Dark Angels secret from the Horus Heresy soon leads to a new front in the war!
It’s a shame this comic is out of print so hard to find, because it’s such a wonderful read.
You’ll need some background knowledge of the 40K universe to really appreciate this comic, but with that in mind, it’s near perfect. Will of Iron has everything a 40K fan could want: Imperial infighting, dastardly chaos space marine schemes, knights, and the best space marine chapter of all: the Dark Angels (I said what I said). The characters are memorable and distinct.
Especially praiseworthy is Tazio Bettin’s artwork. It’s quintessentially Warhammer and steals the show. It feels epic. His layout work is innovative and takes full advantage of his setting to help communicate the tone and scale of the story. I come again and again to an especially lovely 2-page spread a little way into issue 0. He also manages to keep the space marines, often clad in full armor, distinguishable from one another.
Sadly, this volume is an incomplete story and the concluding two volumes are long out of print and very expensive. I’ve been trying to track them down at a price I’m willing to pay for a while.
Despite not knowing how the story ends, I still love this comic. It is pitch-perfect genre execution. This comic feels like Warhammer 40,000. It makes me want to paint more minis. It makes me want to watch lore videos. It makes me want to swear my fealty to the Emperor of Mankind. What more could a casual 40K fan need?
5/5 Stars
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