The Metabaron Book 1
The Techno-Admiral & The Anti-Baron - Oversized Deluxe

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jerry Frissen & Valentin Sécher

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Authors:: Alejandro Jodorowsky (Writer)
Jerry Frissen (Writer)
Valentin Sécher (Art)
Date:: Oct 18, 2016
Edition:: Oversized Deluxe
Format:: 112 pages - Color
9.4 x 12.6 in
ISBN:: 9781594651533
Price:: $29.95 - £20.99 - Can$39.99

The Metabaron Book 1
The Techno-Admiral & The Anti-Baron - Oversized Deluxe

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jerry Frissen & Valentin Sécher

The return of the greatest warrior in the universe: The Metabaron!

It is the destiny of every Metabaron to pass down their title through the honor of being bested by their son in mortal combat. But the Metabaron No Name has become overcome with fear, and his son Adal is far from honorable. As the son seeks to destroy the father who abandoned him, the universe’s supply of the life giving substance epiphyte--and therefore all of existence itself--hangs in the balance!

In this new and long-awaited installment of the classic INCAL spin-off series, writer Jerry Frissen and artist Pete Woods put the Metabaron through his greatest challenge yet.

The Metabaron once single-handedly brought the Techno-Techno Empire to its knees. But in the chaos that followed, a new regime within the Techno-Techno civilization has rebuilt by seizing control of the galaxy’s most precious fuel, the Epyphite. When this tyrannical new force learns that the Metabaron is back and headed towards Marmola, the only known source of Epiphyte, the Empire dispatches its most trusted servant: the notoriously invulnerable and cruel Wilhelm-100, The Techno-Admiral. Can the Metabaron save the universe once more, or has he finally met his match?

In the same series

Oversized Deluxe
Digital Comic

Book 1 : The Techno-Admiral & The Anti-Baron

Book 2 : The Techno-Cardinal & The Transhuman

Book 3 : The Meta-Guardianess and the Techno-Baron

Book 4 : The Bastard and the Proto-Guardianess

Book 1 : Wilhelm, The Techno-Admiral

Book 2 : Khonrad, The Anti-Baron

Book 3 : Orne-8, The Techno-Cardinal

Book 4 : Simak, The Transhuman

Book 5 : Rina, the Meta-Guardianess

Book 6 : No Name, the Techno-Baron

Book 7 : The Bastard

Book 8 : The Proto-Guardianess

Press

Publishers Weekly

...it tosses Greek mythology, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and a bit of the old ultraviolence into a blender and presses frappé. ...stunningly illustrated and utterly bananas.

icv2

This strong science fiction story will not only appeal to readers familiar with the Metabaron catalog and the strong output of Humanoids in the field, but should also be on the radar for audiences weaned on Image Comics' recent presence in the genre over the past few years with titles such as Saga, Prophet, and much more.

Grovel

His replacement, Valentin Sécher, brings even more to the party, though, taking up the challenge of picking up where Gimenez left off and running a country mile with it. Some of the overtly sexual content is toned down and while Sécher doesn’t shy away from an exposed breast here and there, it’s less gratuitous than in The Metabarons series. He doesn’t shy away from the gore, though, and this remains an adult book crammed with darkness and violence: exactly how a Metabaron book should be.

Bleeding Cool

The art, by Valentin Secher, is gorgeously atmospheric. While it is suitably epic for a story of its scope, it also scales down very well for smaller, more personal scenes. The character designs are remarkable, as are the new worlds and spacecraft. Sand cities, markets where slave-women are bought, citadels, super-advanced tech are all very well rendered here, and painted in gorgeous colour.

All-Comic

If you’re new to this circus, then be prepared to be welcomed with giant robotic gladiator arms as it’s impressively accessible in its decision to open with a more linear, grounded plot than its predecessor. It’s still as grand as ever, of course, blending soap opera with Poetic Edda and psychological equilibrium with tragic humanity.

AiPT!

The Metabaron: Book 1 isn’t just good, it’s memorable. The imagery will stick with you, the complex world will make you ponder its depths, and the mythical nature of the hero has deep roots worth exploring. It might turn some away due to its slow start and crazy use of language, but if you give it a chance you’ll be hooked.

Grovel

At this stage I can’t recommend this series highly enough. The drama; the chaos; the universe building; the shock and awe of both illustration and plot: it all binds together into one of the best sci-fi storylines I’ve read in ages.

Multiversity Comics

“The Metabaron: Book Two” has all the makings of a classic sci-fi and then some. If you’re a fan of the current Image Comics Sci-Fi movement, you need to jump onto this series.

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