After finding Amazing Spiderman #583 in my drawer last week, I really wasn't expecting to find any of the Frank Frazetta's Moon Maid up for grabs at my comic book shop yesterday. Usually the high-demand titles are pretty thin in number by Thursday.
The wooden bin devoted to the new comics did indeed contain two copies, so I grabbed them both.
Score.
The cover art of this one-shot is just fun geeky goodness. The comic was rolled out with three different covers, and I was lucky to get Cover A, done by Frazetta, as shown above.
The story opens with the beautiful maiden, Ciena, strolling along on the moon, Kyra. She quickly runs into trouble, and is rescued by a centaur with a spear wearing some ugly costume jewelry. Once they're out of danger, he shares that he is the son of the Moon God, Orel. He takes her to the Temple of Orel, and then by reading the writings on the wall (literally) she discovers that she has been brought there to be sacrificed. Apparently her blood is the element that is needed to give life to Orel.
Anyway, a priestess called Lyanna, accompanied by a gang of bad-ass flying monkeys, show up to kick some centaur butt and save Ciena from the blood letting.
This is exactly why I love flying monkeys.
The final panel of the comic reads, "The Equinox has come....and the rebirth has begun."
There are only 56 days until the Vernal Equinox- but who's counting?
2 comments:
Thanks for your comments. I also see that you are a Barack Obama fan, too.
Who doesn't love flying monkeys really? Comic sounds real awesome Michelle, can't wait to get my copy. You sure have impecable taste in comics geekgirl.
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