- Scion (comics)
Supercbbox| title=Scion
comic_color=background:#c0c0c0
caption=Cover to "Scion "#1
schedule=Monthly
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publisher=Crossgen Comics inc
date= July 2000 – April 2004
issues=43
main_char_team=Ethan of Heron
Skink
Ashleigh of Raven
Exeter
Bron
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writers=Ron Marz
artists=
pencillers=Jim Cheung
inkers=Don Hillsman II
colorists=Caesar Rodriguez
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creators=Mark Alessi Gina M. Villa "Scion" was an American comic book published by
CrossGen Entertainment from July 2000 to April 2004. It was cancelled due to the bankruptcy of Crossgen Comics Inc in 2004.Plot synopsis
The story of "Scion" mainly concerns Ethan, youngest prince of the Heron Dynasty. He is accompanied by Skink, a member of the Lower Races and his best friend. While the Heron and Raven Dynasties have been at war for hundreds of years, there exists at the beginning of the tale a relative peace between the two Kingdoms. This peace doesn't last.
Ethan is later joined by Ashleigh, the princess of the Raven dynasty, and a
bounty hunter named Exeter, who is a genetically modified humanoid. The main antagonist is Prince Bron of the Raven Dynasty, the older brother of Ashleigh. Bron is determined to kill Ethan and Ashleigh.The group experience many events, most notably
* A war between the Heron and Raven kingdoms,
* The establishment of a free nation for the lower races on an isle in the middle of a great ocean instigated by Ethan and Ashleigh
* Invasion by a foreign nation with an army of mechanical robots.Ethan does not realize that his childhood friend is an agent of greater powers. Ethan thinks Skink is just a normal (if small) humanoid but he is really a fragment of
Danik . Bron's advisor is Mai Shen who is really a member of The First. Mai Shen does not tell Bron much about her background but she does reveal her super-human nature to Bron when she gives him a part of her powers.The final issue ends the series with Ethan and his father caught in the epicenter of a nuclear explosion. An added short narrative scene, taking place hundreds of years in the future, assures readers that Ethan does escape the blast and the story has a happy ending after all.
Comics and books
"Scion "ran through 43 issues (from July 2000 till April 2004). CrossGen also published four trade paperback books collecting the first half of the series.
*"Conflict of Conscience"
*"Blood for Blood"
*"Divided Loyalties"
*"Sanctuary"Two more trade paperbacks ("The Far Kingdom" and "The Royal Wedding") were announced but never released due to CrossGen's bankruptcy
The publishing company Checkers has subsequently re-released the first 4 volumes, along with the fifth, and volume 6 is forth-coming in 2007.
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