Sandu Florea
One of the true cornerstones of Western literature comes to the Marvel Illustrated line! The ancient world is embroiled in a mighty clash of armies; Greek versus Trojan. Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, has betrayed her husband, the Greek, Menelaus, and fled to Troy with Trojan prince, Paris. The Greeks have sailed to Troy to bring her back...and crush all that stand in their way. This is the first chapter in the saga that virtually
...Reconciling himself to Agamemnon in the wake of Patroclus' death, Achilles goes on a rampage, slaughtering Trojan soldiers. Achilles nearly takes the city himself until he is challenged by Prince Agenar, actually Apollo in disguise. Looking down on the battlefield Zeus himself rescinds his injunction against divine interference and the gods join the struggle once more, shaking the heavens with the sudden unleashing of their
awesome power!
The gods have stepped back from their involvement in the great war on Earth and thus, the Greeks have forced the Trojans back to the very walls of Troy. It is then that the greatest of Trojan warriors, the mighty Hector, can be held back no longer and he challenges any Greek in a struggle to the death to decide the war! Ajax the Greater, mightiest of the Greeks, accepts the challenge and a battle that would rock the ancient world begins! The classic
...The Trojan War intensifies! The Greeks suffer a massacre and are slowly recovering when the god Zeus rains blood on the Greek lines, panicking them! The Greek fortifications seem to hold—until the Trojan warrior Hector shatters one of the Greek gates with a hurled boulder! The Trojans then pass through the gates, altering the course of the epic conflict! How many more will die to determine the fate of the woman Helen?
While the epic battle continues to rage, Patroclus pleads with Achilles to wear the hero's armor in combat. With Achilles' blessing, Patroclus sallies forth with the fearsome Myrmidons at his back. Guided by the god Apollo, the Trojan warrior Hector joins the disguised Patroclus in combat, the outcome of which will seal the fates of these two great civilizations!
The great god Zeus, happy with the war's progress, takes his leave of the battlefield. But his brother, Poseidon, and wife, Hera, secretly aid the Greeks against Zeus's wishes! When the king of the gods discovers this treachery, his fury reverberates throughout
the halls of Mount Olympus itself—and even unto the earthly battlefield of the Trojan War! As the tide of battle turns, what will this portend for the brave Greeks and noble Trojans?
...Licking their wounds, the Trojans have withdrawn behind their impenetrable city walls. All, that is, save their most celebrated warrior, Hector, who refuses to retreat. And so the stage is set for the Achaeons' mightiest hero, Achilles, to face Hector in a single combat that may decide the future of this epic struggle. It's the final chapter of this timeless work that has spoken to countless generations of the triumphs and tragedies of war.