warhammerBoom-Studios has started publishing a handful of different Warhammer 40k comics. Damnation Crusade was a 6 issue mini-series. There are two other Warhammer series they are working on Blood and Thunder and Forge of War. Warhammer 40k started out as a board game in 1987 and is now a huge franchise. There is a large collection of board games and video games based on the Warhammer 40k universe. There has even been word of a Warhammer 40k MMO.

In the nightmare future of the 41st millennium, Mankind teeters upon the brink of extinction. The galaxy-spanning Imperium of Man is beset on all sides by ravening aliens, and threatened from within by malevolent creatures and heretic rebels. Only the strength of the Immortal Emperor of Terra stands between Humanity and its annihilation. Foremost amongst servants of the Imperium stand the Space Marines, mentally and physically engineered to be the supreme fighting force, the ultimate protectors of Mankind. The Black Templars are fearless champions and unforgiving crusaders against the enemies of the Emperor. Forged from the Imperial Fists Space Marines in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy, the Black Templars have undertaken the longest crusade the Imperium has ever known to prove their loyalty.

The comic centres on a new recruit to the Black Templars Space Marines and a member from their elite Sword Brethren squad, and, the most venerable of their warriors, the Dreadnaught. From the Battle of Carrion Gulf all the way through the Torment Crusade we follow these
genetically enhanced super-warriors in their dedicated hunt for the enemies of the Imperium.

If you couldn’t tell from the description the story follows three different people; a new space marine, an old space marine and an immortal Dreadnaught. The stories are separate from each other so the right when you are getting into one characters story it switches to another. The stories jump from one to the other throughout the six issues which makes it kind of frustrating at times when you’re reading the books. Once I reached the end and had gotten used to the way the stories were scattered about I began liking the stories and wanting more but alas it was the end. The art in the comics was excellent and if you enjoy looking at fine art with without paying too close attention to the storyline this is a great comic for you. I am going to buy the other comics in the Warhammer 40k series partially for the art and partially because I enjoy the Warhammer 40k games.

Boom Studios has one other comic coming out that I am looking forward to: the Gears of War comic they are creating.

Rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆

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