DC Comics to publish Gears of War series

by Christopher Grant { Apr 18th 2008 at 3:14PM }

DC Comics has been busy today, first announcing its kooperation with fighting series stalwart, Mortal Kombat in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and also announcing plans for a comic book series based on the Gears of War franchise. We're quite certain that none of this has to do with the New York Comic-Con which, totally coincidentally, got underway today. The series, due in October – again, we're sure this has nothing to do with Gears of War 2: Chainsaw Boogaloo – will be published under DC's WildStorm imprint, whom you may remember from the World of Warcraft comic. No word on the creative team responsible for curb-stomping the video game into the confines of the comic book format, but we're sure any number of lonely high-schoolers with notebooks full of pictures of rifles with chainsaw bayonets would kill for the job.

Tags: comic-books, DC-Comics, Epic-Games, Gears-of-War

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jomolungma @ Apr 18th 2008 3:19PM

Does this mean that we'll see MK v. GoW? After all, they're part of the DC universe now, right? Fenix - fatality!

Benny @ Apr 18th 2008 3:19PM

Marcus Fenix in Mortal Kombat vs. DC, confirmed?

Huey2k2 @ Apr 18th 2008 3:24PM

I'd buy it.

Cal @ Apr 18th 2008 3:34PM

Finish him!

*Chainsaw revs*

Huey2k2 @ Apr 18th 2008 3:35PM

Man, I would cream my pants.

Mr.ESC @ Apr 18th 2008 7:55PM

That would be fuck*ng awesome.

Tim The Enchanter @ Apr 18th 2008 11:45PM

Curve stomp fatality on Superman ftw

Tim The Enchanter @ Apr 18th 2008 11:46PM

Or curb stomp. Maybe, if I were typing without oven mits on.

Yuccadude @ Apr 18th 2008 3:21PM

Why does the topmost locust have a tentacle-stache? Tentacle-stached monks confirmed for GoW2...

theturtle363 @ Apr 18th 2008 4:27PM

that's just a very odd helmet if you look closely.

PojoMofo @ Apr 18th 2008 3:24PM

I want to lop Marcus's head off with the Batarang

343 Guilty Fart @ Apr 18th 2008 3:28PM

So this also isn't going to have a plot, right?

FOXHOUND @ Apr 18th 2008 4:11PM

...pl-ot...? Is that Yiddish?

OTAM @ Apr 18th 2008 6:50PM

You're looking for a plot in a game that's based on over the top gore and deliberate b-movie cheese?

I think you're on the wrong ship here buddy.

TheHuntIsOn @ Apr 18th 2008 3:30PM

So I'd like to read this for the riveting story the game presented us with.

riggs @ Apr 18th 2008 6:20PM

I C WAT U DID DUR

Benny @ Apr 18th 2008 6:33PM

I'm sorry but I didn't understand either of those comments.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 18th 2008 3:41PM

Why do people hate on the story so much? Calm the fuck down. Its NOT an RPG, its supposed to be a blockbuster movie type game and it did that very well as the 5 Million people that bought it will agree. Here take a gander and STFU already! =)

Gears of War takes place on Sera, a planet inhabited by humans, who have warred over a phosphorescent, low-viscosity fluid known as "Imulsion" highly valued as a source of energy. Over several decades, the Pendulum Wars took place between various human countries, and ended with the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) taking control of the planet. The war quickly came to an end on "Emergence Day", when a ravenous force known as the Locust Horde bursts from underneath major human cities using a network of underground tunnels.

The Coalition, unable to defend against the sudden attack, is routed, and the Locust Horde takes control of the majority of Sera's urban, military, and manufacturing centers within 24 hours. The COG orders any survivors to Jacinto Plateau, a safe haven from Locust underground attacks due to the composition of the rock it is made of, and then uses orbital laser weapons in a scorched earth strategy to deny the Locust Horde its gains. The human survivors that could not make it become known as the "Stranded" and have to survive on their own. In the 14 years since "Emergence Day", the Locust continue to attack the fortified Jacinto Plateau and force the COG to turn to the infirm, the young, and the condemned to replace their dwindling numbers.

fourteen years after Emergence Day. Marcus Fenix, a former COG soldier, is reinstated into the military after spending four years in prison. Dominic Santiago successfully extracts him from the prison, and takes him to meet Delta Squad. The group seeks to obtain the "resonator", a device that will map the Locust Tunnel, and later deploy the "Lightmass Bomb", which will destroy the heart of the Locust forces. Fenix and his allies recover the device, but suffer multiple casualties in the process. Amidst the chaos, Fenix leads the remaining soldiers through the ruins of Sera, to a mining facility, and finally into the planet’s depths.

Delta Squad succeeds in detonating the resonator, but only to shortly discover that the device failed to map the entire tunnel network. Fortunately, they discover a near complete map of the network that originates from Fenix’s old home, specifically his father’s laboratory. The group ventures to the Fenix estate at East Barricade Academy, encountering heavy Locust resistance. The data is collected, and the group then boards a train carrying the Lightmass Bomb. Fenix and Santiago battle their way through the train, and defeat General RAAM, before finally uploading the data. Fenix activates the bomb while Santiago escapes onto a helicopter and then, with the help of Colonel Hoffman, pulls Fenix onboard after the Bomb is activated. Fully activated, the Lightmass Bomb launches into Sera's underground, and eradicates the Locust tunnel networks. In the game's final sequence, Hoffman delivers a victory speech as the tunnels collapse and explode, whereupon the voice of the Locust Queen promises that the Locust will keep on fighting.

RobLink (MKWii code : 0989 1866 6646) @ Apr 18th 2008 3:56PM

Fenix, we know you love the Gears, but that was a copy/paste, right? RIGHT?!?!

el serpiente @ Apr 18th 2008 3:59PM

So, they're fighting over alien jizz?

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 18th 2008 4:00PM

copy/paste? Pfft!!

Are you kidding me, that shits from the heart right there man! ;) I love Gears like Fernando loves waggle and I love Gears like KayRazy Ken loves Bluray =P

BTW, yeah got it from wiki.com

gir @ Apr 18th 2008 4:01PM

Hey, you've wrote an essay.

I wrote to my essay in florida.

FOXHOUND @ Apr 18th 2008 4:15PM

Actually, GoW's story is one of my favorites in FPS gaming(if it truly falls in that cateGORY. Bwa ha ha. Gory...).

Granted, as Fenix said, it's not on the level of Shakespeare... but it has thrilling moments. Dr Uwe Boll would bitch about it and claim he's a genius compared to it, so GOW's fine. Yep. :]

theturtle363 @ Apr 18th 2008 4:29PM

Pendulum, COG, Gears, these are almost as bad as Ludwig's puns

Vcize @ Apr 18th 2008 4:30PM

Fenix, do you still play Gears online often? Me and a group of guys are still on that thing like 10-15 hours a week even now, we should get you in there some time.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 18th 2008 4:43PM

Well honestly I dont, but I did dust it off the other day because one of my buddies wanted to get on there. Damn I was rusty. Add me and well see whats up GT: xFenixKnightx

Benny @ Apr 18th 2008 5:17PM

I'm up for some Gears.

Gamertag: BennyBox

343 Guilty Fart @ Apr 18th 2008 8:27PM

Yes, but WHY the hell was there a map of the locust tunnels at your old home??? That's the part that always bugged me.

Dubbz45 @ Apr 18th 2008 3:49PM

so its a picture book with no words/story? I dont know if i can peel my eyes off of COD4 to take a gander..

heckthor @ Apr 18th 2008 3:54PM

That looks Badass... Enough Said...

big brekfest @ Apr 18th 2008 3:59PM

jesus. you'd think they'd get a better artist to promote this. That looks like someone drew it with their nutsack.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 18th 2008 4:14PM

That is one talented nutsack.

el serpiente @ Apr 18th 2008 5:57PM

Speaking of nutsacks, it looks like those aliens are trying to get a peek at Fenix's schlonger...

Nate @ Apr 18th 2008 4:04PM

Wait wait, so now there's a movie based on the game, and a comic based on the game, all we need now is a movie based on the comic based on the game, or even better, a game based on the movie based on the comic based on the game. Yee haw, full circle, baby!

Deck @ Apr 18th 2008 4:17PM

This is exciting! Look forward to checking them out!

TwEE @ Apr 18th 2008 4:39PM

So Rob Liefelds going to be penciling this huh? He would be a pefect match for Epic's horrific character designs.

Rob Liefeld and Epic where made for each other.. Look at this,

http://i.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/livestock~captain.jpg

aparently Marcus Fenix and Captain America where twins seperated at birth..