MAELSTROM
ISSUE: #1
YEAR: 1987
PUBLISHER: AIRCEL COMICS
STORY & ART BY: JIM SOMERVILLE
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COVER 4.5/5
ART 4/5
STORY 4/5
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Evil plotting Mistress Queen of the Metaloids - “the meanest bitch to ever cast a spell,” - demands the bloody decapitation of a rogue dark wizard named Han-Kar-Harsh and hires freelance executioner Maelstrom for the hit. But, the wizard has foreseen his death and upon Maelstrom’s arrival, he strikes a bargin with the executioner: I’ll transmit my dark energies and powers into your axe, in exchange you must cast a spell on my severed head. However, Maelstrom totally “bungles” the spell and the wizard’s crimson head splits open and a hairy wolf-like winged goblin pries itself out from within the flesh and bone. The Queen hears of this morbid debacle and sends forth an army of mercenaries and beasts to destroy Maelstrom. -EH