Highlander!

[GyLocke]

Connor MacLeod is back in a brand new medium -- Comics! Our Immortal hero battles one of our most infamous villains, the evil Kurgan razed and reborn... or is he?

Find out in the premier issue #0 of The Highlander Comic Book Series created by Davis Panzer Productions and Dynamite Entertainment, written by Brandon Jerwa and Michael “Red Sonja” Avon Oeming with cover art by renowned artist, Gabriele Dell‘Otto.

Start your premier limited edition collection now--Many talented cover artists will be creating future covers, for the Highlander Comic Book, such as John (Astonishing X-Men) Cassaday, Billy (X-23) Tan, Mel (Red Sonja) Rubi, Lee (Painkiller Jane) Moder, Will (Red Sonja/Thulsa Doom) Conrad, and Guiseppe Camo (Captain Atom) Camuncoli. Plus, more covers by Gabriel (Secret War) Dell'Otto! In addition to Connor, several popular characters from both the film and the TV series are set to appear in upcoming issues of the new Highlander Comic.

Comic "0" Features events that start off shortly after the first film, Connor MacLeod, the Immortal Highlander, finds himself in the middle of a present day reunion that takes him back to Berlin, right after the events of the Second World War! During the "Coldest War" Connor comes up against the Kurgan and the cadre of highly trained super-assassins who follow him. Issue #0 leads directly into issue #1 of this all-new, ongoing series!

AWSOME!

 

[Elijya]

HIGHLANDER!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

In the start of the series they said the Gathering has started, Immortals are coming to America for the final fight.
Then they've abanadoned it soon, with him hanging in Paris, meeting dozens of immortals, fighting a demon, watchers and whatnot. Nothing indicated that the final fight is coming. I don't want that for the comics. I really want only a few dozen of them still alive, and preparing for the Gathering.

You realize that that'll never happen in an ongoing, right? The Gathering means that someone will soon win the Prize. Winning the Prize means that the Highlander saga is over. I agree that abandoning the idea of the Gathering was lame in the show, but it was necessary because, like any serialized, open-ended format, a TV series needs room to grow. As lame as dropping the idea of the Gathering was, I guarantee you that trying to force Duncan and all the other immortals to live under the looming threat of the Gathering for all six seasons of the show would've been much, much worse.

Similarly, I'm fairly certain you won't find any mention of the Gathering taking place anytime soon in an ongoing comic. In fact, since Connor is the protagonist of the comics, I'm pretty sure it'll all be prequel stuff that takes place between the end of the first Highlander movie and the beginning of Highlander: Endgame.

 

[wiegeabo]

Poisons, gasses and suffocation don't kill them either although it does have an effect. One of the episodes has an Immortal who drinks Absinthe which poisons and kills mortals.That was how Duncan tracked the guy down. Duncan also says that immortals can catch diseases but not die from them. Suffocation puts immortals into a kind of suspended animation. One woman survived from ancient Egypt in a sarcophagus that way.

But they do die. They just come back to life later when the area allows. In one episode, Duncan was trapped underground during a German bombing and their was a gas leak. The leak eventually killed him and his girlfriend. When they were finally discovered and normal air got to him, he was able to come back to life.

And Absinthe is a very slow acting poison. It doesn't kill you out right, but over time, if you drink enough, it can drive you insane and then kill you. Since immortals heal very quickly, the bad effects of the drink were countered by that Immortal.

 

[GyLocke]

You realize that that'll never happen in an ongoing, right? The Gathering means that someone will soon win the Prize. Winning the Prize means that the Highlander saga is over. I agree that abandoning the idea of the Gathering was lame in the show, but it was necessary because, like any serialized, open-ended format, a TV series needs room to grow. As lame as dropping the idea of the Gathering was, I guarantee you that trying to force Duncan and all the other immortals to live under the looming threat of the Gathering for all six seasons of the show would've been much, much worse.

Similarly, I'm fairly certain you won't find any mention of the Gathering taking place anytime soon in an ongoing comic. In fact, since Connor is the protagonist of the comics, I'm pretty sure it'll all be prequel stuff that takes place between the end of the first Highlander movie and the beginning of Highlander: Endgame.

I've just read issue 0 of the comic. Awsome as it is, I don't think it follows the continuity of the series, and I'm certain Engame is not in continuity. They wouldn't do that to the fans of Connor who the comic is aimed at.

 

[The Question]

Also, if they can use Connor for the comic, there's no need for Duncan.

I rather like having both. They're different characters who compliment each other nicely. Connor's a cynic who just wants to be left alone. Duncan is a bit more optimistic and tends to go out of his way to help people. Having them play off of each other is very interesting.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

But they do die. They just come back to life later when the area allows. In one episode, Duncan was trapped underground during a German bombing and their was a gas leak. The leak eventually killed him and his girlfriend. When they were finally discovered and normal air got to him, he was able to come back to life.

And Absinthe is a very slow acting poison. It doesn't kill you out right, but over time, if you drink enough, it can drive you insane and then kill you. Since immortals heal very quickly, the bad effects of the drink were countered by that Immortal.

The dying/returning to life bit was added in the TV series. In the first movie, Connor literally couldn't die. I prefer it the way it is in the TV series, myself. I remember one episode where they had a really cool story where an immortal somehow blamed Duncan for leaving him trapped on an island somewhere, and he kept dying from starvation over and over and over again until he was finally rescued.

I've just read issue 0 of the comic. Awsome as it is, I don't think it follows the continuity of the series, and I'm certain Engame is not in continuity. They wouldn't do that to the fans of Connor who the comic is aimed at.

How would Connor's dying in Endgame affect the comic if it's set between Highlander 1 and Endgame? Big deal, Connor eventually dies. That doesn't detract from the adventures shown in the comic.

Also, given that Highlander: The Source is set to pick up where Endgame left off, I'd say Endgame is indeed in continuity. Like it or not, Duncan's basically the hero of Highlander at this point.

 

[hippy fascist]

I've just read issue 0 of the comic. Awsome as it is, I don't think it follows the continuity of the series, and I'm certain Engame is not in continuity. They wouldn't do that to the fans of Connor who the comic is aimed at.

It only takes into account the first movie and the tv series apparently. I guess nobodys wants the task of working out how to retcon all of that. And people say spidey's writers made some lousy choices recently, nothing JMS or QUESEDA have done has come anywhere close to endgame...and I hate QUESEDA

 

[TheCorpulent1]

But how do you feel about Marvel's EIC Joe Quesada?

I wasn't too broken up about Endgame, myself. I always favored Duncan anyway.

 

[hippy fascist]

Just got home and look what arrived in the mail, don't have a scanner so I'll link it to the original listing!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&item=260013790542&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

 

[deathshead2]

I rather like having both. They're different characters who compliment each other nicely. Connor's a cynic who just wants to be left alone. Duncan is a bit more optimistic and tends to go out of his way to help people. Having them play off of each other is very interesting.

That would be kind of neat and I belive Duncan is going to be in the comic at the next story arc I remember reading about it before the comic was coming out.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Good. I always wished they had more team-ups than just "The Gathering" and Endgame. The comic looks like it'll be pretty cool. Also, it's good because now I can hear Connor as a Scotsman in my head rather than with Christopher Lambert's weird, obviously non-Scottish accent.

 

[deathshead2]

But I like Lamberts voice and I hate Duncans arrr DIE.

 

[hippy fascist]

Duncan definately has the cheesier voice, also I hope they make it a bit more rough round the edges. This guys immortal yes but that doesn't mean he's not gonna gather a few imperfections along the way. He's far too fabio

 

[The Question]

Good. I always wished they had more team-ups than just "The Gathering" and Endgame. The comic looks like it'll be pretty cool. Also, it's good because now I can hear Connor as a Scotsman in my head rather than with Christopher Lambert's weird, obviously non-Scottish accent.

He's French.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Whatever, his accent annoys me in everything I've ever seen him in.

 

[hippy fascist]

though to be fair connery's scotihish and yet he managed to pull off james bond...albeit with a distinctly scottish accent.

Sometimes an actor's sheer charisma can overcome such small hurdles. ARnie anyone...yes...conan is actually austrian. It's all a conspiracy i tells ya

 

[War Lord]

He's French.

who's french?

 

[hippy fascist]

lambert

 

[The Question]

Whatever, his accent annoys me in everything I've ever seen him in.

Even "Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes"?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Never saw it, but I'm sure it would've annoyed me there, too.

Duncan definately has the cheesier voice, also I hope they make it a bit more rough round the edges. This guys immortal yes but that doesn't mean he's not gonna gather a few imperfections along the way. He's far too fabio

At least Paul made an effort to sound kind of Scottish. Lambert couldn't be bothered. Duncan's voice never really bothered me, either.

Also, what imperfections would you have liked to see in Duncan? He's already a womanizer.

 

[deathshead2]

Or mortal kombat

 

[hippy fascist]

His accent wasn't too much of a problem in subway

 

[hippy fascist]

Never saw it, but I'm sure it would've annoyed me there, too.

At least Paul made an effort to sound kind of Scottish. Lambert couldn't be bothered. Duncan's voice never really bothered me, either.

Also, what imperfections would you have liked to see in Duncan? He's already a womanizer.

I'm talking about the fact that these guys are warriors and yet he looks like a freakin' model. I'd have thought he'd pick up some non-fatal scars like a broken nose etc. Although this may been explained at some point in the show, never watched it regularly just dipped in and out

 

[GyLocke]

Also, given that Highlander: The Source is set to pick up where Endgame left off, I'd say Endgame is indeed in continuity. Like it or not, Duncan's basically the hero of Highlander at this point.

But there is no "the Highlander continuity"

There are at least 5 highlander continuities. (Highlander 1, 2, 3 (Highlander 1 with one small modification), cartoon, tv-series, books) The comics seem to be a 6th one, that have elements from most of them.

You can see I try to convince myself, Endgame never happened. Connor Freaking McLeod stepping aside, quitting, and letting his "Little TV-show Brother" cut off his head and take his force and eventually the Prize is the equal if what you guys would feel if Peter Parker raped Aunt Man to death.

Highlander is one of the three fictional characters I can work up myself about.