WITCH KING #1 Limited Edition Written by Christian Read, Illustrated by Paul Abstruse PJ Magalhaes, Laing Rahner
The crown prince Andarien is dragged before the greatest wizard of the age, who now sits on his own father's blood soaked throne. This is the Witch King, who has wrought an army from the dead and succeeded in destroying their own father's ancestral estate. Now victorious, the Witch King desires that the Andarien be forced to listen to his own life story; a story that is wracked with hardships and bravery, and also with dark places beyond the capacity of human reason. It is also a story of the Witch King's youth, from a time the two were kindred...
In his story, Gavriel the Witch King tells of his desire for knowledge that bought him scorn from the family that held no place for him, and of his experiments with magic that saw him branded an outlaw. He tells of his training at the hands of an insane witch and his enslavement of an undead Warlord (Van Istrian). He talks of his foundation of a land of the dead of which he is now the king. Gavriel also tells of a greater threat, waiting outside the Universe, that is now ready to devour the world. This is the story of Gavriel the Witch King - An Autobiography of a Dark Lord!
This tale of the Witch King is the latest in high-quality work from Australia's own Phosphorescent Comics, incorporating the proven creative writing talents of Christian Read (writer of DUNWICH and THE WATCH and recent works published in Starwars Tales) with that of rising star and illustrative genius Paul Abstruse. Together Christian and Paul make an awesome, almost unbeatable team that's perfectly suited to telling this dark but fascinating tale. Other contributors to this edition include PJ Magalhaes (Inker) and Laing Rahner (greyscaler), and their work on this project speaks volumes of excellence in the finished product itself.
Witch King is planned as a six part, full colour, internationally released series. However, this #1 Limited Edition is a black and white stand-alone edition (no issues to follow) and for general sale in the Australian and New Zealand markets only. We are using this mini-release to test the local market and to finalise some production details. They are in very limited supply so make sure you get your bit of Southern-Hemisphere comic history! Copies of this special release are also available through our online store at but if you are a regular comic shopper we suggest you pay a visit to your local comic shop!
WITCH KING #1 Limited Edition