One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness, it was
a world of fear, It was the age of Gargoyles.

We are again in the Age of Gargoyles…comics.

The Gargoyles animated series opens up in New York, 1994. We get flashbacks in that episode and several others to one thousand years ago when superstition and the sword ruled in Scotland, 994 A.D. Dynamite Comics Gargoyles: Dark Ages takes readers all the way back to 971 A.D. to give fans the gift of the story that happened before the events of the Gargoyles animated series.

Today, we will take a look at Gargoyles: Dark Ages #2 published by Dynamite Comics.

Release Date: August 9th, 2023.

Writer: Greg Weisman

Artist: Drew Moss

Color Artist: Martina Pignedoli

Letterer: Jeff Eckleberry

Editor: Nate Cosby

Covers by: Clayton Crain, Alan Quah, Mirka Andolfo, Kenya Danino, Erica Henderson, Jeff Parker

Official Synopsis: Kenneth and Mentor’s human and Gargoyle alliance – with some magical help from the ARCHMAGE – battle King Culen’s army. Mentor orders Goliath’s generation to stay back, as they aren’t yet seasoned warriors. But Angel and Hyppolyta disobey Mentor’s order and join the fighting, at great cost…

Featuring high-quality cardstock on every cover, this limited series debuts with a special 24-page main story – and every 40-page issue will include a new illustrated text story by Greg Weisman!

Covers

Gargoyles: Dark Ages has the amazing Clayton Crain as the main A cover artist for the series. His variant covers for Dynamite Comics Gargoyles #1 and Darkwing Duck #1 are among my favorite covers. His cover for Gargoyles: Dark Ages #2 features the leader of the Wyvern Gargoyles clan. Clayton Crain’s cover will definitely be on my pull list each month.

The other Gargoyles: Dark Ages cover in my monthly pull list file is the action figure variant cover by Jeff Parker. The issue’s action figure cover features Desdemona.

My Review

*STOP READING HERE IF YOU WANT TO AVOID ALL SPOILERS*

This story arc is titled Alliance and the second issue is Chapter Two: The Draw.

We let no one go…

We continue with the battle that the previous issue left off on. Each army has their own sorcerer. Angel and Hyppolyta have joined the fight. Hyppolyta’s mother / Hudson’s mate (Verity) is struck down while protecting her daughter. This of course devastates Hudson and the rest of the clan. We knew this would happen in this series eventually, but I was devastated as well. The gargoyles advance in the fight, but the Angel of the Night ends up captured and taken prisoner which causes the battle to end in a draw.

The issue ends with a few pages of text from Greg Weisman which gives readers more story and lore from the human side of what is going on around the time of Gargoyles Dark Ages. This is top tier bonus material for a top tier comic.

A prequel comic series to the animated Gargoyles series is a dream come true, and I can’t believe that it was finally made into a reality in 2023. What a great gift to Gargoyles fans. Readers get to meet a whole cast of new gargoyles like Hudson’s mate. Drew Moss nailed the character designs for the gargoyles in his own original art style. Gargoyles: Dark Ages feels authenticate to the franchise, and a comic book series is the perfect medium to get these stories told. This is mandatory reading for all Gargoyles and Disney Afternoon fans.

With two Gargoyles comic series published by Dynamite Comics and helmed by Greg Weisman with amazing artwork by Drew Moss and George Kambadais, Gargoyles fans are definitely not in the Dark Ages. We live again!

I can’t wait for the next issue of Gargoyles: Dark Ages which is tentatively scheduled to be released September 6th, 2023. Please make sure to support Dynamite Comics other great Disney Comics while you are out buying Gargoyles: Dark Ages: Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, Negaduck, Disney Villains Maleficent, and Disney Villains Hades.

Gargoyles fans…WE LIVE AGAIN!

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