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Originally published by WildStorm under its Cliffhanger imprint (founded by Madureira with J. Scott Campbell and Humberto Ramos), the series moved to Image Comics in 2001. WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm or Wildstorm, is a publishing imprint and studio of American comic book publisher DC Comics. ... Cliffhanger was an imprint of Wildstorm, publishing creator-owned comic books. ... Cover of Danger Girl: Back in Black, by J. Scott Campbell. ... Cover to Impulse #2. ... Image Comics is an American comic book publisher. ...

The last issue, #9, was published in September 2001 and had a cliffhanger-ending that never was concluded, as #10 (scheduled for November 2001) was never released and Joe Madureira left the comic industry to pursue a career as a video game designer. For other uses, see Cliffhanger (disambiguation). ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ...

Overview

Gully's father mysteriously vanishes leaving behind a pair of magical gloves.

Red Monika tries to enlist Garrison for to assist in freeing a prisoner which Garrison turns down. Red Monika accidentally releases four extremely powerful villians during the breakout. Garrison overcomes his grief to stop the villians' rampage.

Characters

Garrison

Garrison

At the beginning of the series, Garrison is a drunk in despair with the passing of his wife. He is legendary swordsman and owns a powerful magical sword. Trained in swordplay by Red Monika and mentored by Aramus. From Joe's original concept sketches of the characters, Garrison's sword was able to open similar to the Thundercats - Sword of Omens ^[1]

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Gully

Gully

Gully is a nine year old girl whose father, Aramus mysteriously vanishes leaving a powerful set of magical gloves behind. Through the series she shares a friendship with Calibretto and Knolan while searching for her father.

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Calibretto

Calibretto

An outlawed war golem with a very gentle personality. The last of his kind after all previous war golems were ordered to be destroyed. His arms can used fire projectiles.

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Knolan

Knolan

A very powerful wizard; around five hundred years old. His companion is Calibretto, a war golem.

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Red Monika

Red Monika

A very voluptuous bounty hunter; possibly an outlaw of sorts. She originally trained Garrison and has an apparent history with him. Joe's concept sketches compared her to the Jessica Rabbit of the BC world.^[2]

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Publication history

Battle Chasers was one of the initial three comic book series published under the Cliffhanger label, which Madureira founded with fellow artists J. Scott Campbell (Danger Girl) and Humberto Ramos (Crimson) for Jim Lee's Image Comics imprint, WildStorm. When, effective in 1999, Wildstorm was sold to DC Comics, the Cliffhanger titles moved along, and issues 5 through 8 of Battle Chasers were published by DC, until Madureira left the publisher, and released Battle Chasers #9 back at Image Comics (where the series was supposed to be published from thereon). Cliffhanger was an imprint of Wildstorm, publishing creator-owned comic books. ... Cover of Danger Girl: Back in Black, by J. Scott Campbell. ... cover to Danger Girl : Back in Black #1 by J. Scott Campbell Danger Girl is a best-selling comic book series created by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell. ... Cover to Impulse #2. ... Crimson was a fantasy comic book series by artist Humberto Ramos and scripter Brian Augustyn. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image Comics is an American comic book publisher. ... WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm or Wildstorm, is a publishing imprint and studio of American comic book publisher DC Comics. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ...

When it was announced in August 2005 that Madureira would return to the comic industry, working on a then-unspecified project with Jeph Loeb for Marvel Comics (which was later revealed to be The Ultimates 3), he also stated that a conclusion to Battle Chasers is "one of those things that I think about every once in a while, and not having finished it bums me out... I would love to do it at some point, but it would be very far out." ^[3] Joseph Jeph Siegbert Loeb III is an American motion picture and television producer/writer and award-winning comic book writer. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... The Ultimates are a fictional team of government-sponsored superheroes in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, appearing primarily in their self-titled comic book limited series The Ultimates and The Ultimates 2, published by Marvel Comics, written by Mark Millar, and drawn by Bryan Hitch. ...

Movie

In August 2003 it was reported that Stuart Hazeldine working on a script. ^[4] However at this point the movie is still in development.

Issues

Core Issues

• Battle Chasers Prelude (1998, Image Comics/Wildstorm)
• Story in Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #2 (1998, Quantum Cat Entertainment)
• Battle Chasers #1–4 (1998, Image Comics/Wildstorm)
• Battle Chasers #5–8 (1999-2001, DC Comics/Wildstorm)
• Battle Chasers #9 (2001, Image Comics)

Reprints

• Battle Chasers: Collected Edition #1 (reprints Battle Chasers #1–2)
• Battle Chasers: Collected Edition #2 (reprints Battle Chasers #3–4)
• Battle Chasers: A Gathering of Heroes (ISBN 1-56389-538-2; reprints Battle Chasers #1–5, the Prelude and the story from Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #2)

References

1. ^ Battle Chasers - Concept Sketches
2. ^ Battle Chasers - Concept Sketches
3. ^ Comic Book Resource - DAY 1 - CUP O' JOE SECOND REPORT
4. ^ Counting Down - Levin on 'Battle Chasers' Status!

External links

• Battle Chasers Movie at the Internet Movie Database