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Anyone know of any good 40k Comic Books? I love Comics and 40k, and want a good starting point. Again, NO WEBCOMICS.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that there are zero. If they do exist, they are probably very hard to find, because I'm sure they're OOP since I've never heard of one. Nobody else will do a comic because GW will bring down the hammer of wrath and murder their face with lawsuits, unless it was GW approved. Again, if they are GW approved they are probably OOP by now, if you haven't heard of one already. But if someone knows a source, I'd be interested in reading them.

Yeah.

Actual, print comics sounds like something that neither has, nor will ever actually exist.

There's been several - I actually own the full series of Titan, and I think some Deathwatch.
While yes, they're mostly out of print, you can find them online, and then there's newer ones like Deff Skwadron.

There's a list of the GW Comic series here

The Black Library has a few comics available for direct order from their website, although they call them Graphic Novels (which I think might be an English thing?);

Titan - the story of Princeps Hekate (who, despite the name, is a man)

The rest of the graphic novels available for direct order

There may be others hidden away in their big lists of books for order, but the website isn't very user friendly.

Damnation Crusade is on scribd and is really freaking sweet.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17466291/Damnation-Crusade

I recommend Daemonifuge and Bloodquest, Titan's pretty good as well.

Pro tip: Do a pirate bay search for Warhammer Monthly archives. Thank me later.


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 Firehead158 wrote:
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that there are zero. If they do exist, they are probably very hard to find, because I'm sure they're OOP since I've never heard of one. Nobody else will do a comic because GW will bring down the hammer of wrath and murder their face with lawsuits, unless it was GW approved. Again, if they are GW approved they are probably OOP by now, if you haven't heard of one already. But if someone knows a source, I'd be interested in reading them.

Lol, younglings.


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 Ailaros wrote:
Yeah.

Actual, print comics sounds like something that neither has, nor will ever actually exist.

When did you start playing the game?

The Bloodquest series was great, Daemonifuge was quite good, I never finished Titan, (though what I read was really good) I'll have to keep as eye out for that one myself.

I picked up Lone Wolves recently, which while not as good as those three was still pretty solid.

I have a few issues of blood and thunder and damnation crusade.

Hah, I have an old hard cover of the Space Wolves series. Was pretty dang good, and Warhammer Monthly had a special issue where they swapped the universe of a bunch of characters. Mal Jericho was a pirate in the Warhammer world, Sisters of Battle as Mordheim Sisters of Sigmar, whatever that Dark Elf character is as a female Dark Eldar Reaver, the guys from Bloodquest were Vampire Knights going into the Chaos Wastes... It was a fun read.

 ImperialFists2ndCompany wrote:
Hah, I have an old hard cover of the Space Wolves series. Was pretty dang good, and Warhammer Monthly had a special issue where they swapped the universe of a bunch of characters. Mal Jericho was a pirate in the Warhammer world, Sisters of Battle as Mordheim Sisters of Sigmar, whatever that Dark Elf character is as a female Dark Eldar Reaver, the guys from Bloodquest were Vampire Knights going into the Chaos Wastes... It was a fun read.

Yeah I've got that one, it was awesome, easily my favourite single issue.

I didn't read them all, but the ones I did read were well worth it. Funny: when it comes to 40k, I actually think the comics are better than the novels ... not to mention more varied.
I've attached one image to each of the comics as a way of impression to help you decide which one to pick. Drawing style, characters, type of plot and narration can be very different, but I liked them all.

Daemonifuge
Ephrael Stern - saint or heretic? A dangerous aberration for some, Mankind's greatest hope against Chaos for others, the Battle Sister finds herself captured in a web of intrigue between several Imperial factions, alien marauders and the forces of the Ruinous Powers.


Deff Skwadron
Orks being Orks, 'nuff said. Lighthearted entertainment - not very serious, but if you enjoy Orkish humour you're going to have a blast. It may be a bit chaotic and hard to read at time, but hey .. what did you expect.


Kal Jerico
Tales from the Necromunda Underhive's most charming bounty hunter and his idiot sidekick. If you enjoy dystopian atmosphere and rogue'ish characters, you will like this one. Also starring: various other Necromunda gangs and factions, including the fanatic Cult of the Red Redemption and their maniac leader, Cardinal Crimson!


Pax Imperialis
Stories from the archives of the Adeptus Arbites. Witness how the Judges enforce the Emperor's Law across the galaxy, be it a fortress-precinct's last stand on a Genestealer-infested world, or trouble with a noisy AdMech Explorator team poking around where they shouldn't.

Don't bother with Daemonifuge. I liked it, but it has no resolution. The series is literally unfinished.

I read this 40k comic I randomly found in a bookstore years ago.Blood and Thunder. It's a great read. About a Guardsman who gets mistaken for a "lanky grot" and is captured by a lowly Ork. As his pet he observes the lowly Ork rise to a Warboss. While technically from a human perspective, there's plenty of Ork interaction and society depicted (as well as plenty of POV Ork moments).

Amaya wrote:Don't bother with Daemonifuge. I liked it, but it has no resolution. The series is literally unfinished.

It doesn't - but I would say it's still a good ride. Lots of intrigue, cameos by about a dozen different factions, ... I also really liked the art style and how the CGI were merged with the drawn parts. Although the quality of the artwork does drop noticeably for a few pages in about the 4th of 5 parts. Guess they had a bit of a difficulty as they moved to continue the series in Warhammer Monthly rather than publishing them as hardcover books like the first two issues.

The entire collection is now available as paperback, by the way.