Seven Soldiers Vol 1 1



 The Miser's Coat 


 * "...tell me I didn't fall for the "sidekick-turns-bad" twist...lucky I'm not already crippled with self-doubt, huh?"
 * --Zatanna

Synopsis
After undergoing various trials and tribulations in their own miniseries, the soldiers eventually take part in the climactic battle against the Queen of the Sheeda in New York, each affecting different parts of the battle without having any idea of the larger picture.

The climactic sequence is initiated by Zatanna casting a spell: "Seven Soldiers Strike!" This is the final push the universe required to move the soldiers into position.

After travelling into the future kingdom where the Sheeda live, Frankenstein takes Castle Revolving, the Queen's time-travelling floating kingdom, to present-day New York so that the Queen can be brought to justice by the paranormal special ops group S.H.A.D.E. Once Castle Revolving arrives, the Shining Knight - who had been kidnapped by the queen - frees herself and successfully attacks, the Queen, severely injuring her and leaving her open to an attack by supporting character Spyder, who fires an arrow into her and knocks her down to the New York streets below.

There, Guardian has rounded up thousands of New Yorkers into a militia that is successfully fighting off the Sheeda invasion. At approximately the same time, Bulleteer comes tearing down the street in her car, hoping to take her critically ill arch-nemesis, Sally Sonic, to a hospital. Sally, utterly insane, attacks Bulleteer, who loses control of her vehicle and crashes into the Queen. Guardian arrives on the scene, but Bulleteer is the only survivor.

Prior to all of this, Klarion, who had drilled up into New York from hidden caves beneath the city, had stolen a magic die from Misty, Zatanna's sidekick. Together with his own die, the two dice comprise Fatherbox, one of the lost treasures of the ancient superhero Aurakles. Klarion had then travelled up to Castle Revolving. With the Sheeda Queen dead, Klarion uses a binding spell on Frankenstein, forcing him to pilot the ship back into the future where Klarion becomes the new King of the Sheeda. Thus, Klarion becomes the "traitor" that was prophesised.

Finally, Mister Miracle confronts Dark Side in his club. There, Dark Side explains that he gave up America to the Sheeda in return for them giving him Aurakles, the first of the superhero. Mister Miracle offers himself in exchange for Aurakles' freedom and Dark Side accepts. However, once Aurakles is freed and Mister Miracle is shackled, Dark Side shoots him through the head - thus making him the soldier that was prophesised to die.

Cast of Characters:
 * Ali-Ka-Zoom
 * Aurakles
 * Bride
 * Bulleteer
 * Carla
 * Father Time
 * Gloriana
 * Guardian (Jim Harper)
 * I, Spyder
 * Klarion, the Witch Boy
 * Lightray
 * Melmoth
 * Merlin
 * Metron
 * Mister Miracle (Shilo Norman)
 * Misty
 * Orion
 * Pegazeus
 * Shining Knight
 * Solomon Grundy (behind the scenes)
 * Spawn of Frankenstein
 * Teekl
 * Vanguard
 * Zatanna

Locations:
 * Mars (referenced only)
 * Camelot
 * Falias
 * Findias
 * Murias
 * Gorias
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Brooklyn

Items:
 * Castle Revolving
 * Excalibur
 * Fatherbox
 * Misty's dice
 * Mobius Chair
 * Spear of Destiny
 * Sheeda Dreadnaught

First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Month: December Year: 2006

Credits
Editor in Chief: Dan DiDio Head Writer: Grant Morrison Cover Artists: J.H. Williams Pencilers: J.H. Williams Inkers: J.H. Williams Colourists: J.H. Williams and Dave Stewart Editors: Michael Siglain and Peter Tomasi

Trivia

 * None

Recommended Readings

 * Seven Soldiers #0-1
 * Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer #1-4
 * Seven Soldiers: Guardian #1-4
 * Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein #1-4
 * Seven Soldiers: Klarion the Witch Boy #1-4
 * Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle #1-4
 * Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight #1-4
 * Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #1-4

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