Orphans
Subtitle: The beginning
By: Roberto Recchioni and Emiliano Mammucari ; English translation by Elena Cecchini and Valeria Gobbato ; editing by Mike Kennedy
Contributors: Kennedy, Mike (Graphic novelist), editor; Mammucari, Emiliano, author; Cecchini, Elena, translator; Gobbato, Valeria, translator
Publisher: Lion Forge
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781942367178
Subjects: Orphans; Comic books, strips; Imaginary wars and battles; Life on other planets
Other titles: Beginning; Orphans 1
Work titles: Orfani
Description: "A devastating energy beam strikes the Earth, instantly killing a sixth ofthe world population. Deemed to be a premeditated attack by aliens from a distant planet, a Serbian scientist named Jsana Juric and a Japanese army colonel named Takeshi Nakamura gather a group of orphaned children who survived the disaster to become lethal soldiers trained to invade the hostile planet in hopes of preventing a repeat attack. Divided into teams, the children get to know each other, and begin to understand that surviving the training will itself be a brutal test. Lives are sacrificed and difficult lessons are learned, all in the interest of turning children into hardened killing machines. One such impressionable child is Jonas... Meanwhile, in a parallel storyline set in the future, a ground invasion force reaches the alien planet from which the energy beam supposedly originated. Before setting foot on the planet, every soldier receives a vaccine to combat the deadly radiation on the planet, a course that must be repeated every day. The battles are tough, and the human forces suffer massive casualties, until a team of five soldiers appear and make short work of the aliens. These five heroes are Jonas and his companions... the "Orphans" "--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Chiefly illustrations.

"First published in Italy in 2013 by Sergio Bonelli Editore"--Title page verso.