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Special Editions

These pages will include all the unusual comics about Lady Pendragon, this also includes appearances in other comicbooks, crossovers or just single appearances.

This is the very first issue of Lady Pendragon redone, recolored and new lettering. The story starts of with the Slaughter Bridge battle, bodies are lying everywhere as Guinevere arrives with a couple of monks and nuns to tend to the dead and wounded. Guinevere sees the bodies, friends, people she knew and trusted, in her grieve, Excalibur calls to her to take him. She pulls the sword from Mordred's body. Archbishop Dubricious senses what she might do with the sword, and tries to talk her into giving him Excalibur so it can be used at Constantines Coronation. Guinevere refuses, determent to unite England again. Because of this she is now prone to assasination attempt from Constantine, but she defeats the assasins time and time again.
Constantine send a messenger to King Cheldric, lord of the Saxons, to get his support against Guinevere, he is offered all the lands east of London, not knowing he would be doublecroosed later, Cheldric accepts and sets sail to England.
At Camelot, the Knight of the Round Table are divided andhalf of them choses to join forces with Constantine, because they don't see it fit to follow a woman. Two months later, Guinevere and Constantine almost went into battle, but she had to run, because of the treachery of Sir Sagremor. Again three months later, Guinevere wonders if she's doing the right thing, and she finds guidance in the "voice" of Merlin, as he himself is nowhere in sight. He tells her to seek out Avalon and the Lady of the Lake. As they leave again Guinevere they are reunited with their troup again, from who they hear that what was only moments for them, was a fortnight for the rest of the world, but before the ycan do anything they are ambushed and Guinevere is taken prisoner. Only to be saved by the Lady of The Lake, who summons Excalibur and throws it towards Guinevere to free her. After Guinevere defeats her enemies, she gets onboard a boat and sails away to Avalon. She receives the Holy Regalia their, the Pendragon armor, with new hope she returns to England.

This issue falls between issues #1 and #2. It tells us how Guinevere got hold of the Ark of the Covenant. Guinevere defeats one of the Ark's guardians, and enters the shrine were the Ark was hidden for a long time. Together with Percival she enters a big room with a piramid in the middle, a lake of fire blocks their path, but with the magic within Excalibur Guinevere opens a path to the piramid. Within she finds the Ark, but as they lift the Ark they are transported to Stonehenge. That's where the story ends.

This book contains two stories one of the sword Caliburn and one on the origin of the priestess and her mission.

The Sword Caliburn: The story is told by Merlin, Once long ago Mars was inhabited by people under the leadership of Cronos, who wielded the sword Caliburn. after his death his two sons started a war to determine who would lead the people now, both died in battle, but Ares could still embed the sword in a stone, swearing that only one who would heal the land could pull it out.
barren for thousands of years after wards, new inhabitants arrived a group of Gaul Druids who had disagreed with the counsil. All tried to pull the sword from the stone and they all failed, one of them was Ahwenn, later known as Lancelot, the night after his failure he dreamt of the impending doom of his people. But none believed him and he was banished to earth, after the archdruids daughter begged for his life, cause of her love for him, Ahwenn became a Knight of the Round Table at King Arthur court.

The Priestess: the story focuses on her mission and why, it tells us about the war between men and women, God and Goddess, science and magic. The priestess went to the closest castle to report an assault on her life to the high priestess. The castle is run by women, followers of the Goddess. after a short meeting with the high priestess and two representives of the men, where she told of the attack on her by the father of her daughter. The priestess was send to the past to find the spear of destiny which would help the daughters of the Goddess win the war. She was told not to interfere with Jennifer.

A introduction comic to Lady Pendragon, it starts with a brief summary of the characters history, and on the next couple of pages you find black and white version of the first couple of pages from the first Lady Pendragon comic (1st mini-series). The black and white pages in the black & white gallery in the dreams section are the same as in this book. The other half of the book contains a preview to Hyperwerks' Deity. a reasonable comic.

This preview contains a few black and white pages from the first crossover issue, but it has more, you get an insight to the story through a short summary. It also contains an interview with Lady Pendragon creator Matt Hawkins and More Than Mortal creator Sharon Scott. And a short history on both of the characters and all of their appearances. This comic is very rare seeing that it wasn't intended for sale, but as a showcase for distributors. So if you have one than you have a real jewel.














Lady Pendragon/More Than Mortal #1

Armagh Ireland, Brigid the Protector is dircting the flow of all the people, who arrived in Armagh to see Father Patricius and/or celebrate Beltaine. She is adressed by a clumsy man carrying scrolls, because he drops a few now and again, people fall over them, and one such man drops a bucket of water because of this. Right on top of Queen Guinevere, who is understandably mad. Brigid drops him of at one of the guesthouses, after she leaves, the man hit a bag, and its contents fall out, he finds something remarkable.
Meanwhile, Father Patricius invites Guinevere, who is rinsing her clothes out, into the Church. They talk about old times, about Arthur. While they are walking Father Patricius is attacked by men in robes, they are stopped by Guinevere, who pursuits them and gets help from Brigid. The leader escapes, and Guinevere and Brigid start accusing each other about that. They each go their own way, both thinking they are right. At twilight the ceremony of the Beltaine Fires begins, no fire may be lit before the King's Fire is lit, then a priest notices a light in the camp of Father Patricius, Brigid, sets out to find out what is going on, but on her way to the camp, she is confronted by the assasins from that morning, the leader tells her that they are there to kill Father Patricius, because of what will happen if he lives, he shows Brigid pictures from the future, pictures from IRA bombings. Brigid is the Protector of Ireland, and because of this she feels compelled to see that no harm comes to Ireland. She agrees to help.






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