From the dawn of time we came...Moving silently down through the centuries. Living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last. No one has ever known we were among you...until now. In The Coldest War (issues 0-4) Connor Macleod and a band of companions race to prevent the legacy of the Kurgan from destroying the present day; while in the past, the same group faces the Kurgan as he works to create a race of Soviet Super-Soliders! Also includes Highlander #5 featuring the appearance of Duncan Macleod.
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Best decision? Ignoring the film sequels. Second-best-decision? Involving the Kurgan. Certainly, Clancy Brown essayed one of the msot memorable film villians in the fantasy genre, and those indelible images are right at home in the larger tapestry that this series is attempting to create. --Best Shots at Newsarama.com
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This review is from: Highlander Volume I trade paperback (Highlander (Dynamite Paperback)) (Paperback)
Nothing the Highlander concept has ever produced has topped the original movie from 1986. And no villain has ever bested the Kurgan for sheer villainy.
So I cannot fault writers Brandon Jerwa and Michael Avon Oeming for starting the new Highlander comic-book series in the immediate aftermath of that film, with a large portion of the story told through flashbacks involving, yes, the Kurgan. Still, The Coldest War -- the first volume in the collected Highlander series -- is more failure than success. A lot of the blame falls on artists Lee Moder, who illustrated the main story, and Kevin Sharpe, who illustrated the back-up feature. Neither has any clue what Connor MacLeod and the Kurgan look like, much less MacLeod's cousin Duncan and his wives, Brenda and Heather. But the story, too, is a mixed blessing. The writers capture the feel of the movie, with smooth transitions between the present (1986) and the past (1964), but somehow the essence of the Kurgan is lost along the way. As defined in the film, the Kurgan is all about brute force and mayhem, a solitary barbarian. As written here, he's a uniformed goon for Mother Russia at the height of the Cold War, a man who employs advanced genetics to create his own army of adoring acolytes. Sorry, but it doesn't ring true. by Tom Knapp, the Rambles NET guy
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