Shaman's Tears (Shaman's Tears, Volume 1, Number 1) [Comic]

Product Details

• Comic: 30 pages
• Publisher: Image Comics; 1ST edition (1993)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000ANE97W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,609,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this, March 19, 2006

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Eric L. Willard (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shaman's Tears (Shaman's Tears, Volume 1, Number 1) (Comic)

I had the first few issues of this title and loved every bit. It gives good insight into the heros beginings and he jumps right into action with his new abilities. I never got a chance to finish the series but will soon.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The First Shaman Super Hero: Wicasa Wakan- Warrior Healer!, November 13, 2005

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OAKSHAMAN "oakshaman" (Algoma, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shaman's Tears (Shaman's Tears, Volume 1, Number 1) (Comic)

The legendary Mike Grell both drew and wrote this series. It lasted for twelve glorious issues (and a #0 prequel issue.)

"You are the chosen- Wicasa Wakan. Shaman! Warrior! Healer! You shall be the instrument of the power."

This is the tale of Joshua Brand, half Lakota and half Irish, who returns Medicine Hat Reservation after twelve years. He had vowed never to return for he had never been accepted there. However, his mother was now dieing and her one last request was that he undergo a vision quest to guide him. It was during this vision quest that he was chosen by the spirits (they choose YOU- never the other way around.) Giving himself over to Wakan Tanka in the sundance ordeal he is shown his destiny. He finds that both his mother and the Earth Spirit Woman are united- and they need a champion to protect the natural world from the monsters that are destroying it right down to the genetic level. For this, both the four legged of the earth and the wind dancers of the sky lend him their powers. He becomes Wicasa Wakan- Warrior Healer.

You can tell that Grell put his heart and soul into this book. It is filled with great quotes by Native Americans.

"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter. It is the little shadow that runs across the grass and looses itself in the sunset." --Crowfoot