FIRE AND ICE (2023)

A FANTASY CLASSIC RETURNS TO LIFE WITH AN ALL-NEW PREQUEL SERIES! More than four decades ago, two iconic creators came together to bring to the silver screen an amazing new world of magic and adventure. In their classic animated film Fire and Ice, legendary artist FRANK FRAZETTA and famed director RALPH BAKSHI crafted a unique vision of beauty and danger, of good versus evil, all cast against a hypnotic backdrop of savage prehistoric splendor. Now, at long last, this timeless vision is expanding into comics with the first new story to revisit Frazetta and Bakshi's remarkable realm since 1982! Before the fire waned and the ice spread across the world...before Teegra met Larn...before everything you know about the unforgettable animated movie came to be, there were the before times - times when evil might still be blunted, times when innocence was not yet lost. In Fire and Ice #1, acclaimed comics writer BILL WILLINGHAM (Fables, Legenderry) joins forces with artist LEONARDO MANCO (Hellstorm: Prince of Lies, Blaze of Glory) - making his triumphant return to comics - and a new legend is about to be born!

To save Darah and Teegra, Darkwolf faces off against the witch Roliel's son, Otwa, in a deadly duel to the death. At Icepeak, Juliana discovers her beloved son Kaledan has been murdered, and Nekron blames it on assassins from the Fire Realm. Now any chance at peacefully resolving the conflict between Fire and Ice has died with Kaledan. "Open all the vaults and release terror on our foes!" commands Juliana. At Fire Keep, King Jarol convenes a war summit with the leaders of all the free peoples - but is it too little, too late? Find out in Fire and Ice #2 from acclaimed writer BILL WILLINGHAM (Fables, Legenderry) and artist LEONARDO MANCO (Hellstorm: Prince of Lies, Blaze of Glory)!

Having survived his duel with Otwa, Darkwolf must now deal with a mysterious force that seems determined to stop him in his tracks. Meanwhile, Nekron manipulates Juliana's grief, and a new wave of horrors are unleashed on an unprepared world - forcing Jarol, the King of Fire Keep, to respond. Is hope still visible through the cracks of the slowly expanding ice? Find out in Fire and Ice #3 as acclaimed comics creators BILL WILLINGHAM (Fables, Legenderry) and LEONARDO MANCO (Hellstorm: Prince of Lies, Blaze of Glory) delve ever deeper into the world of the acclaimed film!

Even as she is transferring her powers to Prince Nekron, the grief-maddened sorceress Juliana casts one final spell to resurrect her firstborn son, Kaledan - who is about to discover that getting brought back to life isn't as enjoyable as one might think. Meanwhile, having fought off the subhuman raiders, the Queen of Firekeep adds the warrior boy Larn to her expedition - now they just have to make it across a jungle overrun with enemy warriors and their tame monsters!

The war isn't going well for the kingdom of Firekeep and their allied forces of the south. One after another, cities are falling to the hordes of subhuman thralls unleashed by the Ice Realms. Led by the resurrected prince who now calls himself Kadav'r and wields the dark powers of the pits, no mortal army is able to stand against them. It isn't all gloom and doom, though - Larn finally makes it back to his home village, where he discovers that he's being celebrated as a great hero, and that's a good thing... right?