Eternal Warrior
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Gilad Anni-Padda aka the Eternal Warrior is the title character of a 50-issue comic book
series by Valiant Comics
that ran from 1992 to 1996. Eternal Warrior was relaunched with the other Valiant characters under the banner of Acclaim Comics in 1996 (video game company Acclaim Entertainment purchased Valiant Comics for $65 million in June 1994). Valiant Entertainment, Inc. is the owner of the Valiant catalog (including Eternal Warrior).
and Aram the Other
(AKA Armstrong). The three brothers are the only naturally immortal humans known to exist. He serves as the "Fist and Steel" of the Geomancers
and has served them for millennia. Like his brothers, Gilad has superhuman strength (though not as great as Aram's) and stamina, as well as a healing ability which allows him to regenerate virtually any wound. Gilad's people once said that he carried within him the "Leopard Spirit."
Bravest of a warrior tribe, Gilad Anni-Padda was born in 3268 BC. His skill at battlecraft and the arts of stealth are great, as he has honed them throughout the ages. With an ultra-dense cellular structure that gives him great strength and the ability to heal from the most grievous of wounds, Gilad Anni-Padda is even immune to the ravages of time. The greatest fighter from an age when the sword was the law, he was ancient before the rise of the Pharaohs, and shall survive the fall of nations yet to come. He is the Fist and Steel of those who guard the Earth - the Geomancers, and his battle is never-ending.
In 3257 BC, at the age of eleven, Gilad emerged victorious from his first battle. In 3250, Gilad's first son, Kalam, was born. In 3219 BC, Gilad and Aram's tribe battled the superior weaponry of the Mesopotamians and lost, with the warriors of Mesopotamia advancing to Gilad's camp. All of the people were killed with the exception of Gilad, Aram, and Kalam. The brothers split up, Gilad traveling with the Geomancer of the day and Aram seeking a new family and a less violent life. Centuries passed and the brothers saw each other on occasion but have largely led separate lives.
In 210 BC, Gilad first battled the Immortal Enemy, then known as General Cheng, who can reincarnate through the ages, always doing evil and seeking Gilad's destruction. Every time the Immortal Enemy reincarnates his eyes remain the same, one green and the other brown.
In World War II, Gilad meets Neville Alcott at the Battle of Dunkirk
in 1940. Alcott would later serve to aid the Eternal Warrior's causes.
In the early 1990s, Gilad (now known as Gilad Abrams) fought the Immortal Enemy's latest incarnation, a Colombian
drug lord Juan Javier Caldone. Gilad has also incurred the enmity of Master Darque
- necromancer supreme.
During the Unity
crisis it is seen that Gilad will still be active in 4000 A.D., battling alongside Magnus, Robot Fighter
.
1: Jim Shooter
, writer/Barry Windsor-Smith
& Bob Layton
& John Dixon
, art/Dixon, inks/Frank Miller
, cover.
2: Shooter, writer/Dixon, art/Walter Simonson, cover.
3: Janet Jackson
, story/Shooter & Kevin VanHook
, script/Dixon, art & cover.
4: VanHook, writer/Yvel Guichet, pencils/Dixon, inks/Denys Cowan
, cover.
5: VanHook, writer/Dixon, art/Joe St Pierre & Dixon, cover.
6: Windsor-Smith, writer & pencils & cover/Dixon, finisher.
7: Windsor-Smith, writer & pencils & cover/Windsor-Smith & John Floyd
, finishers.
8: (also listed as issue 8 of Archer & Armstrong
)Windsor-Smith, writer & pencils & cover/Bob Wiacek
, inks.
9-11: Mark Moretti, writer & pencils/Dixon, inks/Moretti & Dixon, cover.
12: VanHook, writer/Moretti, pencils/Dixon, inks/Moretti & Jimmy Palmiotti
, cover.
13: Moretti, writer & pencils/Stan Drake
, inks/Moretti & Palmiotti, cover.
14: Moretti, writer & pencils/Drake & Andrew Wendel, inks/Moretti & Carlos Garzon, cover.
15: Moretti, writer/Guichet, pencils/Rodney Ramos, inks/Guichet & Joe Rubinstein, cover
16: Moretti, writer/Guichet, pencils/Ramos, inks/Guichet & Drake, cover.
17: Moretti, writer/Ted Halstead
, pencils/Drake, inks/Moretti & Drake, cover.
18: Moretti, writer/Halstead, pencils/Stan Drake & Winston Blakely
& Peter Palmiotti, inks/Moretti & Drake, cover.
19: Moretti, writer/Halstead, pencils/Drake & Mike DeCarlo
& Blakely & P. Palmiotti & Phyllis Novin, inks/Moretti & Rubinstein, cover.
20: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Andrew Wendel, cover.
21: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.
22: Perham, writer/Wendel, pencils/Pat Boyette
, inks/Halstead & Paul Autio, cover.
23: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.
24: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & Autio, cover.
25: Mike Baron
, writer/Mike Vosburg
, art & cover.
26: Baron & VanHook, writers/Vosburg, art & Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & Layton, cover.
27-28: John Ostrander
, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.
29: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & Dick Giordano
, cover.
30: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Autio,inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.
31: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Autio,inks/Halstead & Tom Ryder, cover.
32: Ostrander, writer/Jan Duursema
, pencils & cover/Rick Magyar, inks.
33: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Magyar, inks/Paul Gulacy
, cover.
34: Ostrander, writer/Rene Micheletti, pencils/Steve Montano, inks/Gulacy, cover.
35: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Montano, inks/Gulacy, cover.
36: Ostrander, writer/Gulacy, pencils & cover/Charles Yoakum, inks.
37-38: Maurice Fontenot, writer/Stefano Raffaele
, pencils/Randy Elliott
, inks/Guichet & Yoakum, cover.
39-40: Ostrander, writer/Gulacy, pencils & cover/Elliott, inks.
41: Ostrander, writer/Raffaele, pencils & cover/Elliott, inks.
42: Ostrander, writer/Kevin Kobasic, pencils/Elliott, inks/Raffaele, cover.
43-44: Ostrander, writer/Jackson Guice
, pencils/Montano, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.
45: Ostrander, writer/Dale Eaglesham
, pencils/Montano, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.
46: Ostrander, writer/Eaglesham, pencils/Katherine Bollinger, inks/Guice & Montano, cover
47-48: Ostrander, writer/Guice, pencils/Montano, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.
49: Ostrander, writer/Guice, pencis/Montano & DeCarlo, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.
50: Ostrander, writer/Guice, pencils & cover/DeCarlo, inks.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series by Valiant Comics
Valiant Comics
Valiant Comics is a comic book imprint published by various publishers since its inception with Voyager Communications, Inc. in 1989, later Acclaim Comics, Inc. Its assets were purchased from the bankruptcy of the Acclaim Entertaintment by Valiant Entertainment, Inc. in 2007.-Voyager...
that ran from 1992 to 1996. Eternal Warrior was relaunched with the other Valiant characters under the banner of Acclaim Comics in 1996 (video game company Acclaim Entertainment purchased Valiant Comics for $65 million in June 1994). Valiant Entertainment, Inc. is the owner of the Valiant catalog (including Eternal Warrior).
Fictional Character History
One of three natural human immortals, Gilad is the brother of Ivar the TimewalkerTimewalker
Ivar the Timewalker is a character in the Valiant Comics universe. Created by artist and writer Barry Windsor-Smith, he first appeared in Archer and Armstrong #8 which was a flip book with Eternal Warrior #8....
and Aram the Other
Archer & Armstrong
Archer & Armstrong are the title characters of the popular comic book series published by Valiant Comics. Among the most commercially and critically acclaimed buddy comedies in comics, Archer & Armstrong features writing and art by comic legend Barry Windsor-Smith...
(AKA Armstrong). The three brothers are the only naturally immortal humans known to exist. He serves as the "Fist and Steel" of the Geomancers
Geomancers (comics)
Geomancers are a group of fictional comic book characters that appeared in every major title published by Valiant Comics. The Earth has only one Geomancer at a time. When the line was rebooted by Acclaim Entertainment, they, unlike many other characters, didn't reappear in any...
and has served them for millennia. Like his brothers, Gilad has superhuman strength (though not as great as Aram's) and stamina, as well as a healing ability which allows him to regenerate virtually any wound. Gilad's people once said that he carried within him the "Leopard Spirit."
Bravest of a warrior tribe, Gilad Anni-Padda was born in 3268 BC. His skill at battlecraft and the arts of stealth are great, as he has honed them throughout the ages. With an ultra-dense cellular structure that gives him great strength and the ability to heal from the most grievous of wounds, Gilad Anni-Padda is even immune to the ravages of time. The greatest fighter from an age when the sword was the law, he was ancient before the rise of the Pharaohs, and shall survive the fall of nations yet to come. He is the Fist and Steel of those who guard the Earth - the Geomancers, and his battle is never-ending.
In 3257 BC, at the age of eleven, Gilad emerged victorious from his first battle. In 3250, Gilad's first son, Kalam, was born. In 3219 BC, Gilad and Aram's tribe battled the superior weaponry of the Mesopotamians and lost, with the warriors of Mesopotamia advancing to Gilad's camp. All of the people were killed with the exception of Gilad, Aram, and Kalam. The brothers split up, Gilad traveling with the Geomancer of the day and Aram seeking a new family and a less violent life. Centuries passed and the brothers saw each other on occasion but have largely led separate lives.
In 210 BC, Gilad first battled the Immortal Enemy, then known as General Cheng, who can reincarnate through the ages, always doing evil and seeking Gilad's destruction. Every time the Immortal Enemy reincarnates his eyes remain the same, one green and the other brown.
In World War II, Gilad meets Neville Alcott at the Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of Dunkirk
The Battle of Dunkirk was a battle in the Second World War between the Allies and Germany. A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe from 26 May–4 June 1940.After the Phoney War, the Battle of...
in 1940. Alcott would later serve to aid the Eternal Warrior's causes.
In the early 1990s, Gilad (now known as Gilad Abrams) fought the Immortal Enemy's latest incarnation, a Colombian
Colombian people
Colombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...
drug lord Juan Javier Caldone. Gilad has also incurred the enmity of Master Darque
Master Darque
Master Darque is a fictional character, a Valiant Comics villain that first appeared in Shadowman #8 and later became a staple villain in both the Shadowman and Second Life of Dr. Mirage comic books...
- necromancer supreme.
During the Unity
Unity (Comics)
Unity is a company-wide crossover story published by Valiant Comics in the summer of 1992.-Overview:The Unity story comprises eighteen issues and nine comic book series, published by Valiant during August and September 1992. It tells of Erica Pierce, the Mothergod, trying to rewrite reality and...
crisis it is seen that Gilad will still be active in 4000 A.D., battling alongside Magnus, Robot Fighter
Magnus, Robot Fighter
Magnus, Robot Fighter is a fictional comic book superhero created by writer/artist Russ Manning in 1963, based primarily on Tarzan. Magnus first appeared in Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 A.D. #1, published by Gold Key Comics in February 1963...
.
Series Creative Staff Information
The following is a list of those who contributed to the creation of the series. When repeated, only last names will be used.1: Jim Shooter
Jim Shooter
James Shooter is an American writer, occasional fill-in artist, editor, and publisher for various comic books. Although he started professionally in the medium at the extraordinarily young age of 14, he is most notable for his successful and controversial run as Marvel Comics' ninth...
, writer/Barry Windsor-Smith
Barry Windsor-Smith
Barry Windsor-Smith, born Barry Smith is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best known work has been produced in the United States....
& Bob Layton
Bob Layton
Bob Layton is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor, who has worked for Marvel Comics, Valiant Comics, DC Comics, Future Comics, and other publishers.-Early life:...
& John Dixon
John Dixon (cartoonist)
John Dixon is an Australian comic book artist and writer, best known for his creation, Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors.-Biography:John Dangar Dixon was born in Newcastle on 20 February 1929, the son of a school principal. After completing his education at Cook Hill Intermediate High he became a...
, art/Dixon, inks/Frank Miller
Frank Miller (comics)
Frank Miller is an American comic book artist, writer and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300...
, cover.
2: Shooter, writer/Dixon, art/Walter Simonson, cover.
3: Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
, story/Shooter & Kevin VanHook
Kevin VanHook
Kevin VanHook is an American filmmaker who began his career in storytelling as a comic book artist and writer. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.-Biography:...
, script/Dixon, art & cover.
4: VanHook, writer/Yvel Guichet, pencils/Dixon, inks/Denys Cowan
Denys Cowan
Denys B. Cowan is an American comic book artist and television producer. He gained prominence as the primary artist on The Question, an acclaimed comic book series published by DC Comics for 36 issues from 1987 on, written by Dennis O'Neil.-Career:Denys Cowan is a 1979 graduate of the High School...
, cover.
5: VanHook, writer/Dixon, art/Joe St Pierre & Dixon, cover.
6: Windsor-Smith, writer & pencils & cover/Dixon, finisher.
7: Windsor-Smith, writer & pencils & cover/Windsor-Smith & John Floyd
John Floyd
John Floyd may refer to:*John B. Floyd, 19th century Governor of Virginia and United States Secretary of War*John E. Floyd, economist*John Floyd , 19th century United States representative from Georgia...
, finishers.
8: (also listed as issue 8 of Archer & Armstrong
Archer & Armstrong
Archer & Armstrong are the title characters of the popular comic book series published by Valiant Comics. Among the most commercially and critically acclaimed buddy comedies in comics, Archer & Armstrong features writing and art by comic legend Barry Windsor-Smith...
)Windsor-Smith, writer & pencils & cover/Bob Wiacek
Bob Wiacek
Bob Wiacek is an American comic book artist and writer, working primarily as an inker.-Career:Wiacek got his start in the mid-1970s as a member of the "Crusty Bunkers" inking collective. For a short time in 1975–1976 he inked backgrounds on Superman for DC Comics...
, inks.
9-11: Mark Moretti, writer & pencils/Dixon, inks/Moretti & Dixon, cover.
12: VanHook, writer/Moretti, pencils/Dixon, inks/Moretti & Jimmy Palmiotti
Jimmy Palmiotti
James "Jimmy" Palmiotti is an American writer and inker of comic books, who also does writing for games, television and film.-Early life:Palmiotti is a graduate of the High School of Art and Design in New York City.-Career:...
, cover.
13: Moretti, writer & pencils/Stan Drake
Stan Drake
Stanley Albert Drake was an American cartoonist best known as the founding artist of the comic strip The Heart of Juliet Jones....
, inks/Moretti & Palmiotti, cover.
14: Moretti, writer & pencils/Drake & Andrew Wendel, inks/Moretti & Carlos Garzon, cover.
15: Moretti, writer/Guichet, pencils/Rodney Ramos, inks/Guichet & Joe Rubinstein, cover
16: Moretti, writer/Guichet, pencils/Ramos, inks/Guichet & Drake, cover.
17: Moretti, writer/Ted Halstead
Ted Halstead
Ted Halstead is a Think Tank executive as well as an author. His areas of specialty are environment, economics and energy and he has authored several articles and books on these subjects.-Education:...
, pencils/Drake, inks/Moretti & Drake, cover.
18: Moretti, writer/Halstead, pencils/Stan Drake & Winston Blakely
Winston Blakely
Winston Blakely is a fine arts/comic book artist and former art teacher who was born in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York. As a former schoolteacher, Mr.Blakely has taught art appreciation to many inner city children. He worked with Jackie Robinson Center's students to achieve...
& Peter Palmiotti, inks/Moretti & Drake, cover.
19: Moretti, writer/Halstead, pencils/Drake & Mike DeCarlo
Mike DeCarlo
Mike DeCarlo is an American comic book artist.He has worked on such diverse titles as Batman, Cartoon Network Block Party, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Fantastic Four, Simpsons Comics, and adaptations of the Warner Brothers stable of cartoons .-External links:...
& Blakely & P. Palmiotti & Phyllis Novin, inks/Moretti & Rubinstein, cover.
20: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Andrew Wendel, cover.
21: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.
22: Perham, writer/Wendel, pencils/Pat Boyette
Pat Boyette
Pat Boyette Pat Boyette Pat Boyette (July 27, 1923, San Antonio, Texas – January 14, 2000, was an American broadcasting personality and news producer, and later a comic book artist best known for two decades of work for Charlton Comics, where he co-created the character The Peacemaker...
, inks/Halstead & Paul Autio, cover.
23: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.
24: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & Autio, cover.
25: Mike Baron
Mike Baron
Mike Baron is the creator of comic books Badger and Nexus. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.-Biography:Mike Baron broke into comics with an illustrated text piece in the 1974 debut issue of Marvel Comics's Comix Book...
, writer/Mike Vosburg
Mike Vosburg
Mike Vosburg is an American comic book artist primarily known for his work on the Tales from the Crypt TV series.-Biography:...
, art & cover.
26: Baron & VanHook, writers/Vosburg, art & Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & Layton, cover.
27-28: John Ostrander
John Ostrander
John Ostrander is an American writer of comic books. He is best known for his work on Suicide Squad, Grimjack and Star Wars: Legacy, series he helped create.-Career:...
, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.
29: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & Dick Giordano
Dick Giordano
Richard Joseph "Dick" Giordano was an American comic book artist and editor best known for introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes, and serving as executive editor of then–industry leader DC Comics...
, cover.
30: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Autio,inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.
31: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Autio,inks/Halstead & Tom Ryder, cover.
32: Ostrander, writer/Jan Duursema
Jan Duursema
Jan Duursema is an American comic book artist known for her work on the Star Wars comics franchise. She was the creator of Denin and Vila from Naldar, the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and the Kiffar Jedi Quinlan Vos....
, pencils & cover/Rick Magyar, inks.
33: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Magyar, inks/Paul Gulacy
Paul Gulacy
Paul Gulacy is an American comic book illustrator best known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and for drawing one of the first graphic novels, Eclipse Enterprises' 1978 Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species, with writer Don McGregor.-Early life and career:Paul Gulacy began...
, cover.
34: Ostrander, writer/Rene Micheletti, pencils/Steve Montano, inks/Gulacy, cover.
35: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Montano, inks/Gulacy, cover.
36: Ostrander, writer/Gulacy, pencils & cover/Charles Yoakum, inks.
37-38: Maurice Fontenot, writer/Stefano Raffaele
Stefano Raffaele
-Biography:Born in Milan, he debuted on Lazarus Ledd #4 in 1994. Starting from the following year he worked for United States comics series such as New Gods, Birds of Prey, Batman, X-Men Adventures, X-Factor, Conan the Barbarian and others. In 2000 he pencilled Arkhain, a science-fiction miniseries...
, pencils/Randy Elliott
Randy Elliott
Randy Lee Elliott is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played parts of four seasons in the majors, spread out over nine years. After being drafted by the San Diego Padres during their inaugural season, he played for them in and . He later played for the San Francisco Giants in and...
, inks/Guichet & Yoakum, cover.
39-40: Ostrander, writer/Gulacy, pencils & cover/Elliott, inks.
41: Ostrander, writer/Raffaele, pencils & cover/Elliott, inks.
42: Ostrander, writer/Kevin Kobasic, pencils/Elliott, inks/Raffaele, cover.
43-44: Ostrander, writer/Jackson Guice
Jackson Guice
Jackson "Butch" Guice , is an American comic book artist who has worked steadily in the mainstream comics industry since the early 1980s.-Biography:...
, pencils/Montano, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.
45: Ostrander, writer/Dale Eaglesham
Dale Eaglesham
Dale Eaglesham is a comic book illustrator who has been working in the industry since 1986. He is best known for his work on titles like Conan, Punisher, Green Lantern, Villains United, Justice Society of America and Fantastic Four...
, pencils/Montano, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.
46: Ostrander, writer/Eaglesham, pencils/Katherine Bollinger, inks/Guice & Montano, cover
47-48: Ostrander, writer/Guice, pencils/Montano, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.
49: Ostrander, writer/Guice, pencis/Montano & DeCarlo, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.
50: Ostrander, writer/Guice, pencils & cover/DeCarlo, inks.
External links
- Valiant Days, Valiant Nights - A Look Back at the Rise and Fall of Valiant, NewsaramaNewsaramaNewsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
, September 24, 2003