Description

Den #3: Children of Fire                                                        Sealed Magazine-sized Soft Cover
Writer: Richard Corben
Artist: Richard Corben
Cover by: Richard Corben

Den is a young man named David Ellis Norman. Following directions left for him on a note and a diagram from his missing uncle Dan, David builds another electronic apparatus. The apparatus opens a gateway to a fantasy world named “Neverwhere”, where he was transformed into a hairless, nude, muscular, above-normal strength with martial arts fighting skills; prodigiously sexually endowed adventurer. Confused by his strange trip, he can only remember the acronym of his real name (DEN), and begins calling himself “Den”.

Story/Spoilers
The planet Zomere is inhabited by an eusocial species similar to humans but oviparous. A breeding queen rules them. Females are non-sexual muscular warriors called Kils or workers called Works, and males are called Mals. After an attack by giant spiders the dying queen sends a Kil, a pre-queen simply named “Kil”, to found a new colony in Dremurth (Neverwhere) bringing with her Mals, Works, and eggs to seek the “Magic Scepter” (the Locnar). The ship crashes and only Kil and a skeletal Mal (named “Mal”, who will become the first Den) survive. Their only remaining egg produces a human baby, the second Den. Once they land they meet Zeg, a Vermian lookalike, Zomuk and his slave cook Pucca who live in Vermian’s castle from the prequel. At the end of the story, Zeg kidnaps a pregnant Pucca and the second Den, and Mal kills Zomuk.

Magazine-sized Soft Cover reprints/collects: Children of Fire (1987) Issues #1-3 & Den: Fantastic Adventures (1988) Issues #8-10.  Fantagor Press

Magazine-sized Soft Cover is bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: Fantagor Press
Publication Date: 1992
Format: FC, 80 Pages, TPB, 11″ x 8.5″
ISBN-10: 0962384151
ISBN-13: 9780962384158 

Collectible Entertainment note:  Magazine-sized Soft Cover is Brand New & Factory Sealed.  Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Richard Corben and/or Den collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

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