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The Soldier Legacy

Title: The Soldier Legacy
Writer / Artist: Paul Mason
Format: Comic Book
No. in Series: Five
Price (Comic Book): AUD$5.00
Price (Graphic Novels): AUD$20.00

Set in two eras, The Soldier Legacy follows a Digger serving in the 9^th Division A.I.F in the jungles of New Guinea during World War II who dons a mask and takes on "The Soldier" persona to honour a fallen mate who died saving his life. It also follows the Digger's grandson in contemporary times who now wears his grandfather's mask to fight a different war against the rising gang activity and street violence in the Brisbane suburbs. Both "soldiers" – young and old – aim to keep a promise and to preserve the ideal of saving lives the only way they know how by living the old Aussie adage of “Never say die”!

The Soldier Legacy is part action-adventure, part war story with a dash of all Australian superhero. There are no capes and supernatural powers here. It's about a bloke in a mask, full of courage, determination and underdog spirit who takes a stand. It’s also a story about his legacy through his lineage and the things we do to honour our family and mates, and to keep a promise.

Inspired by the original vigilantes and wartime superheroes of the 1940’s, the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby superhero and war story comics of the 1960s and the everyday men and women in our own Australian wartime history , The Soldier Legacy aims to bring an Australian sensibility and action hero to the forefront of comic book culture. The series is created and illustrated by Paul Mason, as part of his Doctorate of Visual Arts (DVA) studies at the Queensland College of Arts (Griffith University).

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Issue 1: The Soldier Legacy “Lest I Forget”

World War II rages in the Pacific as the enemy thrust attempts to regain control of the Huon Peninsula... Amongst the day and night battles with roadblocks, intense skirmishes and moving sweeps of enemy soldiers, word spreads of a Digger who wears a leather mask, whose forearms bear the Australian Southern Cross, and who fights like nothing they’ve ever seen. He is "The Soldier".

The Soldier is born twice over in the pages of this first issue: within the jungle of New Guinea in the 1940s and in 2011 in the streets of suburban Brisbane. Both from different events, but both follow the one promise: to keep lives safe.

ISBN: 978-1-921872-10-5
Price: AUD$5.00

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Issue 2: The Soldier Legacy “Know your Enemy”

The Soldier finds himself on a personal mission to free a captured POW from execution
by a brutal and maniacal Japanese 20^th Division Lieutenant, an Executioner who believes he is a Samurai warrior. Things become complicated when The Soldier chooses to also rescue a Japanese soldier branded a traitor by his own army. But does he really want to be rescued from the Samurai’s blade?

Meanwhile, the Soldier’s grandson begins his war on suburban street gangs with a passive stakeout operation. He takes some incriminating pictures of a night time stolen goods trade and passes the pics off anonymously to the local police. But when the trade goes bad and an innocent person gets in the line of fire, can the young Soldier stay quietly on the sideline?

ISBN: 978-1-921872-11-2
Price: AUD$5.00

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Issue 3: The Soldier Legacy “Do Not Press a Desperate Foe”

The adventure continues as the Executioner’s commandos move through the jungle hunting The Soldier, the “Fuzzy Wuzzies” aiding the Aussie diggers and Keiji, the Japanese soldier branded a traitor. But is Keiji really betraying his country or merely standing up to his own beliefs against a power-crazy mad man? And does The Soldier really trust a man meant to be his enemy?

Meanwhile, the quiet suburbs are about to get a whole lot louder as the gang war begins to erupt and new players are brought in with the young Soldier and the innocent woman stuck in the middle!

Featuring amphibious tanks! Enemy Commandos! Juggalos and... wait!... a Nazi?!

ISBN: 978-1-921872-12-9
Price: AUD$5.00

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Issue 4: The Soldier Legacy “The Jaded Ones Will Fall Behind ”

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Graphic Novel: The Soldier Legacy Volume 1

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About Paul Mason

Paul Mason is the creator/writer/artist on The Soldier Legacy for Black House Comics, and is studying a Doctorate of Visual Arts, focusing on comic books. Website: www.pmcomic.blogspot.com/ and http://www.facebook.com/soldierlegacy

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