The Foot Soldiers

1 The Foot Soldiers (4-issue Dark Horse mini; B&W reprint of color series; a Mike Oeming & Jason Martin). [From AiT/Planet Lar: The first four chapters of Jim Krueger's cult-classic are collected here for the very first time, featuring superb artwork from Mike Oeming and sporting a cover by Alex Ross. In a future oppressed by a police force that keeps a law that no one can live under, a new hope is unearthed when three boys are chosen by a mysterious old man to exhume a forgotten legacy. Donning the gadgets and gizmos of gods and heroes, the boys obtain the powers but must decide if they can handle the responsibility of defending a world gone mad.]

2 Arch Enemies (title only found on title page; 5-issue Image mini; a Phil Hester). [From AiT/Planet Lar: The next five chapters of Jim Krueger's cult-classic series area collected here for the very first time, all under a brand-new cover, created specifically for this volume by Bill Sienkiewicz! In a future oppressed by a police force that keeps a law that no one can possibly live under, a new hope was unearthed in THE FOOTSOLDIERS VOLUME ONE, where three boys were chosen by a mysterious old man to exhume a forgotten legacy buried in the Graveyard of Forgotten Heroes… but did the rebirth of heroes bring about the birth of villains? Featuring brand-new appendices to each chapter written by Jim Krueger, as well as a brand-new six-page story written by Krueger, penciled by GREEN ARROW artist Phil Hester, and inked by industry legend Bill Sienkiewicz for this very collection! Plus, never-before-seen Hester art and stories.]

3 The Spokesman (OGN from unpublished mini; a Steve Yeowell). [From AiT/Planet Lar: Join the Foot Soldiers in a brand new epic adventure! In a world where wrong is right and right is wrong, the team who robbed the graveyard of forgotten heroes discovers the truth abouth their world, about the rise of their oppressors and about the reasons why the original heroes died in the dimly-remembered past...]