Gears of War #1 is an issue of the series Gears of War (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 2008.
Synopsis for "Hollow Part I"
The story begins with Delta-One's mission to the Pirnah Badlands to search for MIA Gears squads. We are introduced to Jace and Gil, new Gears in Delta. They search for Gears but only find one, Michael Barrick. Giving up on the search, Delta with Barrick in tow begin the journey to Jacinto. They stop overnight to camp and regain energy for the journey home with Dom and Marcus telling the others about the Lightmass Offensive. In the morning they pick up a distress beacon and head to check out if it's other Gears calling for help. It turns out to be a Locust ambush and during the firefight Gil is hit, Jace attempts to save his friend. Delta and Barrick fend off the Locust and then Boomers appear on the battlefield.
Appearing in "Hollow Part I"
Featured Characters:
- Delta-One
- Marcus Fenix
- Dominic "Dom" Santiago
- Augustus Cole
- Damon Baird
- Jace
- Gil
Supporting Characters:
- Michael Barrick
Antagonists:
- Locust Horde
- Boomers
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Pirnah Badlands
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- Gears of War is published by WildStorm Productions and is based upon the popular third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
- The events from this six-issue story-arc takes place after the first Gears of War video game, but before Gears of War 2.
Trivia
- Writer Joshua Ortega is one of the writers of the Gears of War and Gears of War 2 video games.
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