The Trojan War #1-4 (Of 5)

is the latest in the Marvel Illustrated imprint from Marvel Comics. As with others in this line for comic adaptations of classic literature, it is told in the form of a 5-part limited series. Writer Roy Thomas, who has penned many of these adaptations, has essentially taken the collection of fragmentary tales from antiquity known as the (which dealt with events preceding ), (the days afterward, through the death of Achilles), (which carries the story through the building of the great wooden horse), The Sack of Ilium (the fall and destruction of Troy) and (the homecomings, some of them tragic, of the Greek heroes) -- and along with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, faithfully attempts to create an idealized, linear graphic novelization out of the destruction of the city of Troy by Grecian armies. Issue #4 retells the events surrounding the Greek plan of the Trojan horse.

At last—an awe-inspiring retelling of perhaps the most famous scene from ancient Greek literature! The Trojans are unsure what to do with the wooden horse left inside their city’s walls. Some want to burn it, others to dedicate it to the goddess Athena. Then, the Greek warriors emerge from the horse and sack Troy itself! The triumphant Greek army sails away as a vengeful Athena plans to destroy them on the high seas! Thus is born the legend of—the Trojan Horse! WRITER: Roy Thomas; PENCILS: Miguel Angel Sepulveda; INKS: Jason Martin - A; COLORED BY: Artur Fujita; LETTERED BY: Dave Sharpe --

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