{"id":367,"date":"2010-06-17T04:49:26","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T04:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/06\/17\/graphic-novels-received-61610-last-airbender-edition\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:40","slug":"graphic-novels-received-61610-last-airbender-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/06\/17\/graphic-novels-received-61610-last-airbender-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novels received 6\/16\/10 Last Airbender edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51LyotgbS9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-Airbender-Dave-Roman\/dp\/0345518551\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1276749591&amp;amp;sr=8-1-catcorr\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Last Airbender<\/span><\/a> Story by Dave Roman &amp;amp; Alison Wilgus Art by Joon Choi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Waging a devastating war, the Fire Nation destroyed the harmonious balance among the four nations. The Air Nation isNomads are no more, and the Water Tribes and Earth Kingdom are on the verge of collapse. In such dire times, the Avatar, master of the all four elements, is expected to return bring balance to the world. But the Avatar has been missing for a hundred years. When teenagers Katara and Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe rescue a young boy frozen in an iceberg sphere, their lives\u2014and his\u2014are changed forever. The boy is Aang, the long-lost Avatar and long-lost last of the last aAirbenders. Now Katara and Sokka must help Aang master each of the four elements in order to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar and return balance to the world. But their mission is fraught withthey encounter obstacles and  danger at every turn. After a century of conquest, the Fire Nation will not be denied its ultimate infernal triumph. Aang is all that stands in their its way\u2014and they it will stop at nothing to stop him succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/5182QutOCvL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-Airbender-Prequel-Zukos-Story\/dp\/0345518543\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1276749784&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Last Airbender: Prequel: Zuko&#8217;s Story<\/span><\/a> Story by Dave Roman &amp;amp; Alison Wilgus Art by Nina Matsumoto<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>THE SON WILL RISE<\/p>\n<p>Prince Zuko is banished from the Fire Nation by his own father, Fire Lord Ozai. Horribly scarred and stripped of everything he holds dear, Zuko wanders the earth for almost three years in search of his only chance at redemption: the Avatar, a mystical being who once kept the four nations in balance. All around him, people whisper that this is an impossible task\u2014the Avatar, after all, disappeared a century ago\u2014but Zuko defiantly continues the search. His quest is all he has left.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Xqyvy1VEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Avatar-Last-Airbender-del-Rey\/dp\/0345518527\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1276749987&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Avatar: The Last Airbender 1<\/span><\/a> By Various<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the South Pole, a lone water tribe village struggles to survive. Young waterbender Katara and her warrior brother Sokka rescue a mysterious boy named Aang, who is an airbender\u2014a race of people no one has seen in a century. Soon, everyone discovers that Aang is the long-lost Avatar. Now it\u2019s up to Katara and Sokka to make sure that Aang faces his destiny: to save the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. 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