A Nightmare on Elm Street by Kevin West, Bob Almond and Chuck Dixon
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Overview: The popularity of the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series has led to several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, Innovation Publishing, Trident Comics, Avatar Press and WildStorm Productions. After the success of Freddy vs. Jason and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake film in 2003, New Line Cinema created their "House of Horror" licensing division which licensed the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise to Avatar Press for use in new comic book stories, the first of which was published in 2005. In 2006, Avatar Press lost the license to DC Comics imprint, WildStorm Productions who has since published several new stories based on the franchise.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Kevin West, Bob Almond artist
Chuck Dixon writer
Wes Abbott letterer
Bob Almond, Tony Aviña colorist
Kristy Quinn, Ben Abernathy editor
Ben Oliver, Tony Harris, Tim Bradstreet, Jim Clark, JD Mettler, Grant Goleash, Tony Harris, Jim Clark cover
Published by Wildstorm, 2006
In 2006, WildStorm Productions, a publishing imprint of DC Comics, acquired the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" license and, in October of the same year, began publication of a new ongoing comic book series written by veteran comic book writer, Chuck Dixon with artwork by Kevin J. West, Bob Almond and Joel Gomez and covers by Tony Harris of Ex Machina fame.
The first story arc, "Freddy’s War", centered on a teenager named Jade, who moves to Springwood and learns about Freddy Krueger. Along with her father, a former army ranger, and a young comatose girl, Jade confronts Freddy. After the "Freddy’s War" arc’s completion, a story about Freddy employing a teenager to kill the girl who helped Jade and her father was released. The second story arc, titled "Demon of Sleep", detailed a group of social outcasts who, after realizing they are being killed off one by one, decide to summon an Aztec sleep demon to battle Freddy. The last issue, released in June 2007, was about a worker at a fast-food restaurant who was dreaming about Freddy killing other people, until Freddy killed him.
In 2007, Wildstorm announced its plan to cancel their ongoing New Line horror comics in favor of publishing mini-series and specials based on the movie franchises. The ongoing A Nightmare on Elm Street series would come to an end after an eight issue run and be replaced by a mini-series, late in 2007.
In September, Wildstorm released New Line Cinema’s Tales of Horrors, a one-shot issue featuring separate stories concerning Freddy Krueger and Leatherface. The Freddy Krueger story was written by Christos Gage and Peter Milligan and involves Freddy dealing with an inhabitant of Springwood who has taken to copying his murder style, in a story aptly titled "Copycat".
Freddy next appeared in the six-issue Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, an intercompany crossover with Dynamite Entertainment. The story serves as a sequel to Freddy vs. Jason and The Evil Dead trilogy, based on the original Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash film treatment by Jeff Katz. The comic book series was written by James Kuhoric and illustrated by Jason Craig. A six issue sequel titled Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors followed in 2009 and featured a large cast of supporting characters from the A Nightmare of Elm Street and Friday the 13th film franchises.
- Freddy’s War Story Arc Review Reviewed by aidanphantom on Nov. 14, 2010.
- Everyone’s favourite dream stalker is back but this time he is appearing in Wildstorm’s Nightmare on Elm Street comic book series which has been split up into different story arcs. The first story arc is Freddy’s War and it spans only three issues.
The plot follows Jane, her brother Brad and their father who have only just moved to Elm Street, Springwood.
It starts off very fast gets straight to the point; there is no room for character development here. Comic #1 isn’t anything too special just what we have come to expect from a Freddy Krueger story, we have the new character being told about Freddy, we have a few encounters, we have the coffee, we have a few deaths and we have a determined heroine.
Comic #2 is where it starts to become a little bit more sinister and there is a very nice twist on the usual plot which I think completely makes up for comic #1, the parent helps out the teen! We haven’t seen this in the film series, the parents are usually the ones that don’t believe them and accuse them of being sleep deprived or attention seeking but the parent’s in those cases had lived on the street for many years, some had even been involved in Freddy’s death. Here we have a complete transition because this family is not from Elm Street; I see a message loud and clear here parents are there to protect their children so why not show what they are supposed to do in this kind of situation.
Comic #3 is a fantastic conclusion to the story arc, and I for one love it because it dares to be a little different, it dares to explore themes that haven’t really been explored in the film series and it keeps the twists and turns under control enough before they become completely outrageous.
All in all apart from the first comic, it is a great story arc it’s the only reason that it will held back from a great review here. That and Freddy is stuck in a strange stage between funny and scary which doesn’t seem to work here, pick one and stick with it preferably scary.
It is a fantastic addition to the Nightmare franchise; it’s a shame that so many people will stop reading after the first part.
Note: See also:
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare On Elm Street Fearbook & Special
A Nightmare On Elm Street: Paranoid
Jason vs Leatherface
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Friday the 13th Series
Download Instructions:
#1 – Freddy’s War, Part One — http://oron.com/69536fh0442k
#2 – Freddy’s War, Part Two — http://oron.com/c00k79zj01zq
#3 – Freddy’s War, Part Three — http://oron.com/s9yzj1wcnmo3
#1 – The Demon of Sleep — http://oron.com/lfhzyrslyy1w
#2 – The Demon of Sleep — http://oron.com/zecnflb37ov3
#3 – The Demon of Sleep — http://oron.com/aovpiuqikra4
#4 – The Demon of Sleep — http://oron.com/vprszzg23awm
#5 – The Demon Of Sleep — http://oron.com/v7trnq97lx7z
#6 – The Demon Of Sleep — http://oron.com/gbzwtgeh3ts8
#7 – The Demon of Sleep — http://oron.com/4rz2b5tv1xpm
#8 – The Demon of Sleep — http://oron.com/u5ufp2xkp29q
