Formic Wars: Burning Earth
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Writer: Aaron Johnston, Orson Scott Card
Penciller: Giancarlo Caracuzzo
Editor: Jordan White

 

 

 

 

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Issue #1 February 16, 2011

The never-before-told prequel to Ender’s Game continues! An unidentified ship is rocketing toward Earth with tech far beyond anything we’ve ever seen…and the only people who can give warning are a small band of asteroid miners millions of miles from home. The clock is ticking, and it doesn’t look good for the human race. From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card comes the tale of humanity’s first contact with the Formics…and the horrible toll it took on mankind.

 

Variant image for Formic Wars: Burning Earth Issue #1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue #2 March 2, 2011

The never-before-told prequel to Ender’s Game continues! An unidentified ship is rocketing toward Earth with tech far beyond anything we’ve ever seen…and the only people who can give warning are a small band of asteroid miners millions of miles from home. The clock is ticking, and it doesn’t look good for the human race. From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card comes the tale of humanity’s first contact with the Formics…and the horrible toll it took on mankind.

 

 

Issue #3 March 16, 2011

The war is on! The Formic ship has blasted its way through the Belt, heading straight for Earth and greater destruction…but the surviving asteroid miners aren’t giving up that easily!

 

 

 

 

Issue #4 April 13, 2011

The war is on! The Formic ship has blasted its way through the Belt, heading straight for Earth and greater destruction…but the surviving asteroid miners aren’t giving up that easily.  This is the Battle of the Belt!

 

 

 

 

Issue #5 May 11, 2011

In the desperate struggle against the Formics, humans are losing. Now, trapped in alien-occupied territory, Mazer is in a do-or-die fight for his life. Will he flee to safer ground or start a one-man war against an insurmountable alien force?

 

 

 

 

Issue #6 June 8, 2011

This is not a war. It’s a massacre. The Chinese army is decimated. The countryside smolders in ashes. Nothing and no one has stopped the formics. Bombs, tanks, troops. Fail. Fail. Fail. Until now. Mazer Rackham has teamed up with the Mobile Operations Police, the super elite special forces unit that previously rejected him. Their plan? Destroy a formic lander. How? By going deep underground, down in the formic tunnels . . . where swarms of formics are ready and waiting. Will they turn the tide of war or dig their own graves? The exciting prequel to Ender’s Game continues. From bestselling author and science-fiction legend Orson Scott Card.

 

Issue #7 July 13, 2011

The tide of war has turned. Wit O’Toole and Mazer Rackham have scored a major victory against the alien invaders. But hold your applause, citizens–the formics are just getting started…and they’re about to unleash their most deadly weapon yet. It’s one step forward and three steps back in the fight to save the human race. The first round of the shocking prequel to Ender’s Game comes to its exciting conclusion! From bestselling author and science-fiction master Orson Scott Card.