Ares (comic book)

Ares is a 2006 Marvel Comics comic book limited series starring the character of the same name is written by Michael Avon Oeming^[1] and pencilled by Travel Foreman.^[2]

Ares
Cover to Ares #1. Art by Travel Foreman.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Format	Limited series
Genre	Superhero Mythology
Publication date	March – July 2006
No. of issues	5
Main character(s)	Ares Hercules Zeus Achilles
Creative team
Written by	Michael Avon Oeming
Penciller(s)	Travel Foreman
Inker(s)	Derek Fridolfs
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Colorist(s)	Len O'Grady
Collected editions
Ares: God of War	ISBN 978-0-7851-1991-3

Plot summary

After abandoning the Olympian pantheon, the Greek god Ares poses as a mortal, raising his son Alexander. When Alexander is kidnapped by Ares' father Zeus and then captured by the evil Japanese god Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Ares joins forces with Zeus and half-brother Hercules to rescue his son.

Collected editions

The series is collected in the trade paperback Ares: God of War (ISBN 978-0785119913).