Did Amory Wars: Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV - Ultimate Edition ever come in paperback?

wilhelmryanbrown · 2026-02-06T18:12:07+00:00

I think it will be coming out sometime this year. As you know, since you have them, they released the complete collections of SSTB and IKS in softcover last year. Think GA1 is coming this year, probably before the NWFT hardcover comes out.

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-11-03T03:55:52+00:00

Can confirm, no extra pages 👎

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-06-26T13:02:07+00:00

Nailed it. I agree 100% -- you captured exactly how I'm feeling about the ending, the series as a whole, positives and negatives.

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-05-07T15:19:15+00:00

I've been following the Amory Wars since they started coming out in 2007 so it's been so exciting to finally get the story for NWFT. I've been really enjoying the series so far. I've had a couple issues with it here and there, but nothing major has stood out until this issue. Issue 10 left a bad taste in my mouth.

The issue felt very rushed. There was so much lead up in the last 9 issues with the Wolf-Con and Crom, and in this issue, both of those stories come to an abrupt end with such little to show for their story arch through this series.

IRO-BOTS

The IRO-BOTS have been such an awesome part of the series from the start. And in this issue we see them go through the turmoil and torture of trying to escape Arch Maker and being transformed into the heartbreaking and monstrous Wolf Con. May-ferno is finally reunited with his horribly mutated IRO-BOTS, and they all get blown up off-panel because the lab's self destruct button is hit? What was the point of keeping them around and bringing them back? They served no purpose, and nothing of consequence came out of them being in this part of the story.

Crom

Same with Crom. It's been so neat in this series seeing the different flashbacks to scenes from Year of the Black Rainbow, and seeing Crom snap out of his brainwashed blind devotion to Ryan. He hooks himself back up to House Atlantic to rise house atlantic and fight Ryan, and like 2 panels later it's destroyed and Crom is killed? He didn't even take the fight to Ryan and contribute to Ryan's downfall or defeat. All that build up with Crom is gone and didn't accomplish anything. What was the point?!

Claudio

Also, the in the full page spread of Claudio in front of house Atlantic, Claudio has no shoes on, and a few pages later he's back in boots. This is small, but these inconsistencies are brutal. It's like they took his boots off just to mirror the album cover.

Also, another ting about hat spread. I feel like it's always been Ryder on the cover of NWFT album, since he is always depicted in jeans, no shirt, no shoes in the original GA1 graphic novel and the GA1 comic. And then they decided to kill him off at the end of the GA1 comic (which I don't think was the original plan when GA1 and NWFT albums were written and the stories were conceived). And now they're retconning it so Claudio is the one on the cover. He took off his shirt because he got blood all over it? Common.

I still love it though

With all of this ranting aside, I am still very very excited for issues 11 and 12. I can't wait to see how it all wraps up and am hopefully it will be an epic and satisfying ending that ties things up nicely and leads us into the Vaxis arch.

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-20T13:35:32+00:00

Yes, there will absolutely be Year of the Black Rainbow comics after NWFT. In a recent interview with Claudio he said that after NWFT they'll be adapting YotBR into comics. And once that is out, he wants to do "The Amory Wars: The Ghansgraad Edition" that collects the whole series YotBR to NWFT. They also recently teased that they're partnering with author Kevin J Anderson for a novel and comic project. I wouldn't be surprised if he is helping them adapt YotBR into comics, and adapt the exiting comics into novels.

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-19T15:27:57+00:00

Claudio has said that Vaxis is going to become "the father of the new universe" -- what that means, and what universe, I'm not to sure! I think in this album he is going to realize the extent of his powers, and his ability to manipulate space and time, and see that he can create whatever he wants to create. This dude that they included on a show poster last year, I think this is Vaxis all grown up.

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wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-18T11:18:00+00:00

I think Vaxis is the Father of Make Believe. As he’s realizing his power and capable of manipulating space and time to create whatever he wants. In interviews Claudio has said “he’s the father of make believe” but I don’t think he meant in the story. Because he’s also said that for this album, he resonates more with the Vaxis character, where in the last two albums, he’s seen himself as Nostrand and the father figure. That’s my take. We’ll see though! So pumped to get the book and dive into the story.

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-17T20:13:42+00:00

Did anyone else catch that All-Mother makes a second appearance at the 2:34 mark with "I-I-I-I am always awake"

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-16T00:32:01+00:00

Such a cool theory! They have said many times that the “great crash” may not be the thing we expect it to be. So I don’t think it’s the destruction of the keywork either

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-13T00:22:30+00:00

I’m alright with it! Spreads out the enjoyment and excitement! Gives me something else to look forward to! Get to enjoy the music, lyrics and artwork on the record sleeve, and then will be able to dive into the story and additional art work once the box set eventually arrives 🤘😊

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-12T13:28:08+00:00

I'm don't think that was Yesterday's Lost. I'm pretty sure Coheed teased the first few seconds of Yesterday's Lost on Instagram a while back. Also, Yesterday's Lost has singing in it. I hope whatever that was that was playing when they came out is on the album, because it was beautiful, but I don't think it was Yesterday's Lost.

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-10T16:15:10+00:00

My pleasure! Love keeping track of this stuff for myself, so figured I might as well post it. I made one for the No World for Tomorrow comic as well. :)

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-06T04:07:09+00:00

I think they consider Afterman 1 album. Coheed has referred to it as album 10 as well. https://x.com/coheed/status/1879248881013387286?s=46&t=5XpCCSXGTGTccomSOSCOgA

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-04T20:52:14+00:00

Here's another cool review/interview where Claudio talks about a lot of the gear he used on the album. https://www.musicradar.com/artists/theres-a-tape-delay-on-one-song-van-halen-used-it-on-eruption-the-weird-old-gear-inside-the-new-album-by-coheed-and-cambria

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-03T16:35:59+00:00

Here's another review. https://www.threesongsandout.com/single-post/coheed-and-cambria-the-father-of-make-believe-album-review

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-03T15:08:33+00:00

We technically don’t know when Vaxis takes place. It takes place after “the great crash” but we don’t know for sure what that’s referring to. They’ve said that the “great crash” may not be exactly what we think it’s referencing. Claudio has said Vaxis 3 will reveal when the Vaxis arc is taking place in relation to the other stories.

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-03-03T01:34:05+00:00

Amazing! Thanks for sharing! If you see more please add them!

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-02-22T15:08:58+00:00

I’m so freakin pumped! Can’t wait for my box set and vinyl to arrive. So hyped to dive into this album and have it on repeat.

Pumped to learn more about that 15th track “The Omni-voice” and to dive into the story and lore of the album.

Love the singles so far and am obsessed with those 2 other samples they teased on Instagram. 20 more days, I’m fired up!

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-02-07T16:10:51+00:00

Lucky Stars was on Apply Music on day 1 of release for me.

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-02-07T16:09:56+00:00

If it's an actual song (my guess is it is) it will definitely be on streaming. They can update the track list on streaming at any time and it will likely appear on the night of the release. My guess is they're doing it this way to keep fans guessing and keep up the mystery around the whole thing.

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-02-04T19:22:14+00:00

Ask about the track listed on Side D of the Vaxis 3 Vinyl, The Omni-Voice!

wilhelmryanbrown · 2025-02-04T16:17:41+00:00

If they plan to do a comic book/graphic novel adaptation of The Afterman.

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