Eternal Warrior

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character_name=Eternal Warrior
real_name=Gilad Anni-Padda
publisher=Valiant Comics
debut=" #10 (June 1992)
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aliases= Gilad Abrams, Gilad Anni-Padda, Eternal Warrior, Fist & Steel, Gilad the One, Gil Masters
powers= Immortality, super-strength, regeneration, millennia of fighting skills|

Gilad Anni-Padda aka the Eternal Warrior is the title character of a 50-issue comic book series by Valiant Comics that ran from 1992-1996. "Eternal Warrior" was relaunched with the other Valiant characters under the banner of Acclaim Comics in 1996 (video game company Acclaim Entertainment purchased Valiant Comics for $65 million in June 1994). Valiant Entertainment, Inc. is the owner of the Valiant catalog (including Eternal Warrior).

Character history

One of three natural human immortals, Gilad is the brother of Ivar the Timewalker and Aram the Other (AKA Armstrong). The three brothers are the only naturally immortal humans known to exist. He serves as the "Fist and Steel" of the Geomancers and has served them for millennia. Like his brothers, Gilad has superhuman strength (though not as great as Aram's) and stamina, as well as a healing ability which allows him to regenerate virtually any wound. Gilad's people once said that he carried within him the "Leopard Spirit."

Bravest of a warrior tribe, Gilad Anni-Padda was born in 3268 BC. His skill at battlecraft and the arts of stealth are great, as he has honed them throughout the ages. With an ultra-dense cellular structure that gives him great strength and the ability to heal from the most grievous of wounds, Gilad Anni-Padda is even immune to the ravages of time. The greatest fighter from an age when the sword was the law, he was ancient before the rise of the Pharaohs, and shall survive the fall of nations yet to come. He is the Fist and Steel of those who guard the Earth - the Geomancers, and his battle is never-ending.

In 3257 BC, at the age of eleven, Gilad emerged victorious from his first battle. In 3250, Gilad's first son, Kalam, was born. In 3219 BC, Gilad and Aram battled the superior weaponry of the Mesopotamians and lost. Later the warriors of Mesopotamia attacked Gilad's village. All of the villagers were killed with the exception of Gilad, Aram, and Kalam. The brothers split up, Gilad traveling with the Geomancer of the day and Aram seeking a new family and a less violent life. Centuries passed and the brothers saw each other on occasion but have largely led separate lives.

In 210 BC, Gilad first battled the Immortal Enemy, then known as General Cheng, who can reincarnate through the ages, always seeking Gilad's destruction. Every time the Immortal Enemy reincarnates his eyes remain the same, one green and the other brown.

In World War II, Gilad meets Neville Alcott at the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940. Alcott would later serve to aid the Eternal Warrior's causes.

In the early 1990's, Gilad (now known as Gilad Abrams) fought the Immortal Enemy's latest incarnation, a Colombian drug lord Juan Javier Caldone. Gilad has also incurred the enmity of Master Darque - necromancer supreme.

During the Unity crisis it is seen that Gilad will still be active in 4000 A.D., battling alongside Magnus, Robot Fighter.

eries Creative Staff Information

The following is a list of those who contributed to the creation of the series. When repeated, only last names will be used.

1: Jim Shooter, writer/Barry Windsor-Smith & Bob Layton & John Dixon, art/Dixon, inks/Frank Miller, cover.

2: Shooter, writer/Dixon, art/Walter Simonson, cover.

3: Janet Jackson, story/Shooter & Kevin VanHook, script/Dixon, art & cover.

4: VanHook, writer/Yvel Guichet, pencils/Dixon, inks/Denys Cowan, cover.

5: VanHook, writer/Dixon, art/Joe St Pierre & Dixon, cover.

6: Windsor-Smith, writer & pencils & cover/Dixon, finisher.

7: Windsor-Smith, writer & pencils & cover/Windsor-Smith & John Floyd, finishers.

8: (also listed as issue 8 of Archer & Armstrong)Windsor-Smith, writer & pencils & cover/Bob Wiacek, inks.

9-11: Mark Moretti, writer & pencils/Dixon, inks/Moretti & Dixon, cover.

12: VanHook, writer/Moretti, pencils/Dixon, inks/Moretti & Jimmy Palmiotti, cover.

13: Moretti, writer & pencils/Stan Drake, inks/Moretti & Palmiotti, cover.

14: Moretti, writer & pencils/Drake & Andrew Wendel, inks/Moretti & Carlos Garzon, cover.

15: Moretti, writer/Guichet, pencils/Rodney Ramos, inks/Guichet & Joe Rubinstein, cover

16: Moretti, writer/Guichet, pencils/Ramos, inks/Guichet & Drake, cover.

17: Moretti, writer/Ted Halstead, pencils/Drake, inks/Moretti & Drake, cover.

18: Moretti, writer/Halstead, pencils/Stan Drake & Winston Blakely & Peter Palmiotti, inks/Moretti & Drake, cover.

19: Moretti, writer/Halstead, pencils/Drake & Mike DeCarlo & Blakely & P. Palmiotti & Phyllis Novin, inks/Moretti & Rubinstein, cover.

20: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Andrew Wendel, cover.

21: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.

22: Perham, writer/Wendel, pencils/Pat Boyette, inks/Halstead & Paul Autio, cover.

23: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.

24: VanHook, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & Autio, cover.

25: Mike Baron, writer/Mike Vosburg, art & cover.

26: Baron & VanHook, writers/Vosburg, art & Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & Layton, cover.

27-28: John Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.

29: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/DeCarlo, inks/Halstead & Dick Giordano, cover.

30: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Autio,inks/Halstead & DeCarlo, cover.

31: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Autio,inks/Halstead & Tom Ryder, cover.

32: Ostrander, writer/Jan Duursema, pencils & cover/Rick Magyar, inks.

33: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Magyar, inks/Paul Gulacy, cover.

34: Ostrander, writer/Rene Micheletti, pencils/Steve Montano, inks/Gulacy, cover.

35: Ostrander, writer/Halstead, pencils/Montano, inks/Gulacy, cover.

36: Ostrander, writer/Gulacy, pencils & cover/Charles Yoakum, inks.

37-38: Maurice Fontenot, writer/Stefano Raffaele, pencils/Randy Elliott, inks/Guichet & Yoakum, cover.

39-40: Ostrander, writer/Gulacy, pencils & cover/Elliott, inks.

41: Ostrander, writer/Raffaele, pencils & cover/Elliott, inks.

42: Ostrander, writer/Kevin Kobasic, pencils/Elliott, inks/Raffaele, cover.

43-44: Ostrander, writer/Jackson Guice, pencils/Montano, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.

45: Ostrander, writer/Dale Eaglesham, pencils/Montano, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.

46: Ostrander, writer/Eaglesham, pencils/Katherine Bollinger, inks/Guice & Montano, cover

47-48: Ostrander, writer/Guice, pencils/Montano, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.

49: Ostrander, writer/Guice, pencis/Montano & DeCarlo, inks/Guice & Montano, cover.

50: Ostrander, writer/Guice, pencils & cover/DeCarlo, inks.

External links

* [http://www.valiantcomics.com/ Valiant Comics Fan Site]
* [http://www.valiantfans.com Valiant Comics message board]
* [http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5852 "Valiant Days, Valiant Nights - A Look Back at the Rise and Fall of Valiant]