Antarctic Press was the first Indy publisher of comics that I ever fully embraced. Right around the time that mainstream comics were getting too "extreme" for their own good, when holographic foil covers were more important than a cohesive story, and the loyal followers of Image comics were all feeling the pangs of regret, all the second-tier publishers like Dark Horse and Antarctic were quick to pick up the slack and provide fresh new stories and characters for the disenchanted masses. One of the long-lasting hits from this era was Warrior Nun Areala from Ninja High School creator, Ben Dunn. The story is pretty straightforward. Sister Shannon Masters is chosen to take on the mantle of Areala, the warrior spirit of a Valkyrie who had renounced her Norse Gods and vowed to become a servant of the Catholic Church. She becomes a member of a very "Knights Templar"-type secret society within the church called the Order of the Cruciform Sword. The comics had an anime style, but this action figure is even moreso since it was the design of a failed attempt to produce an Anime based off the property in 1994.
