Image Comics


In 2003, Image Comics began to publish a monthly Faction Paradox comic book. Each issue had a main, fully-illustrated comic story as well as several backup stories which were mostly prose with some images. Unfortunately, due to poor sales and the general state of the comic book industry at this time, the series was cancelled after only two issues, leaving the story unfinished.

Cover Title Writer Publication Date Synopsis
Political Animals Lawrence Miles August 2003 A "War in Heaven" is raging between time-active cultures, each seeking to usurp control of history. Into this conflict comes Faction Paradox - a group of time terrorists whose appetite for chaos threatens to subvert the entire timeline. Part story, part history and part puzzle-box, this is a chronicle of protocol and paranoia in a War where the greatest victory of all is to hold on to your own past.
In 1774, England's eccentric King George III gathers the world's powers - including the American colonials, the Prussians and the enigmatic emissaries of Faction Paradox - in London for a hunt of epic proportions. But as part of this, a serving-girl named Isobel fatefully encounters the Americans' "hunting dog," a bone-wielding warrior named Mayakatula, leading to devastating and bloody consequences for this crucible of history.
BĂȘtes Noires & Dark Horses Lawrence Miles October 2003 Faction Paradox's representatives start sweating blood as the bone-wielding Mayakatula runs amok, leaving an increasing trail of corpses in her wake. Meanwhile, a British Secret Service agent important to Faction lore arrives to observe the carnage in King George III's court. His name's Sabbath, and before he's done, he's going to shove himself into a conflict that's already got the Faction, the colonial Americans and more at each others' throats. All this, plus a very unexpected origin story gets unveiled.