The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade

The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade is a comic written by Claudio Sanchez and illustrated by various artists. It was published by Evil Ink in 2007. It is technically the second part of The Amory Wars.

Plot Summary
Twenty years after the events of Year of the Black Rainbow, Coheed and Cambria are living a normal life with their four children: Josephine, Claudio, and twins Matthew and Maria. Coheed is a mechanical engineer and Cambria is a retired nurse, now stay-at-home mom. One day, as Coheed is leaving his over-night job, he is approached by Mayo Deftinwolf who tells him he and his wife are infected with a deadly virus called the Monstar Virus and even worse, unbeknownst to them, they have passed this virus onto their children and it has mutated into a new strain called the Sinstar Virus which, if left unchecked could spread and destroy all of Heaven's Fence. Deftinwolf offers Coheed two options: kill the kids yourself, or Wilhelm Ryan's United Red Army will come to kill them for him. Coheed, dazed and confused, comes home to Cambria who knows what happened—saw it in her mind—and agrees that it's better for them to kill the kids as they will be merciful and agree to kill themselves after. Using poison Deftinwolf provided him, they give the young twins the first dose.

Meanwhile, their eldest, Josephine, is out with her fiancé, Patrick, when they are attacked by a local gang, the Jersey City Devils. After the assault, Josephine goes home to cry to her mother, when Coheed strikes her head with a hammer, killing her instantly. It's then that Deftinwolf arrives, sees the scene and takes Coheed and Cambria into custody for the deaths of their children. Elsewhere, Claudio is with his girlfriend, Newo, when he realizes he's late. Upon arriving home, he notices that things are disheveled and entering the kitchen, finds Josephine. Distraught, he embraces her and she comes to life to briefly warn him of an attack. He runs away, somehow becoming intangible just in time, and tries to piece together what happened. Seeing reports of what his parents did, he assumes he is wanted just the same and stows away on a garbage freighter bound for Shylos X. As he explores the ship, he discovers its actually a slaver ship transporting uncatalogued races. When one attempts to escape and attacks him, he becomes invisible and witnesses Red Army soldiers kill him.

Elsewhere, Inferno, Coheed's "brother," works closely with rebel leader Mariah Antillarea whom he is in a relationship with. She is approached by the Guardian of the Prise being warned to not interfere with the Keywork. Inferno scoffs at this, showing how the Keywork is full of the souls of those who have passed on to fuel it and asserts that its Ryan who wants to mess with it, not them. After the Prise leave, Mariah discovers a traitor in their midst who hints that Inferno's "brother" is in trouble. Knowing the implication of such a message, he hurries to intercept the ship that captured them.

Claudio on Shylos X has been delivered to a kind of concentration camp called Si-Revody where the aforementioned uncatalogued races are collected and put to work. Eventually they are randomly decided to be sacrificed to the Keywork—Red Army soldiers take them up a tall platform and throw them into an arm of the Keywork that connects to the planet. The young Kilgannon makes friends with an "alien" named Cecil, who helps him blend in as an "abandoned" human that the soldiers also occasionally collect. He happens upon a copy of the Ghansgraad and the pair often discuss its content. Kilgannon witnesses many injustices performed by the soldiers in the camp and struggles not to interfere.

The memories of their past lives as KBI restored, and seeing the truth of the virus the Red army claimed was passed to their children, the Kilgannons are wrathful as they escape their bonds and tear through the ship they find themselves on. Inferno comes to help just as they face off against Admiral Vielar Crom, but is ultimately knocked out. Mariah is also attacked and escapes to Paris: Earth, where Crom is bringing Coheed and Cambria. Inferno, when he wakes up, agrees to meet there as well; trying to stop the virus from activating in the Kilgannon pair, but they are too late and Mariah is killed. The Monstar cools Star VI which causes the Keywork in its area to become unstable and lead to all of Sector 12 separating, going free. The White Ruineer killed the Monstar and sacrificing herself, reignited the star, allowing the free planets to unite under its new gravitational force. The Prise on Paris: Earth flew to the section of the Keywork still unstable and sacrificed themselves to stabilize it once more.

Claudio finally disobeys Cecil's request not to interfere in another injustice and is also pursued by Onstantine Priests. Cecil decides it's too dangerous for him to stay and he leaves the camp reluctantly. He hides in the nearby city of Godderdamm, which is more populated, so he makes his home in the sewers of the already derelict streets. Inferno gathers any and all remaining Prise and wait for the right time to strike back at Ryan for revenge.

Publication History
As a reboot of the original The Bag.On.Line. Adventures, the first issue was co-published by Evil Ink Comics in conjunction with Image Comics and 12 Gauge Comics in June 2007. #2 was released in July, #3 in August, #4 in October, and #5 in January 2008. The second half was published without 12 Gauge and began with issue 6 being released in June 2008, with #7 coming out in July, #8 in August, #9 in September, and finally #10 in October.

These ten subsequent issues were collected into two volumes. The first of these two volumes collected the first five issues and was released in April 2008. The next volume did not use 12 Gauge to publish, and was released in December 2009. It collected issues 6 through 10.

In May 2010, Evil Ink worked with [http://www.boom-studios.com/ BOOM! Studios] to publish an omnibus, called "The Ultimate Edition," of the complete chapter. This edition included all ten issues, the original two issues under the Bag.On.Line title, a new story focusing on Patrick titled "33", (drawn by Dave Hamann, it was included in the 2 volume originally) a clean cover gallery, and various sketches from different artists that worked on the series. This edition has been reprinted several times periodically, with the last print in August 2017.

Creative Team
All covers were done by Tony Moore, who specializes in horror and sci-fi work. He has done artwork for The Walking Dead, Masters of the Universe, and for Marvel's Ghost Rider and Punisher.

Art for the first two issues were done by Gus Vasquez who is well known in DC and Marvel comic circles, having worked on series such as Deadpool, Green Arrow, The Flash and Big Hero 6.

Issues 3 to 5 were done by Mike S. Miller and #6 to 10 were done by Gabriel Guzman. Miller got his start penciling for Wolverine and got his big break working as an artist on Injustice: Gods Among Us. Guzman has worked on notable series like Conan, Star Wars, Mass Effect, and Cable.

Other notable team members include colorists Javier Tartaglia and Val Staples and editor David Tischman. Tartaglia's work includes series such as Dr. Strange, and Supergirl. Staples worked on Masters of the Universe as well, and Suicide Squad. Tischman is actually a comic writer himself and has written for Cable, and Star Trek.

Album Comparison
"" For the most part, the comic is a one-to-one adaption of the album. The album told the story very much in order with cuts in the plot to other characters (such as with "Junesong Provision" and the mention of Larry and Norris). Perhaps the only difference was the original exclusion of Patrick's chapter, "33", which is track 7 comes after all other chapters in the Ultimate Edition, but chronologically should come after "Devil in Jersey City".

Trivia

 * The title of the chapter comes from Sanchez's father's job of heat treating airplane turbine blades in a factory. The "second stage" part refers to the type of metal the blades are made out of.
 * There is a commander named Echert in Issue 6. This commander is named for Chondra Echert.