''War Dancer'' is a

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series published by

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, from February

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until July 1994. The series was created and illustrated by Alan Weiss and co-written by Weiss and comics author, creator and one time former

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and

Valiant Comics Valiant Comics is an American comic book publisher. The company was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter along with lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was sold to Acclaim Entertainment ...

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. The series spanned a total of six issues until Defiant ceased its publication in the summer of 1994.

Plot

War Dancer features a storyline that includes many elements of the

Aztec culture The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl ...

, including names and places (Quetzalcoatl) as well as Aztec-related armor and jewelry that the Dancer wears on his neck and helmet. The story follows a prince from another world who uses rain dancing to summon the end of worlds, to speed up the end of all things in order to bring back his one true love. The prince (Dancer) is not a typical 'super hero' in terms of good/evil, and Alan Weiss' character is a unique and original creation. The character has problems with the heroic super-powered Charles Smith.''Charlemagne'' #4 (June 1994)

References

1994 comics debuts Defiant Comics titles {{comics-stub